| Dragon Ball Z is very popular anime series that shows on The Cartoon
Network every weekday in the Toonami block. It is on of the best action
anime series that I have ever seen. In the Dragon Ball Z universe, there is
a lot of fighting. They use martial arts and ki. Ki is the characters' energy
that is used as energy projectile blasts and it can also used to determine
how powerful an individual is (their power level).Dragon Ball Z is mainly
about a guy named Goku, his family, and the Dragon Balls. The Dragon
Balls are seven orange balls with stars in them. On Earth, when all seven
of the Dragon Ball are brought together in one place, the person that
collected them gets to make any one wish and the Eternal Dragon will
grant it. Goku is a member of a nearly extinct race called the Saiyans. In
the beginning of the series you meet Goku, his wife Chi Chi, his son
Gohan, and Piccolo Goku's former enemy. You also meet some more
minor characters such as Krillan, Master Roshi, Bulma, and Yamucha.
Goku's mysterious brother Raditz shows up one day and Goku and
Piccolo (with some unexpected help from Gohan) end up defeating him.
Later in the series Vegeta, prince of the Saiyans, and his loyal follower
Nappa arrives to conquer Earth, but Nappa gets killed, and Vegeta turns
out to be more of an ally than a foe. There is a legend in DBZ about a
being called a Super Saiyan. It is said that one is born every ten thousand
years, but just about every Saiyan turns into one at sometime in the
series. As the series unfolds, the Z warriors meet monny more friends
and foes. DBZ is a very long series. It has 291 episodes, 13 movies, and 2
tv specials. I think just about any anime fan can enjoy Dragon Ball Z. It is
truely one of my favorites. |
