DBZ lives on...

Postby **Godly Paladin** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:01 pm

This thing has been around for ages on CN. At some times it was on two or three times back-to-back, and it's cycled through the entire series how many times? They've even dropped GT for it!!!!

I'm neither a GT nor a Z fan. All I'm saying is...why is this show still on? Other series that premiered on CN at the same time have long since disappeared.

DBZ can't be that popular!

Is it? :mutter:

Postby **Yokuo** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:12 pm

They're showing cuz they remade the first 2 seasons... as to if it's really that popular, I'm not too sure.

Postby **Yojimbo** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:22 pm

Yeah I'd like to see the actual numbers there on that one. I mean it's been on Toonami almost as long as that block has existed. And I know the DBZ craze has died down some in the last like 8 years.

Postby **Mangafanatic** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 8:52 pm

Naturally, we get another season of DB. No word on when Witch Hunter'll ever air again, though. Figures.

Postby **Yokuo** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:00 pm

Well... technically, this is the remade first and second season, so, same season, new stuff....

Postby **agasfas** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:01 pm

*peaks his head in*
Yeah, DBZ fan here... <.< II >.>

Although I can understand y'alls frustration, y'all also need to realize and accept that DBZ is here to stay. Sorry

JK

But yeah, I would actually like to see the original Dragon Ball series again. They kind of left me wondering what happens next. Plus, it's the only series I haven't seen all the way through.

Postby **Yokuo** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:02 pm

Hey, I like Dragonball too, don't get me wrong.

Postby **Sammy Boy** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:26 am

The things I remember about DBZ perhaps the most are:

- How Goku always tells the enemies to "leave this planet now and I will not hurt you" before he realises the enemies don't leave and he has no choice but to beat them up.

- How some episodes drag out the fight scenes by having the two enemies face each other in midair and hurl insults at each other for half an episode.

- How in some movies really powerful enemies come and all the good guys are down except for Goku and he does some final supreme special move and finishes the bad guys.

I want to get more DBZ on DVDs .. but have no more space in my room...

Postby **Lord Chud** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:27 am

Ultra Magnus wrote:- How some episodes drag out the fight scenes by having the two enemies face each other in midair and hurl insults at each other for half an episode.

Hah, I think I saw one DBZ in all my life, and that was the one where the weird dude... goku, and some dumb alien just sat there staring at each other for about 10 minutes... yet the dumb alien failed to notice the giant ball of energy that was forming... oh well

I much preferred the Original Pokemon to that

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:08 pm

One good reason for Dragonball:BULMA!

Postby **Myoti** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:25 pm

Dragon Ball: yes.
DBZ: not so much.

No offense to DBZ fans, but I don't get why it's still around, either. The series ended in what, the late 80's? Seriously, there's alot better shows out there that haven't gotten nearly as much attention as DBZ has.

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:51 pm

I think that, to answer a question raised, yes, Dragonball Z is still that popular. New generations continue to watch it and enjoy it.

Now, while my idea of a good time is not sitting down to watch DBZ episodes, I am a fan of the series. DBGT is, in my mind, worse in all respects. The original Dragonball would be my least favorite of the three, however.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:39 pm

I've sepereated myself from DBZ after finishing wacthing the entire series as they wrapped up the Buu Saga however, with the new uncut eps, I am watching them just for nostalgia's sake.

Postby **Meza** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:00 pm

i loveth th DBZ

Postby **Sammy Boy** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:18 am

Well I wish to take a guess as to why DBZ is still popular.

I am thinking it's because all young kids like to identify with the good vs evil theme, with them being on the good side. Then you've got these gigantic fireballs that shoot out from the palms of Goku and friends as they battle the fiends... and your heart just cries out and says "Yes!" when you see evil vanquished in such "mega" ways ...

Well, at least that was what drew me to the series before ..

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:23 am

I still enjoy them both, Dragonball much more than Z. Dragonball Z would have been a lot better had half of the episodes been cut down on.

Postby **Hitokiri** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:03 pm

Reason why it's popular:

1) A continuing story that attracts fans along the way.

2) Intresting characters with backgrounds. Such as the Sayjins, Goku, etc.

3) Intresting and detailed battles that please the eye.

4) Enough content to make a website out of.

5) ALOT of movies.

and 6) One of the pionerring anime to be introduced on televsion which launched the American anime frenzy.

Postby **Myoti** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:08 pm

Yet there have been a few others like it and you don't see them having stayed around as quite as long. :/

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:48 pm

DBGT THE LOST EPISODES was better IMO than the original DBGT.

Postby **Nate** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:55 pm

Hitokiri wrote:Reason why it's popular:

1) A continuing story that attracts fans along the way.

2) Intresting characters with backgrounds. Such as the Sayjins, Goku, etc.

3) Intresting and detailed battles that please the eye.

4) Enough content to make a website out of.

5) ALOT of movies.

and 6) One of the pionerring anime to be introduced on televsion which launched the American anime frenzy.

Funny, all of those apply to Sailor Moon (except number three...and number five, I don't classify three as a lot), but I don't see it on TV anymore. :\

Postby **Godly Paladin** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 1:06 pm

DB wasn't that bad. I liked the carefree adventuring quite a lot.

Postby **Starfire1** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:08 pm

DBZ shall never die! no matter how badly I want it to go away.

Postby **Myoti** » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:40 pm

There's a guy in my class named Greg (who's really, REALLY fat, I might add) and today he grabbed a metric ruler and jumped around, saying he was Trunks or Goku in 50 years (joking on his own weight, it seems). I mentioned some other anime, OP included, to which he replied:
"I've seen One Piece. Man, that show is so stupid! Some guy eats a fruit and gets stretchy? It's stupid!"

Um, it's suppose to kinda stupid anyways.

And it's not like grown men flying around yelling at each other for five episodes then fighting really fast only to end up yelling at each other again isn't stupid...

Postby **Godly Paladin** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:26 pm

Postby **uc pseudonym** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:03 pm

Myoti wrote:And it's not like grown men flying around yelling at each other for five episodes then fighting really fast only to end up yelling at each other again isn't stupid...

Be careful when criticizing. It is far too easy and can be done to anything. Dragonball Z does indeed suffer from being very much dragged out, but it isn't like One Piece doesn't have the same thing (though to a lesser degree). Had One Piece been made in the same era has Dragonball Z, it would likely feel much the same.

Postby **GuItArFrEaK15** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:21 pm

Woo Hooo!!!! Yeah! Dragonman Z!! It's the bestest anime ever!! It'll still be on when we're all old people!!!

Postby **Myoti** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:29 pm

Be careful when criticizing. It is far too easy and can be done to anything. Dragonball Z does indeed suffer from being very much dragged out, but it isn't like One Piece doesn't have the same thing (though to a lesser degree). Had One Piece been made in the same era has Dragonball Z, it would likely feel much the same.

I know, I know. I was more trying to joke around when I wrote that. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Woo Hooo!!!! Yeah! Dragonman Z!! It's the bestest anime ever!! It'll still be on when we're all old people!!!

??? And since when has it been called "Dragonman"?

Postby **Yokuo** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:51 pm

GuItArFrEaK15 wrote:Woo Hooo!!!! Yeah! Dragonman Z!! It's the bestest anime ever!! It'll still be on when we're all old people!!!

It's Dragonball Z.

Postby **White Raven** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 3:48 pm

Go! Dbz!

DBZ lives on...

DBZ lives on...

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