#DRAGON BALL Z BATTLE OF GODS SERIES#

Supreme Kai, along with Elder Kai, fear what this god may do now that heвЂ™s awoken early while King Kai gives Goku a quick lesson on who this guy is. ItвЂ™s not some super sophisticated anime meant to challenge the likes of Neon Genesis or Cowboy Bebop, itвЂ™s strictly intended to entertain with humor and action.Д«attle of Gods opens with some familiar characters pondering the awakening of The God of Destruction. Toriyama, unlike some of his fans, seems to understand what makes Dragon Ball special.

#DRAGON BALL Z BATTLE OF GODS SERIES#

The only cause for optimism was that it was announced series creator Akira Toriyama, who had little involvement with the awful Dragon Ball GT, was handling the screenplay and character designs. As a result, I was not all that enthused to hear that Toei Animation was returning to the series for a new film: Battle of Gods. Aside from a select few that contained some genuine entertainment value, most are just mediocre with the only contribution they made being the superior animation when compared with the show. Thirteen films in all were released based off of Dragon Ball Z with virtually none fitting into the canon of the showвЂ™s storyline. These films were little more than cash-grabs and oftenВ contained less plot than the show and an even more obvious formula. The show was so successful that it rather logically spawned feature films. If one were to be jaded with the prospects of another extension of the Dragon Ball Universe, theyвЂ™d likely be less interested in yet another Dragon Ball Z film. As such, itвЂ™s quite easy to take a cynical view towards the show but it still has its moments where itвЂ™s genuinely entertaining and even charming.Д«eerus and Whis are the latest antagonists to threaten earth.

It was basically like watching an animated fighting video game: it just moves from one battle to the next with very little connecting tissue in-between. The stakes are always the same, and even though characters are killed off several times, they usually find their way back to the land of the living and there are few lasting repercussions on the show (aside from the novel concept that the characters do age over time).

Each вЂњseasonвЂќ consists of the gang being forced to take on the latest вЂњMost Powerful Being in the UniverseвЂќ with the same familiar pattern: dispatch weak enemy, hear latest prophecy of doom, be defeated by said enemy, train endlessly, power-up and defeat enemy. The characters are all simply constructed and tend to embody one archetype. ItвЂ™s the formula of Dragon Ball Z that makes it a rather pedestrian television program. While the Cell Games and Buu Saga have their moments, for the most part the show became almost a self-parody with extended filler sequences and familiar plot lines. Little did I know, that I had basically seen the best of the show up to that point. I was incredibly disappointed that the dub, for many years, ended right in the middle of the Namek Saga with Goku preparing to take on The Ginyu Force (I was also really disappointed when the series finally returned with an all new and quite terrible dub). For awhile during the 1990вЂ™s I found myself quite captivated by the show. This is not to say I find the show to be a bad one.

Part of that also stems from the fact that Dragon Ball Z fans seem to regard it as the greatest anime of all time, rather than what it really is the most popular anime of all time. Some of that sentiment stems from the fact that itвЂ™s considerably more popular than its predecessor, Dragon Ball, despite being the inferior product. IвЂ™ve made no secret of the fact that I find Dragon Ball Z to be a pretty overrated anime.

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