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Ever since the late 1990s, one has really been unable to think about anime without thinking of Dragonball. Mostly because it's airing in America has proven so prolific, it's popularity among anime fans is pretty much the same as it's popularity in Japan. Finally, the series has gotten a release it's deserved. The box proclaims the fifth boxset contains the 'Imperfect and Perfect Cell sagas' - which is just a fancy way of saying it's got the Cell Saga up through the time Cell announces his 'Cell Games.' So, with that said, WHAT exactly is Cell? And how do the Androids feature into this? And can anyone really take either Cell or the Androids down in the first place? When it comes to the features of this boxset... Funimation has decided to stick with the original dubs made back near 2000. This in itself is not a bad thing, as the dub by this point had become rather solid as a whole. However, the box set proclaims 'newly-revised English dialogue' but obviously does not deliver upon it at all. It's a little sad that way, but at least the dub still works great. However, I'm starting to feel like false advertising is being used now. Worse yet, where new VA work could be used, it's ignored. The future version of Gohan could well have been redubbed by Kyle Hebert, in order to give Gohan one voice for each age, but Funi didn't (similarly, the re-release of the History of Trunks movie also didn't redub). The widescreening and remastering still remains with us, obviously, and unlike the last boxset... it really pays off. Crammed with more action than the previous boxset, the fights now seem actually cinematic and are rendered as such with much more care than they were the last time. The Vegeta/Trunks vs Cell fight really pays off now, as does the Piccolo vs Android 17 fight. The camera angles combine with the widescreen feature to create a new experience perfectly. Like last time, the series can be seen in the original Japanese, in the American TV release format, or in English with the Japanese music instead. I personally prefer the TV-release music, as Brian Falkner's music almost seems to fit the series' intense action like a glove. That's not to say the Japanese music is bad, it's just my own preference. Unfortunately, still there's a complete lack of extras on these discs - aside from watching more Funimation adverts for things you already saw on the other discs because you can't skip the opening-DVD-ads. 30 bucks MSRP for 26 episodes? STILL over 6 discs? What, are you kidding me, Funimation? Look, I love DBZ. I really do. I love this set of fighting - Piccolo, Trunks and Vegeta all get to shine like diamonds, and even Tien gets to shine. However, we STILL don't have any extras and we're paying the SAME price for FEWER episodes! I wanted to give this a perfect 5. I did. But with the lack of episodic content here, I just can't. However, the price is still worth the episodes... I'm just starting to feel a little nervous about the way these things are being packaged.Read full review
I and my son love this anime.lots of action,great color considering just remastered with no grain effect.Dbz is the greatest cartoon ever!!
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Love these orange disc boxes. $20 is a good price for the amount of episodes you get. The music is the kind I’m used to from when I was a child.
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Dragon Ball Z is an anime for people who like a good... and long... story and well developed characters. If youre picky about quality of animation and well translated and adapted dialog, then you'll most likely be dissapointed. The drawing is aweful, the dialog is silly, but when I first saw it on TV a decade ago when I was 12 or 13 I just look it at face value without expectations and I loved it. Ive bought all seasons 1-5 that have been released to date, and id buy 100 of them if there ever were that many. Theyre fun to watch and for me its really just about nostalgia and appreciating the things i liked when I was a kid.
Its 5 star product because its dragonball z . The good part about the product is the z fighters get to track cell. The bad is cell gets his way with completing his entity of evil.
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