Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection Series

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Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection Series (ドラゴンボールZ ヒット曲集 DoragonbōruZetto Hitto Kyokushū?) is a soundtrack series from the anime Dragon Ball Z. It was produced and released by Columbia Records of Japan from July 21, 1989 to March 20, 1996 the show's entire lifespan. The collection features a variety of theme songs, insert songs, image songs (songs inspired by the show.), character songs, instrumental suites, remixes, and medleys. The collection is sought after by many DBZ fans and is considered the holy grail of anime soundtracks by few. On September 20, 2006 Columbia re-released the Hit Song Collection on their Animex 1300 series.

Contents

[edit] List of Albums

[edit] List of Artist

The hit song collection has featured an impressive list of Japanese artists.

In alphabetical order:

  • Ammy
  • Broadway
  • Chino
  • DBZ Cast
  • Dragon Magic Orchestra
  • Goji Tsuno
  • Heavy Duty
  • Hiroki Takahashi
  • Hironobu Kageyama
  • Ichiro’s Group
  • Jun'ichiro Oda
  • Junko Uchida
  • Koji Kaya
  • Kuko
  • Manna
  • Monolith
  • Mariko Takase
  • Masako Iwanaga
  • Mikio Katsumata
  • Namek Troupe
  • Naoko Umino
  • Pink Dragon
  • Pochi featuring Apple Pie
  • Rei
  • Sachi Hanaoka
  • Satoko Yamano
  • Shines
  • Shin'ichi Ishihara
  • Taneri
  • Team DBZ
  • Tokio
  • Tom
  • Tricky Shirai
  • Ushio Hashimoto
  • Waffle
  • Yasumi
  • Yuka/Yūka Satō

[edit] CD Box Sets

With the debut of the Hit Song Collection there have been a few CD sets released featuring songs from the series. The sets range from theme songs to compilations of theme and image songs. The first was the five disc Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z: Great Complete Collection in 1994 to the more recent two disc Dragon Ball Z: Best Song Collection "Legend of Dragonworld" in 2006 are a few of these sets.

[edit] Dragon Ball Z Complete Song Collection

Dragon Ball Z Complete Song Collection (ドラゴンボールZ コンプリート・ソングコレクション DoragonbōruZetto Konpurīto Songukorekushon?) is a CD soundtrack box set released by Columbia Records of Japan in 2003. The collection is made up of four three disc volumes that span the entire Hit Song Collection Series vocal track library. The collection also includes songs from some of the video game soundtracks (mainly Ultimate Battle 22 and Legends) and rare tracks that prior to this release were only available as bonus tracks on the 8mm singles of the closing themes to movies 10-13. This set is quite sought after by the Dragon Ball fans who missed out on owning the individual albums in the Hit Song Collection series. However many fans have bought this set despite already owning all of the Hit Song Collection albums. It should be noted that individuals that don't own the Hit Song Collection or this set still got a little something out of this collection if they already own the Great Complete Collection & Never Ending Story.

[edit] List of Volumes

[edit] Bootleg Copies

Due to the series' popularity copies have been reproduced by the bootleg company EverAnime. Currently almost all of the albums on the series have been reproduced, of these are hits 2, 5, 6, 8, 9-14, and 16. Although they sound as good as the original some do not contain the extras the original have such as licensed artwork, lyrics, and production credits. an example of this can found in hit 5, the insert only featured a crudely drawn cassette tape with a lit fuse sticking out with a paragraph in Japanese and at the bottom words in bold romaji SAVE OUR MUSIC are substituted.