Dragon Ball Z 

After learning that he is from another planet, a warrior named Goku and his friends are prompted to defend it from an onslaught of extraterrestrial enemies.

Stars:

Doc Harris, Christopher Sabat, Scott McNeil

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Cast

Series cast summary:
Doc Harris	...	Narrator 223 episodes, 1996-2003
Christopher Sabat	...	Piccolo / ... 214 episodes, 1999-2003
Scott McNeil	...	Piccolo / ... 205 episodes, 1996-2003
Sean Schemmel	...	Goku / ... 202 episodes, 1999-2003
Terry Klassen	...	Krillin / ... 199 episodes, 1996-2003
Brian Drummond	...	Vegeta / ... 179 episodes, 1996-2003
Sonny Strait	...	Krillin / ... 171 episodes, 1999-2003
Stephanie Nadolny	...	Gohan / ... 148 episodes, 1997-2003
Don Brown	...	Hercule / ... 136 episodes, 1997-2003
Tiffany Vollmer	...	Bulma / ... 129 episodes, 1999-2003
Dale Kelly	...	Narrator / ... 127 episodes, 1999-2000
Cathy Weseluck	...	Trunks / ... 126 episodes, 1996-2003
Michael Dobson	...	Supreme Kai / ... 123 episodes, 1996-2003
Jillian Michaels	...	Goten / ... 122 episodes, 2000-2003
Kyle Hebert	...	Narrator / ... 121 episodes, 2000-2003
Kirby Morrow	...	Goku / ... 118 episodes, 2000-2003
Ted Cole	...	Yamcha / ... 113 episodes, 1996-2003
Cynthia Cranz	...	Chi-Chi / ... 111 episodes, 1999-2003
Mike McFarland	...	Master Roshi / ... 110 episodes, 1999-2003
Chris Rager	...	Hercule / ... 91 episodes, 2000-2003
Lisa Ann Beley	...	Chi-Chi / ... 91 episodes, 2000-2003

Storyline

In the version that is shown on YTV in Canada, the story begins mid-way through the Dragon Ball Z series. Raditz, Goku's brother has traveled to Earth to find out why Goku has not yet destroyed the planet as he was supposed to do. But while as a baby, Goku was dropped (down a huge cliff) and forgot his real mission. Kakarot, Goku's real name battles his brother Raditzs along with former enemy Piccolo and friend Krillin. Meanwhile, Gohan; Goku's son reveals his hidden powers against Raditz and nearly kills Raditz. However Goku is killed in the end, but Raditz is eventually defeated by Piccolo. Before he dies, he tells them that two evil Saiyans even more powerful then he is, are on route to Earth. The remaining fighters, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu begin their training to battle the evil Saiyans, while Piccolo takes off with Gohan to train him in using his new found power. Meanwhile, Goku has to make his way back on Snake Way to King Kai's where he trains himself in the secret ...

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Plot Keywords:

actor voicing multiple characters | antihero | cult favorite | flight | friend | 

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Taglines:

There & back again - A Saiyan Tale

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site (Japanese)

Country:

Japan USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

DBZ

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ocean Group, Toei Animation, Toei Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Original Japanese)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Goku is terribly afraid of needles.

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Goofs

In the Majin Buu saga, Shen is well aware that two henchmen joined the martial arts tournament to drain the energy from someone extremely powerful, who ends up being Gohan. Shen allows this to be able to follow the henchmen and find their spaceship, where Majin Buu will be resurrected. However, if he would have impeded Gohan's energy drain in the first place, or in fact just even told the Z Fighters of everything before the henchmen attacked, the whole Majin Buu saga would be non-existent, as Majin Buu would not be able to be resurrected.

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Quotes

Gohan: Well sometimes Piccolo... uh... a little on the paranoid side.
Videl: I guess you were right. He does seem a little bit high strung.

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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.

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Alternate Versions

The original Saban dub was very heavily edited, removing most of the violence and also all gore, several visual shots of alcohol, mild sexuality and nudity were removed or altered, along with other seemingly random footage presumably removed to speed up the pacing of the story. The new Funimation dub restores all missing footage, including a long segment explaining how Gohan ended up clinging to a tree above a waterfall in the first episode, and an entire episode in which Gohan falls into a cave while alone in the wilderness and meets a nihilistic trapped robot. The new version combines reused dialogue from the original dub with completely new dialogue more closely based on the original Japanese version, with numerous references to death and dying restored after being entirely censored in the original dub.

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Connections

Follows Dragon Ball (1986)

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Soundtracks

DragonBall Z
(theme song) (Euro-Canadian English version)
Performed by Tom Keenlyside, John Mitchell & David Iris
Written and Composed by Tom Keenlyside, John Mitchell & David Iris
(Euro-Canadian Seasons 4 - 7)

User Reviews

Simply one of the best Anime series out there

This anime cartoon in my opinion, is better than any other cartoon I seen. I still watch it whenever I get the chance to. It's character development and the plots of the whole DBZ story is superb, the animation is full of action, and every ending of an episode leaves you wondering what may happen next. It also contains a bit of humor as well as subplots. When I first seen it in 1996, I was overwhelmed at how much action and comedy was fit into one anime series. I found Goku and Vegeta to be serious but a bit funny in between, and the roles of Gohan and Piccolo weren't shabby either. It has a whole saga inside which makes it worth watching.

Overall, I watched this cartoon more than all the other cartoons put together. I like it even better than Inuyasha, which is also good. My favorite episode is when Goku finally becomes a Super Saiyen, and Frieza later gets cut in half by a flying disk. You may have to watch this series from the beginning to get the full meaning of the story and what is going on, but if you see this on Cartoon Network or any other channel, watch it! Don't miss out! It is definitely worth seeing for the eye.