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darkprince45
08/10/21 8:54:33 PM
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SSJPurple
08/10/21 8:55:19 PM
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Start with Dragon Ball, then watch Dragon Ball Z Kai (Uncut).

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Hayame Zero
08/10/21 8:55:30 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
Start with Dragon Ball, then watch dragon Ball Z Kai (Uncut).

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JTilly
08/10/21 8:57:22 PM
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Fuck what they say tc, skip db and watch Funi DBZ
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DepreceV2
08/10/21 8:58:29 PM
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Yep. Its a classic that should be watched. It wont be as good as the hype because it was made decades ago and the story isnt amazing. It was fantastic for its time though. I think you should watch the Funimation original dub though just for the music. I know many will say the Kai music and pacing is better but getting the original experience might be worth it the first time. If you can somehow get the Ocean Dub episodes up until Goku vs Jeice and Burter then that would be great because now you have the original 90s kid experience

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Master Kazuya
08/10/21 9:08:14 PM
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Honestly I think you could start when Vegeta is talked about and end with Frieza

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Strider102
08/10/21 9:09:22 PM
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If you don't mind entire episodes dedicated to screaming, go for it.

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LinkDaLunatic
08/10/21 9:10:52 PM
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Nope. I grew up with it, and it's just not that good.
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SSJPurple
08/10/21 9:11:13 PM
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Strider102 posted...
If you don't mind entire episodes dedicated to screaming, go for it.

Kai fixes that.

JTilly posted...
Fuck what they say tc, skip db and watch Funi DBZ

FUNI dub is fine, but it needs to be the uncut version of DBZ Kai. The og dub while classic and nostalgic is just simply translated horribly with shoddy voice acting.

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Strider102
08/10/21 9:12:30 PM
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Yeah but Kai doesn't have the Bruce Faulconer dub.

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SSJPurple
08/10/21 9:14:39 PM
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Strider102 posted...
Yeah but Kai doesn't have the Bruce Faulconer dub.

Yeah the old Faulconer score is gone however having more accurate translations, less filler, better pacing , and better acting make up for it IMO.

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Vicious_Dios
08/10/21 9:15:00 PM
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Strider102 posted...
Yeah but Kai doesn't have the Bruce Faulconer dub.

Kai is trash JUST for that reason.

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TostitosTheHero
08/10/21 9:15:52 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
Start with Dragon Ball, then watch Dragon Ball Z Kai (Uncut).
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DepreceV2
08/10/21 9:17:52 PM
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Strider102 posted...
Yeah but Kai doesn't have the Bruce Faulconer dub.

The Ginyu Force music was so good

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Verdekal
08/10/21 9:19:39 PM
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It's more something you need to watch as a kid for their first anime.

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JTilly
08/10/21 9:21:37 PM
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Strider102 posted...
Yeah but Kai doesn't have the Bruce Faulconer dub.
Yeah, Kai would be superior imo if not for this.. Falcouner score makes dbz
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darkprince45
08/10/21 9:21:43 PM
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Im gonna start from Z just watching it on Funimation tbh

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Calwings
08/10/21 9:23:04 PM
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Strider102 posted...
Yeah but Kai doesn't have the Bruce Faulconer dub.

Vicious_Dios posted...
Kai is trash JUST for that reason.

better voice acting, better pacing, retouched art/animation, and 130 episodes worth of filler cut out >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Faulconer soundtrack
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JTilly
08/10/21 9:23:53 PM
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Calwings posted...
better voice acting, better pacing, retouched art/animation, and 130 episodes worth of filler cut out >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Faulconer soundtrack
no
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MrDrMan
08/10/21 9:24:40 PM
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Do you like anime? If so then duh.

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LinkDaLunatic
08/10/21 9:25:05 PM
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Hasn't anyone spliced the Faulconer shit into the Kai shit yet?

Also, TC, if you're gonna watch... catch the "Rock the Dragon" OP on Youtube
It's the OP DBZ used to have in 'Merica because they didn't want to weird 'Mericans out
I actually dig Head-Cha-La but yeah
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DepreceV2
08/10/21 9:27:22 PM
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Calwings posted...
better voice acting, better pacing, retouched art/animation, and 130 episodes worth of filler cut out >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Faulconer soundtrack

I disagree. Plus, the other world tournament filler was awesome

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DepreceV2
08/10/21 9:28:15 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
Hasn't anyone spliced the Faulconer shit into the Kai shit yet?

Also, TC, if you're gonna watch... catch the "Rock the Dragon" OP on Youtube
It's the OP DBZ used to have in 'Merica because they didn't want to weird 'Mericans out
I actually dig Head-Cha-La but yeah

Oh yea. Good call. Just watch them to get the experience of the kids lol. I loved the one when there was a drop in the music and you hear trunks slash his sword

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DarthDemented
08/10/21 9:29:17 PM
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Seriously. Watch Kai. Regular DBZ is 293 episodes with a lot of filler episodes. Though the best filler episode to watch is the drivers license one.

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Vicious_Dios
08/10/21 9:29:24 PM
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Calwings posted...
better voice acting, better pacing, retouched art/animation, and 130 episodes worth of filler cut out >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Faulconer soundtrack

False.

You as a self-admited weeb should've known better. But, go ahead and enjoy that shitty circus music if you must. lol

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Kim_Seong-a
08/10/21 9:30:53 PM
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It's kind of interesting how successful DBZ was able to be in America, considering, I think the only US distribution of Dragonball prior was the Pilaf arc and a non-canon movie.

You're a 13-year old watching this shit for the first time. Why does Piccolo hate Goku? When did Krillin die, did we miss something? Who the fuck is this cat chilling with this fat fuck samurai? Why are we cutting to some nobody getting into a fight on a baseball field? You're just thrown into this world with all these established lore and relationships and...somehow it didn't matter.

These days people are like "do I gotta watch every episode of this superhero tv show to understand this movie about some other superhero?" All of us idiots back then skipped a million episodes of literal plot and somehow did okay. >_>

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XxKrazyChaosxX
08/10/21 9:31:49 PM
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Didn't they edit out blood in Kai too?

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darkprince45
08/10/21 9:32:33 PM
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No filler??? Okay I was watching the first episode the original and just switched. I hate filler. Am I gonna miss out anything Non filler?

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Kim_Seong-a
08/10/21 9:33:19 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
No filler??? Okay I was watching the first episode the original and just switched. I hate filler. Am I gonna miss out anything Non filler?

You'll miss the driving episode. Also the Garlic Jr arc was pretty okay.

edit: shit misread the post. Point still stands.

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NeonOctopus
08/10/21 9:33:26 PM
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I feel like you should watch the OG run of Dragon Ball Z to get all the filler and such just for the full experience. But I can completely understand if you want to skip all that and just hit the major story beats >_>

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Smackems
08/10/21 9:34:01 PM
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Watch Abridged instead

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NeonOctopus
08/10/21 9:34:17 PM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
Also the Garlic Jr arc was pretty okay
Honestly I enjoyed Garlic Jr. It was fun to see the gang try to win against a tough opponent without Goku or Vegeta coming in to save the day for them

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Scotty_Rogers
08/10/21 9:34:29 PM
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I'm the most intelligent person on DBZ and entertainment in general.

No.

It's trash, like most anime/manga. Watch something else.

@darkprince45

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Smackems
08/10/21 9:36:56 PM
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GranolaPanic posted...
Watch the Abridged series. It seriously is the best dub available.
True dis

It's a parody that starts a little rough around the edges in regards to technical stuff but it still hits all the story beats and is funny

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darkprince45
08/10/21 9:37:07 PM
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Oh KAI is advertised on Funimation but its not on there so back to original. Is there a way to know whats filler

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NeonOctopus
08/10/21 9:38:53 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
Oh KAI is advertised on Funimation but its not on there so back to original. Is there a way to know whats filler
Not that I know of. A good chunk of the filler is also them just extending action scenes in episodes to slow down the pace while the manga was coming out.

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Vicious_Dios
08/10/21 9:38:56 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
Oh KAI is advertised on Funimation but its not on there so back to original. Is there a way to know whats filler

Just skip around bro.

This isn't Toonami, where we're at their mercy of the pacing and commercials.

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Kim_Seong-a
08/10/21 9:39:57 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
Oh KAI is advertised on Funimation but its not on there so back to original. Is there a way to know whats filler

https://animefillerlist.net/dragon-ball-z-filler-list/

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Lokison
08/10/21 9:43:08 PM
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darkprince45 posted...
Oh KAI is advertised on Funimation but its not on there so back to original. Is there a way to know whats filler
A lot of it is obvious. Biggest part is the Garlic Jr. Saga, but that's still pretty good imo.

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JTilly
08/10/21 9:43:59 PM
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All the fillers decent, Id recommend it
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HairyQueen
08/10/21 9:46:44 PM
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LinkDaLunatic posted...
Nope. I grew up with it, and it's just not that good.
This. Honestly theres nothing good about it unless you have nostalgia for it from childhood. I tried rewatching as an adult. I thought DB was still cute and charming, but DBZ was kind of just bad.

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Scotty_Rogers
08/10/21 9:46:57 PM
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Don't do it, TC! This franchise is trash

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DepreceV2
08/10/21 9:50:19 PM
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Am I the only one who liked the other world tournament filler arc?

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Kim_Seong-a
08/10/21 9:50:48 PM
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HairyQueen posted...
This. Honestly theres nothing good about it unless you have nostalgia for it from childhood. I tried rewatching as an adult. I thought DB was still cute and charming, but DBZ was kind of just bad.

I feel like DBZ is bad in the same way classic Mortal Kombat is bad. Like the moment to moment stuff is rarely executed well, but there's just something about the mythology that builds up that becomes endearing.


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Calwings
08/10/21 10:00:49 PM
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Vicious_Dios posted...
Just skip around bro.

The problem with the original is that you can't skip a lot of the filler because it's mixed in with the canon episodes. Many of the episodes that have canon story progress also have a lot of useless padding in the middle of them. I'm talking episodes with 4 minutes of actual plot and 18 minutes of screaming and powering up. Kai trims all of the filler out, including the filler that was tied in with the canon episodes. The original DBZ was 291 episodes in total, while Kai is 158 episodes in total, meaning that over 40% of the entire original series' runtime is worthless filler.

It's a huge waste of time. Kai > Abridged >>>>> original DBZ
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LordYeezus
08/10/21 10:03:11 PM
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Sure, just skip GT & Super.

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Njolk
08/10/21 10:18:00 PM
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I personally greatly prefer Dragon Ball

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