Filler doesn't come only in the form of side stories, though sometimes it is as simple as adding some extra attacks into a fight. The company behind the anime, Toei Animation, would occasionally make up their own side stories to either further explain things, or simply to extend the series.
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Satan was renamed Hercule to avoid any religious slurs his daughter,Videl, was a play on the word Devil, but FUNimation felt that the connection was obscure enough to not worry about.įiller is used to pad out the series for many reasons in the case of Dragon Ball Z, more often than not, it was because the anime was running alongside the manga, and there was no way for the anime to run ahead of the manga (since Toriyama was still writing it, at the same time). However, the show still retained some level of censorship, not out of FCC laws, but out of choice by Funimation, so as to cater to the possible sensitivity of western audiences. They also redubbed the first three movies. In 2004, FUNimation began to redub the first two sagas of Dragon Ball Z, to remove the problems that were caused from their previous partnership with Saban. FUNimation did the dubbing on their own this time around with their own voice actors. Starting with the Captain Ginyu Saga on Cartoon Network, censorship was reduced due to fewer restrictions on cable programming. This censorship often had unintentionally humorous results, such as changing all references to death so the dead characters were merely going to "another dimension", and digitally altering two ogres shirts to read "HFIL" instead of "HELL". When it was marketed in the US, the distribution company FUNimation Entertainment alongside with Saban decided to initially focus exclusively on the young children's market, because the anime market was still small compared to the much larger children's cartoon market. It has not been broadcast again in the UK since.ĭragon Ball Z was marketed to appeal to a wide range of viewers from all ages, and contains crude humor and occasional excesses of violence which are commonly seen as inappropriate for younger audiences by American standards. After the finished run it was repeated daily, until the Toonami merge with Cartoon Network Too. The Majin Buu Saga, Fusion Saga andKid Buu Saga were later broadcast on CNX (which later changed its name to "Toonami"), with the show ending on February 28, 2003. It aired in the UK, albeit with the same dubbing problem, on Cartoon Network, premiering on Maand running on that channel until 2002. For details on the dubbing problems, see Ocean Dub and Funitmation Dub. In the U.S., the series ran between 19, though not always on the same networks or with continuity of dubbing. The anime first premiered in Japan on Ap(on Fuji TV) at 7:30 p.m. In April 2009, a new 'refresh' of Dragon Ball Z began airing on Japanese television. Toriyama's humor/parody manga Neko Majin manga features several concepts introduced in Dragon Ball Z (several Dragon Ball Z characters even make various appearances), but that manga is designed as a parody and not a true continuation of the series. This series is not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama. Situations and back-stories not present in the original manga.Īfter Dragon Ball Z, the story of Goku and friends continues in the anime-only series Dragon Ball GT. The separation between the series is also significant as the latter series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone. While the original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, Dragon Ball Z is a continuation of his adulthood life, but at the same time parallels the maturation of his son, Gohan, as well as characters from Dragon Ball and more.
The series follows the adventures of the adult Goku who, along with his companions, defends the Earth against an assortment of villains ranging from intergalactic space fighters and conquerers, unnaturally powerful Androids and near indestructible magical creatures. In the United States, the manga's second portion is also titled Dragon Ball Z to prevent confusion. The series is a close adaptation of the second (and far longer) portion of the Dragon Ball manga written and drawn by Akira Toriyama. Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ Doragon Boru Zetto, commonly abbreviated as DBZ) is the long-running sequel to the anime Dragon Ball.