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Creator/ToeiAnimation took the animation from ''DBZ'', updated the coloring, and converted the recut footage to HD. ''Kai'' turns down the amount (and frequency) of [[InactionSequence talk breaks]] and features next-to-no {{filler}} or {{padding}}. The end result of these changes? A sleeker, faster, more faithful, and action-packed show than the original anime adaptation. For comparison, ''DBZ'' had 194 episodes from its beginning through to the end of the Cell Arc; ''Kai'' has only 98 episodes for that same timeframe. Counting the Buu arc episodes, ''Kai'' has a total of 167 episodes to ''DBZ'''s 291.[[note]]This gives us a ratio of roughly one ''Kai'' episode for every two of ''DBZ''.[[/note]]

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Creator/ToeiAnimation took the animation from ''DBZ'', updated the coloring, and converted the recut footage to HD. ''Kai'' turns down the amount (and frequency) of [[InactionSequence [[{{Padding}} talk breaks]] and features next-to-no {{filler}} or {{padding}}. The end result of these changes? A sleeker, faster, more faithful, and action-packed show than the original anime adaptation. For comparison, ''DBZ'' had 194 episodes from its beginning through to the end of the Cell Arc; ''Kai'' has only 98 episodes for that same timeframe. Counting the Buu arc episodes, ''Kai'' has a total of 167 episodes to ''DBZ'''s 291.[[note]]This gives us a ratio of roughly one ''Kai'' episode for every two of ''DBZ''.[[/note]]



* InactionSequence:
** Very much absent this time around. This is even acknowledged by 18:
--->''[Piccolo and 17 are staring at each other after a round of attacks]''\\
'''18:''' Hey! Stop staring at him like a fool! Or do I have to come up there myself?
** This would return in full force in ''The Final Chapters''. There is even a piece of music on the soundtrack that sounds like clocks ticking, and it is exclusively played during sequences where people stare at each other. Better yet, even later there is epic staring with orchestral chanting in the background.


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* {{Padding}}:
** Very much absent this time around. This is even acknowledged by 18:
--->''[Piccolo and 17 are staring at each other after a round of attacks]''\\
'''18:''' Hey! Stop staring at him like a fool! Or do I have to come up there myself?
** This would return in full force in ''The Final Chapters''. There is even a piece of music on the soundtrack that sounds like clocks ticking, and it is exclusively played during sequences where people stare at each other. Better yet, even later there is epic staring with orchestral chanting in the background.
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*** Scenes, where EpilepticFlashingLights occur, have been significantly reduced.

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*** Scenes, Scenes where EpilepticFlashingLights occur, occur have been significantly reduced.

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** The scene with Van Zant and Smitty, the gunmen who ultimately "create" Super Buu, shooting an elderly couple was cut out due to its cruel nature. Thus, the pair's first appearance here is immediately before they arrive at Buu's house when they decide to kill him, making their entire contribution to the story seem more than a little contrived. Weirdly enough, this was manga-adapted material that was cut, so the trope is played even ''more'' straight.

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** The scene with Van Zant and Smitty, the gunmen who ultimately "create" Super Buu, shooting an elderly couple was cut out due to its cruel nature. Thus, the pair's first appearance here is immediately before they arrive at Buu's house when they decide to kill him, making their entire contribution to the story seem more than a little contrived. Weirdly enough, this was manga-adapted material that was cut, so the trope this is played even ''more'' straight.



* AndTheAdventureContinues: ''Kai'''s original end with the Cell arc rewrote the story this way, giving a teaser to "unseen" adventures with Goku's new life in Other World, as well as Gohan's new role as Earth's greatest savior. Naturally, this wasn't the case with the original series or ''Z'', which kept the narrative going (albeit after a TimeSkip).
--> '''Narrator''': [[CallForward Goku's adventures continued]], of course, but the tales of those exploits will have to be saved for another time.

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: ''Kai'''s original end with the Cell arc Saga rewrote the story this way, giving a teaser to "unseen" adventures with Goku's new life in Other World, as well as Gohan's new role as Earth's greatest savior. Naturally, this wasn't the case with the original series or ''Z'', ''DBZ'', which kept the narrative going (albeit going, albeit after a TimeSkip).
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--> '''Narrator''': '''Narrator:''' [[CallForward Goku's adventures continued]], of course, but the tales of those exploits will have to be saved for another time.
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** The scene with Van Zant and Smitty, the gunmen who ultimately "create" Super Buu, shooting an elderly couple was cut out due to its cruel nature. Thus, the pair's first appearance here is immediately before they arrive at Buu's house when they decide to kill him, making their entire contribution to the story seem more than a little contrived.

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** The scene with Van Zant and Smitty, the gunmen who ultimately "create" Super Buu, shooting an elderly couple was cut out due to its cruel nature. Thus, the pair's first appearance here is immediately before they arrive at Buu's house when they decide to kill him, making their entire contribution to the story seem more than a little contrived. Weirdly enough, this was manga-adapted material that was cut, so the trope is played even ''more'' straight.

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