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title: Dragon Ball Z text: for the Ford Focus. "Dragon Ball Z"'s Japanese run was very popular with an average viewer ratings of 20.5% across the series. "Dragon Ball Z" also proved to be a rating success in the United States, as the premiere of Season Three of "Dragon Ball Z" in 1999, done by Funimation's in-house dub, was the highest-rated program ever at the time on Cartoon Network. In 2002, in the week ending September 22, "Dragon Ball Z" was the #1 program of the week on all of television with tweens 9-14, boys 9-14 and men 12-24, with the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday title: Dragon Ball Z text: previously used a similar Vancouver-based voice cast in their short-lived 1995 dub of "Dragon Ball"). Saban musicians Ron Wasserman and Jeremy Sweet, known for their work on the "Power Rangers" franchise, composed a new background score and theme song (nicknamed "Rock the Dragon"). Funimation's initial English dub of "Dragon Ball Z" had mandated cuts to content and length, which reduced the first 67 episodes into 53. It premiered in the United States on September 13, 1996 in first-run syndication, but halted production in 1998 after two seasons. This was due to Saban scaling down its syndication operations, in order to title: Dragon Ball Z text: cropped the entire series into 16:9 widescreen format and began re-releasing it to DVD in nine individual "season" box sets; the first set released on February 6, 2007 and the final on May 19, 2009. In July 2009, Funimation announced that they would be releasing the Japanese frame-by-frame "Dragon Box" restoration of "Dragon Ball Z" in North America. These seven limited edition DVD box sets were released uncut in the show's original 4:3 fullscreen format between November 10, 2009 and October 11, 2011. In July 2011, Funimation announced plans to release "Dragon Ball Z" in Blu-ray format, with the first title: Dragon Ball Z text: to financial constraints. This led to Funimation forming its own in-house voice cast at their Texas-based studio. The Saban-produced soundtrack from the first two seasons was replaced with a new background score composed by Bruce Faulconer and his team of musicians, which was used throughout the rest of Funimation's "Dragon Ball Z" dub. This renewed dub featured less censorship (due to fewer restrictions on cable programming) and aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block from September 13, 1999 to April 7, 2003; continuing in re-runs through 2008. Kids' WB briefly ran "Dragon Ball Z" in 2001 on its short-lived Toonami block. title: Dragon Ball Z text: with both the American and Japanese background music. In January 2011, Funimation and Toei announced that they would stream "Dragon Ball Z" within 30 minutes before their simulcast of "One Piece". As of 2017, "Dragon Ball Z" is no longer being streamed on Hulu. The Funimation dubbed episodes also aired in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. However, beginning with episode 108 (123 uncut), AB Groupe and Westwood Media (in association with Ocean Studios) produced an alternate English dub. The alternate dub was created for broadcast in the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland, although