Dragon Ball Z Episode Summaries
ドラゴンボールゼット | ドラゴンボールＺ
(Dragon Boru Zetto)
Dragon Ball Z
291 Episodes (276 Episodes), 2 TV Specials
April 26, 1989 ~ January 31, 1996 (Japan)
September 13, 1996 ~ October 10, 2005 (US)
Series Director: Daisuke Nishio
For years the brave young warrior Goku circled the globe in search of adventure and the chance to put his skills to the test. But when a powerful villain from another planet reaches Earth, Goku learns the truth about his past and of the incredible power that until now has laid dormant inside his body.
With friends both old and new, Goku faces wave upon wave of new and outrageous enemies that threaten Earth and her people with destruction. With his new powers, the truth about his Saiyan heritage, and a little help from the trusty dragon balls, Goku must find a way to maintain the peace that he has fought so hard to secure.
Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ [ゼット]; Doragon Boru Zetto) is the second anime adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. Produced by Toei Animation and picking up where the original Dragon Ball anime series left off, Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final twenty-six volumes of the manga. It premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on April 26, 1989, taking over its predecessor's time slot, and ran for 291 episodes until its conclusion on January 31, 1996.
Following the canceled dub of Dragon Ball, Funimation Entertainment licensed Dragon Ball Z for an English language release in North America. For the dubbing of the series, The Ocean Group was contracted to produce an English dub track at Ocean Studios. Like the original dub of Dragon Ball, the Ocean Group's dub of Dragon Ball Z was heavily edited for content, reducing the first 67 episodes into 53. The dubbed episodes premiered in the United States on The WB in September 1996, though it was eventually canceled in May 1998. During the fall of the same year, the dub began airing on Cartoon Network as part of the channel's new Toonami programming block. Soon after, Funimation Entertainment continued dubbing the series from where the syndicated dub left off, now using their own in-house voice actors at Funimation Studios, a new musical score, and less editing. The new dub of Dragon Ball Z ran on Cartoon Network from September 1999 to April 2003.
In August 2004, Geneon Entertainment lost its licensing rights to the old Ocean Studios dubbed episodes of Dragon Ball Z, allowing Funimation to re-dub the first 67 episodes, restore the removed content and replace the old dubbing with the Funimation Studios voice cast. These re-dubbed episodes aired on Cartoon Network throughout the summer of 2005. The episodes dubbed by Funimation Studios also aired in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, and the Republic of Ireland. In 2006, Funimation Entertainment canceled the Ultimate Uncut DVD releases, remastered the episodes, then began re-releasing it across nine individual season boxsets. The first set was released on February 6, 2007; the final season on May 19, 2009. In June 2009, Funimation announced that they would be re-releasing Dragon Ball Z and the films in a new seven volume set called the "Dragon Boxes". Based on the original series masters with frame-by-frame restoration, the first set is due to be released November 10, 2009.
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- Vegeta Saga (Episodes 1-35; Uncut) (Episodes 1-26; Edited)
- Namek Saga (Episodes 36-67; Uncut) (Episodes 27-53; Edited)
- Captain Ginyu Saga (Episodes 68-74; Uncut) (Episodes 54-60; Edited)
- Frieza Saga (Episodes 75-107; Uncut) (Episodes 61-92; Edited)
- Garlic Jr. Saga (Episodes 108-117; Uncut) (Episodes 93-102; Edited)
- Trunks Saga (Episodes 118-125; Uncut) (Episodes 103-110; Edited)
- Android Saga (Episodes 126-139; Uncut) (Episodes 111-124; Edited)
- Imperfect Cell Saga (Episodes 140-152; Uncut) (Episodes 125-137; Edited)
- Perfect Cell Saga (Episodes 153-165; Uncut) (Episodes 138-150; Edited)
- Cell Games Saga (Episodes 166-194; Uncut) (Episodes 151-179; Edited)
- Great Saiyaman Saga (Episodes 195-209; Uncut) (Episodes 180-194; Edite
- World Tournament Saga (Episodes 210-219; Uncut) (Episodes 195-204; Edited)
- Babidi Saga (Episodes 220-231; Uncut) (Episodes 205-216; Edited)
- Majin Buu Saga (Episodes 232-253; Uncut) (Episodes 217-238; Edited)
- Fusion Saga (Episodes 254-275; Uncut) (Episodes 239-260; Edited)
- Kid Buu Saga (Episodes 276-287; Uncut) (Episodes 261-272; Edited)
- Peaceful World Saga (Episodes 288-291; Uncut) (Episodes 273-276; Edited)