Post by Cervantes on Aug 13, 2023 4:07:11 GMT
Spirit Bomb - That just, like, your opinion, man.
You know, it's just a matter of personal preference. I prefer the humor, the sense of childish wonder and adventure of the first series, plus the plethora of fun characters that were set aside in Z. I like Z too, of course, but it has too much focus on the fights themselves and they get too padded out. I don't care much for power levels and grandeur: the interactions between fun characters is the heart of the show for me. But that must also be a cultural thing: Dragon Ball Z seems to be the first big "fighting" anime hit in the US, but when it aired in Latin America we had all already watched Saint Seiya, plus others like Yu Yu Hakusho, Shurato, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken and the OG Dragon Ball itself, while the girls had Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth; on the live action/tokusatsu side, I grew up watching Jaspion, Kamen Rider, Jiraya, Solbrain and a few others, so Dragon Ball Z made less of an impression over here in its first run, as we were already used to the genre.
Keep in mind I consider both DB and DBZ among the best anime ever made, so much that I have the complete manga, which is also lovely. I just very personally have more of a soft spot for the adventure and humor of the first series (by the way, the manga doesn't do a distinction between them and was published as a single series, so the tone/style is more consistent throughout the whole story and I love the entirety of it).
But this is also just, like, my opinion, man.
Edit: The DVD box thing was really funny, everything about the Mega Man cartoon seems to be planned to disappoint uninformed viewers, hahaha!
You know, it's just a matter of personal preference. I prefer the humor, the sense of childish wonder and adventure of the first series, plus the plethora of fun characters that were set aside in Z. I like Z too, of course, but it has too much focus on the fights themselves and they get too padded out. I don't care much for power levels and grandeur: the interactions between fun characters is the heart of the show for me. But that must also be a cultural thing: Dragon Ball Z seems to be the first big "fighting" anime hit in the US, but when it aired in Latin America we had all already watched Saint Seiya, plus others like Yu Yu Hakusho, Shurato, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken and the OG Dragon Ball itself, while the girls had Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth; on the live action/tokusatsu side, I grew up watching Jaspion, Kamen Rider, Jiraya, Solbrain and a few others, so Dragon Ball Z made less of an impression over here in its first run, as we were already used to the genre.
Keep in mind I consider both DB and DBZ among the best anime ever made, so much that I have the complete manga, which is also lovely. I just very personally have more of a soft spot for the adventure and humor of the first series (by the way, the manga doesn't do a distinction between them and was published as a single series, so the tone/style is more consistent throughout the whole story and I love the entirety of it).
But this is also just, like, my opinion, man.
Edit: The DVD box thing was really funny, everything about the Mega Man cartoon seems to be planned to disappoint uninformed viewers, hahaha!
