The villains got too far fetched (Majin Buu is a great example). Too much time was wasted in having people stare at each other explaining the plot which wasn't always that interesting. If you don't like DBZ & DBGT or think they Jumped the Shark at some point, it's probably due to one of these reasons: -The characters grew ridiculously strong and got stronger every minute. It's just recently that I rediscovered the whole franchise through the internet and my conclusion is that these original series from the DB trilogy are actually much better than DBZ. This has mainly to do because I didn't really like the English dub of DBZ with lot's of cuts and a complete new soundtrack. It's only since the turn of the century that this franchise hit the US. For some reason, many of them such as Dragonball weren't as popular in the US and many European countries back then. I've lived in Mexico for a few years and grew up watching various anime. Still, this one was fun and the fighting would become really cool near the end. Then for some reason the show keeps going on about five more episodes than it really needed to. Finally, Goku would have to face off against the evil King Piccolo in both the adventure and the tournament. Then the Red Ribbon Army would be next as would be the meeting of Goku and Tien. This story would become Goku training under Master Roshii and meeting Krillan during the world martial arts phase. They also meet the nefarious Emperor Pilaf who has to be the funniest villain in the dragonball universe. They meet Yamcha here as well as Oolong and Puar. The first adventure involves a plucky teen named Bulma finding Goku and the two end up going on an adventure to find the dragonballs. After each of these adventures there was a world martial arts tournament story. This show is sort of made up of three adventures involving the dragonballs. In fact, Z and GT would see virtually no humor of this type with the exception of Master Roshii. Why? I have no idea, but it would make a reappearance here and there near the end, but nothing like it was in the beginning. As the show progressed though it would more and more rely on action to the point that near the end of the show it closely resembled Z, most of the pervert nature of the show would be gone near the end. The show started out as more of a comedy, a comedy with at times quite perverted humor in it. This one follows the young boy Goku as it chronicles his friendships and adventures while finding the mythical dragonballs that number seven and when gathered together summon the dragon, Shenron to grant one wish. Though I can still say quite easily that GT is the worst of the bunch as while this one needed a continuation, Z did not. However, upon watching this entire series on DVD uncut I now have to say that this one is equal or maybe a notch or two above Z. I do not know if my tastes have changed over the years, but once I used to say by far the best incarnation of Dragonball was Z.

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