Dragon Ball Z - Season 4 (Garlic Jr., Trunks, and Android Sagas)

Shipping was quick and dvds look like they work fine. Chunk of the cover art was missing though which is why i did 4/5 stars. Otherwise glad i got it cheap.

The first thing I thought when I saw the box for this dvd was, Who the heck is Garlic Jr? I have read all the manga books and I never saw him once. So far this series had given us much filler, scenes that were slighlty longer than need to be but this is an entire saga of filler. Not only that but it creates some weird backstory about how Gohan and Goku defeated Garlic Jr. and sealed him in the dead zone. Did I miss something? When did this happen? I have seen all the Dvd sets up to now I have tried to think of a time period it could have happened but I am stumped. Gohan and Goku were never together long enough to fight anything except on Namek and this epic fight occured on earth. Did Trunks mysterious time travelling create yet another timeline? Eh, I won't lose sleep over it. Once I opened up the dvd and looked at the episode liner notes I had my second though; the spice boys? Really? Is this some sort of reference to the spice girls. It can't be since this show was around way before the spice girls were around so maybe it is just a big coincidence but if it isn't then that might just be the lamest joke in the history of the series. The boys actually aren't that bad(they are a lot more reserved than the goofy Ginyu force)but at the end of the day they have to walk inside their house look into the mirror and realize they are called the friggin' Spice boys. My third thought as I was watching the series unfold was; man, these androids are annoying. The things that made Frieza such a great villain are personified in the beings of #17 and #18 who look like a couple of spoiled punk kids hanging out at the mall and they can get anythingthey want without any effort. Frieza was a great villain because he was so insufferable he made you feel sorry for Vegeta for having to serve under him. And when Vegeta gets beat down by a smirking, big forehead having android after having worked so hard top finally become a super saiyan then you feel for him as well. What's a spiky haired, constipated alien to do? Seriuosly though, Vegeta is one of my favorite Anime characters and i don't like seeing him get crushed. Though in a way that makes me like him more. His Saiyan pride and his constant feelings of inferiority to Goku(Kakarooot!) are what makes him such a great character. Anyway, even though I was tempted to take off a star for having to endure a nonsensical saga that was quite literally crammed into the storyline by means of dark magic and/or time travel but in the end I enjoyed making fun of the spice boys so much it was worth the time spent. With that in mind let me present the spice boys rap; "We're the spice boys and we're here to say*/we're a bunch of crappy filler villains so you better get ouuta the way/we'll punch and kick you and do things real gay/so you'd better savekamitravelundergroundspreadmagicwaterthroughoughtheworldtobreakthementalcontrolyadayad and save the day. Peace out...we suck."*P.s. I am aware that this is the starting line of almost every crap rap of the eighties. I couldn't help it.P.p.s. By now I am aware of how Garlic jr. was in the dead zone movie. Seriously, a movie? If they couldnt put this idiot in season 1,2 or 3 he has no business being in season 4. Garlic Jr. Worst Villain ever:(

Dragonball Z is famous across the globe, most noted for being one of the all time most popular anime series ever created. The show does an excellent job of staying true to the mangas, with few name changes and plot adjustments. This collection happens to be my personal favorite collection of all of the available ones to choose from. Why? It's because of the interesting sagas that it contains.The Garlic Jr Saga is a great series of episodes that is highly overlooked. Garlic has returned from his "Dead Zone" imprisonment. He now seeks revenge on the earthlings, and will stop at nothing to continue his attack on Piccolo and Kami for the death of his father. Armed with new henchmen and still gifted with immortality, it seems as if Garlic Jr is unstoppable. The fight between Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo and Garlic Jr is one of the most action packed ones ever placed within the anime. The plot is great, and the show does a great job of keeping the viewer enticed and engaged through the many surprising twists hidden within this saga.The second Saga that this collection contains is one of the most popular sagas of the show, the Trunks Saga. The Trunks Saga marks the arrival of Trunks and the announcement of the impending doom of the entire planet. The addition of this saga marked a new chapter in the Dragonball Z universe. It was once viewed "impossible" to become a Super Saiyan, but as this saga proves, Super Saiyan is no longer a feet unachievable by Saiyans. With the introduction of this saga, power levels increase and enemies once viewed as formidable are no longer so. Once viewed as the strongest being in the universe, Frieza arrives on Earth seeking revenge for his near-death experience that was handed to him on Namek by Goku. Frieza knows that Goku is going to arrive late, so he intends to have some fun with the planet's inhabitants before Goku arrives. Little did he know that another Super Saiyan exists. Trunks quickly dispatches the villain and his father in a matter of seconds. He then goes on to reveal the future that will come to pass, a future where everyone on Earth has been killed by a pair of diabolical androids/cyborgs.This is a nice little DVD collection. It comes in a nicely sized box with a folding DVD case. The collection pack comes with six DVDs containing remastered footage from the anime. The quality of the images has been touched up, but it also contains image cropping. The sound is better, a much sharper, cleaner quality, but the volume level could use some work, seeing as the actual episodes are more quiet than the rest of the DVD contents. This collection is simply amazing in every way conceivable. A perfect season to purchase if you're a DBZ fan.

great show and the quality of these HD reprints is amazing, even now these dvds look like bluerays thats how good the print is, the show is just amazing and ive always loved this, this season doesnt start off too great but it certainly gets better.my only snag (for me anyway) is its just shame the funimation voices aint as good as the ocean voices, but i do like the fact the sound is in 5.1 (and it sounds amazing) considering its using the japans mono audio the cleanup of both sound and music is amazing i just feel the voiceover work isnt as pashionat nore sound as amazing as the ocean voices, as an alternative you can listen to the origonal mono audio with the Japanese voices and the subtitiles get all the lines right too.so in short the HD remaster of both sound and picture makes for an amazing show that can now be seen and heard the way it was ment to be... just not acted out in the right voice dub (Ocean voices instead of the funimation ones would be the ultimate re-master of the show)

as we all know dbz can be a long and fun affair, this is the start of the cell saga with goku coming back to earth trunks killing freeza.the androids 19 and 20 arriving 5 miles south west of south city lol. as usual Bruce falconer does a brill job with the music.the only annoying thing in this box is the garlic jr filler episodes. as a fan il watch um just there more aimed at setting up gohan in season 6 as the new hero of earth. at least he is not saiya man yet. the cell saga is season 4-6 so if your just after that saga you will need season 4,5,6. all in all a great part of anime history just a shame with garlic jr.

Very good

Came today thank you very much

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