When Is It On?

DragonBall Kai is airing in Japan every Sunday at 9:00am (JST), which is 9 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Unfortunately, that's not the time it will air in other countries. For instance, in the United States, we'll be watching DragonBall Kai on Saturday night, instead of early Sunday morning. So be sure you find out exactly what time it will be on in your area. As a reference, in case the charts below don't help you out, this is the time in Tokyo, Japan right now. If it says it's Sunday at 9:00am, then DragonBall Kai is on! North America Like most continents, North America is broken up into multiple time zones, 8 in total. For the most part they're easy to convert between, until you have to start dealing with Daylight Savings. With that in mind, the following chart will hopefully help you decide when to tune in to Fuji TV so you don't miss DragonBall Kai. Note that times are listed in both Standard Time (ST) and Daylight Savings Time (DT). As a general rule of thumb, Daylight Savings is used during the Spring and Summer months, while Standard Time is used during the Fall and Winter months. Time Zone Standard Offset DragonBall Kai Broadcast Time Newfoundland Standard Time UTC - 3.5 hours 8:30pm NST 9:30pm NDT Atlantic Standard Time UTC - 4 hours 8:00pm AST 9:00pm ADT Eastern Standard Time UTC - 5 hours 7:00pm EST 8:00pm EDT Central Standard Time UTC - 6 hours 6:00pm CST 7:00pm CDT Mountain Standard Time UTC - 7 hours 5:00pm MST 6:00pm MDT Pacific Standard Time UTC - 8 hours 4:00pm PST 5:00pm PDT Alaska Standard Time UTC - 9 hours 3:00pm AKST 4:00pm AKDT Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time UTC - 10 hours 2:00pm HAST 3:00pm HADT If you live outside of North America, I suggest using the "Time Zone Converter" at Time and Date.com to convert the time in Japan to your local time. This will tell you exactly what time DragonBall Kai will be on in your area. I'd make a chart, but I'm not too familiar with other time zones and the chart would just be huge.

Picking a Program

Of all the programs floating around the internet, which one should you use? Well, it depends on what you're looking for... and which one is actually working at the time. They're great resources, but some aren't the most reliable. For the sake of this feature, we'll only be highlighting two programs; KeyHoleTV and TVants. I'll tell you right away, I personally prefer TVants, but I'll let you form your own opinion. Overall, the biggest fallback for these programs is that channels are provided and shared by users, so the availability of a certain channel depends on its popularity. KeyHoleTV Your first option is KeyHoleTV, which was developed as part of "Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs" P2P (peer to peer) testing program. While the audio and video isn't the highest quality, it is definitely watchable. If anything, it's free and it carries a Fuji TV stream. What more could you ask for?   Step 1 Follow the link to KeyHoleTV: http://www.v2p.jp/video/english/   Step 2 Download and install the latest version of KeyHoleTV and be sure to select English, or whichever language you are most comfortable with.   Step 3 After installing KeyHoleTV, run the program, which should look similar to the image below.   Step 4 You can now scroll through the list of channels to find Fuji TV, but as you'll notice, all of the channel titles are written in Japanese, since it's a Japanese program. If you're unfamiliar with Japanese, or simply can't find the program, copy and paste "フジテレビ" into the search function of the program.   Step 5 Once you've found the channel, simply double click it to start the live stream.   Note Unfortunately, KeyHoleTV is known for lagging. If the audio starts to lag, you can stop the video and restart it after a few seconds. This should hopefully re-align the audio and video. TVants Your next option is TVants, a P2P (peer to peer) program developed by Zhejiang University. The audio and video is excellent, and it is definitely a step above that of KeyHoleTV. This is probably due to the fact that TVants incorporates ads into the program, but in my opinion, they in no way are distracting.   Step 1 Follow the link to TVants: http://tvants.en.softonic.com/download/   Step 2 Download and install the latest version of TVants and be sure to select English, or whichever language you are most comfortable with.   Step 3 After installing TVants, run the program, which should look similar to the image below.   Step 4 I wouldn't suggest scrolling through the list of channels to find Fuji TV, since most of the channel titles are written in Chinese. To find the Fuji TV channel, you can either copy and paste "富士电视台" into the search function of the program, or click the link below, which will open Fuji TV directly into TVants. In addition, you can save the following link as a bookmark and access the Fuji TV stream straight from your web browser. tvants://list.tvants.com/tvants/?k=b8169561515263ca67a79bd632ed8816   Step 5 Double click the channel title and the Fuji TV channel stream will load in a separate window. So there you have it, with either of these programs, you should now be able to watch DragonBall Kai live. As a final note, I'd suggest opening your program of choice a couple of minutes before the show is set to begin, as they may have to buffer and access the server, which can take some time. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys watching DragonBall Kai live, while it lasts!

Information/Images by: Hujio