Dragonball Kai
By: zoyataapur | Posted: 25th February 2010
The Dragonball series of anime movies has enthralled people the world over with its brilliant characters, special effects, and amazing animation. Basically Dragonball Kai is a revised version of Dragonball Z and has been released to commemorate the latter's 20th anniversary. Telecasting of the same began from the 5th of April, 2009 on Fuji Television. The old episodes have been remastered using hi definition pictures.
This new episode also includes special effects and the sound tracks have been re-recorded using the same cast that was there in the original. For those who do not know, in the old days, animation movies were made by first drawing separate images of every sequence. These are known as cels. During production of Dragonball Kai, it was found that that the cels of the last episode (Dragonball Z) had been discarded.
They had last been shown in 1996. To make up for this loss of footage, digital tracing technology was used to make new frames and they were then filled up using softer colors. This procedure of digital tracing helped ensure that the original frames were not damaged. During the procedure a number of frames were cropped.
Also, a number of frames were added that feature new portions that have been added to the scenes that were drawn by hand in the same ratio as that of the picture.
Quite a lot of material that was there in Dragonball Z have been removed hence reducing the count of the new episode to approximately 100 which is far less than the 291 episodes of the original. This new episode also includes special effects and the sound tracks have been re-recorded using the same cast that was there in the original.
Telecasting of the same began from the 5th of April, 2009 on Fuji Television. The old episodes have been remastered using hi definition pictures. During production of Dragonball Kai, it was found that that the cels of the last episode (Dragonball Z) had been discarded. During the procedure a number of frames were cropped.
Also, a number of frames were added that feature new portions that have been added to the scenes that were drawn by hand in the same ratio as that of the picture.
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