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Dragon Ball originated in Japan in the 1980′s as a Japanese manga series. Written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama, it has since become an international phenomenon with over 500 sequences and seventeen movies and features. The trilogy follows Goku, a martial arts trained boy with special powers, and the other Z warriors as they defend the world fighting off all evil. The series begins when he is a little boy and ends when he has a wife, Chichi, and a son, Gohan.

291 of those sequences were Dragon Ball Z. The second in the anime trilogy, in these episodes, Goku learns from Raditz, his brother, that they are Saiyans, or extraterrestrials. As an infant, Goku was missioned to Earth to take over the planet, but after a head injury, all memories of the mission were lost. After his refusal to help his brother finish the mission, Raditz kidnaps his son and Goku encounters numerous oppositions from outer space, including some of his own kind, in order to save his son and the planet.

Through the years, Goku, along with is son, proceeds to fight off his enemies. Through these obstacles, though he has to do a lot of fighting, he manages to instruct values such as loyalty, trustworthiness, teamwork and friendship as well as instructing when it comes to victory and defeat. With galore battles won and a lot of battles lost, Goku learns very crucial lessons defining who he is.

Season one of the Dragon Ball Z series covered the Saiyan Saga; Season 2 was with regards to the Namek and Captain Ginyu Sagas; the Frieza Saga came in season 3; Garlic Junior, Trunks, and Androids Sagas were introduced in season 4. Season 5 covered the Imperfect Cell and Perfect Cell Sagas; Cell Games Saga followed in season 6; season 7 consisted of the Great Saiyaman and World Tournament Sagas; the Babidi and Maji Buu Sagas came in season 8; Season 9 brought the Fusion and Kidd Buu Sagas; and season 10 were just specials.

The primary series in the trilogy followed Goku as a child whereas this series follows him continuing his adventures as a parent and grandparent. Different from the comedic orientation in the firstborn series, the Dragon Ball Z sequences were more severe and dramatic. This series of sequences spans a amount of time of assorted years where the characters get older, get stronger, fight more inviolable villains, get married, have children, die which occasionally are resurrected. There have been various movies made from this series.

The search for the seven magic balls continues!

After meeting his match in the World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku embarks on a mission to recover the Four Star Dragon Ball that once belonged to his grandfather. His treacherous quest will take him from the terrifying heights of Muscle Tower to the darkest depths of the deep blue sea. But with the Flying Nimbus underneath his feet and Bulma’s Dragon Radar leading the way – there’s not one thing mighty Goku can’t handle.

With a dangerous new adversary out to get him, this will be Goku’s most dangerous adventure yet. The sinister Red Ribbon Army, led by cigar-chomping Commander Red, is determined to seize the seven Dragon Balls and use them to conquer the world! Watch as colonels, generals, ninjas, android pirates, and giant pink monsters use each dirty trick in the book to stop Goku from getting his hands on the magic Dragon Balls!

Enjoy the next chapter in the saga of this legendary warrior with Dragon Ball: Season Two!

The second season of the hit fantasy Dragon Ball concludes the story line involving pint-sized Emperor Pilaf and focuses on Goku’s battles with the nasty officers of the Red Ribbon Army. The evil General Red wants the magic Dragon Balls to make him ruler of the world; Goku wants the Four Star Ball as a souvenir of his adoptive grandfather, who owned it. Chuckling merrily as he goes from battle to battle, the irrepressible Goku dispatches the minions of General White in Muscle Tower and befriends android Number Eight (whose aspect and kindly demeanor may remind American viewers of Milton the Monster). After a visit to Bulma, Goku tackles effete General Blue and a robot pirate on a concealed island. Season 2 ends as Goku challenges Korin, the cat who controls magical, strength-giving water atop a precipitous tower. Goku needs the water to grow more inviolable and defeat assassin Tao Pai Pai, who murdered his friend Oopa’s father, Bora.

Although Goku’s adventures will delight legions of fans, these sequences include some of the most egregious stereotypes in the Dragon Ball franchise: Oopa and Bora are clichéd American Indians in war paint and feathers, while General Blue minces and swishes (his dialog in the subtitles is rather offensive). Parts of the sequences set at Muscle Tower were recut into the fourth Dragon Ball movie, The Path to Power (Saikyou e no Michi, 1996), likewise known as “The Way to Become the Strongest.” Rated TV 14, but suitable for ages 12 and up: nudity, risqué and toilet humor, cartoon violence, ethnic stereotypes, alcohol and tobacco use). –Charles Solomon

(32. The Flying Fortress: Vanished! 33. The Legend of a Dragon, 34. Cruel General Red, 35. Cold Reception, 36. Major Metallitron, 37. The Ninja Murasaki Is Coming! 38. Five Murasakis, 39. Mysterious Android No. 8, 40. Horrifying Buyon, 41. The Fall of Muscle Tower, 42. The Secret of Dr. Flappe, 43. A Trip to the City, 44. Master Thief, Hasky, 45. Danger in the Air, 46. Bulma’s Bad Day, 47. Kame House–Found! 48. Deep Blue Sea, 49. Roshi Surprise, 50. The Trap Is Sprung, 51. Beware of Robot, 52. The Pirate Treasure, 53. Blue, Black and Blue, 54. Escape from Pirate Cave, 55. Penguin Village, 56. Strange Visitor, 57. Arale vs. Blue, 58. The Land of Korin, 59. The Notorious Mercenary, 60. Tao Attacks! 61. Korin Tower)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
Your Second Wish Has Been Granted…
By Reconnecting To My Childhood
The new first season set of Dragon Ball uncut isn’t even out yet and they’ve already announced this season two set. While the main reason to buy the first is the first chance ever to own the original thirteen episodes uncut in a proper North American set most fans will probably continue on buying this one as well. I suspect many of those who already own this batch of episodes uncut on the old sets will buy this one as well in an effort to collect all the episodes in nice sets that complement each other when lined up on a shelf. Given the running time of 720 minutes this set should contain the following thirty episodes from the Red Ribbon Army, General Blue and Commander Red Sagas:

32 The Flying Fortress: Vanished!
33 The Legend of a Dragon
34 Cruel General Red
35 Cold Reception
36 Major Metallitron
37 The Ninja Murasaki is Coming!
38 Five Murasakis
39 Mysterious Android No.8
40 Horrifying Buyon
41 The Fall of Muscle Tower
42 The Secret of Dr. Flappe
43 A Trip to the City
44 Master Thief, Haski
45 Danger in the Air
46 Bulma’s Bad Day
47 Kame House: Found!
48 Deep Blue Sea
49 Roshi’s Surprise
50 The Trap is Sprung
51 Beware of the Robot
52 The Pirate Treasure
53 Blue, Black and Blue
54 Escape From Pirate Cave
55 Penguin Village
56 Strange Visitor
57 Arale vs. Blue
58 The Land of Korin
59 The Notorious Mercenary
60 Tao Attacks!
61 Korin Tower

All these episodes are being presented in remastered editions of their original full frame (4:3 Aspect Ratio) format. Audio is being done with English or Japanese voice track options and the original Japanese musical score in 5.1 Surround. Funimation Dragon Ball releases haven’t had any special features other than previews for other Funimation products, so don’t expect to find any here either.

I’m very happy with the cover art selection for these titles so far. Let’s hope they don’t start just throwing random characters on the cover (Piccolo on Dragon Ball Z Season 7??? What was that?). Hopefully all the Dragon Ball sets will come out as fast as these first two, thanks for your time.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Season two features even more action as Goku takes on the Red Ribbon Army and Mercenary Tao!
By Dennis A. Amith (kndy)
It’s the series that started it all… “Dragon Ball”. Originally, a manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama for “Shonen Jump”, the manga series lasted from 1984 through 1995 and since the manga series has produced several anime series which include “Dragon Ball”, “Dragon Ball Z”, “Dragon Ball GT” and currently in Japan, a new HD broadcasting of “Dragon Ball Kai” and in 2009, an American live action film titled “Dragonball Evolution” was released worldwide.

“Dragon Ball” is the first arc of the series which aired in Japan from 1986 through 1989 and lasted for 153 episodes. The series was released by Harmony Gold USA in the late 80′s and then by FUNimation Entertainment in 1995 and uncut episodes were released on DVD in 2003.

And now the episodes have been released in the USA with the awesome first season of “Dragon Ball” and now the second season is now released for the first time uncut, remastered and digitally restored.

“Dragon Ball” focuses on Son Goku, a boy who is not familiar with any humans but begins to make new friends and fight for them. As the first volume featured the adventures of Goku, Bulma, Krilin, Oolong, Yamcha, Pilar looking for the dragon balls, the second season of “Dragon Ball” are more focused on Goku.

Goku is now looking for his grandfather’s dragon balls (and others if he comes across them) but as Emperor Pilaf and his group are searching for them, the evil Red Ribbon Army is also pursuing them and unlike Emperor Pilaf and his crew, the Red Ribbon Army will not hesitate to kill anyone.

So, in this latest season, young Goku is in the fight of his life as he encounters Colonel Silver, more Red Ribbon Army generals who are intent in destroying anything and anyone that gets in their way, androids and the biggest nemesis Goku has faced so far….Mercenary Tao!

“Dragon Ball – Season Two” features a total of 30 episodes on five DVD’s. Here is a spoiler-less summary of each episode:

DISC 1:

* EPISODE 32 – The Flying Fortress – Vanished! – Emperor Pilaf escapes with a dragon ball and Goku tries to get it back.
* EPISODE 33 – The Legend of a Dragon – Colonel Silver tracks a dragon ball to Pilaf, meanwhile Master Roshi tells Krillin and Launch about the origin of the dragon balls.
* EPISODE 34 – Cruel General Red – Goku vs. Colonel Silver.
* EPISODE 35 – Cold Reception – Goku takes on the Red Ribbon Army.
* EPISODE 36 – Major Metallitron – Goku vs. Major Metallitron.
* EPISODE 37 – Ninja Murasaki is Coming! – Goku is now on the fourth level of muscle tower and encounters Murasaki.
* EPISODE 38 – Five Murasakis – Goku vs. five Murasaki’s.

DISC 2:

* EPISODE 39 – Mysterious Android No. 8 – Goku meets an android that is against violence.
* EPISODE 40 – Horrifying Buyon – Goku vs. a monster that is impervious to Goku’s punches. How can Goku beat him?
* EPISODE 41 – The Fall of Muscle Tower – Goku vs. General White
* EPISODE 42 – The Secret of Dr. Flappe – Android 8 has a bomb inside him and only Dr. Flappe can remove it.
* EPISODE 43 – A Trip to the City – A friend of Goku makes a return.
* EPISODE 44 – Master Thief, Hasky – The Red Army hires a master thief to track down the dragon balls.
* EPISODE 45 – Danger in the Air – Master thief Hasky tries to steal Goku’s dragon balls.

DISC 3:

* EPISODE 46 – Bulma’s Bad Day – Bulma and Goku try to find a dragon ball hidden underneath the waves near Turtle Island.
* EPISODE 47 – Kame House – Found! – Genral Blue tries to find Master Roshi’s house in Turtle Island.
* EPISODE 48 – Deep Blue Sea – The Red Ribbon Army try to invade Turtle Island.
* EPISODE 49 – Roshi Surprise – The Red Ribbon Army try to take on Master Roshi.
* EPISODE 50 – The Trap is Sprung – Goku and his friends get caught in booby traps.
* EPISODE 51 – Beware of Robot – Goku and Krillin fight against a pirate android.
* EPISODE 52 – The Pirate Treasure – General Blue vs. Krillin.

DISC 4:

* EPISODE 53 – Blue, Black and Blue – Goku vs. General Blue
* EPISODE 54 – Escape from Pirate Cave – Goku uses a trick to help him and his friends escape the Pirate Cave.
* EPISODE 55 – Penguin Village – Goku and General Blue compete for the dragon balls.
* EPISODE 56 – Strange Visitor – Goku chases after General Blue and crashes into the Penguin Village and meets a girl named Arale.
* EPISODE 57 – Arale vs. Blue – General Blue kidnaps Arale.
* EPISODE 58 – The Land of Korin – Goku saves a boy from Captain Yellow and returns him back to his father and learns about the tower of Korin.

DISC 5:

* EPISODE 59 – The Notorious Mercenary – Commander Red hires services of Mercenary Tao to kill Goku.
* EPISODE 60 – Tao Attacks! – Goku vs. Mercenary Tao
* EPISODE 61 – Korin Tower – Goku makes an attempt to climb the Korin Tower

VIDEO & AUDIO:

When I first saw “Dragon Ball”, it was probably back in 1992 and the quality of this raw Japanese video was so rough and hard to watch, it was just bad. Several years later, I was able to catch the first few episodes that aired on television but the problem was that the schedule was inconsistent and our television network was quite bad.

So, it is great to see this uncut, remastered and digitally restored version on DVD. Presented in its original format of 4:3, one thing I noticed is how good this anime series looked on DVD. The series is nearly 25 years old and just watching it, FUNimation Entertainment did a great job in bringing this series out and making it look very good with only a hint of dust particles and scratches but for the most part, this remastered version definitely looked very good on DVD.

As for the audio, similar to the recent FUNimation Entertainment “Dragon Ball Z” and “Dragon Ball GT” releases, the English voice track with original Japanese music comes in 5.1 Surround, while the Japanese voice track is in its original Japanese mono. I watched both English and Japanese and of course, there are some changes in the English dialogue (ie. Master Roshi and in the Japanese track, Kamesama Sennen) and grew up watching the original Japanese version but for the most part, I have enjoyed the “Dragon Ball Z” and “Dragon Ball GT” dubwork and similar to those two series, I found th English dubwork for “Dragon Ball” to be quite solid. Dialogue is clear and understandable and for audio settings, for both audio tracks, I found the best setting for me was to select on my receiver “Stereo on all Channels”.

Subtitles are in English.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

“Dragon Ball – Season Two” comes with the textless opening and closing theme songs and FUNimation Entertainment trailers.

JUDGMENT CALL:

Another action packed volume of “Dragon Ball” and this time around, the battles become more prevalent as Goku takes on the Red Ribbon Army and Mercenary Tao. But my favorite episodes feature characters such as Android 8 and Arale but things are definitely getting more interesting with the arrival of Mercenary Tao and an opponent that actually is much more powerful than Goku (at that moment). Also, to watch this series once again, not only was it a nostalgic time for me, it was just great to see the episodes and watching how fun, humorous and action-packed they were. Although, “Dragon Ball” is not as intense as “Dragon Ball Z”, the series still manages to capture a lot of action. Bare in mind that Goku is a young boy in this series but even so, he still has enormous power including his recently learned “kamehameha”.

For parents wondering about the TV 14 rating, although the first volume featured some risque situations (ie. Goku putting his hand on crotches to see if they are male or female), if anything, there’s nothing like that in this second volume although there is much more violence in this volume and characters are getting killed off.

As for the DVD, as mentioned, this is the best I have seen “Dragon Ball” look and 3o episodes for the first volume is pretty much a bargain for what it’s sold for. Granted, I wish there were some special features included outside of textless theme songs but overall, you’re getting your money’s worth with these box set releases.

Granted, if I had to find a negative and wanted to be nitpicky, I can easily complain that the fifth disc only contains three episodes and that the Japanese audio track was not in Dolby Digital 5.1 but truthfully, 30 episodes is still plentiful and for purists, you do get the Japanese audio track in its original mono format and its in 4:3 and not made to be widescreen. Really, there is nothing I can really complain about this release. It’s a very solid release that is affordable and just worth it!

Overall, “Dragon Ball – Season Two” is another wonderful release from FUNimation Entertainment. Fans of any of the “Dragon Ball” series will definitely want to make sure this one is in their collection. Definitely recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Its ok
By Lone shark…
I really like the show dragon ball and Dragon ball Z. Season 2 is great for the collection. but personly, I just don’t care for it too much. I enjoy good action, but Red army in this season not what I was looking for. Maybe its Vol 3. was what I looking for.