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Summary: Dragonball at it's best!
Review: This was the first feature film based on the original DB series that I watched, and it literally blew me away! Dragonball Z is always touted as being faster than Dragonball, yet this movie is more frenetic than any battle against Cell, Cooler, Frieza, Lord Slug, Majin Buu, or any other part of the DBZ story. Speaking of story, this story doesn't quite fit into the original DB storyline (since when is Chiaotzu the emperor? and since when is Master Shen and the Red Ribbon Army working for Chiaotzu? And for gosh sake, why is Emperor Pilaf working for the red Ribbon Army!?). Ah, but who cares? We get to see Goku and Krillin kick some serious butt here, plus appearances from almost every great villain in the series. It's a little too frenetic, but it's still a lot of fun. Plus, we get to see Tien and Chiaotzu's friendship unfold. But the best scene of all is when Bulma and Launch pose as nuns on a pilgrimage as they try to sneak into the palace to steal the dragonballs. If you have no idea who these characters are, I suggest you introduce yourself to Dragonball through one of the sagas, but preferably not through this or the other features. Same goes for my other DB/DBZ reviews, because I'm not going to summarize the entire series for you (check the Dragonball web site for that). Anyway, this is a great story for all you fans of Goku and his friends. Kamehameha!
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Summary: Great!!!
Review: Well, not that I'm a huge fan of Funimation's dub of Dragonball or Dragonball Z, as far as the dubbing itself is concerned, this movie is pretty good. But, come on, you aren't buying this for the dub! You want the Japanese version with subtitles. Frankly, this is Funimation's best DVD to date, and although the sound quality is a bit weak, the quality of the movie more than makes up for it. So go buy it now!!!
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Summary: Dragon Ball Movie 3: Makafushigi Daibouken!
Review: What's on this DVD? Dragon Ball Movie 3: Mystical Adventure.The cover of this DVD is realy nice. FUNimation usually restrict themselfs to a simple screencapture, but this one had more work put into it. As always, it includes the splash with the 'Includes two versions...'. Let's open the DVD. Again, no insert. A little card with the chapters, would be nice. Oh well, you aren't buying it for that ofcourse, but it would still be nice. The DVD itself has the same picture as the cover. As we insert the DVD, the FBI warning comes op, followed by the FUNimation logo. The menu is simple, yet pretty. We see a picture of Tsuru-sennin (Kame-sennin's rival, and former trainer of Tenshinhan and Chouzu) looking at his giant Dragon Ball Radar. But -get this- FUNi actualy used the Japanese music in the menus! Nice. You can immeadiatly play the film, or first select a language, or scene. There's also extra's. Well, extra's...It's just some commercials for FUNimations other Dragon Ball products. Come on, this can be better. Let's play the film. I reccomend you select the original Japanese version, for it has the best acting, dialouge and music. The picture quality is great. And I do mean GREAT. For something this old, it cannot get better. Not one rainbow or flickering. Great job, FUNi. The Japanese audio is in MONO, so don't expect the best quality. Still, it's good enough, and after a while, you won't notice. The DUB audio is in Stereo.
Again, Steve "Daimao" Simmons translations of the Japanese versions are great. The only problem with the subtitles is that they sometimes move a bit fast, so be prepared to read fast. Pro's: -Great video quality
-Japanese version, with great translation Con's: -Extra's Video: 10/10
Audio: 8/10
Extra's: 1/10 Final score(Not an average): 9/10. If you want to see Dragon Ball in all it's glory, get this.
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Summary: The Cell saga finally arrives on DVD !
Review: You've to buy all of them. Although it's a shame that Funimation isn't able to provide the original Japanese stereo track but it's using only a Mono audio track, the fact that you can still watch the original uncut DBZ Cell saga is something that any Anime fan can't miss. Like the Ginyu DVDs (from the DBZ Freiza saga) released some weeks ago these ones are probably to be coded for Regions 1,2 and 4 and not just for Region 1 as stated in the current info ................. . The Androids DVDs are the main introduction to the Cell saga which represents the Dr.Gero's vengeance against Goku. If you like sci-fi stories then you'll like DBZ Cell saga and these Androids discs. Don't miss the Trunks DVDs as well which are just the prologue to the Androids DVDs and the beginning of the Cell saga itself. By the time these discs will be released I bet Funimation will have fixed the glitches and subtitles bugs found on the Ginyu discs (especially the 2nd one). The DBZ Cell saga in it's original uncut version is finally out on DVD, don't miss it !
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