Does anybody watch Dragon Ball Z?

**fireblaze57** · 05-27-2011 10:21 PM

i was just wondering if anyone watches this. I just finished the kid buu saga

. isn't dbz awesome?

**Jeff777** · 05-27-2011 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by fireblaze57

i was just wondering if anyone watches this. I just finished the kid buu saga

. isn't dbz awesome?

Best anime ever. I used to watch it when I was a kid.

**Puffin** · 05-27-2011 10:44 PM

I used to watch it when I was around 12, and I enjoyed it!

As I grew though, I became less and less interested in anime (and pretty much all other animated shows) in general. So, I stopped watching it.

Now I watch Discovery Channel.

**Jeff777** · 05-27-2011 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by Puffin

I used to watch it when I was around 12, and I enjoyed it!

As I grew though, I became less and less interested in anime (and pretty much all other animated shows) in general. So, I stopped watching it.

Now I watch Discovery Channel.

Love discovery channel, history channel and animal planet. Pretty much all I watch on t.v. now. xD

**louie54** · 05-27-2011 11:29 PM

I watched it a couple of times when I was 7, but a couple of years went by and there was a lot of hype for it, and I didn't understand it. I grew out of it pretty quick, but still, I never really got into it.

Originally Posted by Jeff777

Love discovery channel, history channel and animal planet. Pretty much all I watch on t.v. now. xD

Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet are great. No Reservations and Bizarre Foods is a good way to learn about the world, and Discovery Channel has interesting stuff like Myth Busters, Time Warp and Cash Cab. Animal Planet is great just because I love animals.

Oh and the first couple hours of Adult Swim are awesome sauce!

**Raphael** · 05-28-2011 02:45 AM

Hell yeah, I used to watch that as a kid. Nowadays I re-visit the magnas every once in a while, they're a lot better than the T.V. show in my opinion. While I loved it when I was younger, watching it now it doesn't hold up so well. The action scenes are pretty awesome, but everything is way too drawn out. Every episode is so short and not enough happens in the 24 minutes or however long they are.

The magnas are awesome because you can flip through them pretty fast, and they're uncensored. The art is great, the dialouge and everything better than the T.V. show. The Buu saga was so well done in the magnas, but the show dragged it out waaaay too long and made Buu annoying as ****.

I have to say that the movies were pretty damn good though, much better in quality than the TV show. The Return of Cooler and Cooler's Revenge were awesome. Vegeta has always been my favorite character, so it was nice to see him actually matter for once and save Goku's ass.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 05-28-2011 03:03 AM

Huge fan - especially around my high school years. Much of my own drawing style was influenced by DBZ. I think its story is truly one of the greatest epics of all time. (Not that I'm familiar with every epic ever written, but I can't see even the best of tales being That much better. Lol.) It's true that everyone tends to gripe about things being drawn out, and they really are at times. But what I actually happen to like is the long power-ups. It actually gives the cartoon a bit more realism (if that makes any sense). The powering up is no different than a martial artist psyching himself up to break a stack of bricks. Sometimes it takes longer and longer to generate that kind of mental focus to do the deed. These time limits are compounded, because these are aliens creating the moves, whose minds/bodies are able to generate much more energy - if given a longer time to generate it. It's such a novel concept, but people get so turned off by it. Meh. Oh well.

Probably my favorite thing about the combat in DBZ is the grappling and super-speed melee - especially in the DBZ movies, where it is all just so well done. Watching Goku ricochet around like a bullet in an iron cage - whooping ass on multiple attackers at 7 punches a second - is a thing of beauty. Seriously some of the best fights of any anime I've ever seen. My favorite sagas are a tie between the Cell and Frieza sagas. Going into the Buu saga, I began getting a little turned off. The whole "candy" aspect and all of the reversion to (even) more childish themes just kinda made me start losing interest. And when DBGT came around, I pretty much just completely walked the other way. I love the movies, though. All of them. They are awesome. The animation is so much better, and the fights are so much detailed. Pretty good work on the narratives too - well, some of them.

Probably the most amazing moment in the DBZ universe:

It still gives me chills.

**Solarflare** · 05-28-2011 03:24 AM

watched the entire thing online (290 something episodes) and the movies in about...... 10 days?

**Raphael** · 05-28-2011 04:16 AM

Wow great video Oneironaut, the quality is incredible. Definitely one of the best moments of the series, even though I always thought Vegeta should have been the one to defeat him through rage, after Trunks got demolished. I definitely agree that the movies were much more detailed and overall better quality, for me they have such a different feel from the tv show. Did you ever read the magnas? And what are your thoughts on the Dragonball series?

I've never even seen a GT episode, I stopped after that horrible conclusion to the Buu saga, which up until that point was one of my favorites (magna version). Why the hell would Goku leave his family to go train some Buu reincarnate on a desert island somewhere? I mean come on.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 05-28-2011 04:20 AM

Never read the mangas, but I actually kinda liked the Dragonball series. I didn't see every episode of DB, but pretty much came into it when Goku was a teen, and fighting in the tournaments against Piccolo Jr. I went back and saw some of (younger) Goku's battles, earlier in the series. Then, DBZ came out, and I was hooked. I still don't think I've seen all the DB episodes, though.

**~~DeletePlease~~** · 05-28-2011 05:28 AM

I absolutely loved Dragon Ball when I was little. I was just a kid when I watched it so I doubt I really got a grasp of the story line, I should probably rewatch it because of that. As for Dragon Ball Z, it was one of my favorite shows. I watch every episode the day it aired and eagerly waited for each new one. As a kid, I didn't mind the filler; I doubt anyone really did at that age. If I go back and try to watch it now though, I can't say I enjoy it as much. I've only seen a few of the animated movies but if they're as good as you guys say, I'll definitely go back and watch them all. Dragon Ball GT wasn't as great as DBZ imo. It had it's moments but I just never really got into it.

They started airing Dragon Ball Kai a little while ago, which is supposed to be DBZ with less filler, new dialogue, and cleaner animation. Has anyone hear watched? If I do go back and watch DBZ again, I'm not sure if the original is worth the time or if I should just go for the revamped version.

**stormcrow** · 05-28-2011 09:45 AM

Hell ya I watched DBZ (even though I wasn't allowed to watch it most of my childhood I was raised in a super strict household) and I still love the original Dragon Ball. Lol Oneironaut I drew alot of dragonballz characters as well, my parents often wondered why I chose to draw pictures of blonde haired men with no shirts and hella muscles. I'm actually surprised I'm not flaming gay because of it.

**hellfire135** · 05-29-2011 06:12 PM

yeah i watch it too! it's really good

**FortressForever** · 05-30-2011 03:00 AM

Man, I grew up watching DBZ. I've been watching the Kai series on Nick lately.

And for all you Toonami Faithful out there.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimD716...9246CF31580689

That's just the DBZ section. Go back to the main page for promos from all the other shows.

Make sure to watch all those in 1080p.

**fautzo** · 06-02-2011 02:20 AM

My favorite episode

YouTube - ‪so apparently you can watch movies on youtube now‬&rlm;

**slayer** · 06-02-2011 03:09 AM

One episode of actual story, 5 episodes of HURRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

**Raphael** · 06-02-2011 04:01 AM

One of my favorites moments is when all the Z fighters have to punch this button, which then gives a "power number." You have to get over a certain number in order to qualify for the tourney. All the humans are getting like 100, Piccollo barely taps it and gets like 700. Then Vegeta punches it at half speed and explodes the entire machine. All the other Z fighters got all pissed at him cause now they had to wait in line while the machine got fixed.

**stormcrow** · 06-02-2011 05:20 AM

I like the episode where baby Gohan beats up dinosaurs.

**dajo** · 06-02-2011 06:33 AM

never got whats so great about it.. only watched very little, though

**Oneironaut Zero** · 06-02-2011 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Raphael

One of my favorites moments is when all the Z fighters have to punch this button, which then gives a "power number." You have to get over a certain number in order to qualify for the tourney. All the humans are getting like 100, Piccollo barely taps it and gets like 700. Then Vegeta punches it at half speed and explodes the entire machine. All the other Z fighters got all pissed at him cause now they had to wait in line while the machine got fixed.

LMFAO. I remember that.

Also:

**Tsukiomi** · 06-02-2011 02:52 PM

I own all the dvd's, dbz is the best. I still remember watching it when I was in okinawa uncut as a boy. Dragonball is better imo, just have to love the comedy and goku beating up those red ribbon army guys.

-Evan

**Oneironaut Zero** · 06-02-2011 06:16 PM

More greatness from before Gohan's transformation:

Back when Goku was the baddest lil' jit' on the block:

(Search side-bars for continuations.)

**Replicon** · 06-02-2011 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Probably the most amazing moment in the DBZ universe:

It still gives me chills.

I used to watch it a lot when it was a kid. I agree, that scene is probably the best moment in the whole thing, and it gives me those same chills.

Too bad the english dub is so shitty though. I much prefer the scene in Japanese, and that song is really awesome:

**Jorge** · 06-02-2011 06:43 PM

No but I would watch the Movie Dragon Ball Z, just because Emmy Rossum is in it.

Heard the movie wasn't good btw...so what!

**dajo** · 06-02-2011 08:34 PM

I was actually kind of hoping someone would pick up on my 'don't get it'. More directly: What's the appeal? I gather many people, not only of young age, really like that show. People with good taste, also.

I have learned that those persistent fan-bases often have a point in being persistent. (for me that's star trek and firefly just to name two examples, good shows). So what is it about dragonball?