At what age did you start watching the series?

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Re: At what age did you start watching the series?

Post by TheGmGoken » Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:24 pm

I was 2 or 3. Watching those bootleg tapes. Didn't remember till I was 5ish.
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Post by Vijay » Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:41 pm

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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:01 pm

Like 4 or 5, circa 2001-2002.
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Post by Wibbs » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:38 pm

I was about 3 or 4 when I first started watching the show, I only ever managed to catch little bits of it here and there unfortunately. Although when I managed to work around the time slot I saw the Garlic Jr and early Android saga the whole way through, which is why they're my favourite arcs.
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Post by JackyBoi99 » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:55 pm

Age 6 in 2002.
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Post by Smochi » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:00 pm

I was 7. Crazy to think I've been watching it for 15 years.
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Re: At what age did you start watching the series?

Post by NitroEX » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:00 pm

Around 8 or 9 in 2001 back when Cartoon Network UK still had the Toonami afternoon programming block instead of being it's own channel. Imperfect Cell saga w/ the Ocean dub. Good memories.
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Post by jpdbzrulz4sure » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:02 pm

11 years old in 1999.
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Post by penguintruth » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:05 pm

However old I was when DBZ was on the syndicated block as Ronin Warriors and Samurai Pizza Cats.
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Post by Pokewhiz7 » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:37 pm

penguintruth wrote:However old I was when DBZ was on the syndicated block as Ronin Warriors and Samurai Pizza Cats.
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Post by penguintruth » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:40 pm

I think I was 13 at the time.
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Post by SaiyamanMS » Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:00 pm

I was about 11 or 12 in 2001, I think it was? Didn't really get into DBZ until the fad was starting to pass. I think I caught one or two episodes of season 2 or 3 earlier and dismissed it as being dumb, but I got into it right around when Imperfect Cell was airing on Cheez TV here.
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:23 am

I was around 2-3 years old. The original DB was on TV during that time, and I watched it until the end of Z.
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Post by Saiga » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:30 am

I was 7 years old, and I remember this because I remember discussing it with people in second grade. It took until I was 11 years old to find out about the manga and start reading that (and as such when I first saw the earlier stuff). My first exposure to the franchise was getting a Goku trading card out of a K-Zone magazine and being intrigued by it, then seeing the first episode of Z on TV shortly after.
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Post by Kid Buu » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:47 am

5 years old in 1999, tuned into an episode of Goku saving Gohan from Nappa on Cartoon Network.
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Post by DragonBoxZTheMovies » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:49 am

Pokewhiz7 wrote:Like 4 or 5, circa 2001-2002.
Wow, same here. Might've even been 2000, actually...whenever it was, it was definitely before Lord Slug came out in NZ.
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Post by Tzigi » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:03 am

Just counted and it had to be about the autumn of 2000 when DB started airing in Poland. So I was 12 then (or more precisely 11 since my birthday is on the 26th of December).
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Post by omegalucas » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:43 am

3 or 4... I'm not sure if I started watching at the beginning of the Portuguese airing or later...
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Post by sailorspazz » Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:32 pm

Children! This thread is filled with people who were children when they started watching this children's TV show.

Myself, I was a mature lady of 13 when I saw my first episode of Dragon Ball in 1996. But I didn't get into the series at that time, I just happened to see a single episode because my friend and I were staying up all night to watch Sailor Moon at 6AM (Dragon Ball happened to air before it). I started watching Dragon Ball Z syndicated on Saturday mornings the following year, which is when my fandom really started.
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Post by DynasticHunter » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:03 am

I had watched some of the Boo Arc when I was little but I never really got into it as a lad. I started to get into the series when my friend let me borrow his VizBig editions for the Dragon Ball manga. :P

Edit: forgot to mention my age :crazy: I was 14 yrs old.
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