DBGT Color Palette

[Sovran Nila]

What's the difference in color palette between DBZ and DBGT, whereas DBGT seems darker/maturer?

 

[Scott]

GT's color palette wasn't much different from DBZ's. It's just that the film master had aged by the time the Dragon Box came out, making the show look darker than it really was.

This is a DBZ flashback in GT (Dragon Box):

This is how the scene looked in DBZ:

A group of fans called Seed of Might actually remastered the entirety of GT by themselves (sans the TV special, because it seems Toei lost the original film master to it).

This is a scene from GT (Dragon Box):

And this is how it looks in Seed of Might's remaster:

GT has never looked better.

 

[GSM123]

I think it has more to do with GT's usage of warm colors. The sky is almost always red/pink but with a muted tone, and it gives a more hellish 90s vibe to the show.

The art itself also has a more detailed, shiny feel to it. I feel like Yamamuro (The animator known for this style) was more involved in GT than he was in Z.

Spoiler: GT

Z could also have this polished look sometimes, but I guess it doesn't jump out as much with yellow hair.

Spoiler

 

[Scott]

The sky is almost always red/pink but with a muted tone, and it gives a more hellish 90s vibe to the show.

It's not like most of the episodes took place on New Planet Plant or the distorted Earth lol. While most releases of GT have reddish/pinkish tint, that's only due to the aged film master.

Also, Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru was the GT's main animator supervisor and character designer, not Tadayoshi Yamamuro.

 

[Dagon]

Scotty told you everything you need to know. Although I haven't heard that lost the film masters. Even if they did, FujiTV would have high quality tapes in storage, but due to how the laws work in Japan, Toei would have to pay to use them for a home release. So that's never going to happen.

 

[Scott]

Only the film master to the TV special seems to have been lost. A tape recording of the special was released for the Dragon Box instead.

 

[Power Level Guy]

Yeah, this Seed of Might work makes GT actually look incredible. Cutting off the frames is bothersome though, feels like I'm looking through a window to watch a show.

I will try it out when I do my GT rewatch. My goodness. That was a tough 64 episodes for me to get through.

 

[Scott]

I don't recall anything about the frames being cut in Seed of Might's remaster. I'm pretty sure it's higher resolution than any of the official releases.

 

[Power Level Guy]

I don't recall anything about the frames being cut in Seed of Might's remaster. I'm pretty sure it's higher resolution than any of the official releases.

They removed 6 pixels on each edge because the picture is frayed. Some people have complained about it.

 

[Scott]

They explain why they crop here:

x.com

x.com

 

[Power Level Guy]

Yeah, I'm aware.

 

[Dagon]

They explain why they crop here:

x.com

x.com

Yeah and it's a bad excuse. They shouldn't decide how we watch. They should color correct and nothing else. Funimation crop all over again.

 

[Power Level Guy]

Yeah I agree, release both versions give us the choice

 

[Dagon]

Yeah I agree, release both versions give us the choice

I think it's possible that they didn't "render" per se an uncropped version, so they'd have to do it all over again. But that's just a guess.

 

[Scott]

Hm, even with Seed of Might's remaster, GT's DBZ flashbacks aren't as colorful as the scenes originally were in DBZ.

This is a scene from DBZ:

How it looks in GT's Seed of Might remaster:

It's not a big deal, though. Maybe Toei just applied a filter to flashbacks?

 

[Power Level Guy]

Yeah, I think flashbacks have filters.

 

[theallpowerfulpuipui]

Imagine this remastered

 

[Papasmurf]

Dolltaki was the only redeeming thing about GT.

 

[Scott]

Dolltaki was the only redeeming thing about GT.

You're Dolltaki in real life