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Finally after years of waiting, Dragon
Ball Z has been released on DVD in the UK. Not only is |
Dragon Ball Z is set five years after the original comedy series Dragon Ball, which ended with Goku defeating the demon king Piccolo at the World Martial Arts Tournament. Since then Goku and his wife Chi-Chi have been living peacefully in the country with their son Gohan, as there have been no major battles for Goku to fight. That all changes when an alien named Raditz pays them visit and reveals himself to be Goku's elder brother. Raditz quickly brings Goku up to speed on the evil history of the race to which they both belong - the Saiyans -which involves exterminating entire planets for money. Suffice to say our hero does not wish to join Raditz, |
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which leads to the older sibling
kidnapping Gohan and fisticuffs between the two brothers. Upon
his defeat Raditz reveals that two even more powerful Saiyans
(Vegeta & Nappa) are heading to Earth. The series is then set
for our hero and his friends to train for the arrival of the biggest
threat to Earth since Goku fought Piccolo. |
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this seemingly rubbish plot point works to the advantage of
the series. Anything goes after this so any power-up, attack or
ecologically impossible explosions sit fine with the viewer. You will be
egging the show to get even more daft in fact, just because that is what makes
it so damn entertaining. |
main fight between Goku & Vegeta is
the highlight of the series, which surprisingly does a great job of building up
other characters such as Gohan and Krillin. Surprisingly the box set does not contain one of the best
features of the American release - the 'marathon feature'. This
enabled to watch every episode on a disc with the opening an ending sequences
cut out so they could enjoy episodes without interruption. It is
disappointing for it to be excluded from the UK release. A couple of dull
interviews and the usual textless opening and ending sequences did make it to
the UK release but, when the main discs contain over 15 hours of an anime
classic, I can't be too disappointed. Series:
Extras:
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