<P> In February 2009, Toei Animation announced that it would begin broadcasting a revised version of Dragon Ball Z as part of the series' 20th - anniversary celebrations . The series premiered on Fuji TV in Japan on April 5, 2009, under the name Dragon Ball Kai . The ending suffix Kai (改 「 かい 」) in the name means "updated" or "altered" and reflects the improvements and corrections of the original work . The original footage was remastered for HDTV, featuring updated opening and ending sequences, new music, and a rerecording of the vocal tracks . The original material and any damaged frames were removed to more closely follow the manga, resulting in a faster - moving story . Torishima later explained the origins of Kai; Bandai was having a hard time increasing their sales and asked if a new Dragon Ball anime could be made . But Toriyama refused to create a new story . Realizing that the anime - exclusive scenes that were added to increase the distance between the original anime and the manga hurt the pacing of the series, Torishima thought of cutting them so that it faithfully followed the manga . He said the reception to Kai was positive and Bandai had a hit with a card game, so it all worked out . </P> <P> The series initially concluded with the finale of the Cell arc, as opposed to including the Majin Buu arc . It was originally planned to run 98 episodes, however, due to the Tōhoku offshore earthquake and tsunami, the final episode of Dragon Ball Kai was not aired and the series ended on its 97th episode in Japan on March 27, 2011 . The 98th episode was later released direct - to - video in Japan on August 2, 2011 . </P> <P> In November 2012, Mayumi Tanaka, the Japanese voice of Krillin, announced that she and the rest of the cast were recording more episodes of Dragon Ball Kai . In February 2014, the Kai adaptation of the Majin Buu arc was officially confirmed . The new run of the series, which is titled Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters internationally, began airing in Japan on Fuji TV on April 6, 2014 and ended its run on June 28, 2015 . The final arc of Kai was originally produced to last 69 episodes (as most of the international versions run), but the Japanese broadcast cut it down to 61 episodes . </P> <P> Funimation licensed Dragon Ball Kai for an English - language release in North America, under the title Dragon Ball Z Kai . The series was broadcast on Nicktoons from May 24, 2010 to January 1, 2012 . In addition to Nicktoons, the series also began airing on the 4Kids - owned Saturday morning programming block Toonzai on The CW in August 2010, then on its successor, the Saban - owned Vortexx, beginning in August 2012 until the block ended on September 2014 . Both the Nicktoons and Toonzai / Vortexx airings were edited for content, though the Toonzai / Vortexx version was censored even more so than Nicktoons (perhaps most notoriously, Mr. Popo was tinted blue), most likely due to The CW being a broadcast network, although it's possible, albeit unlikely, that 4Kids was at least partially involved, considering their notoriety for heavy censorship of this sort . Kai began airing uncut on Adult Swim's Toonami block in November 2014, and re-runs of the previous week's episodes aired at the beginning of Adult Swim proper from February 2015 to June 2016 . CSC Media Group acquired the broadcast rights to Dragon Ball Z Kai in the United Kingdom and began airing it on Kix! in early 2013 . </P>

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