|
|
|
|
|
|
Dragon Ball Z - Season Four (Garlic Jr., Trunks, and Android Sagas) 
Actors : Jon Allen (II), Enuka Okuma, Jessie Cody, Travis Willingham, Matthew Piersall
Director : Daisuke Nishio
Studio : Funimation Prod
by Funimation Prod
Brand : FUNIMATION PRODUCTIONS, LTD
Release Date : 2008-02-19
Publisher : Funimation Prod
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 6
EAN : 0704400022463
UPC : 704400022463
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 28 reviews)
List Price : $49.98
Our Price : $26.90
|
|
| |
|
Product Description |
|
Having returned victorious from their battle with Frieza the Z-fighters can at last breathe a collective sigh of relief... But they won't have long to rest. A new host of villains has appeared ready to wreak havoc on the Earth - and Goku the Z-Fighters' greatest hero is still missing!In the face of these new dangers a mysterious youth with Super Saiyan powers has come bearing a bleak prediction for the future: in just three years' time an evil greater than any the Z-Fighters have ever faced will emerge to cast a shadow of destruction and despair over the Earth. If the young Saiyan's prediction is correct the Z-Fighters will have to train like they have never trained before in order to have any hope against these seemingly unstoppable foes: the Androids!Format: DVD Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 704400022463 Manufacturer No: 0 |
| |
|
Americancivilwar.com |
|
Goku is still missing in action after the destruction of the planet Namek, as the fourth season of Dragon Ball Z opens. With Goku unavailable, Gohan and the other Z-fighters must defeat Garlic Jr., who has reemerged from the Dead Zone with his accomplices, the Spice Boys. Gohan saves the Earth by ramping up his powers and destroying the planet Makyo, the source of Garlic's strength. Before the dust can settle a new menace arrives: A largely robotic version of Frieza and his more powerful father, King Cold. These villains are easily dispatched by a new Super Saiyan: Trunks, the illegitimate son of Vegeta and Bulma. Trunks has come from the future to save Goku from what would have been a fatal heart virus. Goku must live to prevent the Artificial Humans created by Dr. Gero from ravaging the Earth. (Gero was one of the leaders of the Red Ribbon Army, which Goku destroyed in Dragon Ball.) But Trunks' mission may have altered the future in ways he didn't intend: Instead of two Androids, there are three, all programmed to kill Goku. The season ends on a cliffhanger, with the fate of the Z-Fighters--and the Earth--hanging in the balance. Trunks' visit creates a number of paradoxes, including the problem of his existing as an adult and an infant in the same space-time. However, these questions are unlikely to trouble Dragon Ball fans, who will be too busy watching Vegeta training at 450 gravities, Gohan mastering his latent powers, Goku's new combat move, and any number of battles, not to mention the comic relief of Krillin's courtship of Maron and Master Roshi's continued lechery. Some of these epsiodes were recut into the feature The History of Trunks. (Rated TV PG. suitable for ages 8 and older: violence, alcohol and tobacco use, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon |
| |
|
| |
|
It only gets better from here.... |
I've been watching this series over & over for about 10 years now, and must say that this is the beginning of the BEST story line in the series. Once Cell enters into the series, you'll know what I mean.
VIDEO QUALITY - Ignore the bad reviews. You won't even miss anything that was cropped out of the original print. Only the top & bottom 5% portions were cut, so NOTHING VITAL IS MISSING. I would have preferred they left the frames intact, but the original copy was too badly damaged to get a better digital quality from those sections. The reviewers who say otherwise are just not understanding the procedures needed to take to transfer film to DVD code (in layman's terms).The image is MUCH better than the previous video releases (U.S. OR Japanese).
SOUND QUALITY - While the claim to keeping the original Japanese audio overlayed with the English voice cast is true, I think they could have / should have kept the same Opening track in Japanese as well (known as "Cha-La-Head-Cha-La"). Instead they replaced it with a guitar track that doesn't really keep the timing well with the opening sequence. Otherwise, the sound has been cleaned up and sounds much smoother than previous releases did.
SPECIAL FEATURES - The marathon feature is great, being able to watch every episode on each disc right after one another, without the credits or opening sequences. Being able to watch it in Japanese with (badly translated) English Subtitles is nice as well. However, that's about it. I think Funimation could do a LOT better with the features, like adding in interviews with the Voicing cast, some studio outtakes, etc. There are only previews of other Funimation releases to look at, nothing else.
OVERALL - Great if you are only interested in the series, and looking for better video and sound. If you want cool special features, you'll have to get Japanese release DVD's (which also means a DVD player that supports that Region Code for DVDs), which is also a crap-shoot.
|
| |
|
Did I miss something? |
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. |
| |
|
So much easier |
|
I already own the entire DBZ series on a mixture of DVDs & VHS. It takes up so much space that I needed almost an entire book shelf unit to hold them all. These new realesed DVD sagas are WONDERFUL. I am now packing away all of my originals and replacing them with these sets. They take up very little space and can be out with the rest of my DVDs. I plan to buy them all as they come out! |
| |
|
Good, but the PAL release is better. |
I recently bought DBZ - Season 4 from Americancivilwar seeking the better looks and the marathon feature of the NTSC release, but was slightly dissapointed that i was bombarded by unskippable adverts right from THE WORD GO. I also noticed a change in the quality of the picture, though i'm not sure why.
The PAL release does not have the marathon feature, but at least it doesn't bombard you with adverts. I hate that. HATE.
It would have got 5 stars if not for the failures of the NTSC release. |
| |
|
Great |
|
It was exactly how it was described. New, sealed and the product itself is great. |
| |
|
|
|
