Animation Damnation - Dragon Ball Z
Added 2017-01-30 01:38:35 +0000 UTCOn this edition of Animation Damnation, the guys are out of their element as they attempt to make sense of an "off-week" episode of the beloved anime series, Dragon Ball Z! The episode in question—"Goku's Ordeal"— originally airead on September 13th, 2000 and features a dull plot where Goku & his green buddy, Piccolo, have to take their driving tests because Goku's wife, Chi-Chi, is tired of being taken advantage of. Also: dog people!
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Comments
It's funny trying to get this from a filler episode. Problem with most anime is unless you watch the whole story arc you never follow it and the random filler episodes between story episodes don't help lol
Kureigu
2024-02-14 03:13:23 +0000 UTCLate to the party, but i've been loving listening to you guys try and work out both Pokemon and DBZ. Worth noting that I feel the suggestions have sold you down the river with some of the more insane episodes. Oh and it depends on the anime but a lot of them do filler episodes where they purposely don't skip the "three years later". Basically the creator has been writing a series, it got popular and a studio decided to make a show but they produced the episodes faster than the original source material. They don't want to deviate too much with the genuine story so in the middle of the real arc you've got episodes about a driving license until another book is released. Someone else has already mentioned but Death Note is a great beginner suggestion, it's grittier and somewhat more serious well as far as anime goes anyway.
CaptainMcClutch
2022-03-21 22:03:45 +0000 UTCAn anime movie I love that I would even put on the level of Ghibli is They Boy and The Beast. It’s fantastic
Moose
2020-04-29 18:31:16 +0000 UTCSooo.....Food Wars? This is about an elite worldwide cooking school (in Japan), which welcomes a working class young man who kicks ass. The erotic food scenes are borderline fetish. Lots of moaning and food porn. Long time Anime watcher and this was ingenious and light during pandemic times. #2020
Fernando Rodriguez
2020-03-25 21:22:33 +0000 UTCThis is the funniest dissection of DBZ I’ve ever heard. Piccolo the pervert uncle lmfao 😂
Ashley Parrish
2018-12-19 03:19:12 +0000 UTCThey should watch Castle of Cagliostro. It's a Ghibli Lupin movie directed by Miyazaki.
Derek Zwicker
2017-06-21 15:24:42 +0000 UTCDeath Note
April
2017-04-13 17:31:43 +0000 UTCI would love to see the guys talk about an episode of Lupin the 3rd, or maybe one of the movies. I think they would like the fact that its just an anime about a jewel thief.
Dave K
2017-03-20 05:25:22 +0000 UTCI always thought the Mario stars would have tasted like a handful of sour skittles
Jay Gerardi
2017-02-25 11:02:42 +0000 UTCThis is my favorite animation damnation
Chris Robinson
2017-02-03 02:00:27 +0000 UTCAndrew's a horror fan. Maybe something like Death Note?
rienrien
2017-02-02 17:00:32 +0000 UTCi own that gokuu hat btw
Thomas Bradtke
2017-01-30 21:45:46 +0000 UTCI love DBZ, but I know it's completely stupid. Listening to you guys try to figure it out is fantastic.
Washington Laws
2017-01-30 19:57:55 +0000 UTCThis is the first Animation Damnation ep that I had to keep pausing, because I was laughing so damn hard that I seriously couldn't breathe. I love Dragon Ball Z, but I love this review so much! WHM perfectly captures how bizarre filler episodes like these are. Keep it up, guys!
Koala
2017-01-30 19:52:28 +0000 UTCI
Laura Viise
2017-01-30 19:12:41 +0000 UTCYeah anything by Satoshi Kon is good, but I love that movie a lot.
Pixel Pusher
2017-01-30 18:27:34 +0000 UTCFor Andrew I would recommend the movie Tokyo Godfathers
Rob Dufford
2017-01-30 18:25:52 +0000 UTCI've never seen it... we'll see how I do...\
Clifton Jewett
2017-01-30 18:01:05 +0000 UTCI'd recommend the youtube DBZ Abridged. It's hilarious and actually gives you the skinny on DBZ pretty well.
tmaccurt79
2017-01-30 17:00:45 +0000 UTCIf you think watching Dragonball Z is confusing, try listening to a podcast about it without ever seeing an episode. I am confused.
David gendron
2017-01-30 16:00:37 +0000 UTCEric - you should really take the time to watch some of the top-tier Studio Ghibli movies. My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away are all modern classics.
Jeremy Nolen
2017-01-30 14:33:22 +0000 UTCI'm not a fan of most anime series for a number of reasons, but if you like the Ghibli films (as I do) then you might try Cowboy Bebop and maybe FullMetal Alchemist? Both avoid most of the standard anime tropes and FMA has a pretty interesting plot and setting.
Jeremy Nolen
2017-01-30 14:31:16 +0000 UTCAnime suggestions, since I have no Twitter... well few that are shorter, tentacle free and I think legally available. Dennou Coil is a nice non-obnoxious kids, sci-fi adventure; Noein is also sci-fi, time travel/parallel words story (it has rather distinct art style); Seirei no Moribito for something fantasy oriented; Flip Flappers, Kyousou Giga and Space Dandy are more focused on art style and what it can achieve but decent plot too; finally Shin Sekai yori and Haibane Renmei to recommend something more serious.
Michal Zinowko
2017-01-30 09:16:24 +0000 UTCI would buy a Szyszka hat
Racer J
2017-01-30 09:01:43 +0000 UTCSteve, as an anime fan, I think you pretty much got what DBZ is all about, there's a guy called Goku and he's a Saiyan and he fights all sorts of enemies, which includes androids. Also, to Erick, I don't know why you're thinking about Superman. Goku is the survivor of advanced race of aliens whose planet got destroyed and was sent to Earth where he gains incredible powers. How is that anything like Superman?
GreyLancaster
2017-01-30 08:58:21 +0000 UTC@Calvin - Oh, Takahata is definitely included in that! - AJ
We Hate Movies
2017-01-30 02:41:10 +0000 UTCWhen you say all the Studio Ghibli stuff, does that include Isao Takahata's films too? Because as much as I love Miyazaki's films, Grave of the Fireflies is the best Ghibli film period.
Calvin Lindfors
2017-01-30 02:40:06 +0000 UTCThis is going to be good lol
Kardoor8
2017-01-30 01:41:07 +0000 UTCWill this ruin my childhood?
James Anderson
2017-01-30 01:39:52 +0000 UTC
