Dragonball/Z/GT fans?

[Samhain]

Anyone here into DragonBall? I have been into it since I was like 12. Really big fan of the Anime and the Manga. I also love collecting the various lines of figures and collectables. My favorite character has gotta be Vegeta. He's such a badass.

Favorite saga-Cell-This saga was the one I really got into. I just love that epic struggle at the end. Then, outta nowhere Vegeta comes in and helps out everybody. Plus, bruce faulconer makes some good tunes.

[愛]

I really enjoy the Dragonball universe, and I agree that Vegeta is awesome. He's one of the unsung heroes of the series, I'd say. He's also the one who changes the most over the course of the series.

I find the Cell saga to be one of my favorite sagas, for sure. It was incredibly surprising to find that Gohan would be the one to save everyone in that particular instance. Great stuff.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by Ai

I really enjoy the Dragonball universe, and I agree that Vegeta is awesome. He's one of the unsung heroes of the series, I'd say. He's also the one who changes the most over the course of the series.

I find the Cell saga to be one of my favorite sagas, for sure. It was incredibly surprising to find that Gohan would be the one to save everyone in that particular instance. Great stuff.

Yes, for sure. I do feel that Vegeta gets the shaft alot of the time though. I mean, he's got heart. Yet, they always make him look like a pansy. Cell should have been done as soon as Vegeta connected that Final Flash! Haha.

[gobo]

I plan on marathoning all three series someday, in the foreseeable future.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by gobo

I plan on marathoning all three series someday, in the foreseeable future.

Yeah, that's actually what Im doing right now. Started with Z though. Im not a huge fan of Dragonball to be honest and my wife is watching it with me so Im afraid she wont give it a chance if she's bored. Started on friday and we are already at the end of the Saiyan saga.

[oldmanwinters]

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Spoiler:

Yes.

Guilty pleasure dating back to high school when Toonami was king on Cartoon Network.

These days, I think I enjoy parodies of the source material just as much as the real thing.

[XERO]

DragonBall Z is the reason I started watching anime in the first place. It's like the ultimate fantasy. Getting to fly, kicking all sorts of ass, performing powerful blasts, and having badass hair.

One of my favorite shows of all time. I miss it a lot.

[Cure]

Yeah, Gohan blasting Cell with one arm is a big memory from when I was young.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by Benvenuto

having badass hair.

That's the reason I started watching it! J/K.

[Ninjinister]

My interest fluctuates, but I've got quite a bit of collectables still, including a lot of DVDs, games, and toys. I also have a huge collection of Dragon Balls that had come with various figures. Every so often though, I'll get into a big DB kick again. I've always been, and will be, a fan though, ever since I saw the Harmony Gold dub back in '87 or so.

[Koi]

Use to come home from school and go straight to the tv to watch DBZ with my older bro. I freakin adored DBZ.

[Abnormal Freak]

I've been a steady Dragon Ball fan since it first started airing early weekday mornings on syndicated TV in '95. :p (Does that give me extra white boy American nerd points?) Which would've made me 9. I clamored for anything anime. I thankfully have an older brother who'd already been buying anime on VHS, but even then the anime I'd seen was kind of sparse and I was desperate for anything that I could see on syndicated television, ha. Didn't matter that I had to wake up super early to see some of it, I just wanted to experience it.

About a year after DBZ had started airing on syndicated TV in '96 or whenever, my family got THE INTERNETZ :O and I did a Yahoo! search for the show. Found out about all the censorship here in the States and have been wanting to see the original two series uncut and subbed ever since, but refused to ever pay for shoddy fansub VHS tapes and that. Thankfully, a few years ago they released those 13-or-so-episodes-per-release DVD sets of the first series, and now are doing the Dragon Box releases for DBZ. Been collecting those, but still haven't finished DB. :p Almost finished, though—three discs left, I think? Kinda going about it slowly 'cos my brother's been wanting to watch it with me, and it's difficult to coordinate times to get together and watch things. But man, am I enjoying the show.

Doubt I'll ever get into GT, but y'never know.

Now if only fully uncensored collections of the comics would be released here. :p

And for the record, though I think it's a minority opinion, I've always thought the Ocean dub of DBZ kicks the dick off of the later dubbing, especially since it kept the original music (for the movies at least—I can't remember if it did in the show).

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by Abnormal Freak

And for the record, though I think it's a minority opinion, I've always thought the Ocean dub of DBZ kicks the dick off of the later dubbing, especially since it kept the original music (for the movies at least—I can't remember if it did in the show).

I def prefer the Funimation dub over the Ocean. I think because that's what I saw first so it's forever stuck in my mind as ''The'' Dbz. Atleast for me.

[Abnormal Freak]

It's possible it's a thing of "first-heard" for me as well. And, really, I exaggerate things: I don't think the Ocean dub is leaps and bounds beyond the other or anything (though I would say that about the movie Dead Zone—the Ocean dub yanks the pants down of the FUNimation dub and gives it several swats on the cheeks, IMO), but I do find the new music unsettling. About as unsettling as the cropped widescreen transfers on the DBZ orange brick DVD sets. :p

But, what do I care? I prefer the show subbed anyway. :p

[Samhain]

I will say that I really enjoy Brian Drummond as a younger Vegeta and then Chris Sabat as an older, more mature Vegeta. They both are great.

[Powder]

I was obsessed with it for the longest time but then one day I went cold turkey & lost interest. Same thing happened with Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo & other toonami shows. Pokemon too for a brief period. I've given a lot of thought to returning to it but it'd probably do me more bad than good. Doing that with TMNT (though my passion never truly wavered) & Pokemon has had me with less and less bedroom space and a low amount of funds. When I like something, I dive into it hardcore buying collectibles like manga/comics, toys, DVD's, games, the whole nine. I can't afford that right now, haha! I give it a glance once in a blue moon on Nicktoons (or whatever station it's on) and occasionally online. Still have a place for it in my heart & all that. Tien was always my favorite character.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by Powder

Tien was always my favorite character.

Wow, you are the first person I have ever heard say Tien was their favorite character! Any reason why?

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Samhain

Wow, you are the first person I have ever heard say Tien was their favorite character! Any reason why?

I always had a lot of love for Tien, since he was just as dedicated to his training as Goku, even though his 100% human DNA (at least I assume he's a mere man) guaranteed that he would never be able to keep pace with Saiyens, Nameks, and Androids. Still, Tien mantains his relevance even through the Cell Saga, keeping Imperfect Cell incapacitated while the Saiyens are indisposed.

Gotta love those guys who represented the human race. Krillin had his moments of glory in the show (Yamcha at least got PWN'd valiantly), but only Tien had the dedication to keep training rigorously even after it was clear he'd never again measure up to his Z Fighter peers.

[Powder]

Honestly it's been so long that I can't remember many details. I can say with confidence I thought he was really cool looking though.

[XERO]

The third eye. It's gotta be the third eye.