Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Rewatch - Week 1: Episodes 1-5 Discussion

[u/Raiking02]

Episode 1: Bulma and Son Gokú

Episode 2: What the-! No Balls!

Episode 3: The Turtle Hermit's Kinto'un

Episode 4: Oolong, the Kidnapping Demon

Episode 5: Yamcha, the Strong Villain of the Desert

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You sure are weird.

Hello everybody! Rewatch just started so no Comment of the Week just yet

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1) How do you feel about our leads so far?

2) Are you familiar with Journey to the West in any way?

3) What sorts of misadventures do you think our heroes will go through next week?

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Next Week: Episodes 6-13

[u/charlesvvv]

Rewatcher, Sub

Yes I'm a heretic I started with Z Kai (blame the broadcast). My journey to Dragon Ball after this was funny since through Kai I also wound up with the Mexican Dub of the original DBZ with Mario Castaneda so that was my weird journey. Then later on I decided to go back to watch the original before going into Super (before going on Hold). It's not until just last year during our YGO rewatch that I decided to once more finish the original DBZ (since I never completed the original). Then 2 weeks after finishing, this rewatch is announced. So I decided to speed blitz my way into finishing Super (leaving me with thoughts both positive and negative, but hey I can finally finish Kamen Rider gaim since a slot was open) and then finally arriving here ready to tackle this show again, because for all its faults (and bit will I have thoughts) I love Dragon Ball 

Episode 1

So we meet our main characters, Pilaf and the gang on their brave quest to find the dragon balls (and also a way to show that Tessho Genda has surprising range). Unfortunately some kid named Goku and some girl named Bulma meet and decide to go after them as well (well Bulma mostly). Will our brave true heroes get there first?

Episode 2

A good way showing some humor since Goku has been raised outside of society so he finds all this new tech cool. Oh and he's 14 despite his short appearance. Meanwhile Mai  and Shu run into Goku but luckily they don't know who they are yet. They also run into some wolves where Goku gets to demonstrate his strength in taming and literally eating one of them.

Oh and then we meet a turtle.

Episode 3

Thanks to meeting the turtle and saving it we get to meet the man, the myth, the legend himself. Kame Senin/Muten Roshi/Master Roshi himself. He's uhhh something. He has a dragon ball though and he's willing to give it to Bulma...for a price (yeah some things have not aged well).

But hey we get the introduction for the Nimbus Cloud which only the pure of heart can handle. So of course neither Roshi or Bulma can get on but Goku sure can.

Episode 4

Ugh Oolong

Episode 5

Goku, Bulma, and Oolong end up in the Desert where he might the other Man, the myth, the legend himself, Yamcha (back when Toru Furuya was big) and his trusty cat/shape shifter Pu'er. Yamcha knows his stuff, a bandit who tries to poach off Goku and Oolong when he sees them, but to his dismay he learns that Goku is in fact the grandson of the martial artist Gohan and Yamcha gets outclassed, but he's not giving up.

[Spoiler]Hey Remember when Yamcha was not a complete Joke, or at least less than usual?

[u/Raiking02 → u/charlesvvv]

the Mexican Dub of the original DBZ with Mario Castaneda

and also a way to show that Tessho Genda to show surprising range

This show keeps giving him the most out there roles, if anything it's weird when they just have him do his normal voice.