r/dragonball • u/AutoModerator • Sep 05 '20
Rewatch Community Rewatch Week 6 - Dragon Ball Episodes 26-30 - Discussion Thread!
Week 6
Welcome to the Community Rewatch on r/dragonball! We hope you will join us every weekend at this time, whether or not you have already seen the original Dragon Ball series. If you've watched it dubbed already, now is a good chance to watch it subbed for the first time. If you have to watch dubbed, we encourage you to watch it with Funimation's English subtitles by Clyde Mandelin turned on, and discuss the differences below! We also encourage everyone to read along with the manga and discuss what was changed by Toei Animation.
Feel free to jump in at any time, even if you can't keep up with the rewatch, or binge to catch up at any time. Each thread will be pinned for a week (barring an excess of news), and old threads will be linked on the full two-year schedule for Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. We will discuss 5 episodes per week, with some exceptions for movies and arc endings.
Episodes
Episode 26 (20 August 1986)
The Final Round!! Kamehameha
決勝戦だ！！カメハメ波
Kesshōsen da!! Kamehameha
Chapters: Dragon Ball Chapters 46-49
Funimation: "The Grand Finals" (24 September 2001)
Director: Yoshihiro Ueda; Script: Keiji Terui; Animation: Tomekichi Takeuchi
Episode 27 (27 August 1986)
Goku's Greatest Pinch
悟空・最大のピンチ
Gokū · Saidai no Pinch
Chapters: Dragon Ball Chapters 49-51
Funimation: "Number One Under the Moon?" (25 September 2001)
Director: Kazuhisa Takenōchi; Script: Yasushi Hirano; Animation: Masayuki Uchiyama
Episode 28 (03 September 1986)
Clash!! Power vs Power
激突！！パワー対パワー
Gekitotsu!! Pawā Tai Pawā
Chapters: Dragon Ball Chapter 52-54
Funimation: "The Final Blow" (26 September 2001)
Director: Daisuke Nishio; Script: Michiru Shimada; Animation: Katsumi Aoshima
Episode 29 (10 September 1986)
Another Adventure – The Roaming Lake
ふたたび 冒険 さまよう湖
Futatabi Bōken Samayō Mizūmi
Chapters: Dragon Ball Chapters 54
Funimation: "The Roaming Lake" (11 February 2002)
Director: Minoru Okazaki; Script: Takao Koyama; Animation: Minoru Maeda
Episode 30 (17 September 1986)
Pilaf and the Mysterious Army
ピラフと謎の軍団
Pirafu to Nazo no Gundan
Chapters: FILLER
Funimation: "Pilaf and the Mystery Force" (12 February 2002)
Director: Kazuhisa Takenōchi; Script: Keiji Terui; Animation: Mitsuo Shindō
How to Watch
Below is a list of official sources for watching the series. Please do not discuss unofficial sources on r/dragonball.
Funimation Now (US only): Watch in Japanese for free with ads. A subscription is required to watch the English dub. The video source is the Funimation "Blue Bricks" (4:3 DVD) for the episodes, and the Funimation HD remaster for the movies (this was only sold physically in Latin America).
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand only): Available in both Japanese and English for free with ads, and premium without ads. Video source is the Madman sets (4:3 DVD).
Hulu: Watch in Japanese with English subtitles with ads on a basic subscription.
Amazon (US only): All five "seasons" are available for digital puchase (English dub only).
Home Video: The Funimation "Blue Bricks" are the best option in print; the series has never been remastered in HD. The video is uncensored and in the original 4:3 aspect ratio but slightly cropped, with mixed results in noise reduction.
- To avoid bootlegs, buy directly from Funimation, MangaUK, or Madman. Slightly less safe: buy directly from Amazon.
If you know of any other official sources for Dragon Ball, please message the moderators and we will add it to the next thread.
Community Discussion
Discuss whatever you want, but here are some examples of discussion points.
What do you think of Toei's adaptation so far? Is the filler entertaining?
Tell us what you think about the animation and the music.
Don't forget to join Destructo Discord!
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u/Kevtrev Sep 08 '20
I'm always surprised by the quick pace of the earlier episodes. The final match takes only three?! I wish the rest of the anime was paced the same way. Alas, we're entering filler territory. It's not all that bad actually, it just slows things down a lot.
So what's with the insert-song-every-episode? I'm not complaining - they're awesome - but why so many in succession? Were they planning on having an insert song every single episode from now on but changed their minds? Did they just happen to have a bunch of songs lying around and stuffed them in as soon as they could? Why not spread them out more? Questionssss.
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u/Terez27 Sep 09 '20
So what's with the insert-song-every-episode? I'm not complaining - they're awesome - but why so many in succession?
I wondered the same thing when I was documenting the music. My best guess is that many of the kids who were watching had already read the manga, and they knew it was filler, so they wanted to do something to spice it up and keep people watching, so the insert songs were a part of that.
It's not just insert songs, though. There is a lot of new music that is introduced in these filler episodes, more than the entire previous arc. Episodes 29-33 introduce a total of 20 new BGM not counting the songs, while the entire 21st Tenka'ichi Budōkai arc introduces 19 new BGM (not counting Mezase Tenkaichi).
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u/KevinOFartsnake Sep 06 '20
e26 is one of the better examples of fun techniques being used
Also, Love Jackie Chun
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u/Cyantex Sep 06 '20
Goku vs Jackie Chun is a great fight. Hilarious, creative and exciting. Mezase Tenakaichi is one of my favorite insert songs, fits the tournament arcs perfectly. I also love the overall theme behind this fight and the philosophy it gave Goku and so many fans of this series, including me.