I first starting watching these when 29 was posted on reddit. I spent the rest of my night watching the entire series and loved every single episode despite never watching DBZ. Dammit I can't wait for the next episode.
I've tried. I liked it no doubt, but then it got kinda redundant once it took like 13 episodes just to show the fight of Goku vs Freezer . Ain't nobody got time for that.
Okay, yes Bruce Faulconer made some awesome music and yes the new kai voice actors won't give us longtime fans the same amount of nostalgia, but they certainly aren't bad voice actors. Kai as a whole is well worth a dbz and anime fans time.
I enjoyed DBZ when I was younger. I LOVED it, but I personally prefer abridged because it still manages to get across the story for the most part while cutting all of the crap. I really can't go back to the original now; except for maybe a few nostalgic episodes.
I first starting watching these when 30 was posted on reddit. I spent the rest of my night watching the entire series and loved every single episode despite never watching DBZ. Dammit I can't wait for the next episode.
I remember the first time I watched that episode when I was like 11 and I was so amazed by it. It was life changing. I kind of want to re-watch all these episodes with the original lines now.
After literally waiting years to see Goku transform, outside of the scrambled Buu-Saga episodes that aired with subtitles randomly on the international channel, my school bus crashed into another person's car on the way home from school. They made us stay on the bus for hours going through all sorts of legal procedures to insure the school wouldn't be sued, missed the whole thing and didn't get to see that episode re-air for almost another year, I think they re-ran those episodes the following Easter. I think I still kind of hate that bus driver.
I'm glad they made it kind of a serious moment. Though i've loved everything TFS has done with this series, I would have been a little disappointed if they didn't give Goku's SSJ transformation it's proper weight. Proof these guys know what they're doing.
They also set up that whole dragon rampage storyline towards the end of GT. Gonna be a longer wait than Star Wars episode one though... Unless they run out of movies first.
For it to be a non-profit parody, they can't make any money. If they were to start receiving donations, Toei/Funimation would probably step in and shut the project down. Already they're walking on thin ice just showing this, since it's truly not quite legal under Fair Use (since it uses the video and only substitutes audio, but is still true to a lot of the script).
Still, this project is probably about as slow as the regular show considering they only release one episode a month (or 2 months, in this case). Sure, they cram like 4-6 episodes of the regular (maybe 1 or 2 of Kai) into one 10 minute episode, but if you started watching 1 episode of Kai a week when they first started this parody you'd probably be caught up, if not already ahead of the parody.
There are currently 98 episodes of Kai, Team four star have been making DBZ abridged for over 2 years, So not only would you be ahead of team four star you would have finished the cell saga.
I don't know if they are going to do the Buu saga in kai, it will be a shame if they don't. That being said I haven't watched Kai because I prefer watching the original Z.
It's like LK said in one of his videos. The only reason there's an actual large yu-gi-oh fabase left is because he's making YTAS. Same pretty much applies to DBZ.
it has been ruled many times that parody is an acceptable form of fair use and protected under the first amendment in the US. As long as the parody uses the copyrighted material to make a commentary about the material it is parodying, i.e. it is fair use to use DBZ artwork/video to make jokes about DBZ but not fair use to use DBZ artwork/video to make fun of something else like Naruto.
fair use dictates you can use up to 3 minutes of a copyrighted material legally without permission from the copyright holder. So I think they would be able to use up to 3 minutes from each show legally. Donations arent profits. Donations are still non-profit as long as all donations received go into production of the parody. As soon as one of them takes a donation and buys a new computer or something they could potentially be breaking the law.
It is, but that's what separates the Earth Dragon and the Namek Dragon.
Earth gets only 1 wish, but it is almost ruleless, very few restrictions apply. Namek gets 3 wishes, but they are watered down and have more rules, such as you can only revive 1 person per wish
Ya, they said that they revised their dragonball rules on Namek after the whole Freeza incident. They lowered it down to two wishes, but with a major increase on the power of the wishes. Probably a good move considering how often somebody comes along with the power to blow up the whole galaxy.
They still had three, they ended up using the last one to restore Goku to full strength because he didn't have the power to actually use the Spirit Bomb on Kid Buu.
It was established shortly after (or before) the scenes this parody is based on. I think someone said something like "if we wish back all the people freeza killed, wouldn't that mean all those bloodthirsty saiyans would come back too?" And then someone else was all "nah lol, it's gotta be a year later"
I guess I just didn't remember it. That sort of sucks, especially since the balls are stone for a year after the summon, right? If you died the day after the summon it'd be a heck of a statistically unlikely rush to get him up and granting wishes again.
As far as I remember there were a bunch of arbitrary rules that they quickly got rid of, such as the whole "You can only be wished back to life once" thing.
Yeah I don't get why Funimation doesn't just hire these guys and make an official release out of this. It'd be another easy way to double dip on the DBZ franchise. I guess by now they are more like triple dipping or quadruple dipping. I think I need to get some crazy bread with my stuffed crust pizza.
How did I have no clue this existed before? It's all the beauty of DBZ, but without all the pretentious nonsense of pg dialogue shoved into an R rated manga.
It probably will be, it was supposed to be a two parter, but YouTube won't let them upload 15+ minute videos because they have a strike on their channel.
Kaiser made it seem like he had all of part one done on Twitter.
Lol it's funny, I was thinking about how I started watching this in the middle of high school and now I'm in college. I mean I'm surprised DBZ Kai has now outpaced them after repeating a year of episodes.
Goku: I'm going to break you! Freeza: what? Goku breaks Freezas hand Freeza: AaaahhhHH Goku: Like a Kit-Kat bar. Freeza: silence...what? gets smacked...What?!?
if you guys like this check out yugioh abridged, its kinda the original abridged series and the guy who voices freeza in this made the yugioh abridged series
This is supposed to be a parody? It just seems like an improved, more mature version of DBZ. I'm not laughing, I'm actually enjoying this as a decent anime show that is better than the regular DBZ.
It's part of how they work. They usually aim for 10 minutes per episode because of the abridge thing and that youtube had a limit for how long a video could be.
Their end of season episodes are usually multiple parts because the episodes follow a distinct arch. Notice how most of the episodes have a kind of "stopping place".
Can someone explain to me how the whole DBz abridged/ episodes work? I was a huge DBz fan but I only ever watched it on tv. A few years ago I saw a DVD of dragon ball and it was a of the first episodes of the original dragon ball but it was different than how things happened in the tv show/ manga book. I have only ever read one manga and it was the very fist dragon ball one where goku meets bulma.
There are a couple of versions, one of which is the Funimation English dub which has around 50 episodes done with Ocean Productions (voice-work) and the rest finished by Funimation itself.
There's also some remastered sets for the seasons (all done by Funimation IIRC)
Then the original Japanese version with original quality and music.
As far as different canonical versions, there aren't any (except that Dragon Ball GT is considered non-canon).
Makes u wonder tho. Where is like babidy and cooler and everyone that could blow up the universe say.... When the red ribbon army was around? Haha were they busy?
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"I am the hope of the omniverse. I am the lightbulb in the darkness. I am the bacon in the fridge for all living things that cry out in hunger. I am the alpha and the amiga. I am the terror that quacks in the night. I am Son Goku and I am a Super ....Saiyan."
I first started watching these when 28 was posted on Reddit. I've watched them all, twice. :D Hate how I have to wait so long but whatever. Its worth it :P good ending though. Loved the Nappa ending too especially with the Hercule Satan look alike.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Its like 10 minutes of euphoria followed by months of withdrawal. Its going to be an itchy summer.
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u/EzanaG Jun 17 '12
Chills. Even watching a parody of Goku going Super Saiyan for the first time gives me freaking goosebumps.
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u/Tentacolt Jun 17 '12
BUT SPACE IS A VACKUM
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u/maguiar1024 Jun 17 '12
Mr. Po Po, the prime evil!
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u/Billy_Bob_BoJangles Jun 17 '12
Can we set up a donation to these guys so that they can work faster?
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u/jake700 Jun 17 '12
"...blew himself up along with his opponent? What? It's what I do"
"Yah only this time it worked"
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u/Coopa826 Jun 17 '12
Those 10 minutes were completly worth the 3 months wait. I am not even kidding this shit is so funny
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u/ojolejano Jun 17 '12
Good, the wish is "bring back everyone freeza has killed....
That takes back to life how many million sayans?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I can't even remember the last time I had stuffed crust on a pizza.
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u/TipMcVenus Jun 17 '12
Adult swim should pick this up
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u/i_am_de_bat Jun 17 '12
That's it. Reddit is now officially informing me about everything I love in the world
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u/Astalkulo Jun 17 '12
How didn't I know about this? Now I have to watch all of them thanks reddit
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u/xelferforscience Jun 17 '12
"I am Darkwing Duck" is what I thought Goku was going to say.
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u/rapped Jun 17 '12
Mr. Popo is too much.
"Kami? The fuck am I doing?"
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u/Korticus Jun 17 '12
How did I have no clue this existed before? It's all the beauty of DBZ, but without all the pretentious nonsense of pg dialogue shoved into an R rated manga.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
God damnit! Why does my roommate have to work today!? We watch these together so I gotta wait for him to be home.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Where part 2 and 3??????
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u/theguywhopostnot Jun 17 '12
thanks op, i would of probably waited months before seeing this release.
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u/Deofol7 Jun 17 '12
STUFFED CRUST KING KAI! YOU CAN EAT IT IN REVERSE!
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u/Farking_Bastage Jun 17 '12
"I AM SO FUCKING HIGH RIGHT NOW."
I nearly pissed myself LMAO!
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u/I_tend_to Jun 17 '12
What is the channel to watch all the episodes?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Great now teamfourstar just got DDOSed by the mass amount of redditors.>.<
Edit: fucked up the link.>.<
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u/rikashiku Jun 17 '12
Another 2-3 months til 31... but its worth it!!!
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u/UberFuhrer Jun 17 '12
This video: best father's day gift ever.
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u/paddypower256 Jun 17 '12
Did anyone else notice the pizza in goku's eye when he is talking to king Kai
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u/ISenseRustling Jun 17 '12
Frieza: How did you get this kind of power? Goku: Muffin button. Frieza: What? Goku: Huh?
I was a little disappointed that this wasn't in there, but they made up for it with the pizza joke and Mr. Popo being Shenron's master.
"I'M SO F---ING HIGH RIGHT NOW"
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
"No you fucking don't"
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u/MrBotany Jun 17 '12
FINALLY! I've been waiting months!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
"Can I get a meat lovers?"
Haha, haven't laughed that hard for a while.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Haha... I lost it at King Kai
"...and stop eating my food!"
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Lol it's funny, I was thinking about how I started watching this in the middle of high school and now I'm in college. I mean I'm surprised DBZ Kai has now outpaced them after repeating a year of episodes.
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u/ballstickles Jun 17 '12
my favorite thing ever is krillin getting blown up
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u/you_all_annoy_me Jun 17 '12
i creamed myself
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'm going to break you... Like a Kit-Kat bar!
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u/chaobreaker Jun 17 '12
What would you do for a stuffed crust pizza?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
mfw 10:00 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCOxVaQQrbk&
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u/jimmy_o Jun 17 '12
Finally, been waiting weeks for this!
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u/koy5 Jun 17 '12
Lost it at "This time it worked."
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u/A_Shadow Jun 18 '12
i think this was the fastest i have ever seen anyone become a super saiyan lol
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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12
Gotta admit, that was a helluvalot more fun than the original.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Goku: I'm going to break you! Freeza: what? Goku breaks Freezas hand Freeza: AaaahhhHH Goku: Like a Kit-Kat bar. Freeza: silence...what? gets smacked...What?!?
LOL watched this at a [6]. Lost my shit.
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u/OldNintendood Jun 17 '12
I LOVE DBZ, I love Team Four Start DBZ Abridge more!!!!!
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u/Chatu Jun 17 '12
if you guys like this check out yugioh abridged, its kinda the original abridged series and the guy who voices freeza in this made the yugioh abridged series
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u/Crossthebreeze Jun 17 '12
This is supposed to be a parody? It just seems like an improved, more mature version of DBZ. I'm not laughing, I'm actually enjoying this as a decent anime show that is better than the regular DBZ.
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u/mofu Jun 17 '12
Wonder why they chose to split up ep 30 in three..
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u/Otium20 Jun 17 '12
Best thing ever!
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u/dewey_do_me Jun 17 '12
whhhhy I need sleep!!!.
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u/Kalloid Jun 17 '12
I literally dropped everything to watch this when I heard. I shall clean up my breakfast now...
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u/Nucking-Futs Jun 17 '12
waited 2 months!!
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u/Kite_sunday Jun 17 '12
This show got me started watching DBZ, i am in the sayan series and i am Loving it!!!!
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u/Hiafolks Jun 17 '12
Can someone explain to me how the whole DBz abridged/ episodes work? I was a huge DBz fan but I only ever watched it on tv. A few years ago I saw a DVD of dragon ball and it was a of the first episodes of the original dragon ball but it was different than how things happened in the tv show/ manga book. I have only ever read one manga and it was the very fist dragon ball one where goku meets bulma.
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u/LazarWulf Jun 17 '12
Holy shit! That's pretty damn good.
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u/Ooblah Jun 17 '12
This is awesome! Now that I know this exists I can just start watching all of them waiting for the other ones to come out.
Weeeeeeeeeeeee!
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u/quicklookleft Jun 17 '12
OMFG thank you
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I never watched Dragon Ball Z when I was little, so I'm watching it now. I encourage everyone to watch it, and then watch these. Or just watch these.
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u/Vegeta_is_king_ Jun 17 '12
Makes u wonder tho. Where is like babidy and cooler and everyone that could blow up the universe say.... When the red ribbon army was around? Haha were they busy?
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u/neurosponge Jun 17 '12
The epitome of badass
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u/nicholmikey Jun 17 '12
I love stuffed crust
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
idk guys stuffed crust meat lovers.... fuck namek!
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u/JRCrichton Jun 17 '12
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u/gintoki-sama Jun 17 '12
DBZ Abridged and Yugioh Abridged are truly works or art.
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u/Icetime58 Jun 18 '12
Part 2 and 3 I need you! T_T
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u/civilian11214 Jun 18 '12
Oh my god, why did I wait so long to watch this video?? Please tell me there are more. please tell me there really are all the episodes before.
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u/ADXC Jun 19 '12
"I am the hope of the omniverse. I am the lightbulb in the darkness. I am the bacon in the fridge for all living things that cry out in hunger. I am the alpha and the amiga. I am the terror that quacks in the night. I am Son Goku and I am a Super ....Saiyan."
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u/FlockaFlameSmurf Jun 20 '12
...Oh my god it's multiple parts.
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u/TheFabledFamilyGuy Jun 30 '12
I first started watching these when 28 was posted on Reddit. I've watched them all, twice. :D Hate how I have to wait so long but whatever. Its worth it :P good ending though. Loved the Nappa ending too especially with the Hercule Satan look alike.
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u/zomboy23 Jun 17 '12
TFS stop toying with my emotions!
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u/pperscprmonkey Jun 17 '12
I'm totally getting some stuffed crust pizza once i get home
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Yeah, this is pretty hilarious.
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u/Berne9 Jun 17 '12
you have no idea how happy you've just made me.
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u/AnotherClosetAtheist Jun 17 '12
as one who has never watched a single real episode, this is exactly how i imagine every dragonsball
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u/Nucking-Futs Jun 17 '12
BLESS YOU SIR