How were you introduced to the series?

DBGT101 · Post by **DBGT101** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:29 pm

So i thought that i'd so something besides lurk with the occasional post and decided to make this thread. how was everyone introduced to DragonBall?

I was introduced to the series back in '04, when my older brother's friend brought over Budokai 3. I saw them playing it in the living room and they let me join in and i was hooked. played it every chance i got and got my friends hooked as well. A couple years later i got my own PS2 with Budokai 1&3 as well as Tenkaichi 1&2. i pretty much grew up on the games.

I'd like to here everyone else's DB origins.

precita · Post by **precita** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:31 pm

1998 with the Saban dub of Seasons 1 and 2 on Cartoon Network.

Most Americans were.

irreality · Post by **irreality** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:38 pm

It was an after school cartoon on TV in the 1990's in Peru. So I started watching it when chilling after school. Umm… not much more to it than that, really. There was a break in them getting new episodes sometime after then Namek Saga, so I went online to get spoilers and sort of got sucked in by fandom. Although I had watched other anime before then (Captain Tsubasa, Saint Seiya, etc), this was the first I really got into and got really into anime from there (later they had Kenshin, Ramna 1/2, etc. on tv, and I loved those, too).

DB1984 · Post by **DB1984** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:39 pm

On Telemundo in 1999. I don't speak much Spanish, but man I miss it. It was much better than the Ocean and original FUNimation dubs.

EvilSeru · Post by **EvilSeru** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:39 pm

I think the first episode I saw was Goku vs Nappa on Cartoon Network.

fadeddreams5 · Post by **fadeddreams5** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:41 pm

Well, my sister introduced me to anime, and we were huge fans of Sailor Moon. When I first watched DBZ (first time it aired on Toonami), Sailor Moon was supposed to start at that time. I was pissed off they changed the schedule, but I continued watching. I liked what I saw. The more and more I watched it, the more I began to enjoy it. So much so that I wanted it to be MY show, and I prevented my sister from watching it with me at the time. lol.

I was still a bigger fan of Sailor Moon at first. I remember I wanted this Super Sailor Moon toy. Right before my mom bought it for me, my sister yelled out at the top of her lungs that I was buying a doll. Embarrassed me enough to buy a Vegeta action figure instead. Started collecting those imported action figures at that point. Still have the box with them.

Good times.

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:44 pm

Mid '90's my brother was surfing the channels on a Saturday (I believe it was) morning and stopped on the first episode of Dragon Ball Z where Raditz introduced himself. I saw it from time to time on Saturday mornings at 6 or so until I learned it was coming to Cartoon Network. And I've been religiously watching ever since.

Vegard Aune · Post by **Vegard Aune** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:49 pm

Once upon a time, back in 2004-ish, my sister bought the latest issue of the Norwegian comic Pondus. This issue also came with a free book; Dragon Ball volume 1, which had also been released in Norwegian that month. (Ironically, buying that magazine which included DB volume 1? CHEAPER than buying DB volume 1 on its own...) And the rest... is not history because the manga didn't grab my attention and I didn't even make it through the first chapter. My sister liked it though, and so she bought volume 2 which I tried reading on the way home from a store once. And the rest... is still not history because while I did at least get somewhere in that volume, it still didn't leave me interested in reading more. Another month after that however, we were on vacation and I was really bored and so I picked up the recently released Dragon Ball volume 3. At which point I finally actually enjoyed myself and the rest is, finally, history.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:59 pm

Back in 2000 when I was 10, the kids at school were all playing 'Dragonball Z' in the playground. I had no idea what that was, but I knew it aired every day at 5pm on Cartoon Network - so I started watching, and it's kinda sad to say that I've never stopped.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:01 pm

Just to give people a time table for their own reference ('cuz I constantly see dates wrong):

February 1995: FUNimation's English dub of Dragon Ball begins in syndication, runs for 13 episodes
September 1996: FUNimation's English dub of Dragon Ball Z begins in syndication
December 1997: FUNimation releases DBZ Movie 1 with Pioneer (next two movies come out in 1998)
May 1998: FUNimation's second season of DBZ ends in syndication (totaling 53 episodes + three part "Tree of Might")
September 1998: DBZ dub seasons 1 & 2 begin airing on Cartoon Network
September 1999: "Season Three" of FUNimation's DBZ dub begins on Cartoon Network (VHS releasing having been coming out for a while earlier in the year)

I don't have Telemundo or International Channel dates memorized, unfortunately.

I'm pretty sure I recorded the afterlife tournament on VHS offa IC my freshman year in college, so working backward maybe that started in 1998-1999ish, as well? They went straight into DBGT after Z wrapped up.

sintzu · Post by **sintzu** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:04 pm

I saw Tenkaichi 1 and couldn't resist getting it cause of how great it looked which lead to me getting into the entire franchise starting with Z.

Soppa Saia People · Post by **Soppa Saia People** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:30 pm

I watched the first 15 episodes of Dragon Ball when I was 5th grade, then skipped to Z watched the first 5 episodes, then I stopped caring then I read the manga

successoroffate · Post by **successoroffate** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 4:47 pm

irreality wrote:It was an after school cartoon on TV in the 1990's in Peru. So I started watching it when chilling after school. Umm… not much more to it than that, really. There was a break in them getting new episodes sometime after then Namek Saga, so I went online to get spoilers and sort of got sucked in by fandom. Although I had watched other anime before then (Captain Tsubasa, Saint Seiya, etc), this was the first I really got into and got really into anime from there (later they had Kenshin, Ramna 1/2, etc. on tv, and I loved those, too).

Same here but without the internet in Venezuela. For us, we had Dragon Ball at 4:30pm Everyday and then Rurouni Kenshin at 5.

TheBigBoy · Post by **TheBigBoy** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:15 pm

An EGM from like...September 1993 covering Butoden 1. I was fascinated by the character designs, the huge energy blasts and the fact you could apparently fly during battles. I was disappointed to find out years later the game was sorta crappy. Anyway, from reading magazines I was able to figure out DBZ was a super popular cartoon show in Japan. A few years later, I noticed it was airing at 6AM on Saturdays on my local FOX affiliate. I forced myself to get up, watched the first episode and was HOOKED. I had never seen anything like it. The show had the stones to kill off the main character on like the 3rd episode!

Hellspawn28 · Post by **Hellspawn28** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:01 pm

1997 with the first Dragon Ball show on VHS with the Ocean voice cast. It had episodes 1-4 on it I think.

Quebaz · Post by **Quebaz** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:24 pm

Portuguese VHS containing Movies 12 and 13 as a double feature along with Budokai 1 in 2002. I wish I still had my VCR.

Lord Beerus · Post by **Lord Beerus** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:49 pm

Through a VHS tape recording of the first episode of DBZ in 2000 at my cousin's house.

DBZAOTA482 · Post by **DBZAOTA482** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:07 pm

It was random episodes of the Namek/Freeza Saga in 2001/2002.

FortuneSSJ · Post by **FortuneSSJ** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:22 pm

1995/1996 - SIC
5 years Old
I was watching my usual cartoons and DB started airing that time.

Neo-Makaiōshin · Post by **Neo-Makaiōshin** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 12:00 am

2004. Cartoo Network. Randomly catch an episode of DB, DBZ, and DBGT on the same day. Don't remember the exact episodes of the three.

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