Recently, there were 2 "new" animes that started airing in Japan - Dragon Ball Kai & Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Why the inverted commas? It's because both animes are not totally new. One is a remastered, edited version of its previous self and one is a remake.Dragon Ball Kai
Source: Toei Confirms Dragon Ball Kai is Edited to Follow MangaToei Animation has confirmed that this spring's Dragon Ball Kai re-airing of its Dragon Ball Z anime will be edited to more closely follow Akira Toriyama's original manga. The Dragon Ball Z anime series originally ran from April 1989 to January 1996 in Japan. However, since Toriyama was still serializing his manga at the same time in shorter weekly installments, the Dragon Ball Z anime expanded its story by inserting additional content. The new Dragon Ball Kai remastering will be an "Akira Toriyama original cut edition" that will quicken the story presentation and adhere more with the manga's story.
The anime footage will be enhanced with the latest digital technology. This includes a new full-HD remastering from the film reels of the original run, renewed soundtracks and sound effects, and new dialogue recordings with most of the original cast. The re-airing will launch in Japan on April 5.
So basically, this is an edited version of the old Dragon Ball Z hence the name Dragon Ball Kai. Although I can't read Japanese the "kai" word is also a Chinese word, and it means change or in this case, edit. It is shortened to follow the manga, which means it will definitely be more exciting! It also has new soundtracks, dialogue recordings, sound effects and it is now in HD format!!!
Dragon Ball Z in widescreen 16:9 HD format!!When I was in primary school, I was a fan of Dragon Ball, but back then I could only read the Dragon Ball comics as there were no airings of Dragon Ball in Singapore. Unfortunately, when I was young, we did not have internet and there were no such thing as fansubs. I was so desperate to watch Drag
on Ball in action that I rented dragon ball specials from a video shop in Takashimaya (closed down liao). There were no subtitles for the videos but I still watched finished all the videos without understanding a word they say lol. I think I did that for Ranma too. When I was in secondary school, at least there were videos with Chinese subtitles which made watching animes a more pleasant experience. Now of course you have tons of fansubbers (God's gift to non-Japanese anime and drama lovers) who sub all sorts of animes ..... lucky us now =)So, for all those of you who like me, have suffered in the past, and did not get a chance to enjoy the full glory of the entire Dragon Ball Z series, now is the chance to start from the very first episode of the series and continue watching it once a week, every week! In widescreen HD format! Those who watched Dragon Ball Evolution and became interested in Dragon Ball, you can start watching Dragon Ball Kai too! Too bad they started from Dragon Ball Z and not from Dragon Ball (when Goku was a kid). There are some recaps at the beginning and you can watch how Goku and others get their super saiyan powers eventually though.
Dragon Ball Kai Opening and Ending Theme
The animation scenes of the opening and ending songs looks great but when they go into the actual story, the animation looks a little dated despite the remastering efforts. However, I still love it and the action scenes will always keep me excited. Kame hame ha!! The animation will get better in future episodes. If only they remade the whole Dragon Ball Z series like Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood than it will be awesome!
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
In this world, there exist people with special abilities to manipulate objects and transform one object into another. These people are known as alchemists. This process does come with a cost though, the basic law of alchemy states that to gain something you have to sacrifice something of the same value.Source: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
The main character is the famous alchemist Edward Elric - also known as the Fullmetal Alchemist - who almost lost his little brother, Alphonse, in an accident. Edward managed to contain his brother's soul in a large suit of armor. While he did manage to save his brother's life, he had to pay a great price himself.
To get back what they've lost, the brothers embark on a journey to find the Philosophers Stone that is said to amplify the powers of an alchemist enormously.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is a re-telling of the story from the manga point of view.
For those who have watched the original Fullmetal Alchemist, this version is actually a remake of the original one but follows the storyline of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga instead. From what I've heard (did not read the comic), the original's story in the later part is somewhat different from the manga. I was a fan of the
original Fullmetal Alchemist and watched every episode and movies of it. The first few episodes of the "new" series are similar to the original one and I felt like I have seen it all before. Maybe I should wait for a few months till there is a difference in storyline before continuing to watch this. However if you have not watched Fullmetal Alchemist before, you can watch this version instead.I really enjoyed watching the first version of Full Metal Alchemist. It is an action packed, funny and violent? anime and the protagonist is a short guy like me! He always get made fun of in the show, like me in real life, but too bad I do not know alchemy nor do I have a metal arm and leg like Edward ...
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood Opening and Ending Theme
P.S: Dragon Ball Evolution sucks.