List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes

Dragon Ball Z Kai^[a] is a recut and remastered version of the long-running sequel anime television series Dragon Ball Z, produced to commemorate its 20th anniversary.^[1] The series was produced by Toei Animation with the intention of creating a revised version of Dragon Ball Z with re-recorded dialogue, improved animation cel quality, and omission of most anime-exclusive content not found in the Z-covered half of Akira Toriyama's original Dragon Ball manga. The series was originally broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from April 5, 2009, to March 27, 2011,^[2] with follow-up continuation covering the remaining story arcs from the original manga airing in Japan from April 6, 2014, to June 28, 2015.^[3]

Kai features remastered high-definition picture, sound, and special effects as well as a re-recorded voice track by most of the original cast.^[4] As most of the series' sketches and animation cels had been discarded since the final episode of Dragon Ball Z in 1996, new frames were produced by digitally tracing over still frames from existing footage and filling them with softer colors.^[5][6] This reduced visible damage to the original animation. To convert the 4:3 animation to 16:9 widescreen, some shots were selectively cropped while others feature new hand drawn portions; an uncropped 4:3 version was made available on home video and international releases for the first 98 episodes. Some countries would also air it in 4:3. Much of the anime-original material that was not featured in the manga was cut from Kai (ultimately abridging the 291 episodes of Dragon Ball Z down to 159 in Japan and 167 internationally).^[6]

The series would return in 2014, running for an additional 61 episodes in Japan, and 69 episodes internationally.^[3] The international version of the 2014 series was titled Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters by Toei Europe and Funimation,^[7] and had initially only been earmarked for broadcast outside of Japan.^[8] The home media releases of The Final Chapters contain a Japanese audio track for all episodes, including those that were never broadcast in Japan.^[9]

The first DVD and Blu-ray compilation was released in Japan on September 18, 2009.^[10][11] Individual volumes and Blu-ray box sets were released monthly.^[12] France was the first country to release all 167 episodes of the series on DVD and Blu-ray.^[13]

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