Christi Junior on Nostr: Ardainian Right I've been saying this for a long time - hell, even the fights are ...
Ardainian Right (npub1lhh…adds) I've been saying this for a long time - hell, even the fights are better, or at least more consistently good, with more interesting and creative martial art choreography rather than Ki blast spam. It helps that I'm a sucker for tournament arcs, and OG Dragon Ball has 3 of them!
The Filler problem is also not nearly as bad, the characterization is miles better (most of the old cast gets treated like trash by Z, and Kid Goku is way better a character than Adult Goku), and there are way less Turbo Retarded moments than in Z. To be fair, many of the issues that end up becoming major problems in Z *do* crop up during the final DB tournament, but on the whole, DB is easily the superior anime, despite Z introducing some awesome new characters like Vegeta (of course) and Future Trunks, as well as most of the best DB villains.
The Filler problem is also not nearly as bad, the characterization is miles better (most of the old cast gets treated like trash by Z, and Kid Goku is way better a character than Adult Goku), and there are way less Turbo Retarded moments than in Z. To be fair, many of the issues that end up becoming major problems in Z *do* crop up during the final DB tournament, but on the whole, DB is easily the superior anime, despite Z introducing some awesome new characters like Vegeta (of course) and Future Trunks, as well as most of the best DB villains.