Anime?   Manga?  Dubbed?  Subbed?  A General Editorial

By Ian Esmay

I would like to just give my general opinion on Dragon Ball, whether it be the Anime, Manga, Dubed or subbed. First, the pros and cons of the Manga. I am what you would call a "dubbie" so I am of course I only read the Manga released by Viz. But that does not matter as what I am gonna say I only need one issue to do so. Anyway, the pro is that Viz does not butcher it up like FUNimation did even though I think they did not butcher it up. The Manga is easy to accsess and just as enjoyable as the Anime. But, when Toei Animation took DB they added a bunch of extras to it. Watching the Anime that is in the same part that the Manga is was a lot more enjoyable because of all the "extras" addded in. That is my main opinon of the Manga and Anime. Now, about the U.S. and Japanese ones... I have seen the Japanese Anime so what I am about to say will have a good opinon to it. I think that in Seasons 1 and 2 I could hardly notice any editing except that instead of saying "Dead" they say "Sucks." In my opinon Suck is a worse word that dead. Also,
sometimes when they get hit they are just down and you didn't see them get hit. That stuck me as odd. The backround music got annoying sometimes but the voices were what was great. I love how Piccolo's voice sounds down right mean in the begining but he sounds more like a good guy later on. And everyone elses voices are good too. Then(me being a dubbie and all)I was very angry when no new episodes were showing. So, I went to the internet. I found out all this cool info I never knew before.

By the time I was done I was amazed at what happened later on. But...I actually had to stop myself form reading the info cause I didnt want to spoil the show for me. I wait and wait and wait. Season 3 comes. The voices, especially the ones of the Ginyu Force, sounded very wierd. I
liked Piccolos old voice much better and the others, except Freeza, sounded fine, even Vegeta.(I don't know why eveyone makes a big deal about his Season 3 voice. I don't reallty notice a diffrence.) In Season 3 the backround music is much better with more than two notes... And I
love how they don't censor it as much. The only thing I found wierd was when Krillin blew up. I got the Uncencored version and it made much more sense when I saw how he really blew up. If I could sum up Season 3 in one word it would be: AWESOME!!! This is all FUNimartion needs to do:
Combine Season 1's audio with Season 3's visual...DBZ would just be evenmore AWESOME!!!!

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