Do you think there was any saga done better in the anime?

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Re: Do you think there was any saga done better in the anime?

Post by Castor Troy » Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:40 am

Trunks special blows the manga version out of the water for sure.

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Re: Do you think there was any saga done better in the anime?

Post by johnboy1 » Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:52 am

Does the Burdock special count? I know it was an animated feature first, but I think we can all say the special was better than the two panels of lip service Toriyama gave it. Other than that, the most obvious choice for me is the Cell Games, if only for the scene where the team finally rubs its two brain cells together and decides to attack Cell all at once. Granted, Gohan's obviously doing all the heavy lifting, but the scene was so awesome that it almost made up for the COUNTLESS times that one hero went up against the super-powerful villain of the day while the rest of the team sat back, each waiting for his turn to die.
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Re: Do you think there was any saga done better in the anime?

Post by Godo » Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:58 am

I would like to be funny and say the Otherworld Arc, but as a filler arc, I would say it was the worst executed.
I can enjoy most of the filler, but this one is poorly animated, and the story is poor.
And Daio Kaio is so horrible and annoying.

I would like to say that Gohan's training with Piccolo and in the wilderness was pretty well executed.

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Re: Do you think there was any saga done better in the anime?

Post by MR.Mark » Sat Jun 19, 2010 6:03 am

Castor Troy wrote:Trunks special blows the manga version out of the water for sure.
Fully agreed, plus I'm in the "counts the Bardock special as canon despite not being written by Toriyama" crowd.

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Re: Do you think there was any saga done better in the anime?

Post by Sanjiscool » Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:19 pm

The Saiyan Saga for reasons already mentioned. I have yet to actually read the Boo saga in the manga. I really have to catch up on that one day.

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