I found this comment interesting: "IT LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING SHITTY AMERICAN CARTOON THAT'S TRYING TO JUMP ON THE ANIME BANDWAGON!"
Why? Because it basically
is. The
japanese cartoons are
much different.
Blood,
murder,
bad words. If you see
Goku drinking some "
health drink" or something in the
Americanized cartoon, chances are it was
beer in the original.
They basically took a show for the general population, and edited out a
crapload of it to make it a
kid's show.
I found a web site once which had basically a list of
every difference between the
japanese and
american versions. There were a lot of minor modifications: blood removed, "
the next dimension" instead of letting anyone frickin'
DIE, beer becomes soda, etc. There were also large portions simply removed so the show would fit the different
time schedule.
On another note, I find the cartoon fairly boring. A million episodes "preparing" for
the big fight, then a million episodes "
powering up" during
the big fight. When stuff happens, it's cool. But that's unfortunately rare.
I do, however, enjoy the original
Dragonball. The
americanized comic book seems to be totally
uncensored, as it has a lot of
perverted jokes. The characters are good, stuff actually happens, and it's
funny.
Do
not rent the American movie "
Dragonball". I hear it's
Americanized even worse than the
Dragonball Z kid's show.