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About two years ago, I came across Dragon Ball Z on my local television
station. Intrigued at the idea, I watched it for a few minutes and decided
that it was simply another childish fighting cartoon, like the Ninja Turtles,
only with less violence and lots of talking. Fortunately for me, one of my
friends was already a fan of the series, and he proved to me otherwise. Since
then I have been an avid fan, mostly because I've found ways to get uncensored
versions of manga and anime. The point I am making is that, while FUNimation
deserves its due respect for bringing over such a wonderful series, they have
created from it a cheezy Sunday cartoon which, at first glance, appears to be
aimed for children under 8. Akira Toriyama has created a masterpiece which
deserves to be shown in its full glory. There is no reason to cut out such
parts as Piccolo's Masakkanpokko (I know it's spelled wrong, but you try it)
going through Goku and Radditz, which in my opinion is one of the most
emotionally involving instants in any TV series in recent history. The moment
loses a large part of the drama involved, as well as presenting a confusing
situation to viewers. After all, if Radditz stopped the attack with his body,
as it seemed, then how did Goku recieve enough damage to die? Without the
hole in his body, it seems as if Son is uninjured, and really has no excuse
for not popping up and laughing at his evil brother. With this edit having
already taken place, there is no point to trying to fix it. The only thing I
hope is that in the future, the more dramatic moments and the more violent and
involving fights remain intact.
Oh yes, one final comment: There is really no point in saying that people are
going to another dimension. Kids can handle death on TV. Throw us a bone
here.
- "SnGoku" |
   
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