Dragon Ball Z - Season Five (Perfect and Imperfect Cell Sagas)

Actor: Dragon Ball Z
Studio: Funimation Prod
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 36 reviews
Sales Rank: 1704

Format: Color, Dolby, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 615 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 1.2

MPN: 0
UPC: 704400022470
EAN: 0704400022470
ASIN: B00143XE5K

Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Dragon Ball Z - Season Five (Perfect and Imperfect Cell Sagas)

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4 out of 5 stars One Of My Favorite Seasons!    January 1, 2009
N.TrueLove (Los Angeles, California, USA)
Amazing Season But I Wish The Japanese Audio Was Up To Par With The English, The Japanese Episodes Are So Much Better Anyways =/. But For The Cost And How Good The Season Is Theres Not Much You Can Complain About, The Remastered Video Is Nice.


5 out of 5 stars Dragonball Z DVD Season Review    December 22, 2008
Bryan J. Millard (Canadian)
I purchased the DVD boxsets for the Dragonball Z series... seasons 1 through 7, and plan on buying the rest once they are released. These are excellent DVDs. The ability to run the episodes back to back as a 'marathon' series that cuts out the intro vids / credits between each episode is a great way to enjoy this series.

I would highly recommend this to anyone who is a fan of this great anime series.


5 out of 5 stars awesome    November 2, 2008
J. R. Ozment (arizona)
i like dragon ball z and it was shipped and in great condition. its about Cell looking for android 17 and 18 to become perfect and you can say that with the help of Vegeta's pride he was able to become perfect Cell. definately a must own.


4 out of 5 stars This is a damn good set....    October 23, 2008
Jose R. Gomez (Southern Cali)
Dragon Ball Z season 5 has some of the greatest battles in DBZ history...

Piccolo Vs Android 17 was bonecrushing, and very exciting to watch

Tien who is normally only a side character, made one of the greatest moments I have ever seen. Tien is one of the weaker Z-Fighters, but managed to make Cell (a monstrously powerful foe, and the main antogonist of this set) his bitch for one episode lol

All in all, I think you'll like this set, so hurry buy it now




4 out of 5 stars Would have gotten 5 stars if Funimaton didn't skimp down on disc 4-6 (only three episodes per disc)...    October 20, 2008
Dennis A. Amith (kndy) (California)
One of my favorite episodes in the "DRAGON BALL Z" anime series was the Cell saga. The toughest enemy that the team has fought yet and the series focuses on everyone trying to prevent Cell from absorbing the androids while the Saiyan's Goku and son Gohan and Vegita and his son Trunks (future) train to get stronger, so they can prepare to fight Cell.

With each DVD season box set release of "DRAGON BALL Z", as a hardcore fan of the series, it's just incredible to get over 30 episodes for almost the same price or less than most American television box sets.

Season 5 surprisingly in duration wise, shorter than the previous volumes. Where each DVD had around 5 or more episodes, on disc 4-6, there are only three episodes on each disc.

I was surprised and I have to admit that I would be upset if Funimation did this from here on in but I understand that it's business and with everyone buying these box sets because it's awesome price for a large number of episodes, you can't beat it. But I'm just hoping that this is not a permanent decision.

VIDEO:

The video looks great on DVD and for those of us who have multi-generation fansubs or fading VHS tapes, just having these episodes on DVD and everything looking great. I know some people have a problem with the show receiving some cropping but for me it's quite miniscule.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Special features include trailers and open and ending themes. If there was one thing lacking, it's the fact that there are really nothing in terms of special features.

Season 5 ends with a cliffhanger to the upcoming Cell games chapter and at the time of writing this review, Season 6 is now available in retail.

There is a lot of action in this series and no filler episodes. It's straight mayhem as Cell continues to absorb people and the heroes can do nothing but just hope they can hang on for a day or more while the Saiyans complete their training and hope to defeat Cell.

The Cell series was quite popular back then when I was watching the series in straight Japanese and the whole android storyline was just exciting to watch (especially the special episode in Future Trunks world which pits him and an older Gohan against the evil androids).

Speaking of the special, the special is not included and I assume that they will hopefully release it with the movie collection re-release. But for those who have never seen it and don't intend to buy it, there is an episode that shows footage from that special.

Overall, Season 5 is a very good box set. I was put off by the sudden drop of episodes when you reach disc 4 and noticed every disc thereafter only has three episodes. Again, I hope this is not where the future of the box sets are going. But with season 6 now available, I guess I'll find out.

Nevertheless, you still get over 20 episodes but after being spoiled with 30 or more episodes per box set, it just sucks to get this drop. But I understand it's a business decision that probably will work since people are hooked on this DVD box set for its sheer amount of episodes and great price.

All in all, another cool box set release from Funimation, just a bit sour about the drop in episodes though.