How often do you watch Dragon Ball (excluding Kai)?

Shiyonasan · Post by **Shiyonasan** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:05 am

We all are on here talking about Dragon Ball constantly, but how often do you actually watch the show?

I don't watch it often. I probably watch it about once every month or two months. The Dragon Boxes might change that though....

penguintruth · Post by **penguintruth** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:11 am

Before Kai came around, I hadn't seen any DB-related anime since the Shonen Jump special. And then, I hadn't seen any since the re-dub of the first two seasons aired on Cartoon Network. And before that, not since the end of the original run of DBZ on Cartoon Network. I have sneaked a peek at little clips of battles I like on YouTube, but that's about it.

In the big picture, DB and DBZ aren't really what I would call "favorites" of mine. Watching is a nostalgic thrill, a piece of yesterday that I watch only now and then with a carefully measured current appreciation.

I'm hardly the type of person to intentionally distance myself from DBZ, but once a year for my Dragon Box (and others I may get) will probably be the new schedule.

Shiyonasan · Post by **Shiyonasan** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:13 am

penguintruth wrote:Before Kai came around....

Oh, I forgot about Kai. If you include that, then I guess it would be every week.

Okay, besides Kai....

Gogeta 00 · Post by **Gogeta 00** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:18 am

I tend to watch it at least every few days. However I have times when I drift away from the series for a month or 2 and during those times I don't really watch it very much. So it depends on the time of year for me I guess. Oddly enough, I have very strong connections with the series every christmas season. For some reason christmas has always been the best time of the year to be a dragonball fan for me.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:36 am

Excluding Kai?
*Thinks.*

I wanna say...I watched a couple original db eps back in May, and before that....the Jump Special back in November (and I know I've re-watched that several times over last winter).

Planning on watching my DBox once it arrives though. :3

saiyangerl · Post by **saiyangerl** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:48 am

Before this year I hadn't seen it since 2002??? I started watching it again in August of this year. Watched it everyday for 2-3 years hours until I finished Z then went onto GT. And have been sporadically watching DB every few days or so. Not sure how often I will watch it when it is all done. I like to watch my favorite parts on youtube now and then. I think penguintruth's idea of once a year sounds good. Because that once a year will take you a couple to a few months at least if you want to watch it all (at least Z) from beginning to end.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:03 am

Once every few months I'd say.

I've been making my way through the movies since I picked up the Blu-Ray releases, but stopped once I hit the second Broli movie a few months ago.

The Funiboxes will give me a good reason to re-watch Z, as I have no interest in Kai.

Big Momma · Post by **Big Momma** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:07 am

When I bought FUNi's Dragon Ball Season One, I watched that over the course of a month...haven't watched any since besides one Kai episode.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:26 am

I watch Kai every week, but I don't watch the series that much anymore.

With the FUNi Dboxes, I hope to do a marathon run of the entire series.

Ununbium · Post by **Ununbium** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:29 am

Besides Kai the last time I watched it was the Jump Special.
Before that I don't know, no complete episode I'm sure. When my DBox comes in I'll definitely be rewatching the series, however.

Tweaker · Post by **Tweaker** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:44 am

I haven't watched anything Dragon Ball-related for a while, but I'll occasionally watch a few episodes or one of the movies or something. It depends on my mood, really; I tend to vary my current interests at any given time, so sometimes I'll be all over the series and other times I'll lack any and all interest in it entirely. I usually don't mind talking about it, though.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:45 am

I often pop in a disc to check on a scene if I'm in a discussion on here or MFG. Then I'll usually end up watching even further.

Otherwise, I tend to pop in one of the movies every so often while I'm working on something.

Amigo Ten · Post by **Amigo Ten** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:01 am

How often do I watch it? Well, pretty much never. I've seen nearly all of DB's episodes once, and about half of DBZ's episodes once, and that's it.

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:06 am

Not very often. New releases aside (Kai, the Jump special, etc) I typically get in a DragonBall mood once a year or so.

-Corey

SuperSaiyan3Goku · Post by **SuperSaiyan3Goku** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:17 am

Last time I watched anything Dragonball (not Kai) must of been movie 13, because I was watching all of Funi's dub of Z.

I'll re-watch it all in 2010 with the first Dragonbox set.

Velasa · Post by **Velasa** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:38 am

Actually, not all that often anymore. Until I got my Dragonbox about a week ago and started running through it, it'd really been more than a year since I watched any of the actual episodes.

Back in the day I'd watch it religiously on Toonami, then maybe monthly as I collected the tapes/dvds when they came out, then it basically just dropped off for ages. Part of this is because of FUNi's terrible release schedule (see nearly two year gap in release of end-of-Cell dvds), but even once I collected through the end of Cell I ran through the new disks once and left it at that. The series itself is.. difficult to just pick up piecemeal- it's just so damn vast and interconnected, not exactly conducive to quick spurts of watching.

It's really the movies that I find myself watching the most through the years. They're quick complete stories, often have better animation than the series proper, and they're just a lot of fun. I go back to Dead Zone the most- I've seen it at least 14 times and it's just as good every time.

So, I watch a movie maybe once every two or three months at least, and I'll go on massive binges with the series proper but I rarely ever watch just snippets of the show. It's the fandom that I'm involved in daily, more than the canon material itself.

SSJ Helldog · Post by **SSJ Helldog** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:00 am

I watch an episode here and there, probably one every other week, often prompted by discussion from these boards. I watch Kai maybe once a month. I'd watch every episode, but I'm currently reading through the manga for the first time thanks to the VizBigs, and I don't want anything to take away from my manga experience. Just read the Vegeta/Kiwi fight, and really liking the manga's pacing.

SSJ2bardock · Post by **SSJ2bardock** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:12 am

For as much as I love Dragonball... I almost never watch it. I've tried to go back and rewatch it, I really have, but to be perfectly honest.... it's just too god damn boring.

jda95 · Post by **jda95** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:56 am

I'm in the middle of a rewatch that began around this time last year. Up to episode 214 of Z. I always take huge breaks....

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:57 am

I watch is fairly often as background entertainment, in another window or on the TV while I work on stuff. Every once in a while I'll sit down and simply watch the show on its own, but not too often any more.