Dragon Ball Gt - The Complete Series

Excuse me for a long review. First off, you're reading from a guy that has really liked the DragonBall series after getting introduced to it by a couple of friends back in 1999. At that time, the series was on Cartoon Network on Toonami. The DragonBall series became a hit, and seemed to be Cartoon Network's No. 1 show. On Cartoon Network back in 1999, I remember there being a Scooby Doo Marathon around Halloween, plus The Scooby Doo Project, based on a new popular movie at the time, The Blair Witch Project. These were the GOOD OLD DAYS!! The DragonBall series has stood the test of time, and you can even consider that the series even aired years earlier in Japan than when it aired on Cartoon Network. The DragonBall Series consists of: DragonBall, DragonBall Z, DragonBall G.T. and DragonBall Super. You can even add DragonBall Z Kai, an updated edited shortened version of DragonBall Z without as much filler. The main series though definitely seems to be DragonBall Z. That's the series a lot of us are more familiar with and watched before DragonBall, but DragonBall is really the series that came out first. I've been hearing so much talk and discussion about the DragonBall series since I was introduced to it. While D.B.Z. is the main series, some of us like DragonBall better. I've heard discussions on that. I've also heard some discussions that D.B.G.T. is better than Super. Earlier when I watched D.B.G.T. The series didn't seem as good or entertaining as DragonBall or D.B.Z., and the series wasn't written by Akira Toriyama. The animation style had changed and what they did with Trunks, along with Goku with a different appearance even back as a kid, and Vegeta. The glimpses and a few episodes didn't make it seem as good. But, after hearing some reviews like including a lot of people that think G.T. is better than Super, also seeing how when I'd watch things like the opening to D.B.G.T. and saw how it gave an adventurous feel, I decided to buy this. Man, is this series better than I remember it, even with some of the bad reviews. I'd say it's almost as good as D.B.Z. I'd say it even does some things better. For one, it's not as long of a series. DragonBall consisted of 153 episodes, D.B.Z. 291. D.B.G.T only 64. To put that into perspective, there are practically as many episodes of G.T. as the number of D.B.Z. episodes that took place on Namek. A good storyline from Z. But, G.T. begins the story with going back into space, finding DragonBalls across the universe, exploring other planets, with Goku as a kid along with Pan, and Trunks. Also adding a new character, a robot named Giru. I feel like we rarely see robots in the D.B. series despite it being an action series and showing technology. The robots usually aren't very important characters. We did know a Pirate Robot in DragonBall, which was a really well written storyline from the beginning series. We know Androids, but in G.T. we meet Giru and other robots that look, talk, and function like you'd expect from a robot. Giru becomes like an R2-D2 character in the series, and is useful. I feel like this series doesn't take as long to jump into the action as much as D.B. and Z did. It seems like the G.T. episodes end on cliffhangers where you want to find out what happens next? I feel like it's less focussed on Power Levels, and a character needing to get a higher power level, to win, not the way D.B.Z. did. Characters are more compatible with the other. I felt like it had more of a plot, and storyline than a lot of Z. There was even a really good storyline of Shadow Dragons because the DragonBalls had been overused. I feel like the G.T. storyline is more intact, and we didn't need so many episodes to see how strong a villain is and him being difficult to defeat. G.T. also brings back the Oozaru and then we have a Golden Oozaru. I noticed that after the Saiyan Saga, the Oozaru almost seemed forgotten like it lost it's importance, and Saiyan Characters no longer having tails. There'd be Super Saiyan transformations instead of bringing back turning into an Oozaru/Giant Ape. A character naturally seems stronger and more powerful if they become a giant. G.T. changes this by bringing back the Oozaru and changing it to the Golden Oozaru. One thing I've been hearing practically everybody agree on, is the Super Saiyan 4 Transformation we know in G.T. is better than the Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan Blue transformations we know in Super. I mean seriously, those transformations were nothing really more than changing your hair color, Super Saiyan 4 looks like it's a believable transformation to Saiyan Biology. If Saiyans can transform into a giant ape, it sounds believable that a Super Saiyan transformation would be somewhat relatable, by making a Saiyan have their bodies covered in fur, looking powerful. I'd say Super Saiyan 4 is the best Super Saiyan transformation in the entirety of the series. I'm sure others of you would agree. I've hard in DragonBall discussions, a lot of people not liking the D.B.Z. ending with Uub. D.B.G.T takes place after the ending of D.B.Z., while Super takes place after the Majin Buu fight, and before that last tournament in Z. G.T. gives more focus on Uub and gets his character to shine, giving the D.B.Z. ending more of a meaning in G.T. I'll also say that I thought the D.B.G.T. ending was really good, and gives a happy and yet a sad feel that such a long awesome series is coming to an end, after all it's managed to do since the beginning. About endings, G.T. also has good end credits music with like 4 different ending songs from just a 64 episode series. We only had 2 different end credit songs in Z, Zenkai Power and We Were Angels. My favorite end credits song from G.T. was Blue Velvet. There's a lot more I could write, but I'll say if you like the DragonBall Series and have watched a lot of it, I'd say it's definitely worth watching G.T. too, at least that's my opinion. This is coming from a guy's opinion that used to think G.T. wasn't that good and hardly attempted to watch G.T. That opinion changed after buying these discs with all 64 episodes of G.T. and a G.T. movie, "A Hero's Legacy." It was very entertaining to watch and kept me interested. Thanks for reading!

This series is underrated and deserves far more love than it ever got. SSJ 4 is a unique and awesome upgrade from SSJ 1-3.Hot take? It's better than Super. That's right. I said it.

This show is not on par with Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z, which it tried so hard to emulate, but it has its moments that make it worth the journey. You can't say it lacks originality because despite being reminiscent of its predecessors, it took the franchise in a new direction with a handful of new concepts that on paper are quite interesting and the fandom wholeheartedly accept, but the execution was off. That doesn't mean it was unwatchable, it was just obvious what they could have done differently. The concept behind Baby's character, the shadow dragons and the dragon balls' negative energy and yes, Super Saiyan 4, are highlights that define this short series. The ending though, was the perfect tear-jerking sendoff to Dragon Ball that even DBZ never gave us. I'm content with this being the series' finale and Dragon Ball Super being something to just ignore. Though that's just my opinion and an argument for another day.

Great Christmas tunes!! My girlfriend usually starts playing in October, so I get to listen for over 3 months a year!!

All the DVDs work great

I grew up watching Dragon Ball in English, watching in the United States that's just how it was. It's one of few anime that I choose to watch in English and in terms of options for people like me, the presentation is perfect. The voices are crystal clear and it even includes the US broadcast soundtrack if you're into that. However, if you are someone who wants to watch Dragon Ball with the original Japanese audio and subtitles, watch out. The Japanese audio is in mono (only one speaker), which is standard for these Dragon Ball DVD sets, but it still sounds muddy and kind of far away, but what really bothers me is the subtitles, they look like they were hastily translated by a high school student on his 6th month of Japanese language class. Its full of spelling and grammar mistakes as well as many cases of incorrect punctuation. Seeing as this is the only option if you want to come back to watch Dragon Ball GT, I would say 100% buy this collection, however if you watch Dragon Ball in Japanese with the subtitles on, you should be very aware that the experience won't be fantastic.

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