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Overview

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Director:
Daisuke Nishio
Writers:
Rob Gerein (writer)
Takao Koyama (writer)
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 full episode list
Release Date:
25 June 2001 (USA) more
Tagline:
The big showdown with Piccolo!
Plot:
Follows the adventures of an extraordinarily strong young boy named Goku as he searches for the seven dragon balls... more
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Dragonball Preview
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User Comments:
So Much Better than Z, & Yet No Love more (28 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 21 of 114)
Brice Armstrong ... Narrator (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Masako Nozawa ... Son Goku (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Jôji Yanami ... Narrator / ... (152 episodes, 2001-2003)

Stephanie Nadolny ... Goku / ... (131 episodes, 2001-2003)
Christopher Sabat ... Yamcha / ... (126 episodes, 2001-2003)
Hiromi Tsuru ... Bulma / ... (120 episodes, 2001-2003)
Tiffany Vollmer ... Bulma (119 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mike McFarland ... Master Roshi / ... (112 episodes, 2001-2003)
Naoko Watanabe ... Puar / ... (110 episodes, 2001-2003)
Tôru Furuya ... Yamcha (107 episodes, 2001-2003)
Monika Antonelli ... Puar / ... (105 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mayumi Tanaka ... Kuririn / ... (103 episodes, 2001-2003)
Naoki Tatsuta ... Oolong / ... (100 episodes, 2001-2003)
Bradford Jackson ... Oolong / ... (97 episodes, 2001-2003)
Kôhei Miyauchi ... Kamesennin Muten Roshi (94 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mami Koyama ... Lunch / ... (86 episodes, 2001-2003)
Meredith McCoy ... Launch / ... (85 episodes, 2001-2003)
Lori Steele ... Krillin (84 episodes, 2001-2003)
Kenji Utsumi ... World Tournament Announcer / ... (73 episodes, 2001-2003)
Hirotaka Suzuoki ... Tenshinhan (67 episodes, 2002-2003)
John Burgmeier ... Tien (65 episodes, 2002-2003)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Japan:25 min (153 episodes) | USA:30 min (including commercials) (153 episodes)
Country:
USA | Japan | Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:M | USA:TV-14 (uncut DVD version) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Factual errors: In the original English dub for the episode The Kamehameha wave, Kamehameha is misspelled as Kamehameah on the title screen. more
Quotes:
Commander Silver: What have you got in here?
Goku: None of your business.
Commander Silver: Okay then I'll give you one last chance give me that dragon ball.
Goku: No. I need those dragon balls.
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Movie Connections:
Followed by "Dragon Ball Z" (1989/I) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful.
So Much Better than Z, & Yet No Love, 8 January 2009
10/10
Author: kenny from USA

There are no fights with people staring at each other for an entire episode, & 10 minutes turns into half of a saga as in the last half of the Frieza series. nor are there any ridiculous power levels.. No huge inaccuracies in the plot-lines, & lame filler that has you scratching your head.

Since when was Mercenary Tao a General? Since when did Dr. Gero lead the red ribbon army? He didn't.. It was Commander Red. Goku never met Dr.Gero, because he never existed.

I think the whole power level thing is great for video games, but makes for a "yaaawn" of a series.

Dragonball is actually believable, but fantastical all at once. You are never sitting & waiting & waiting for what you know is going to happen, because you simply don't know.

Always new characters, adventures, & twists in the stories that actually make for a fun series. Awesome humor, & magical places. Tests of strength & purity of character, & friendships built on realistic type events.

You see how Goku wins over the most evil of hearts & minds, From Yamacha, to Tien to Piccolo. All the characters are involved & help to solve the crisis at hand.

Do yourself a big favor if you're a fan of Goku & the crew, & make sure you watch this series from the very beginning. Don't just pick it up in the middle from seeing one episode & say yuck!!!

I did exactly that. Then when i saw how god-awful GT was, I decided to start here instead. Was well worth it. It really is so much better than Z hands down..

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