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KorpiklaaniVodka February 25th, 2016 12:05 PM

FACT: Dragon Ball Z is the best anime ever made
 
You can kill me for this, but I truly think DBZ was the best anime ever thought and published. Despite the title of the thread, it's just my opinion, not a fact.

The Dragon Ball series are enjoyable from the beginning to the end of GT, and even Super is really good despite some of its animation problems. They follow the life, growth and intense training of Goku and his friends in a magnificiently good way. Goku is proof that you need to work hard to get stronger and that even when you're a master, you still know you've just begun. Dragon Ball has everything you need: action, adventure, tension, comedy, and even some romance.

Dragon Ball is what inspired so many other series, such as Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, TTGL, InuYasha, and even Sailor Moon and Pokemon to an extent (I mean there's a DBZ reference in Pokemon X and Y iirc). The fact that DBZ is one of the very few anime that managed to survive for 32 years (!!!) and still be popular should say something.

Do you agree?

machomuu February 25th, 2016 12:11 PM

Nah, Dragon Ball was better.

pkmin3033 February 25th, 2016 12:15 PM

Yeah, Dragon Ball was much more enjoyable, and that's not even close to being the best anime ever made, so DBZ is obviously even further away still.

KorpiklaaniVodka February 25th, 2016 12:20 PM

I'm the guy who prefers power levels, but Dragon Ball was still amazing.

pkmin3033 February 25th, 2016 12:35 PM

I liked the suspense of not knowing who was going to win in Dragonball a lot more; the power levels thing kinda made it obvious who was going to succeed from the offset, and it undermined a lot of characters in the series. I liked the power-ups and villains (well, some of them - I'll never forgive them for that awful Garlic Jr. arc) but it felt a lot more formulaic and repetetive as the series wore on.

I still need to watch the movies somewhen. Well, most of them.

Kameken February 25th, 2016 1:24 PM

I like them both equally.

Pinkie-Dawn February 28th, 2016 9:41 AM

Nah, that would be Cowboy Bebop, but DBZ is definitely within the top 5.

Lipstick Vogue February 28th, 2016 9:44 AM

FACT: Dragon Ball Z is the only anime I've ever seen

Satoshi Ookami February 28th, 2016 10:00 AM

FACT: Your fact is in fact not fact.

donavannj February 28th, 2016 4:33 PM

Let's not get too mean now.

People who tend to have a heavy bias toward action plots would probably like DBZ better. People who have a heavier bias toward comedy or character building and don't like filler that's 10 episodes of yelling to power up for an attack (mild exaggeration) would find Dragon Ball to be the better section of the series. Personally, I fall on the Dragon Ball is better.

Though neither is really best ever material despite being good fun.

DJTiki February 28th, 2016 4:54 PM

GUYS GUYS!

Spoiler:
Everyone knows that Highschool DxD and High School of the Dead is miles better than anything that Dragon Ball SuperGTZ can produce. It's bigger and better. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Lipstick Vogue February 29th, 2016 1:11 AM

I agree with DxD. That show is class.

Crackin355 February 29th, 2016 6:21 AM

Well, can't argue with the facts I guess.

Zoroark Cutie March 2nd, 2016 6:20 AM

I personally don't like Dragon Ball Z. My biggest issue with it is that I personally find it boring. It's filled with too many filler episodes that add nothing if you ask me. I also love action, but DBZ has too much action for me to the point where I get bored and want to see something else than action, and when I finally see something that isn't action it feels like an eternity to get passed it. I can see why people love DBZ, but I just don't like it. I want to like DBZ, but I can't.

derozio March 2nd, 2016 8:11 AM

Don't quite consider it the "best" per se but I do understand the importance it has had over the years. It has influenced a whole breed of shounen anime and helped popularize anime in the west. And has continued to stay somewhat relevant even twenty years or so after the series has concluded (the manga concluded with the last volume in 1995).

You have to give credit where it is due. People can sit down the entire day and critically analyze the hell out of each and every aspect of this franchise but that doesn't change a thing - this anime holds a special importance in the history of anime and its influence is undeniable. I personally LOVED it till the Frieza arc. And back when I was still a young 'un, I didn't care about silly things like story or character development. All that mattered to me was that Goku was a badass and was kicking villains in the balls. And being cool as hell while at it.

I can't say I can even watch the series now. I don't think I'll be able to stand the pacing at all, tbh. Nor the repetitive fight animations. So yes, not really the "best" anime since it has a LOT of flaws but, taking other aspects into consideration, definitely one of the most important anime in general.

King Elizabello March 3rd, 2016 2:55 PM

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Originally Posted by derozio (Post 9143874)
Don't quite consider it the "best" per se but I do understand the importance it has had over the years. It has influenced a whole breed of shounen anime and helped popularize anime in the west. And has continued to stay somewhat relevant even twenty years or so after the series has concluded (the manga concluded with the last volume in 1995).

You have to give credit where it is due. People can sit down the entire day and critically analyze the hell out of each and every aspect of this franchise but that doesn't change a thing - this anime holds a special importance in the history of anime and its influence is undeniable. I personally LOVED it till the Frieza arc. And back when I was still a young 'un, I didn't care about silly things like story or character development. All that mattered to me was that Goku was a badass and was kicking villains in the balls. And being cool as hell while at it.

I can't say I can even watch the series now. I don't think I'll be able to stand the pacing at all, tbh. Nor the repetitive fight animations. So yes, not really the "best" anime since it has a LOT of flaws but, taking other aspects into consideration, definitely one of the most important anime in general.

What Derozio said is true also let's don't forget that Dragonball generally was a basis for the creation of many animes it may seem bad today but back then it was one of the best (if not the best) hands down for it's time with all those action, fight scenes plus i don't think i'm the only one who screamed at school KAMEHAMEHA! hahaha!

Candy March 3rd, 2016 3:27 PM

FACT: This user has never actually touched the Dragon Ball franchise.

Sure it is one of the most influential anime of all time, but it's not the best anime of all time. As much as I was a kid that prefer action and sports anime back then, the action instead was the one that turned me off. And from the brief glimpses I got from DBZ, it's too flashy and explosive alright.

I gave it a chance already tho. I still don't like it.

Kenchiin March 3rd, 2016 8:05 PM

DBZ does have a place in my heart, regardless of the facts.

Loriania March 4th, 2016 5:56 PM

It's certainly a good first anime.

Alfieri March 4th, 2016 8:58 PM

That's a funny way of spelling Yu Yu Hakusho.

Sir Codin March 5th, 2016 1:44 PM

> This thread

https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnolQ1eD5xQSYVi/giphy.gif

KorpiklaaniVodka March 7th, 2016 11:27 AM

Here's the problem though. Dragon Ball really is one of the animes that stood the test of time. It's been 32 years (30 years if we're going with the anime) and the series are still very popular, despite DBZ not being in its heyday anymore.

I can't remember any other anime who can claim that.

donavannj March 7th, 2016 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by KorpiklaaniVodka (Post 9151651)
Here's the problem though. Dragon Ball really is one of the animes that stood the test of time. It's been 32 years (30 years if we're going with the anime) and the series are still very popular, despite DBZ not being in its heyday anymore.

I can't remember any other anime who can claim that.

Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z is basically one of a handful of anime to truly go worldwide. Sailor Moon and Astro Boy are arguably its peers, but I'm not sure how global Astro Boy even got aside from definitely being aired in the US all the way back in the 1950s and 1960s, and Sailor Moon had to compete with the stigma that a boy "shouldn't like stuff targeted at girls" even in the 1990s while Dragon Ball didn't really have to compete with such a stigma in most Western countries. Pokemon and Digimon were arguably peers, but those are driven so much more by their games than by anything else.

There are better anime, but they weren't treated as an "all-ages" affair like Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z got chopped up into when being redubbed and rebroadcast the world over.

Pebbles March 10th, 2016 9:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KorpiklaaniVodka (Post 9133749)

Do you agree?

no
i never liked this anime
also never fancy the style of it

best anime in my opinion
https://49.media.tumblr.com/4112f01e2482f8416cceb2243127c6a7/tumblr_nydtmpQyXa1uafwd1o1_400.gif

obalouafi March 11th, 2016 7:27 AM

yep DBZ is a legend <3


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