Dragonbox
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The Dragon Box is a large and elaborate DVD box set, containing a certain portion of episodes from one of the Dragon Ball anime series.
A total of five Dragon Boxes have been released, which together span the entire television series and all of the movies.
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[edit] Volume One
The first Dragon Box was released in Japan on March 19, 2003 at a price of ¥100,000 ($958.90 US or £429.62). The set spanned half of the Dragon Ball Z series, containing episodes 1 through 147, and the first Dragon Ball Z TV special. It also included a large amount of bonus features such as comparisons of international versions of Dragon Ball Z and several commercials. The set also included an exclusive Son Goku action figure, as well as a reference book on the series called the Dragon Book.
[edit] Volume Two
A second Dragon Box was released on September 18, 2003 with the same price as the first one, and included the remainder of the Dragon Ball Z series, episodes 148 through 291 and the second TV special. This set also contained a large amount of DVD extras including more commercials and the entire Saiyajin Zetsumestu Keikaku video game visual guide. Also included with the set was another "Dragon Book", and an exclusive Piccolo action figure.
[edit] Dragon Ball
On July 7th, 2004, the original Dragon Ball anime series was released in the Dragon Box format. This set included the entire series, spanning 153 episodes, and came with another "Dragon Book" and an exclusive Tenka'ichi Budōkai diorama designed by the creator of the series, Akira Toriyama.
[edit] Dragon Ball GT
On February 28, 2005, like Z and the original before it, Dragon Ball GT was released in the Dragon Box format covering all 64 episodes of Dragon Ball GT, and the TV Special. The set also included a copy of the Dragonbook and a universal remote control in the shape of a Dragon Radar.
[edit] The Movies
April 14, 2006 saw the release of all of the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z movies in Dragon Box format. This set included another Dragon Book, and two exclusive life size transceivers, modeled after the scouters used in the Dragon Ball Z TV series.
[edit] Aspect ratio
While these movies were originally presented in 16:9 in Japan, they had been animated in 4:3 and were cropped to fit the 16:9 aspect ratio. This resulted in some loss of the image, though this was kept in mind when animating the movies so nothing important would be lost. Strangely, all of FUNimation and Pioneer's releases of the movies were the 4:3 versions without the cropping, save some slight zooming in, which is common on Funimation's Dragon Ball DVDs. The versions used in the Movie Box are the 16:9 versions that were shown in movie theaters and released on VHS in Japan.
