The Best DBZ Footage In Existence

[@curupa66]

The DB franchise has probably the best preservation effort being put into it and NOTHING is due to Toei.

[@Honorbound43]

Toei only just beginning to put good animation. All thanks to the upheaval they did to revamp one piece. Partially due to now having competition from Netflix

[@OsDijider66]

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[@meloneatingwolf1882]

Panicked for a second because I misread Toei as Toriyama.

[@Lkymn]

As someone trying to get their friend into dragon ball, it is really frustrating trying to find the best version of DBZ. Kai has great voice acting, but the animation redraws take me out of it way too hard. If I had the dragon balls it would be for a retelling of dragon ball from DB to buu saga with 2D animation like in the Super Hero flashback.

[@michaelbullen3104]

They found the audio and they now have fully upscaled episodes for ALL 3 og shows. And the broadcast audio was lost for like decades before it was found but some LEGENDARY Japanese madman recorded the entirety of all 3 shows on VHS and ripped them in the most pristine vhs audio quality possible, and he even KEPT them from deteriorating. This was all their first airings too… And not a single tape was warped in any way which is insane. That man is the REAL goat of DBZ preservation. Forget his username. Edit: It’s Kei17. If I could shake his fucking hand I would

[@jacobchappell1598]

It would be a real shame if the entire series was color corrected by you guys and happened to end up somewhere online 😔

[@tommygreenyt]

If only SOMe people were kind enough to do that .

[@Mr5lapp]

@@tommygreenyt😭😭😭 you’re a comedic genius

[@Volfyrion]

Oh what an absolute disaster would that be!

[@__.Daniel.__]

I sure hope no one gets any ideas *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

[@NicheCaesar]

Not that it’s what you’re talking about, but in pretty sure there are fan projects out there that are already doing this. If I’m remembering correctly, OG DB is done and available on the usual sites, GT is being worked on (as it’s shorter than Z) and Z is on deck or something like that.

[@aryamiktalwar101]

Buu Bits genuinely looked like the BEST looking Buu Saga clips I'd ever laid eyes on.

[@dorkulusdaddum5577]

not hard to look better. Boo saga was dogshit

[@thebestcakegoku7346]

@@dorkulusdaddum5577 not really

[@MilanousMedia]

This explains Toei's take downs They be jealous lol

[@FaultehBoi]

​@@dorkulusdaddum5577 not rlly. GT was

[@silver4067]

​@@dorkulusdaddum5577That's just not true lol it has some of the best animation of the series and the absolute highest lows direction wise. As Mark as explained before, Tv shows age in their colour as the original source yellows and dims over time. So when they release digital and dvd versions that are straight from the source without correction, it looks worse and unfaithful to the original broadcast. What Mark does is make it look as close to as it did when it airs, and does a damn good job at it. But old Z still had great colours when it aured and Kai is still damn near perfect looking wherever you watch it

[@insertcleverjoke8383]

I always noticed that the footage was high quality but I didn't realize you guys were fixing it up yourselves, that's sick

[@salahworx6963]

Still does not look as good as Dragonball Z Kai - which is Toeis remaster.

[@Faiqal_x1103]

@@salahworx6963 nahhhhh some of the redrawn frames look.. flat to me

[@jeremysmith5579]

@@salahworx6963DBZ Kai looks like crap bro

[@theringmaster6434]

Bro Toei needs to hire this man and his team the next time they think about rereleasing Dragon Ball onto Blu-ray and what not.

[@NiceCoopBro]

They're gonna make that gesture towards the eyes when they say no 😅

[@smritisinha5794]

Best they can do is copyright strike his channel

[@luizkorynga]

How many Toei Bluerays do you have?

[@Darth_Scesnoph]

Toei is too gay for that. Idk what happened to them. Did their owners sell? I dont remember them being so obnoxious but nowadays they keep delaying episodes and copyrighting people for no reason 😂

[@Myhaay]

@@Darth_Scesnoph it's japan bro, they would copyright the sun if they could, well not all but like 95% of companies there. the only reason they didn't earlier is because they were completely ignorant to the online community outside of japan.

[@GregoryFord98]

Not just color correction too. Line weight, grain, clarity good job team

[@7tengery950]

Ah, Plastic Love! One of my favourite songs for relaxing.

[@OddMonkeyFilms]

It's crazy how good colors almost improves the video quality

[@dorkulusdaddum5577]

Makes it look worse.

[@MrHomelessHobos]

@@dorkulusdaddum5577troll or idiot?

[@1Guason3]

@@dorkulusdaddum5577 at least try to come up with a good lie boomer

[@Churrowhisperer]

@@dorkulusdaddum5577Being a contrarian doesn’t make you cool

[@dorkulusdaddum5577]

@@Churrowhisperer imagine having a Luigi profile pic and trying to call others contrarian

[@JuniorRDZ04]

Big props to your team people who color correct the footage for the Buu Bits and for the DB footage you used for you videos. I also remember Geekdom saying he had a hard drive of the whole anime in such a good quality as well.

[@UnlimitedRadioButNoSoap]

the manga scans are what catches my eye they're sooo sharp

[@Faiqal_x1103]

ikrr

[@alanyang7801]

The corrections you guys make has always been so subtle but it’s so captivating. Your team makes the visuals look so much more pleasing to the eye and it honestly doesn’t get enough credit. Keep up the awesome work!

[@BlonkyKong]

You're playing Plastic Love in the background? Awesome!

[@trentswoodland]

Oh hey that's my tweet, didn't expect you to make a video mentioning it

[@TeeHallumsYT]

You rolled up on my feed and I was like "hey this is a good excuse to make a video on this!" lol

[@GregoryFord98]

Good job noticing it. It flies under the (dragon) radar for most

[@MrShahrozzz]

That last shot of Trunks is just 👌🏼

[@KevinVideo]

Very much appreciate all the work you and your team put into these kinds of things.

[@SoldierZ3R0]

Seed of Might has color corrected releases of DB. It looks amazing. They also did a release of DBZ with all of the different audio from the many dubs that came out. I wonder if any of these come from this work.

[@BlazingAuras]

People should check out the seed of might color corrected dragon ball release as well

[@Mr5lapp]

They’re beautiful

[@joeclarke7982]

Where can i find it?

[@dangerousdays2052]

wtf is teh seed of might? 😂🤣

[@Mr5lapp]

@@dangerousdays2052 I’m just going to ignore the fact that you not only said “teh” in 2024 and liked your own comment. But the seed of might is a group of people who release torrents of dragon ball in amazing quality

[@dangerousdays2052]

@@Mr5lapp My comment is worth liking. Yorus isn't. Stay mad 😭😭

[@cobaltjay9862]

Not only that guys but his team actually redraws and recolors the manga, and then re-animates all the episodes and movies. Truly the best place to watch dragon ball media :^)

[@luckykennedy7364]

Honestly the fact that the majority of the worst releases of Dragon Ball come from Funimation is nuts. Yeah the Dragon Box has some pretty fucked colors and audio sync but it is nowhere near as bad as the 2007 orange bricks and everything else to come out after... minus the level sets which died thanks to incompetent timing.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Very nice that you're playing Miss Takeuchi's plastic love in the background!😊

[@Roxas1412]

Goodness, props to your editors! I always take for granted how good the footage looks, so thank you to the whole editing team! You all are killing it!

[@TofuTF]

Great work! I’ve noticed it a while back and it makes watching your videos an absolute joy! Also It would seriously be amazing for the anime’s preservation if any of you guys could show us a breakdown of the process the editing crew goes through on each of the best releases so that it better represents the show’s intended colors!

[@jamesbaker6006]

Recently watched TFS commentary on buu Bits, and they had nothing but awesome things to say about your team. I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment. Shout out to everyone member of your team for all of their meticulous work and dedication to a show that sp many of us love. To be completely honest, I never thought Dragpn ball could look as good as it does on your channel. You, sir, have one hell of a team amazing work, all of you, on your commitment to making this anime that so many of us hold so dear look so God damn good.

[@creategreatness8823]

The entire Dragon Ball Saga...from the first ep of DB all the way to the last ep of DBZ, along with Kai, and Super...deserves to have the finest restoration and presentation on home disc as possible...in a series of epic, consistent Box Sets.

[@KLWarlord]

That's so cool. Your video on the various DBZ DVD sets was crazy.

[@OGM_OriginalGameMusic]

Gotta be honest. I'm relatively new to you and I noticed how damn crisp natural the footage looked! It blew me away during the dbz movie tier list video

[@Goomenstein]

Honestly this is something I hadnt conciously taken note of, but looking back I definitely appreciated it subconciously

[@Blujul]

Kudos to your team!! I really admire the level of commitment you guys put into it, keep it up Mark! 🔥

[@terppa6341]

It's really impressive what your editors do, great job keep it up.

[@alexlovehall7796]

I didn't know you put this much effort into it and it just goes to show why your channel and you yourself are as good as it is

[@megafights1372]

Trunks in the end smiling cus they finally fixed the color shading is just genuinely nice 😄

[@Niall_Sene]

You guys put in the work and it shows, never realised you did it yourselves but it's awesome!

[@Squashylemon]

Something I noticed with DBZ over time is that a lot of companies have worked to remove original dragon ball z from the internet. All I seem to find are edited versions of DBZ like kai or they only use the Japanese soundtracks instead of the American ones or they edit out blood or the filler episodes. It's weird because dragon ball is still everywhere, nothing is edited doesn't matter if you pick the Japanese or the American versions the only thing that's edited are maybe the sexual scenes like with bulma or launch.

[@cherryb0ng]

Honestly the medium was conceived during a time where Blu ray didn't exist and everything was streamed on cathode rays (also we didn't call it "streamed" back then but "broadcast"). No matter how much I appreciate Mark and his team doing God's work in the modern day pursuit of ever greater quality, I'll never stop appreciating the old grainy and pale-ish colours of TV dragon ball and dragon ball Z. Reminds me of times as a kid. That was the authentic experience right there.

[@rvb_crusader9142]

Yeah , even when i was just begging in anime i noticed the difference between how old anime looked compared to new anime.A shame that we cant edit/digitize thes old classics and see them how they were in thier prime.Thanks for your contributions, always nice seeing the effort put in.

[@wildhogOW]

Thanks for the effort you guys put into the videos 💖

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

Yes it's apparent even on a phone Mark, your team does great work keep up the amazing stuff!

[@AnferneeMyers]

With guys like AJ and Trev working with you, y’all have absolutely every right in the feasible universe to say this. Keep up the great work, gang!

[@thesmilingknight4982]

I will thank you, your team, and this channel for every single effort you put in because you make my days so much better

[@mechajay3358]

Mark's videos are currently the one of the few best preservations for Dragon Ball. Also nice to listen to some of that City Pop music in the background.

[@NukaKawai]

IKAOS did the whole series upscaled, color corrected and fixed

[@waleedabdullahkhan5706]

I had always wondered that but never knew that your Editor were the reason. Kudos to them

[@megasxlr22]

Dude, it’s stuff like this that genuinely gets me out of bed to wish for the day when we as a society treat down the walls of copyright law so that we can just make old things look right again. Or just make them flippin accessible! Thank you and your team for all your hard work and anything I say vastly undersells how grateful I truly am to you and your team for what you do.

[@garyroyal1730]

Yes, I actually did notice the quality of your work and team. Greatly Appreciated.

[@Prince...830]

"You are probably watching on a tiny little phone" 😭😭

[@lostsauce911]

You know kinda a banger short it was just to say yeah my editors are sick

[@SonicTheBlueBlur15]

You should release a playlist of the entire of the definiteve version of dbz in each dub pls

[@R3SerialDreams]

The dream would be to have the entirety of DBZ and it's movies and specials remastered with proper wide-screen adapting.

[@mogueraguh]

Nothing beats the original funi dub look

[@coolnessgames]

Bro Toei NEEDS to get in touch with your editing team for a proper remastered DBZ collection. I know it will NEVER happen but just imagine that!

[@Sergeantmajormario]

Mark is there making the best versions out there, ready for Funimation to contact him to use the footage

[@SavantPete]

Trunks smile at the end was so wholesome

[@demonicmoronic]

HEY, my phone aint tiny. It cost more then my TV, and for your information, the footage looks great, keep up the great work.

[@CruiserDynasty]

the self awareness is in another universe when it comes to mark. being the best around incompetence doesn't make you the best that a human can do, it makes you average around losers, saying the work is average isent an insult to the work, its saying making a 20 year old product look good now isent amazing, it should be normal and the fact that its not is the problem. the goal is to make the world a better place not assume we are great because we think we should be

[@Mayonnaiseee]

If u hear "lets get into it" or "lets break it down" in a Totally Not Mark short, you *know* youre cooked

[@LilyandJasper]

I can’t believe I never realized this! 😱🤩 I knew your footage looked so high quality, but I could never pinpoint why! 😅

[@mysteriousstranger2814]

Thank you Mark, very humble.

[@randomdude9367]

Noticed the resolution difference, nice work Didn't notice that big of a difference on the colors until someone pointed it out to me. I blame it on my colorblindness.

[@tyler196792]

Thought I was crazy thinking you had better “footage” than anywhere else

[@DokkanAssets]

This is how you know Mark cares about this medium.

[@phoenixxamvs1170]

Didn't realise you went to so much extra effort, respect

[@commiecomrade2644]

Ooooo thats why they tried to take you out! You made them look lazy! lol

[@itsmrotaku]

The team do an amazing job well done guys the content looks amazing!

[@FireAngelXooX]

Absolutely stunning. I did notice the footage was super high quality but I didnt know where it was from or how it was done. I would love to know more about the process if that ever comes up

[@Anonymous20242]

I noticed that the buu saga in TFS's buu bits looked insanely good

[@RikenzuPlays]

Things like this unfortunately always go unnoticed by the masses 😔

[@KidRunnerH]

Digital Love… nice pun. And to everyone… thank you for what you do.

[@PatLund]

There is also a team that went through and Color corrected all of original Dragon Ball and added in the original Japanese broadcast audio along with all the other available audios. They are called Seed of Might and I believe they are also working on Z currently.

[@DMTInfinity]

Truly fuckin' Inspiring.

[@neverknowsbest.]

*bro owns the dragon box sets* We really need a good home release bro

[@noone8785]

This was the perfect video for my phone to immediately bu p down to 144p.

[@Buddy_Online]

That is so fucking impressive and goes to show how much love you put into DBZ. Like… I’m not sure if it’s feasible: but I’m sure the entire DBZ fandom would pay your team to recolour the entire series. Like goddamn… to think that small tidbit is just a fraction of the work you put in… you’re amazing Mark. You and your team.

[@riadburctoolla3251]

This confirms that the Dragonball franchise is Frances's favourite anime. Second favourite is Knights of the Zodiac

[@legacytag]

Fun thing, Dokkan Battle remakes it's animations from scratch but they actually do take the extra time to make sure its color corrected. I highly recommend looking at some of their modern animations if you get the chance! (Anything made after 2022 looks amazing). Even their original stuff looks straight out of the anime, including with stuff as high quality as the Broly movie!

[@SpeedPunch]

Yup

[@twigythekidd]

Love you and all your hard work, Mark❤

[@AlexanderZ640]

I'm sorry but I was hypnotized by Plastic love in the background

[@KGBeast.]

The 35mm prints are beautiful

[@SonicmanChannel]

dawg, let these guys make the next DBZ remaster come on

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content ❤❤❤

[@dbhe01]

Man as an AMV editor, it would be an honor to use your team's sources to make AMVs. It would be like a dream come true. Keep it up, love the content

[@MarshallXeno]

TNM: "You're probably watching this on a tiny little phone" Me (watching on a tiny little phone): ._.

[@maxaslagolis]

Somehow yall are better at restoring the footage than companies who are paid to restore it professionally for commercial releases

[@TKOTDtvMusic]

Thats legitimately extremely impressive

[@emolovetree]

The clip of the terrible price is right guess is an amazing choice, dude was guessing how much the entire set cost

[@michaelkibble740]

I'm a DBZ fan and the fixes are so cool

[@Weak_Tea_903]

We notice, and we all respect and appreciate you guys

[@Aldrnari956]

100% even on my phone, the difference is obvious. Dragon Ball as a franchise has been sustained for decades because of incredibly talented fans like the people here running Mark’s channel and the people over at TFS. They aren’t the only ones, of course, but they are prime examples of how fans of DB sure seem to care more about the franchise than the corporations and license holders that currently control it.

[@Marisa_arts]

Plastic Love instrumental version is a good pick!

[@bowserbreaker2515]

The best official footage is Kai. They somehow changed the aspect ratio for the Buu saga to widescreen, and it didn't ruin the footage.

[@CityMan69]

Editors deserve the pay raise frfr

[@Donkyswagtivity.]

The music in the background plastic love

[@stefanmijatovic5837]

I have found a single source that's as good as if not better than french remaster. It's been done for both OG DB and DBZ, color correction, tint matching, all possible English and Japanese dubs/subs there are etc etc etc. Fan made and part of the high seas ofc but I just want to say that it is out there

[@affinity601]

Its apparent on phones. Good work brother :)

[@canyonskyy]

Always a good game when these 2 play. I'll leave my thoughts about the reffing to myself but it was def a lil questionable at times. Mike and Kam pt 3 gotta happen at some point in the future.

[@AwkCrafty]

Banger song choice Mark.

[@jahvontaim3219]

Beautiful song choice my guy

[@DirtyBobBojangles]

Be careful. Toei might nuke your channel again. You dont want to be crying on camera for Christmas again, right? Can't stay away. 😂

[@jamalgs3388]

Omg you are so right. I always wonder why it looked ao dam fresh

[@RetroRanter]

How much to get your editors to correct EVERYTHING then? Also...absolutely cultured choice of music sir. 💜

[@DarthNoshitam]

Everytime I hear Plastic Love, I hear the epic mashup with Shake That 😂

[@drchristophe207]

Props to you and your team man. I’m glad I’m far from the only one who cares about this stuff.