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Dragon Ball Z is the long-running sequel to the anime Dragon Ball. The series is a close adaptation of the second (and far longer) portion of the Dragon Ball manga written and drawn by Akira Toriyama. In the United States, the manga's second portion is also titled Dragon Ball Z to prevent confusion.

The series follows the adventures of the adult Son Goku who, along with his companions, defends the earth against assorted villains. While the original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, Dragon Ball Z is a continuation of his adulthood life, but at the same time parallels the maturation of his son, Gohan. The separation between the series is also significant as the latter series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone. The anime also features characters, situations and back-stories not present in the original manga. These portions may be considered cannon or non-canon by fans.

After Dragon Ball Z, the story of Son Goku and friends continues in the anime-only series Dragon Ball GT. This series is not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama.

Toriyama's humor/parody manga Neko Majin Z features several concepts introduced in Dragon Ball Z (several Dragon Ball Z characters even make various appearances), but that manga is designed as a parody and not a true continuation of the series.

In April 2009, a new 'refresh' of Dragon Ball Z began airing on Japanese television. This recut is titled Dragonball Kai.

Contents

Censorship

Dragon Ball Z was marketed to appeal to a wide range of viewers from all ages, and contains crude humor and occasional excesses of violence which are commonly seen as inappropriate for younger audiences by American standards. When it was marketed in the US, the distribution company FUNimation alongside with Saban decided to initially focus exclusively on the young children's market, because the anime market was still small compared to the much larger children's cartoon market. This censorship often had unintentionally humorous results, such as changing all references to death so the dead characters were merely going to "another dimension", and digitally altering two ogres' shirts to read "HFIL" instead of "HELL".

Starting with the Ginyu Saga (3rd US season) on Cartoon Network, censorship was reduced due to fewer restrictions on cable programming. FUNimation did the dubbing on their own this time around with their own voice actors. In 2003, FUNimation began to redub the first two sagas of Dragon Ball Z, to remove the problems that were caused from their previous partnership with Saban. They also redubbed the first three movies.

Sagas

Toei Saga's

  • Saiyan Saga (Episodes 1~35); 1989 - 1990
  • Freeza Saga (Episodes 36~116); 1990 - 1991
  • Cell Saga (Episodes 117~194); 1991 - 1993
  • Buu Saga (Episodes 195~291); 1993 - 1996

English Version Saga's

Saiyan Saga:

  • The Vegeta Saga (originally The Saiyan Conflict/Saiyan Saiyan) (Episodes 1~35)

Freeza Saga:

  • The Namek Saga (Episodes 36~67)
  • The Captain Ginyu Saga (Episodes 68~74)
  • The Frieza Saga (Episodes 75~107)

Cell Saga:

  • The Garlic Jr. Saga (Episodes 108~116)
  • The Trunks Saga (Episodes 117~124)
  • The Androids Saga (Episodes 125~138)
  • The Imperfect Cell Saga (Episodes 139~151)
  • The Perfect Cell Saga (Episodes 152~164)
  • The Cell Games Saga (Episodes 165~194)

Buu Saga:

  • The Great Saiyaman Saga (Episodes 195~208)
  • The World Tournament Saga (Episodes 209~218)
  • The Babidi Saga (Episodes 219~230)
  • The Majin Buu Saga (Episodes 231~252)
  • The Fusion Saga (Episodes 253~274)
  • The Kid Buu Saga (Episodes 275~291)

Movies, TV Specials, OVA

Movies

Toei Titles

  1. Return my Gohan!! (1989)
  2. The World's Strongest (1990)
  3. Super Deciding Battle for the Entire Planet Earth (1990)
  4. Super Saiyan Son Goku (1991)
  5. The Incredible Mightiest vs. Mightiest (1991)
  6. Clash!! 10,000,000,000 Powerful Warriors (1992)
  7. Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans (:1992)
  8. Burn Up!! A Close, Intense, Super-Fierce Battle (1993)
  9. The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy (1993)
  10. The Dangerous Duo! Super-Warriors Can't Rest (1994)
  11. Super-Warrior Defeat!! I'm the One who'll Win (1994)
  12. Fusion Reborn!! Goku and Vegeta (1994)
  13. Dragon Fist Explosion! If Goku Can't Do It, Who Will? (1995)
  14. Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008)

English Version Titles

  1. Dead Zone (1997)
  2. The World's Strongest (1998)
  3. The Tree of Might (1998)
  4. Lord Slug (2001)
  5. Cooler's Revenge (2001)
  6. Return of Cooler (2002)
  7. Super Android 13! (2003)
  8. Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan (2003)
  9. Bojack Unbound (2004)
  10. Broly: The Second Coming (2005)
  11. Bio-Broly (2005)
  12. Fusion Reborn (2006)
  13. Wrath of the Dragon (2006)

- From 2008-2009 they where Remastered/Re-released in double feature sets in the same format at FUNimation's Season Boxsets

TV specials

Toei titles

  1. A Lonesome, Final Battle: The Father of Z-Warrior Kakarrot, who Challenged Freeza (1990)
  2. Resistance to Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors, Gohan and Trunks (1993)

English Version Titles

  1. Bardock: The Father of Goku (2000)
  2. The History of Trunks (2000)

- In 2008 they where Remastered/Re-released as a double feature set in the same format at FUNimation's Season Boxsets

OVA

  • The Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (1993)

Dragon Ball Guides

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