Tribute to The Golden Ages of Dragonball Z

[Geisha]

Though there are a number of emotional scenes, I think the only one that had me at the verge of tears was the end of GT [will I get lynched for saying this?]

As for the music... I don't get it, did the US release had an OST??
The version I watched used the same background music since the very beginning, so I think at some point it became pretty useless in adding to the emotional value in any particular scene....

[Castor Troy]

The Golden Age of DBZ was before Funimation got its mits on it.

That golden age of DBZ was when the entire Cell Games was grainy and Episode 268 was missing.

[BluezaBladeNZ]

While I lean towards the japanese version more, I must say for me, the golden age was during the Ocean Dub period of the Saiyan Conflict and Namek Sagas, even with all the several re-runs, it was still exciting to watch. The script was lousy but the fantastic voice talent and Shuki Levy's score made up for it.

[Bardo117]

The Golden Age of DBZ was before Funimation got its mits on it.

Umm, no.

[nathantheguitarist]

Umm, no.

Care to explain why? Or are you just going to keep putting as little substance in to your posts as possible?

[Cootie]

Wouldn't today be the golden age? I grew up with it as a kid and the old dub has some nostalgia. But, now when we have and accurate and respectable dub with Dragon Ball Kai how can we call that monster we had in the past the golden age?

It was more like the dark ages.

[jjgp1112]

Wouldn't the Golden Age be when it was at it's most popular? Which certainly wasn't pre-Season 3.

[Perfect]

The Cell saga was awesome on Toonami, "See the saga that changed it all!"...So many memorable quotes...I can't even count them all.

[Daimo-Rukiri]

I always get a tear in my eye from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_D7ZttWp4

Regardless of what version you're watching, this always made me cry!

[painfuldeath]

To me the golden age was when I first watched it as a kid, years ago. I first watched it in Portuguese and if I recall correctly the soundtrack was the Japanese version. Frankly, I don't like Faulconer's music at all. Being a musician and audio engineer myself, there is a certain brilliance to the original Japanese soundtrack which Faulconer's just can't compete with. The instrumentation on the original is quite good and very well composed, not to mention sonically well produced too. Having watched both the Japanese version and the Funimation dub (with both soundtracks), I have to say what really portrays the emotion on this show is the soundtrack. Even in Kai, with the redone vocal performances, what really brings out the emotion is the soundtrack (which in my opinion is inferior to the original but is mostly better than Faulconer's).

I would definetely say however that the Golden Age of DragonBall Z was when Cartoon Network aired the Goku vs Frieza fight.

[Plague-Memories]

The Golden Age of DBZ was before Funimation got its mits on it.

Umm, no.

U so mad.
But, yeah. If I were to go about this in a nostalgiac view, I'd have to say the "golden age," was when Toonami aired the Gohan vs. Cell battle. Great battle there, even with the, in my opinion, terrible Funi dub voices.

[Garlic]

While I lean towards the japanese version more, I must say for me, the golden age was during the Ocean Dub period of the Saiyan Conflict and Namek Sagas, even with all the several re-runs, it was still exciting to watch. The script was lousy but the fantastic voice talent and Shuki Levy's score made up for it.

Not really considering both of the original dubs were bad dubs.

[BluezaBladeNZ]

Not really considering both of the original dubs were bad dubs.

FUNimation's yes, but performance wise for Ocean Dub, no. Compared to the dub for Kai, they are bad.

[VegettoEX]

Whether you in particular "like(d)" any of their dubs or not has absolutely no relevance to when its peak popularity was, so it's not worth even discussing.

[Garlic]

Not really considering both of the original dubs were bad dubs.

FUNimation's yes, but performance wise for Ocean Dub, no. Compared to the dub for Kai, they are bad.

Not all Ocean dub performances are good, you know. Prime examples are Dale Wilson as Cell, Pauline Newstone as Freeza, Scott McNeil as Jeice, David Kaye as Recoome... There are just as many miscasts as FUNimation's original dubs. Not to mention Kirby Morrow as Goku, ughhhhhh.

[Castor Troy]

When was DBZ on CN's peak popularity? It literally got even more popular each season.

[SonGokuh]

I always get a tear in my eye from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_D7ZttWp4

Yeah, My 7 year old cousin started hysterically sobbing after watching Goku die.

LMAO. It's funny because it's embarrassing.

[Choice195]

I always get a tear in my eye from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_D7ZttWp4

Yeah, My 7 year old cousin started hysterically sobbing after watching Goku die.

LMAO. It's funny because it's embarrassing.

I Know, My brother couldn't believe it when he saw too.

[Piccolo Daimaoh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w2KzfkB ... re=related



I can't believe no one has posted this yet. I still know all the lyrics to the song.