Dragon Ball Z - Reviews

Review with slight spoilers: be wary

Dragon Ball Z: an anime that even non anime-watchers know. Dragon Ball Z is an anime that is very close to me and many other people, but for me, it was the second anime that I ever watched (first was Dragon Ball). It also introduced me to the community and the existence of anime. As a child, I found great joy in watching the fights go on, the iconic main parts of the arcs, me being on the edge of my seat when something took a drastic turn, pretending to fire off Kamehamehas, and the like. And when I got a bit older I came back and watched the whole thing again, refilling my childhood nostalgia.

However, this anime obviously isn't perfect and not many are. I noticed this when I came to watch it a second time. Some parts did seem dragged on (like fights and overall story) and, looking into it, you can find OBVIOUS filler episodes, which makes DBZ hard to finish for some. Also, it did veer away from what Dragon Ball was all about: THE DRAGON BALLS THEMSELVES (FYI, the Dragon Balls are mystical spheres, of which there are seven scattered across the Earth, and later found out also on a planet called Namek, and once gathered, they summon a mighty dragon, Shenron, who grants one wish). Of course, they are still mentioned and used, but mainly to revive deceased characters or bring something back to piece. The further the show went on in its arcs, the less Dragon Balls were "relevant". 

(There are probably other faults to DBZ but I can't think of them at the top of my head.)

DBZ's flaws, to me, don't take away my strong feelings towards it and it will stay a pinpoint of my life. But to sum it up to newcomers: If you want an anime with a good story, exciting and intense action, loveable characters, iconic and memorable scenes (and a few laughs), this could be for you. But keep in mind that the story does drag on and has obvious filler moments (which leads to it being 291 episodes) so it'll definitely take some time to finish.

P.S. I would go onto the characters, sound and animation of the anime but I'm up at 11:37 p.m. (UK time) so Imma wrap this up with this.......KAAMEEHAAMEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

please tell me I'm funny

Okay, so I LOVED, Dragon Ball Z, I remermber starting to watch it when I was 6 because my father had gotten them for me, and I LOVED IT. Seeing Goku and Vegeta, Majin Buu, all memorable characters that I've come to love. The Movies were great too, and overall, this was just, amazing

Perfect only perfect.        

Dragon Ball Z for me probably like a lot of other people out there was proabably among the very first anime we ever saw and was mostly responsible for getting us into anime.  Which strictly speaking is mostly likely one of the main reasons why I rate this anime so highly.  Looking back now it wasn't anywhere near the greatest thing ever created even for the time when it came out and yet regardless of that.  If it hadn't been DBZ then it is unlikely that I would be watching anime today.  Then again I probably would have stumbled across anime regardless of whether I watched DBZ or not, but it did introduce me to anime a lot earlier then when I might have found it.  That being said the action isn't anywhere near the greatest thing out there and throw in some very lame enemies and the series quickly begins to show all the holes in it.  Also considering the fact that the story had so many problems with it like for example, how it seemed that no matter how many times certain individuals died they could always be wished back to life, presents only one of the many problems I had with the story especially when considering the fact that I had these problems when I was still only a kid.  But still you have to give DBZ credit for what it did for not only me but probably many other people out there.

So Dragonball Z. Well first of all there were a few things that I did not like about it. I hated how long it took for something to happen. Its like in 20 episoude only 5 minutes pass. Another thing how goku would always come late after everyone is almoust dead. And in some episoudes I just could not handol how stupid chichi was and how she couldent understand. But I really did enjoy Dragonball very much. It was very funny. The story was very confussing at some time. But this anime did cought my heart sometimes. It is really touching how kind moust of the characters in the anime are, specially goku. Even whit the timeing been a little off it stile wasent bad, it was stile fun to watch.