Long before the days of Netflix, and being able to marathon a whole season in a single day.
It condenses the series to 159 episodes by removing a lot of unnecessary extended scenes, which helped to pad out the show for television, and keep audiences in suspense whilst they waited an entire week between episodes. Kai is an abridged version of the 1989-96 TV show, which spanned 289 episodes. One Piece is a prime example of this, with over 700 episodes at the time of writing this, it's just really not accessible to an average anime fan, looking to get into it for the first time. Any large ongoing series can seem a little daunting to a new audience. It's actually not just something which Dragon Ball suffers from. It's something which is often parodied in fan videos, as two characters continually "power up", whilst making awkward grunting noises and screaming at one another! Gar.
Tales of how long single battles would drag out, without either party making a move. So, it was probably never quite that bad, but in all seriousness, I've put off getting into the Dragon Ball franchise for some time as a result of the horror stories. The battle rages through space to Planet Namek, where Gohan and his overmatched allies risk their lives to defeat the Saiyan warlord Vegeta – and the monster known as Frieza!Įrror: VideoService could not be found Dragon Ball Z Kai Season 1 Trailer
When the mighty hero falls, his young son Gohan rises up to face the very villains who murdered his father. Goku, Earth's greatest champion, bravely defends humanity against an invading race of warriors known as the Saiyans.