Dragon Ball Z: Rock the Dragon Collector's Edition

I know that I am wrong in saying so, but, to me, these will always be the original episodes of DBZ.I used to come home every day from school and watch this show. It certainly wasn't the first anime I had seen, but there was just something about DBZ that opened the floodgates to the genre, so to speak. I believe that part of that was the voice acting for this dub of the series. Everyone, from Goku to Ox King, had exactly just the right voice actor. Vegeta actually sounded like a villainous snake in this one as opposed to the constantly-constipated, grunting moron that he became in the more modern dubs.Once Cartoon Network began airing episode 54+, I was devastated to see that not only had the animation and sound quality worsened, but EVERYONE had been cast a new voice actor and not one of them -- no offense -- was as good as the original crew (The Ocean Dub).Because of this, I could never watch any of the new versions of DBZ. I found that I just constantly compared them to the old one. This collection represents such an awesome opportunity. I was more than happy to throw my money at it.Included is the first 53 episodes spread across multiple discs, an art book, and three movies: The World's Strongest, The Tree of Might, and Dead Zone. Don't expect any HD quality here, though. These episodes are still edited (for gore, etc.) and pretty much look like they did back in the day. If there is a quality boost, it's been too long for me to tell.If you prefer the older dub of DBZ, though, then this purchase is a no brainer.

I remember as a kid watching a little bit of the Ocean Dub (Canadian English version for Dragonball Z) of this show, and it was really good, especially if you love the theme song, “Rock The Dragon”! The collection set includes all the first edited 53 episodes of the Saiyan/Namek/Captain Ginyu Sagas on 7 discs, including an extra disc featuring the first three feature movies, “Dead Zone”, “World’s Strongest” and “Tree of Might”. Even though I love the Funimation English Dub more, I really wish they could have finish continuing the Ocean Dub from beginning to end, but I’m still happy to see this in its entirely. If you are a big DBZ fan, go on and buy it ASAP!

I love this set the only thing I don't like is that all the DVD's are edited even the movie's but it's not so bad but I know that they have these episode's uncut because I had the single DVD's back in the day and they were uncut but get this set if you love the old school dub. All the joke's and pun's are all there the dialog is so much better the banter is more real to me and you actual feel the emotions in the actors voice. The funimation dub is great and all but they don't have nothing on the ocean group this is the best dub in my opinion I can't even watch the funimation dub for the first three movies it just doesn't feel right but the other show's that funimation does is great and I love them I just don't like the way they pussy foot around DBZ.

I have been looking forward to this for a long time. i fell in love with DBZ when it originally aired on toonami back in the day. however, the packaging of this item from amazon was absolutely terrible. this is a collectors item and they shipped it to me in a flimsy yellow envelope and not a box with bubble wrapping to protect it. in result, my items box was damaged in all 4 corners and i haven't even owned it for more than a minute or two. i am enraged by this as amazon normally takes care of shipping. as soon as i saw this damage i took pictures of the box and the flimsy envelope and requesting a return shipment and hopefully the next one i get from them is protected enough to go from Kentucky to Ohio without being squashed.... absolutely enraged. anyways.... can't wait till i can actually WATCH this...

I remember staying up until 10 PM on school nights just to watch DBZ on Toonami. I remember the disappointment of watching Goku land on Namek and beat up Recoome in one hit, then face up against Jeice and Burter and... return to fighting Raditz. For many years I waited. Then one day I see a commercial saying "The Second Coming" will arrive soon. I was overjoyed! Finally NEW DBZ!Then the original "Ocean Dub" disappeared. Old VHS recordings were fine and all, but where are the DVDs?Finally, I get an email from Funimation announcing the release of the original "Ocean Dub" and I vowed I had to get it. I had no idea the set came with a booklet of character info and artwork plus the first three movies Dead Zone, The Worlds Strongest, and Tree of Might.Well worth the cost for true fans of the anime.

It was fun to see this version of Dragon Ball Z again...at first. But then, watching it in tandem with the uncensored version, I was reminded of how much Anime was censored, edited, and changed in the US before the 2000s. Dragon Ball Z was the first thing in the world of anime to be released on uncensored, bilingual DVDs and our first taste of what anime actually was. Sometimes R-rated levels of violence, characters that ACTUALLY DIE and don't just get "sent to another dimension" and all kinds of content that just about any kid would see in movies that their parents let them watch yet are kept out of kids cartoons. It's astounding how much US distributors of anime used to hide from us. Unless your name is 4kids, we don't live in this era anymore, and I prefer the uncensored redub to be the version that endures into the future and for this to be left in the past.