It was shown on Kix in the United Kingdom.Īfter episode 97, there were initially no plans for Dragon Ball Kai to reach the Majin Buu Saga. The uncut version of the series began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami block on November 8, 2014. On August 14, 2010, the series premiered on The CW's Toonzai block. This was quite a change, as all the Dragon Ball series have almost always appeared on Cartoon Network in the United States. The series premiered on the Nicktoons Network on May 24, 2010.

Interestingly, despite the series being only a director's cut of Dragon Ball Z, the Z has been completely removed from the title (at least in the original Japanese version).įunimation has dubbed Dragon Ball Kai into English for a North American release, under the release title of Dragon Ball Z Kai (more information can be viewed below). Two issues of Shonen Jump have included some primary information about the series. The 'Kai' (改「かい」) in the series' name means 'updated,' 'modified,' or 'altered,' reflecting it being an abridging of the original anime that removes a majority of its filler.

įor most of the international releases, the Majin Buu Saga of the series is known as Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters. Dragon Ball Kai returned to Japanese TV on April 6, 2014, with the Majin Buu Saga, and ended its run for the second and last time on June 28, 2015, with 61 episodes while the original uncut international version would go on to have 69 episodes (bringing the total episode count of the series to 159 for the original Japanese broadcast and 167 for the extended International broadcast). The series average rating was 9.4%, with its maximum being 12.3% ( Episode 47) and its minimum being 6.4% ( Episode 18). It premiered on Fuji TV on April 5, 2009, at 9:00 am just before One Piece and ended initially on March 27, 2011, with 97 episodes (a 98th episode was later released straight-to-video), and the two shows were marketed together as 'Dream 9', which refers to the hour in which they both aired. Dragon Ball Revised), is an anime series that is a high-definition remastered and recut of Dragon Ball Z, done for its 20th Anniversary. Dragon Ball Z Kai, known in Japan as Dragon Ball Kai ( ドラゴンボール改カイ, Doragon Bōru Kai, lit.

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