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"Dragon Ball Z" (1989/I) More at IMDbPro »TV series 1989-2003

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Overview

User Rating:
9.0/10   8,392 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Andrew Rye (writer) (episodes)
Akira Toriyama (comic book)
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
13 September 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Saiyans have returned...
Plot:
In the version that is shown on YTV in Canada, the story begins mid-way through the Dragon Ball Z series... more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
Game Interview - Dragon Ball Z: Raging Blast
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User Comments:
Absolutely brilliant and awe inspiring more (91 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 26 of 175)
Jôji Yanami ... Narrator / ... (280 episodes, 1996-2003)
Masako Nozawa ... Son Goku / ... (278 episodes, 1996-2003)
Christopher Sabat ... Vegeta / ... (269 episodes, 1996-2003)

Sean Schemmel ... Goku / ... (253 episodes, 1996-2003)
Doc Harris ... Narrator (232 episodes, 1996-2003)
Mayumi Tanaka ... Kuririn / ... (224 episodes, 1996-2003)
Sonny Strait ... Krillin / ... (215 episodes, 1996-2003)
Brian Drummond ... Vegeta / ... (197 episodes, 1996-2003)
Ryô Horikawa ... Vegeta (193 episodes, 1996-2003)
Terry Klassen ... Krillin / ... (193 episodes, 1996-2003)
Toshio Furukawa ... Piccolo (190 episodes, 1996-2003)

Stephanie Nadolny ... Gohan / ... (184 episodes, 1996-2001)
Tiffany Vollmer ... Bulma / ... (173 episodes, 1996-2003)
Scott McNeil ... Piccolo / ... (167 episodes, 1996-2003)
Hiromi Tsuru ... Bulma / ... (165 episodes, 1996-2003)
Jillian Michaels ... Goten / ... (156 episodes, 2000-2003)

Kyle Hebert ... Narrator / ... (155 episodes, 1996-2003)
Mike McFarland ... Master Roshi / ... (134 episodes, 1996-2003)

Kirby Morrow ... Goku (134 episodes, 2000-2003)
Tôru Furuya ... Yamcha (133 episodes, 1996-2003)
Cynthia Cranz ... Chi-Chi / ... (132 episodes, 1996-2003)
Takeshi Kusao ... Trunks (129 episodes, 2000-2003)
Daisuke Gôri ... Gyuumao / ... (128 episodes, 1996-2003)
Ted Cole ... Yamcha / ... (125 episodes, 1996-2003)
Naoko Watanabe ... Puar / ... (121 episodes, 1996-2003)
Hirotaka Suzuoki ... Tenshinhan / ... (114 episodes, 1996-2003)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
DBZ (USA) (short title)
As bólas máxicas (Spain: Galician title) [gl]
Dragon Ball Z (Spain: Galician title) [gl]
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Runtime:
26 min (291 episodes)
Country:
Language:
Color:
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
Denmark:7 (DVD) | Denmark:7 | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:TV-Y7 (edited version) | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Germany:12 | USA:TV-PG (uncensored version) | Canada:PG (some episodes)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After his fight with Vegeta, Goku is hospitalized in Wukong Hospital. Wukong is the Chinese name for Goku. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: On the Space Suit Goku wears at times on his way to Namek, Goku is misspelled as "Gokuh." more
Quotes:
[Piccolo and Vegeta sit back to back on a tiny island]
Piccolo: Is it over?
Vegeta: Not until the fish jumps.
[a fish jumps out of the water]
Vegeta: It's over.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Matrix Revolutions (2003) more
Soundtrack:
We Gotta Power more

FAQ

Is "Game Poy" a real or fictional brand of hand-held video game systems?
How does the anime version of the show differ from the manga version of the story?
Why is the music/voices/etc. different on my season sets from when the show aired?
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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Absolutely brilliant and awe inspiring, 7 July 2006
10/10
Author: sjhodgkiss from United Kingdom

In my mind dragonball z has to be one of the greatest crossovers of comic to cartoon, for this simple reason its not real and its a break from reality and thus it had no boundaries in what it could do with its characters.

I admit that the basic story was already there but what Funimation did was to make the dialog less wooden although due to limitations with strength of vocabulary and the inability to use words of a stronger nature that would have given the characters more of an edge, but the key thing in my mind is the music which in the original series from Japan was basic and frankly old fashioned so with the music created by Bruce faulconer the series went from being good to brilliant and thus gave it the ability to appeal to people today, but due to it being taken off air people don't have the chance now to enjoy it as much as I did when I was younger.

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