"Dragon Ball Z" (1989/I)Series de televisión 1989-2003

Director:

Daisuke Nishio

Writers:

Chris Forbis (writer)
Christopher Neel (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 16 | unknown

Release Date:

13 septiembre 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller

Frase comercial:

The Saiyans have returned...

Plot:

In the version that is shown on YTV in Canada, the story begins mid-way through the Dragon Ball Z series...

Plot Keywords:

Famous Opening Theme | Survival | Kung Fu | Anti Hero | Alien

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Animation Of Epic Proportion

Cast

Jôji Yanami	...	Narrator (279 episodes, 1996-2003)
Masako Nozawa	...	Son Goku / ... (278 episodes, 1996-2003)
Christopher Sabat	...	Vegeta / ... (269 episodes, 1996-2003)
Sean Schemmel	...	Goku / ... (253 episodes, 1996-2003)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Kuririn / ... (222 episodes, 1996-2003)
Sonny Strait	...	Krillin / ... (215 episodes, 1996-2003)
Ryô Horikawa	...	Vegeta (193 episodes, 1996-2003)
Toshio Furukawa	...	Piccolo (190 episodes, 1996-2003)
Stephanie Nadolny	...	Gohan / ... (184 episodes, 1996-2001)
Tiffany Vollmer	...	Bulma / ... (173 episodes, 1996-2003)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Bulma / ... (165 episodes, 1996-2003)
Kyle Hebert	...	Narrator / ... (155 episodes, 1996-2003)
Mike McFarland	...	Master Roshi / ... (134 episodes, 1996-2003)
Cynthia Cranz	...	Chi-Chi / ... (132 episodes, 1996-2003)
Tôru Furuya	...	Yamcha (132 episodes, 1996-2003)
Takeshi Kusao	...	Trunks (129 episodes, 2000-2003)
Daisuke Gôri	...	Gyuumao / ... (128 episodes, 1996-2003)
Naoko Watanabe	...	Puar / ... (121 episodes, 1996-2003)

También conocida como:

DBZ (USA) (short title)

Duración:

26 min (276 episodes)

País:

Canada | USA | Japan

Idioma:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Clasificación:

USA:TV-Y7 (edited version) | Denmark:7 | Denmark:7 (DVD) | Netherlands:MG6 | South Korea:12 (cut) | Australia:PG | Germany:12 | USA:TV-PG (uncensored version) | Canada:PG (some episodes)

Company:

FUNimation Entertainment

Trivialidades:

When Frieza is nearly killed on Planet Namek, he is taken in and rebuilt and given cybernetic attachments to help him stay alive. This is exactly the same thing that happens to Darth Vader in the Star Wars series.

Goofs:

Continuity: Vegeta's height. In early episodes, he is not much taller than Krillin. In the latter half of the series, he is almost as tall as Goku.

Quotes:

Trunks: Father, you're so tough and proud, hard and cold like a rock. But still, deep down, your heart beats like mine does... I know you feel... I'm your son and I will always love you.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Heppoko jikken animêshon excel saga: We Will Not Be Held Responsible (#1.25)" (2000)

Animation Of Epic Proportion

Dragon Ball Z was, to many, one of the most influential cartoon series ever in the world. When I was younger I grew up watching the whole series from start to finish, read the comic books, and played the video games. The Dragon Ball Z series contain some of the most charismatic characters, great fighting sequences, and strong plots that covered thousands of years. Originally created in the 1980's, it's truly a blessing that western audiences finally gets to see it in english. However I wish the series would start from the very beginning, the story when Son Gokou was a courageous little boy who uses his innate fighting talents to help out others.

It's only a shame though that the western TV version are heavily censored, causing disorientation and lack of flow to some of the original fight scenes. The Japanese version showed no-holds barred violence and the use of strong words (aka swearing), creating emotional tension that is not present in the english-language version. Also, die-hard Dragon Ball fans out there will agree with me that the voice acting is nowhere as good as the Japanese version.

Still, revisiting Dragon Ball in any language still stirs some of the fondest memories in my heart. Kame Hame Ha!!!! See it's still there.

Highly recommended viewing.