I know a lot of fans of the show are obviously not going to agree with me about the above statement, but I have my reasons to say that it is so I am just going to ignore the hype in this review. I'm not saying its the worst anime or very bad, but its just very corny. Everything also takes so damn long to happen... Take the classic Namek-saga for example; supervillian alien Frieza puts some kind of time-bomb-mechanism inside the planet that will supposedly blow the whole planet up in 5 minutes or so. Then a few episodes ahead, the planet is still there and our hero Goku is still fighting Frieza in a battle that seems endless by this time. Its just filler to stretch the duration of episodes and to keep people watching the show. I know that this particular scene was stretched to let the manga keep up with the show, but its still no excuse I think. So if you are going to watch this, you are going to have a lot of patience, especially for the later seasons.
The later seasons is also where stuff becomes really predictable... It was up until the Buu-saga that I was starting to recognize a pattern in the show. Its almost literally the same stages towards victory every season, and thats the reason why I have quit watching. Sure, it was a very influential anime and I have to admit that the show had a great start, but I think that every real anime-fan like me knows that there is better stuff out there then DragonBall Z. The fights are also a bit flat to me. What interests me, is to know what kind of attacks characters have and what they exactly do. In DragonBall Z however, the attacks all look like random color energy-beams or balls and even though there are different names to them there is no real distinction which was kinda boring to me.
If you are new to anime, then you could give this a try though. This show is very easy to get into and that is what made this so popular. However, if you want to see more 'complicated' anime's then you should look elsewhere. This is not a bad show, but its a no-brainer that kinda repeats itself in the later seasons.
The later seasons is also where stuff becomes really predictable... It was up until the Buu-saga that I was starting to recognize a pattern in the show. Its almost literally the same stages towards victory every season, and thats the reason why I have quit watching. Sure, it was a very influential anime and I have to admit that the show had a great start, but I think that every real anime-fan like me knows that there is better stuff out there then DragonBall Z. The fights are also a bit flat to me. What interests me, is to know what kind of attacks characters have and what they exactly do. In DragonBall Z however, the attacks all look like random color energy-beams or balls and even though there are different names to them there is no real distinction which was kinda boring to me.
If you are new to anime, then you could give this a try though. This show is very easy to get into and that is what made this so popular. However, if you want to see more 'complicated' anime's then you should look elsewhere. This is not a bad show, but its a no-brainer that kinda repeats itself in the later seasons.