Dragon Ball Z (1989–1996)
"Dragon Ball Z: Doragon bôru zetto" (original title)

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The adventures of Earth's martial arts defender Son Goku continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origin. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.

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Cast

Series cast summary:
Jôji Yanami ...
 Narrator (291 episodes, 1989-1996)
Masako Nozawa ...
 Son Gohan (290 episodes, 1989-1996)
Mayumi Tanaka ...
 Kuririn (234 episodes, 1989-1996)
Toshio Furukawa ...
 Piccolo (197 episodes, 1989-1996)
Ryô Horikawa ...
 Vegeta (197 episodes, 1989-1996)
Hiromi Tsuru ...
 Bulma (188 episodes, 1989-1996)
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 Narrator (169 episodes, 1989-1993)
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 Gohan (166 episodes, 1989-1992)
Christopher Sabat ...
 Vegeta (165 episodes, 1989-1992)
Sean Schemmel ...
 Goku (153 episodes, 1989-1993)
Sonny Strait ...
 Krillin (146 episodes, 1989-1992)
Takeshi Kusao ...
 Trunks (132 episodes, 1989-1996)
Daisuke Gôri ...
 Mister Satan (131 episodes, 1989-1996)
Hirotaka Suzuoki ...
 Tenshinhan (130 episodes, 1989-1996)
Naoko Watanabe ...
 Chi-Chi (122 episodes, 1989-1996)
Tôru Furuya ...
 Yamcha (120 episodes, 1989-1996)
Tiffany Vollmer ...
 Bulma (119 episodes, 1989-1992)
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Five years after the end of "Dragonball", Son Gokû reunites with his friends, bringing along his four-year old son Gohan. Gohan is not like his father; he'd rather study than fight. Raditz, a warrior from space lands on earth searching for someone named "Kakarot". He reveals himself as Raditz of the Sayans, the older brother of Kakarot! And Kakarot turns out to be Gokû! With two other Sayans coming to earth, can Gokû and the Z Warriors withstand the onslaught!? Written by Evan Jacobson <mrsatan@geocities.com>

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Seven for a wish.


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Trivia

Some characters have different names in the manga than they did in the anime. For instance, in the anime Babidi has a henchman named Pui Pui, but he's called Pocus in the manga. Likewise, the Potara fusion of Vegeta and Goku is called Vegito in the anime, but Vegerot in the manga. See more »

Goofs

A hole is ripped in Yamcha's orange gi due to Android 20 slicing through his chest with his palm. But after Goku's friends move Goku to Master Roshi's house to recover, the hole in Yamcha's gi vanishes. See more »

Quotes

Super Buu: So, hot - shot, you want to fight Majin Buu?
Mystic Gohan: Fight you? No, I want to destroy you.
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Crazy Credits

While other DBZ movies just used whatever opening went with the show at the time the movie was release, Tree of Might features a specially-made opening, featuring the Z-Fighters gathering the Dragon Balls to restore the destroyed forest. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Otaku (1994) See more »

Soundtracks

"Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!"
("Come Out, Incredible 'Zenkai' Power!")
Performed by MANNA
Music by Takeshi Ike
Lyrics by Naruhisa Arakawa
Arrangement by Kenji Yamamoto
First ending theme (episodes 1-199)
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One word: The Best!
14 November 2008 | by (Romania) – See all my reviews

The only reason i gave it a 9 is because in some sagas like Frieza for example the graphics kind of suck and the tendency of the series to"kill time" like showing us the terrain and stuff which clearly is annoying,other than that the plot is awesome with minor holes, basically this is my favorite anime of all time since i was in the 6th grade!I remember back when i couldn't wait to catch an episode of DBZ only the sad part was that the only network that actually aired it in my country was RTL II,but i quickly got used to it,learned German :P and actually understood the series,and in comparison to the us version it was pretty good,the soundtrack was the original Japanese one and it didn't have to chsese lines like funimation does,in other words good ol RTL II saved me some trouble :D


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