"DBZ" by Lilleah Adora West

i first discovered Dragon Ball Z during the summer between 6th and 7th grade. i was hooked. i used to be tottally obsessed with it, i have seen all the dubbed episodes as well as the android saga to the end of the series in raw Japanese wich showed me how much the dubbed versions SUCK. i have seen portions of Dragon Ball and read most of the  DB Manga and i have only seen a handfull of Dragon Ball GT. i have seen all but 4 of the films (in english, subtitled, fansubs and raw japanese. one of my favorite films is The History of Trunks, there is so much angish in that film and it really gripped me hard)  and recently saw the dubbed version of my 2 faves that i had seen only in raw Japanese (and in no subtitles and i only know like 20 words in Japanese, i do own movies 4-8 in FanSubs wich is movies subtitled by fans who then sell it because the US has not done so yet) these films English titles are Fusion Reborn and Wrath of the Dragon. so seeing those is what sparked the first bit of DBZ fan art since i was 17 years old.

i know there are many people out there who hate DBZ, i can see why as some sagas suck (like the garlic jr saga, its dumb) there is alot of fighting which is alot of powering up and mucsle bound guys sounding constipated, and the dubbing took away alot of the charm, the editing removed too much, the colors are jacked up and the music is different. BUT the series is very long and alot of character development goes on and i love the characters, i love Goku's innocent charm, i love how arrogent Vegeta is is and to see him go from being a villian to being a father is quite interesting for me, then thereis adult Trunks and knowing his story and how much he had gone through, well i think you get my drift, there is alot more to DBZ than the fighting.

Trunks, Vegeta, Goten and Goku from the anime Dragonball Z