Favorite Dragon Ball Z Movie

[AquaParade]

Just wondering what everyone's favorite of all the animated dbz movie's are. This might come off as odd, but my favorite one was The History of Trunks...even though I'm not really sure where that and History of Bardock came from, I thought it conveyed emotion really well and had some fun fight scenes, plus it was cool just seeing such an alternate reality...how did they manage to make these so long after the series ended? Anyways, what are your favorites?

[The Terror of Death]

13 was by far the best. The first time I watched it I couldnt even believe it was actually a DBZ movie.

[DrSpengler]

The Best: World's Strongest (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-2-%e2%80%9cthe-world%e2%80%99s-strongest%e2%80%9d/)

My Favorite: Tree of Might (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-3-%e2%80%9ctree-of-might%e2%80%9d/)

My opinion of "best" and "favorite" don't always go hand in hand.

Some honorable mentions:

Return of Cooler (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-6-%e2%80%9cthe-return-of-cooler%e2%80%9d/)

Wrath of the Dragon (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-13-%e2%80%9cwrath-of-the-dragon%e2%80%9d/)


And I must be the only guy who hated the Brolly trilogy. Such a paper-thin villain, even by Dragonball Z standards.

[DrSpengler]

And for the record, here are all my Dragonball movie reviews. I own all of them, but I never got around to reviewing the entire series:

Curse of the Blood Rubies (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-movie-1-curse-of-the-blood-rubies/)
Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-movie-2-sleeping-princess-in-devils-castle/)

Dead Zone (http://www.filmsy.com/foreign/dragonball-z-movie-1-dead-zone/)
World's Strongest (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-2-%e2%80%9cthe-world%e2%80%99s-strongest%e2%80%9d/)
Tree of Might (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-3-%e2%80%9ctree-of-might%e2%80%9d/)
Lord Slug (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-4-%e2%80%9clord-slug%e2%80%9d/)
Cooler's Revenge (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-5-coolers-revenge/)
Return of Cooler (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-6-%e2%80%9cthe-return-of-cooler%e2%80%9d/)
Super Android 13 (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-7-super-android-13/)
Fusion Reborn (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-12-%e2%80%9cfusion-reborn%e2%80%9d/)
Wrath of the Dragon (http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/dragonball-z-movie-13-%e2%80%9cwrath-of-the-dragon%e2%80%9d/)

[Shredder]

Mine is Dead Zone. I don't really care for the later movies at all (especially with Goten etc.). I did like the Trunks and Bardock TV specials, though, if they're counted as movies.

[Raven]

Dead Zone- I dont know, I just thought Garlick was a badass. Most of my friends hate him but eh I thought he was cool.

Cooler-Got this one on DVD right away when I heard it came out, something about Goku getting the crap beat out of him while Disturb plays in the back grounds sends chills down my spine. Plus the fight with piccolo was sweet, one of the few parts that I loved the flow of the camera.


Return of cooler sucks though, what a dissappointment!

Havent seen awhole lot others.

[Anarchistguy]

As for me, I liked the first three movies the most. I didn't care at all for Lord Slug, Cooler's Revenge was good, the Metal Cooler one was meh..., Super Android 13 was awesome, as was the first Broly movie. The rest is PURE CRAP.

[Drtooth]

While not "Z" I love the film Maka Fushigi, just for the simple fact Arale-chan, the Gatchans, and Dr. Slump (for a glorious non-speaking 2 seconds) have a cameo in it. I will say, i'm disappointed this is the only film that has Emperor Pilaf and crew... and only for 2 minutes before the opening.

[The Shelf]

Haha, DBZ movies always frustrated me because I couldn't figure out where they fit in to the rest of the series. That frustration aside, though, most of them were pretty decent. I can't really pick a favorite. My all-time favorite DBZ sagas, though, are the Vegeta and Frieza sagas. I think that was the first 3 seasons, right? Anyway, I will now defer to the more hardcore fans.

[Jon]

Haha, DBZ movies always frustrated me because I couldn't figure out where they fit in to the rest of the series. That frustration aside, though, most of them were pretty decent. I can't really pick a favorite. My all-time favorite DBZ sagas, though, are the Vegeta and Frieza sagas. I think that was the first 3 seasons, right? Anyway, I will now defer to the more hardcore fans.


Well, the Movies are more like seperate stories (not really fitting into the series).

As for the DBZ Series, yeah the Vegeta and Freeza Sagas are out as Seasons 1-3 in the new DBZ DVD Box-Sets.

[Toonami Tom]

I'm glad to see fellow DBZ fans here.:)

My favorite is also Dead Zone. I think Garlick JR was a great villian.

I haven't seen all the movies, but I have seen Dead Zone, World's Strongest, Tree of Might, Lord Slug, Cooler's Revenge, The Return of Cooler, and the first Broly movie.

[AquaParade]

I'm seeing a lot of favorites being the first 3, which I feel had a different, and more original dragon ball z feel to them, so I can totally see where your coming from if thats you're case. I really thought that the History of Trunks was really well done though. They should release a few more of these and do em right. I'd love more dragon ball z in my life as long as they corrected a lot of the mistakes of the original series. It has a ton of potential.

[DrSpengler]

I always found the movies to be more enjoyable than the TV series, as they pretty much took everything that was good about the show and left behind everything that sucked.

You got over-the-top attacks, colorful villains and bat*** crazy fight sequences, but without the required 20 minutes of staring at each other per episode. Plus, because they were movies, the animation was almost always a good ways better than the TV show.


The first three DBZ flicks are my favorites, partially because they had more interesting stories and partially due to nostalgia (they're the best examples of how good the Ocean Dub of DBZ could be).

The movies really began to slip in quality after Return of Cooler. I mean, *three* Brolly flicks? And practically in a row? Gimme a break.

At least they ended on a strong note with "Wrath of the Dragon".

As for the 4 Dragonball flicks, I don't like them as much because they retell story arcs from the TV series (albeit loosely) rather than craft wholely original stories, which makes them a little less interesting. Path to Power, the anniversary movie, earned some points though because it had some gorgeous animation.

[AquaParade]

So I have not even seen half of this movies, but maybe they are better the ones I've seen are better then I remember...or maybe I've seen a lot of bad ones. I've decided to watch them all at this point, and I randomly started with movie 4:Lord Slug. It actually, gives me hope, because I've seen this one get a lot of negative review, and I found it pretty enjoyable, not not awesome. I liked seeing them fight around buildings, thats always fun, and I also thought it was fun watching Goku fight an oversized Lord Slug. I'll get back on the other ones, but I'm hopeful because this one seems to get the most crap, and i didnt think it was all that bad.

[DrSpengler]

If you can enjoy "Lord Slug" then you can enjoy just about anything. ;)

[Mandi-chan]

My favorites for DBZ were:

Dead Zone (1)
World's Strongest (2)
Tree of Might (3)
Fusion Reborn (12)
Wrath of the Dragon (13)

All the others I thought were either boring or highly irritating (I HATE the Brolly ones!)

I don't think I've seen any of the DB films, unless you count the 10th Anniversary Special (which is a remake of sorts to the beginning of DB)...speaking of, is that on dvd now?

[DrSpengler]

I don't think I've seen any of the DB films, unless you count the 10th Anniversary Special (which is a remake of sorts to the beginning of DB)...speaking of, is that on dvd now?

Yeah, it's available in a box set with "Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle" and "Mystical Adventure". They've still yet to release an uncut version of "Curse of the Blood Rubies" in the US, as the only version available on DVD is editted for content and only available in a box set with the first 13 episodes of Dragonball (also editted for content).

[Zog the Equalizer]

My favorite is probably the Bardock special. That or Cooler's revenge. I like DBZ better when super saiyan is still a barely tangible goal.

[Spitfire]

If you can enjoy "Lord Slug" then you can enjoy just about anything. ;)

That was my favorite when I was a kid, until the Meta-Cooler one came out. despite my angry words in the live action DBZ topic I used to be a huge fan. Now I hate it with a passion.

I watched Lord Slug last year, I found the DVD stashed in my closet. God it was horrid, the dubbing, the dialog, the music*Disturbed wtf?* yeah.

Last one I bought was the Android one. I don't own any of them I sold them all to Rasputin.

[Drtooth]

As for the 4 Dragonball flicks, I don't like them as much because they retell story arcs from the TV series (albeit loosely) rather than craft wholely original stories, which makes them a little less interesting. Path to Power, the anniversary movie, earned some points though because it had some gorgeous animation.

I wondered if that was Akira's end or Toei's end of things? It seems almost like a cheat. Blood Rubies is my least favorite... also because they have not released it uncut yet (I've seen both the Ocean and rare Harmony Gold dubs- and I really hate the Ocean one for having that cheap Dragon Ball theme song). I wonder how much of it actually was footage from the second episode of the series?

I have to break the topic just a little to say something... I've been watching the Kinnikuman movies, also by TOEI, and they seem to be new stories... and they only wrestle the last 10 minutes of a 50 minute film.

Now, considering those were about the same time, I wonder why they didn't do original DB films....

[AquaParade]

Not that it's a movie, but until I just recently watched a couple episodes off of the Namek Saga, featuring Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan fighting the ginyu force, I had forgotten why I used to love this show...some episodes and sagas are crap, but some are highly enjoyable, such as most of the Namek Saga.