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Dragon Ball Z: Season One (Vegeta Saga) |  | Director: Daisuke Nishio
Actors: Shigeru Chiba, Justin Cook, Ian James Corlett, Cynthia Cranz, Toshio Furukawa
Studio: Funimation
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.98
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Rating:  171 reviews
Sales Rank: 664
Format: Restored, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 6
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Running Time: 925 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 1.2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 704400022425
UPC: 704400022425
EAN: 0704400022425
ASIN: B000KWZ1TI
Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 1996
Release Date: September 13, 1996
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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One of the most popular franchises in anime history, Dragon Ball began in 1984 as a manga by Akira Toriyama in Shonen Jump. Dragon Ball Z (1989), the second TV adaptation, is the most beloved: it ran for 291 episodes--more than Dragon Ball (1986) and Dragon Ball GT (1996) combined. Over the years, the program has introduced countless boys to the world of Japanese animation. The first season re-introduces the main characters and sets up a new threat. Goku learns he's not an Earthling, but a Saiyan from the planet Vegeta. Only three other Saiyans survive, all of them extremely powerful and destructive. Goku destroys Raditz with the help of Piccolo, but dies in the process. He spends much of the season training in the Other World with King Kai. Piccolo takes over training Goku's son Gohan, anticipating he will have to face the remaining Saiyans, Nappa and Vegeta. These episodes set the pattern for the combination of martial arts training, fantasy-battles and slapstick comedy that make the series so popular. The storyline rambles, with lots of digressions, repeats, and false endings--none of which bother the fans. Although Dragon Ball Z has been released previously in the US, Funimation pulled out all the stops for this edition. The entire series has been remastered from the original prints, and the Japanese language track is included for the first time. (Goku and Krillin have higher-pitched, younger voices than they do in the American dub.) For Dragon Ball Z fans, this version clearly supercedes all previous ones. (Rated TV PG. suitable for ages 8 and older: violence; minor incidents of risqué and toilet humor, ethnic stereotyping and alcohol use) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
Vegeta and Nappa travel to a foreign planet and become prisoners of a tyrant king.
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 A decent season, but best purchased with season two September 7, 2010
LynnJynh9315 (Missouri, USA)
Traditionally, for VHS and such, Dragon Ball Z has been broken down by "sagas" rather than the more popular "seasons" which have become the standard on DVD. The new season formats for DBZ can probably best be understood by breaking the series up into three separate story-arcs, each consisting of three complete seasons and culminating in an epic confrontation with one of the series' three super-villains. As such, it would look something like this:
Season One
Saiyan saga
Season Two
Namek saga
Ginyu saga
Season Three
Frieza saga
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Season Four
Garlic Jr. saga
Trunks saga
Android saga
Season Five
Imperfect Cell saga
Perfect Cell saga
Season Six
Cell Games saga
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Season Seven
Great Saiyan-man saga
World Tournament saga
Season Eight
Babidi saga
Majin Buu saga
Season Nine
Fusion saga
Kid Buu saga
By general definition, seasons 1, 4 and 7 tend to be slower-paced than the other seasons... but are still essential for hardcore fans of the series. In my personal opinion, however, season one is probably the least impressive of the series. Not only is most of this season just useless filler, but season one tends to seem more like an extended prologue to season two--where the series really hits its stride.
For people less familiar with the Saiyan saga, this season is comprised of the battles with Raditz (Goku's brother) and then the one with Nappa and Vegeta, which culminates in the deaths of Piccolo and Kami... which forces Krillin, Bulma and Gohan to travel to Namek to wish back their friends (earth's balls having disappeared with Kami). The season is sparsely littered plot threads following Goku as he travels on snake way to reach King Kai and receive special training, and another following Gohan as he is trained by Piccolo. Neither of these plots are very compelling and seem to exist for the sole purpose of stretching the storyline out even further than necessary. The actual battles with the various Saiyans are still satisfying (though really only a taste of what's to come later on.
Much has also been said about this release and the issue of inferior crap--essentially removing tiny sections of the top and bottom of the frame in order to present the series in widescreen. Unless you are actually comparing the older VHS releases and these new DVDs side by side, the difference is not likely to be noticed, but it is still disappointing as a matter of principle. It must also be noted that there are practically no special features on this release... except the exceptional "marathon" ability to watch all episodes on the disc without pauses, intros or outros.
All things considered, Season One of Dragon Ball Z is decent but lackluster. The battle with Vegeta comes close to hitting the epic level the series is known for, but Season One of Dragon Ball Z is probably best purchased with Season Two, and buyers of Season One need to remember that the series picks up in quality in season two.
 Fantastic August 17, 2010
sew2012
Got here quick. Works great. I'm not a hardcore, down to the point, anime fan. I just grew up with and love DBZ. These episodes are beautifully remastered and colored. The audio is great and all of the dvds work. Thank you for such an amazing product!
Great Value August 2, 2010
DJB2
I absolutely loved this product! It is great for if you're a huge fan of the show, as I was, or even if you are a DBZ newcomer. I would highly recommend this product.
Dvd Review July 11, 2010
Garrett J. Yankovitch
Its classic dragon ball z and its great only thing that sucks is the music is i guess the orginal from japan not what they had on toonami 10 or so years ago which is a little bummer. still if your a fan buy it.
 love dragonball z but June 21, 2010
crysis
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love dragonball z it's my favorite anime but when I got this from amazon disc 5's holder was broken this has happened to me before with dragonball z got season 9 opened it disc 5's holder was broken but season nine I got at target so that is why I gave this a low rating if the holder was not broken I would have gave this a 5 get the dragon set's not orange set's
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