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abbor
12-02-2004, 02:22 PM
Does anyone know if the first episode of Dragonball Z start from the beginning of the Dragonball comic books, or if there is another series before it..?

Minacious
12-02-2004, 02:49 PM
I'm assuming you know there is a Dragonball series, a Dragonball Z series, and a Dragonball GT series, right? Dragonball being the first series that aired which followed Kakarot as a child.

abbor
12-02-2004, 02:56 PM
Kakarot? Is that son Goku?

Minacious
12-02-2004, 02:58 PM
Kakarot is Goku's real name. (His Saiyan name)

So you have the first series which is Dragonball. The story of Kakarot (Goku) as a child growing up with his Saiyan powers.

Then you have Dragonball Z. Kakarot is now a family man with eventually 2 sons (Gohan and Goten). Following the story of Kakarot's ever increasing Saiyan abilities and his son's too.

Laslty, you have Dragonball GT. Everyone is a little older and a little stronger. There are more crazy battles, more crazy dragons, more Super Saiyan action, and crazy twist here and there.

I used to be a huge DBZ fan.

abbor
12-02-2004, 05:47 PM
Thanks... I'm just trying to find the seasons of DB from the start, and didn't know if Dragonball and Dragonball Z was the same. I realize now what I want for now is just the regular DB...
Thanks.. :)

FordGTGuy
12-02-2004, 07:46 PM
doesn't it suck that we know so much to bad were not paid for it :(

GT-R_R34
12-02-2004, 07:51 PM
doesn't it suck that we know so much to bad were not paid for it

lol
i was a huge fan, but when it got to the US it was so edited that it wasn't as good as the original or even the spanish version.

FordGTGuy
12-02-2004, 08:45 PM
yeah the goryer versions were alot better. more brolly and gohan is what I screamed

antonioledesma
12-02-2004, 09:22 PM
Kakarot is Goku's real name. (His Saiyan name)
So you have the first series which is Dragonball. The story of Kakarot (Goku) as a child growing up with his Saiyan powers.
Then you have Dragonball Z. Kakarot is now a family man with eventually 2 sons (Gohan and Goten). Following the story of Kakarot's ever increasing Saiyan abilities and his son's too.
Laslty, you have Dragonball GT. Everyone is a little older and a little stronger. There are more crazy battles, more crazy dragons, more Super Saiyan action, and crazy twist here and there.
I used to be a huge DBZ fan.

now you have to see if you go for the mangas (the comic books), all the episodes (lots of them), any of the 13 movies (I don't know if new ones exist)

IMO the best series are dragon ball and dragon ball Z. The GT saga was pretty boring and the original author didn't write any of those episodes nor made mangas.
maybe dragonball could be a little bit boring compared with DBZ because the fights have less energy powers, etc.

ZfrkS62
12-02-2004, 10:20 PM
The thing that blows about the US version is they were slow to get the DBZ episodes. I never got to see the end of the Buu series. I think the last one i saw was the episode before Goku and Vegeta fused. :(

They had all 3 series running at once, so it got confusing.

Minacious
12-02-2004, 10:27 PM
I felt Dragonball was just ok, but a necessary watch to understand what is going on. I really enjoyed DragonballZ and the many different epic battles. GT, not so much. It was cool, but didn't have the excitement that Z had.

nthfinity
12-02-2004, 10:49 PM
i was a fan of DB, and later DBZ until i sumbled on anime like 'noir' 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' 'Excel Saga' 'Robotech' (not the us versions) 'Jo-Jos bizarre adventures' 'Love Hina' 'Full metal panic' 'Hellsing' 'Ghost in the Shell' etc.

so many, but keep on enjoying what you like ;-)

ZfrkS62
12-03-2004, 01:42 AM
has anyone seen the Berserk series, #5? i can't find it anywhere, and from the looks of it, it was far from over.

i need to catch up on this stuff again :?

abbor
12-03-2004, 10:06 AM
i was a fan of DB, and later DBZ until i sumbled on anime like 'noir' 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' 'Excel Saga' 'Robotech' (not the us versions) 'Jo-Jos bizarre adventures' 'Love Hina' 'Full metal panic' 'Hellsing' 'Ghost in the Shell' etc.

so many, but keep on enjoying what you like ;-)

I really just want to watch the mangas, because the comic books published here in Norway are so slowly published, and I need to see the next chapter.. :wink:

stracing
12-03-2004, 10:23 AM
what took so long for DB to gain interest?

DB started like 14 yrs ago!

move on guys... :P

antonioledesma
12-03-2004, 01:01 PM
what took so long for DB to gain interest?

DB started like 14 yrs ago!

move on guys... :P

could it be because DB began showing in usa a few years ago?
and now viz comics are still publishing the mangas, imagine how many years that will take.

began 14 years ago and has ended

OVERLORD_CHRIS
12-03-2004, 01:50 PM
They were kinda slow getting it, i rember seeing it Spain back in 91' they showed it Mon-Fri, with no commercial enteruption, and every time it came on all the local kids would stop what they were doing and go watch it. It was the funnyest site, you would be hagging out with your freinds, and then it get realy quiet and you see every one run off. And the good thing was it was showed prime time unedited.

If you get the DVD's to all, and put it in any other lang then english, your better off.