This anime isn't that bad but ,the review gots a point, because if you're gonna watch this at your older age you will really think that it is not too good to even watch and it is somehow boring, but this is totally different from younger audience, since this movie is somehow recommended for younger audience. You know different audience got different taste for anime.
Dragon Ball tv Review
Dragon Ball is a 42 volume manga by Akira Toriyama that ran from 1984 to 1995.
The story follows Son Goku in a tale reminiscent of the 16th-century Chinese legend Journey to the West.
Beginning with Goku as a child, the story traces his life all the way to him becoming a grandfather.
Dragon Ball is about the warrior Saiyan race, the defense of Earth, and the search for the Dragon Balls that will allow
any wish to be granted for the person who can gather all seven.
Dragon Ball Z is the second portion of the anime and follows Goku's adult life, later edited and remastered into Dragon Ball Kai.
Dragon Ball GT follows Dragon Ball Z and is not based on the manga.
Note: The characters' Super Saiyan transformations are listed under their respective character's tag.
Description by DokiDokiChan.
Story & Characters
-Rolls out the Fortress ship for this one.- Well, it seems that it is time to sink that of an anime which has received many apparently positive reviews from a fan basis consisting primarily of thirteen year old kids. Dragonball Z more or less is solely about the fighting and extreme power than it is logical. Fighters channel more energy than a nuke at any given time, as is power level in Saiya-jin peoples based solely on the length of hair they have at that given time, or the huge aura they emit. Say, lookie here, there's a new villian now, more powerful than the last and he wants to destroy the Earth, again, and piss about how powerful he is. Lookit me, I'm Vegeta. I beat down the villian like a redheaded stepchild, although I'm not smart enough apparently to fly down and administer the coup de grace, instead I'd rather sit up here and piss about how powerful I am. Yada yada yada, fifteen thousand episodes to accomplish what could have and should have been done with five at most. It's almost like a watered-down Inuyasha. Ditch the plot, chase the badguy for the umpteenth time, and never accomplish anything because you sat there and sweated and talked for fifteen episodes straight, at least kick this a**hole in the jimmy for chrissake to lighten up the psuedo-seriousness. Character development is also limited on the level of how much testosterone the said character (or Z fighter) has in his bloodstream at the time, so of course, you size up a potential opponent for fifty episodes straight, finally fight, accomplish nothing, and end the show with a series of open-ended questions to impose an aura of mystery.
The bloody freakin' end.
Rating:
Art
See below, lots of explosions, more explosions, destructionism abroad, planets being blown apart by men who apparently defy the laws of physics at will, big balls of glowy stuff they throw at one another, spirit bombs, and of course, repetitive backgrounds.
<Vegeta> "Say, where are we going?"
<Goku> "I dunno, I've only seen that same damned mountain forty times before."
That's all I bothered to watch, any more and I would have given myself a stroke, not the worst I've seen, although by far not the best, nowhere near the top listings actually. I'm going to need lots and lots of Bebop or Muyo to correct my synapses after this one.
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Sound
-Grunt, growl, *Insert long, arrogant statement of power here*- Ka.. mee.. haa.. mee... HAA!!!!!1111!!!%^@%@!~ -Obliiterates half of the sol system in one fell swoop, uses the fact that he's SSj level :184,397,437,431,946,714,619,874,632,746,189,743,628,648,724,191,236,491,247,673,249,812,374,982,356,297,863,747,921,346,984,762,953,299,753,976,539,659,597,459,726,597,437,598,375,928,659,865,934,928,456,948,578,047,509,847,509,857,248,508,570,357,824,085,375,845,754,387,075,475,275,875,527,028,502,820578,507,075,287.5 as an excuse. Also note that soon after, he was decapitated by the sheer weight and length of his hair as he attempted to fly off at supersonic speeds. Given the weight ratio of the hair, the tensile strength of his spinal column, sinew, flesh, and whatever other aspect of common physics he forgot to take into account; it was bound to happen anyway.-
Rating:
Presentation
Well, they at least got the marketing right, perhaps it's out of my generation, or perhaps I'm a bit too connosieurish for most people, ah well, not my fault. I guess if you're a thirteen year old kid, then go ahead, watch it, knock yourself out. (-Does not distribute"Do it yourself" suicide kits for those who wish to take their own lives after being mentally scarred by this.. thing.-) Now, enjoyability to watch was explained quite in depth in story, you have to sit there and watch the sweat drip from Goku's washboard abs and massive pecs for 90% of a said episode, throw in some grunts, auras, and ridiculously long hair, a few fights here and there; the wet packing sounds of fist against flesh, the throwing of energy attacks against cell or Majin Buu, or Frieza, the end of the episode, and the questions that make you want to shoot yourself in the head thrice to ensure death (it is advisable that you place the pistol in your mouth, so that the bullet enters your skull and causes instantaneous death) I suppose that if you are a thirteen year old kid with ADHD and no medication nor self-control that you can glue yourself to the television set and watch until your eyes bleed and your cerebellum hemmorhages, anyone else within the sound of my voice; stay away from this.. thing. This abomination which draws otherwise productive otakus into a brainwashing program of it's own menacing design, and churns out consumer-zombies to buy it's merchandise.
Thank you for your time. ^.^
Rating:
Final Verdict
2.6667 (poor)
Reviewed by Acyx, Aug 30, 2005
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