Db/dbz/dbgt

[hardyhar]

Oh one more thing, I would have to say the series really did set a trend for animes to follow because it was such a popular hit.

Wonder if Sonic the hedgehog was influenced by this series (*ahem* Supersonic? Jumps in the air and turns yellow?)

[ultrahentai]

i watched DB as a kid and thought it was ok, now that i watched DBZ and DBGT i say DB sucks

[HackingLegend]

Still one of my favourites.

[CrimsonDrx]

Hmmm... haven't watched much of GT but DB was actually the first anime I ever watched. It was actually one of the 2 only anime available to me at the time. The other one was Sailor Moon.

DBZ was also very good, although I found it to be very repetitive after a while, and some parts were needlessly long... I didn't like this because if an episode was boring or filler it meant I had to wait another week for the next episode with the exciting part.

Spoiler!

(You all know what I mean... Goku charging up his spirit bomb for like an entire episode against Friza... and then it fails... I was like... WTF what was the point of that...)

[Psycho333]

1. I think by now it's safe to say revealing anything about DBZ is not a spoiler

2. that anime deserves more respect ((It is the reason Anime is as big as it is today))

3. it is the reason why I am an anime fan ((As many others have the same back story))

I liked the simplicity and all out action

[Dragon TY]

I watch it dbz all the way until the series was finished. It was alright but the games are just added new character I feel like im replaying the same thing all over again just with more extras.

[AmSidar]

The series was great even thought you got a little irritated by how they lengthened the fights, like

Spoiler!

buu almost beaten but then absorbs songohan and becomes most powerful again the comes gogeta and beast him into pulp whit just one finger. then he unmerges and get almost beaten down, vegeta almost gets killed a goku gets hes ass kicked in ssj3, then the spirit bomb and at the end Satan (the dumb fuck) saves the day. Then goku is to weak to deliver it but he gt in the last second hes strength back via dragon balls and dragon.

Thast just one of the things. It was wonderfull series but if you ask me they finished it dumb in DBGT.

[txcforever]

Originally Posted by Psycho333

1. I think by now it's safe to say revealing anything about DBZ is not a spoiler

2. that anime deserves more respect ((It is the reason Anime is as big as it is today))

3. it is the reason why I am an anime fan ((As many others have the same back story))

I liked the simplicity and all out action

About point 2 I have to add: "It is the reason Anime is as big as it is today in America". In other countries especially in eastern Europe and Asia anime had a special place in every kid's heart since the early 80s. I've seen dozens of animes way before DB was even released and I'm not even that old. Getter Robot, Robotech, Lensman, Iga No Kabamaru, Plawress Sanshiro are just a few of them (my sister really like Candy Candy even though I hated it).
But still yeah I have to agree that even in the rest of the world the DB series "casualised" (if I can use such a term) animes and made them accessible in people that before DB though that Disney cartoons and such was the only way of the genre (simple, stupid, just for little kids).

[Edom]

It sure brings back good memories. Every now and then I randomly watch a batch of DBZ episodes from the "cool moments", like when Trunks randomly showed up and kicked Freeza's ass just when everyone thought they were screwed. One of the anime I prefer to watch in dub, not because of quality, but simply out of pure nostalgia.

[jb23]

Despite being the one that started it all, I only found Dragon Ball moderately entertaining. DBZ was my favorite. Then I think DBGT was a bit of a failure. A little slow with a crummy ending. I did like the lack of 50 episode long arcs that mostly comprised of "AHHHHH!"