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

mAcChaos · Post by **mAcChaos** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:59 am

I don't watch it regularly, but it's addicting.

Every now and then, I'll just happen upon a clip of an episode, or watch one episode. I'll tell myself I'll just watch THAT scene, but I always end up watching 40 more episodes in a row.

Daimo-Rukiri · Post by **Daimo-Rukiri** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:03 am

The last time I completely watched DBZ from beginning to end is when I had Dragon Box Z 1 and 2. I rarely watch any dragon ball related animation any more, however when my DBOXZ1 get's here you can be assured I'll be watching it like a fucking fan boy.

nathantheguitarist · Post by **nathantheguitarist** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:05 am

Tired, so I might as well post lol.

Well, since I got my Dragon Box Z Vol. 1, at least an episode or two a day since last Saturday.

Before that, I think I watched Movie 7 in Japanese a few months ago. Like September-ish.

Before that, a movie or two in English, maybe around the beginning of 2008? And a few movies here and there since Movies 11-13 came out.

As for the actual episodes, I watched the first UUE that came with Movie 13. And since then I haven't watched episodes since my last few vhs puchases, in like 2004~? Which I tried to watch some every month, after slowly dwindling down from everyday. I'm surprised my vhs of Goku turning SSJ3 still works. I must've watched that 10 times over, nonstop, after I bought it. Hellz yeah.

So yeah, it's been going downhill super slowly since it used to be on TV and I bought most of the last third of Z on vhs. But now with the Dragon Boxes, I'm sure I won't be able to put it down, since it'll be my first time seeing it all, and first time seeing more than the movies in Japanese.

Hot-diggity-damn!

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:10 am

Not counting Kai, the Jump Special, or the recent DBox release, I don't watch Dragonball too often. However, almost every day I'll pick out a random volume and read at least a portion of it if not the entire volume.

Scarz · Post by **Scarz** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:10 am

Pfft, babies. I watch Dragonball Z. Every. Single. Day!

That's right, every single day since this Saturday.

Sebastian (SB) · Post by **Sebastian (SB)** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:47 am

SSJ2bardock wrote: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.

So you read it instead like I do?

Like most, aside from Kai and the Anniversary Special, it's been a long while since I've seen anything Dragon Ball related. I remember 2 years ago when after the first season set came out, I decided within those spanning two years to collect all of the Dragon Ball films released by FUNimation. I got the Dragon Ball Movie Box, Dragon Ball Z First Strike Box (Movies 1-3), the Remastered Widescreen Cooler Films, Movie 7, Broli Triple Threat Box, Fusion Reborn, and Movie 13. I couldn't find the Movie 4-6 Box Set with the Japanese Track anywhere. I ended up with the Edited English Track only box set, so I had to settle with the re-released Cooler Films. I managed to get mostly all the films with the exception of Movie 4, which I can live without, and the Dragon Ball film FUNimation never released.

From there, I mostly got my Dragon Ball fix through the annual video games and I'd usually go back and re-read/skim through the manga because Toriyama's artwork is just awesome (with the exception of a good chunk of the Boo arc). With the Dragon Box releases, I'll definitely be rewatching the series in Japanese for the first time, so that's exciting for me.

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:29 am

Currently watching DragonBall for the first time. I never saw the anime, just read the manga. I'm currently at episode 118.

B · Post by B » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:10 am

Pretty much never. Watching the Muscle Tower stuff right now, though.

ShinRogafuken · Post by **ShinRogafuken** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:16 am

I don't really watch it anymore, the last time I watched something besides like a one-time shot was DBZ Remastered Season Seven. Once I get all the Dragon Boxes I'm going to do a Marathon run of the series though.

xzero · Post by **xzero** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:22 pm

I watch it for about an hour and a half every Saturday morning while I clean my house. Well, I don't so much watch it as I have it on in the background, but the fact remains that it finds its way into my DVD player each week.

IncompetentOverlord · Post by **IncompetentOverlord** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:37 pm

For the series as a whole, I watch it every couple of weeks, usually completing a random story arc and then just dropping it for a while.

However, the amount I watch differs GREATLY depending on the arc.

EMPEROR PILAF:11%
21ST TENKAICHI BUDOKAI:5%
RED RIBBON ARMY:4%
URANAI BABA:2%
22ND TENKAICHI BUDOKAI:14%
PICCOLO DAIMAO:4%
23RD TENKAICHI BUDOKAI:2%
SAIYA-JIN:13%
FREEZA:5%
JINZOINGEN:10%
MAJIN BOO:30%

AndoKomando · Post by **AndoKomando** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:17 pm

I watch DB/Z a few times a month at least. The longest break I took from DB/Z was like 3 months, I think.

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:42 pm

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:00 pm

Sebastian (SB) wrote:So you read it instead like I do?

I conveniently have all 42 Viz manga on my shelf and I just grab a random volume and begin reading. It's awesome.

MCDaveG · Post by **MCDaveG** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:31 pm

I'm watching it with brother now, but I'm not watching it almost besides this....

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:26 pm

I get and watch new releases if I want them, I'll be watching all of the Dragon Boxes when I have them all, also, I watch some random episodes, usually favourites like Kame-sennin training Goku and Kuririn, or filler episodes with Husky, or Early Namek episodes.

SSJSteve · Post by **SSJSteve** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:32 pm

I don't watch it much anymore, if I don't have anything to watch I'll put some episodes on. I'll be watching all of the Dragon Boxes though!

Kiyza · Post by **Kiyza** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:36 pm

It's been ages since I last watched the show, but I do read the manga quite frequently. Maybe a few volumes a month.

RogueA007 · Post by **RogueA007** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:04 pm

a lot of my Dragon Ball episodes I own I backed up on my computer when I went off to college, and are on my media server connected to my PS3...soooo....more frequently than if they were just left on their DVDs. I often find myself putting on Japanese episodes minus subtitles for background noise during homework/drawing time- it's a habit of mine from when I was a kid watching it on I-Channel... only back then it was pop in a randomly picked VHS because I failed to label all of them correctly, and ignore because I couldn't understand a word of Japanese until I took it as my foreign language in high school!

(Perhaps over the holidays I'll FINALLY organize all those old I-Channel recordings, even if they are a little redundant nowadays...)

I also almost always have a volume or two of the Japanese Manga volumes lying around. They take me awhile to read though because my knowledge of Japanese grammar+Kanji was the first thing to slowly trickle outta my ear when I stopped having a teacher/class to learn in, so I'm rusty as hell at it when I do have time to read them.

. That's okay though, I also only tend to buy them when I go to Seattle and Kinokuniya anyways...maybe once or twice a year if I'm lucky. >_>

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:29 pm

As rare as the rest of you, it seems. Except...now that I have the first Dragon Box, I'm going to finally have my chance to see the series completely through with the original Japanese cast/music. Even if I never touch these sets again after that, it will have been worth it.