Dragon Ball Z: Great Saiyaman Saga

There IS a live action DB movie too. Most people will outright trash it, but I'll tell you this. Get your fill of the anime first. That's where the magic is. If you become a TRUE diehard fan of the DB-verse...give Dragonball:Evolution a chance.

For all of it's faults, it does a LOT right. Chow Yun Fat as Roshi, James Marsters as Piccolo and Joon Park as Yamcha all deserve credit. The live action movie is so close to being 'good' and that's what is frustrating. It was SO CLOSE -- but ultimately misses the mark. if it had been released in the early 90s, it would have been considered incredible. But instead of being good, it ended up being cheesy.

I think I'm up to season...8? (I got too busy making my own projects to watch them after a while and it's been nonstop for a couple yrs now)...and the titles are still the same. The titles are the original Japanese ones.

I never minded this version of the opening credits (though granted I liked the Toonami version better) it's the mid-episode cut away the irks the hell out of me.

Oh that annoys the out of me, you get a good cliffhanger, wondering whats gonna happen, then it cuts to Goku and Gohan messing about, really kills the mood

Oh and if you haven't already, I highly recommend watching Dragonball after you're done Z. I just started watching it again and I'm loving it.

That driver's license episode is like, my favorite of the series. Freakin' loved that.



Agreed on Dabura. For that matter, even though I don't have a problem with Buu himself, the second he actually makes his official introduction into the arc, the story goes to hell. I keep forgetting how promising off a start it had. So much so that it had the potential to be the best arc in the show, definitely featured one of the best fights, possibly the best fight of the show. I have a lot of problems with the finale of the series too. I even went on an 1000+ word rant on why I believe it sucks on another site (that I'll probably copy & paste when this thread get's to that point).



Not in my opinion, from everything I've seen of GT, it's crap almost all the way throughout. The Baby Arc was absolutely atrocious, never saw the conclusion, but l can't recall watching anything that dragged on more than this Arc. The final two arcs seemed interesting, but from what I've seen of both I wasn't impressed (and even pissed off at points). There were a lot of "Right in the Childhood" moments for me in what I managed to stick through. But hey, in my experience I'm also a lot more critical of the franchise in general, so you may like it, or at least get some minor enjoyment out of it.

Since the movies/OVA's/Specials were brought up, I'm going to briefly discuss my thoughts on all of them. Don't worry, no spoilers will be here . . .

I. Deadzone ~ I don't remember much of anything about this one.

II. The World's Strongest ~ Remember this one quite well. I liked the plot but the whole execution was pretty sloppy.

III. The Tree Of Might ~ I remember even less of this than the first movie.

IV. Lord Slug ~ Every summer for most of my childhood, my family and I would go to a house up in Maine where besides swimming, the only entertainment we had was a TV with a VCR. This was one of the only movies I owned . . . I've seen it to death. At one point I liked it, I mean it was only decent for me at first, but now I dislike it minus a few good scenes.

V. Cooler's Revenge ~ Don't remember much outside the ending fight. It was a good fight.

VI. Return Of Cooler ~ This was the other movie I owned besides Lord Slug. The only difference is I liked Lord Slug much better than this one.

VII. Super Andriod 13 ~ Surprisingly funny, especially the ending (or maybe specifically the ending). This was overall decent at best. At this point though, it's the best.

VIII, X, & XI. The Broly Trilogy ~ The first one's my favorite of the movies. The fight was just too awesome. The other two are two of the biggest piles of crap I've ever seen. Absolutely hate those two.

IX. Bojack Unbound ~ It was alright, too similar to a certain saga in the show for me to recommend, and of course it was inferior due to the time limit & other problems. One of the better ones though, definitely.

XII. Fusion Reborn ~ A really fun movie to watch though I have my problems with it. Like Janemba in the first half, but probably my second favorite. Thinking about it now, might be my favorite, have to re-watch it again to decide whether the first Broly one is truly the best.

XIII. Wrath Of The Dragon ~ Boring, one decent new character, and would of been a sad end to DBZ movies but luckily we're getting a new one soon.

XIV. The Two Specials ~ There are two specials that were made, one which should be watched after you finish the Frieza Arc, and the other after you finish The Cell Arc. Both of these are really just backstory specials, but they are also without a doubt two of the best DBZ stories you'll ever find. Especially the second one. At least, in my opinion that is.

XV. The Two OVA's ~ Neither have been dubbed. But I liked the one not featured on Raging Blast 2.

Frieza vs Goku yaaaaaaaaay....

I'm loving the little side story with Captain Ginyu and Bulma swapping bodies ;D I think thats hilarious haha

I don't find it boring, I'm just bummed out Vegeta's dead, and yes I know he comes back eventually because he's only died once, just don't know when

Vegeta/King Kai interaction is something I wanna see, that'd be soooooo funny ;D

I was trying to remember if he did or not. Can't remember. Maybe during the Buu saga?

He is the main character of the series, but a LOT of that has to do with how his heart and leadership influences others to step up and others to fight. By the end of the Frieza saga, other characters start becoming 'main' characters and trust me -- you'll find it refreshing.

@pepsi -- I think it does happen around that time in the series. I just remember him being annoyed by the monkey the same way Piccolo was...