Dragon Ball Z - The Namek Saga (Boxed Set II - Episodes 26-53) [VHS]

Loved these box sets as a kid and couldn’t wait to get them all again. Season 2 on VHS takes place after the Sayian Saga and before the Ginyu Saga. 10 VHS tapes and the display box is one of the best in the series in my opinion.

20 years and it's still good! Some may not like the ocean dub version today cause funamtion in house dub took over since then including with today's dub kai ..but looking back at it...if you grew up on the toonmai version from the 90s to the early 00s this will always(in my opinion) will be a nostalgia classic voice dub to the series for us Americans....or Canadians lol

I have seen this series with the origional japanese dialogue, and needless to say this english version is a far cry from the intensity of the orgionals. Did you know there are well over two hundred fifty episodes to this series? I cannot remember exactly how many... all I know is I want every last one- uncut and uncensored! The voices for Gohan, Kurillin, and Vegita in the english version are pathetic. Episodes are missing from the Namek Saga and, quite frankly, it is a shame. I would like to see the whole set, unabridged and not tainted by censorship. Dragonball Z is a violent series, much like Fist of the North Star... with comedy. As to when FUNinamtion will get off its rear and give us hungry DBZ fans what we really want (everything, of course) and not give us this non-fat version... who knows? They should stop treating this like a kid's show and treat it the way it was meant to be treated. Oh, by the way... did anyone know there is another Dragonball series after Dragonball Z? As slow as FUNimation is with getting the episodes out, it probably won't reach american shores until 2003. It's a crying shame...

As a loyal viewer and fan of DBZ, I naturally appreciate this saga. The plot is better than most anime sagas,and the characters are well thought out. And, of course, you get your share of intense actions sequences. But, as most of the other reviewers have and will tell you, the English version just isn't up to par with the Japanese [sound familiar to those of you who play video games?] The language and fight scenes are heavily edited, and the power levels have gone to hell in a handbasket. This was originally a show for adults, not children. For people who have no experience with DBZ, I'll provide a brief synopsis for the English version. Good plot, great fight scenes, great characters, and the suspense kills you. The down side: cheesy American expressions and idioms during intense moments, the usual problems with anime [can-opener noses, f^^ked-up facial expressions]. If filter through ...[the bad parts], you will find an excellent show.

this saga is the last great saga their is on DragonBall Z.this was a perfect backround for showing how evil Frieza is and Vegeta's quest to seek the DragonBalls out and wish for immortality. Now why should you get this(or at least see it) it has excellent battles and story. The newer episodes of Dbz have no story and are corney and kiddy and no fun to watch. It's also great in the fact that the old voices and animation are still here(another down side to the newer episodes is that they don't have them)I personnaly recommend this to any true Dbz fan and NOT to the people who like only newer episodes and newer power levels thats why I recommend this or the saiyan conflict over any saga out there

I just found a review I posted for these episodes in August of last year and I can't believe how absolutely naive I was when I wrote it. Since then I have came into contact with the DBZ SUBTITLED movies and all I can really say is that the subbed version cannot even be called the same thing as the original. Don't get me wrong, if it hadn't been for FUNmation for first introducing DBZ to me, I'd have never loved it but the subtitled is sooo much better! I believe my words last time called it "boring and a waste of time." I'm sorry if anyone read that and didn't watch the subbies because they certainly deserve being seen. I gave these episodes a "5" rating not because FUNmation did a good job, but because DBZ is available to us here in American to begin with and because others are able to watch it. God bless!

First of all, I'm sure if you've heard reviews like these saying how much better the Japanese versions of DBZ are. No, these aren't as good the Japanese version, but its better than nothing. I can understand if people want to get these because the sub-titles can be quite difficult to come by. Anyway, I gave it three stars because I couldn't give it a zero, because the stories there and because there aren't quite as many edits, but there are still a lot of things missing(Even whole episodes!). Can you believe they actually say die!! Wow, that's just terrible, after hearing that I found out that when someone gets shot through the chest with an energy beam, they don't go to "Another dimension", they(get this)die. What a concept.

im an avid cartoon observer for many years.Not only do i see them for a quick laugh but i closely monitor the action, scenery, plot, and dialogue.As we watch animations now days (from all over the world), we have to understand the cultural differences and respect them or else the dialogue will sound corny(as ours may be too revealing or too strong for other cultures). Humor also changes (try translating a joke into a foreing language). Arriving to a conclusion: DBZ ( after crossing the cultural barrier)is a plausible animation. The motivation of the characters is pure. It is the unbrakable spirit and the way they (the characters) present themselves in the worst of times that compels you to keep wathing these series (too bad we dont have the rest yet). The battling of evil in a personal way and the way nature and living things are treated with respect(again, culture)is fabulous. Evil vs good work towards one particular issue in DBZ, to help others vs selfish power and pleasure respectively. LETS LEARN SOMETHING FROM IT... sincerely TC

DB is the best