Dragon Ball Z - Rock The Dragon (4K Deluxe Edition)

Rest in peace, Akira Toriyama. I cannot overstate how grateful I am for having been fortunate enough to have experienced your many artistic contributions to the world throughout my life.

When I was a younger dude, I used to come home from school every afternoon and play back a VHS recording of a show I became obsessed with.

It got to a point where (due to a younger sibling's unforeseen bout of nostalgia) my automated schedule accidentally recorded over a family home movie.

As I got older, this show became a worldwide phenomenon... to the point that VHS tapes of it started being sold for like $35 at stores... or on seedy CD-ROM "video discs" shared between other fellow fans...

Alas... since that time long ago this now worldwide phenomenon of an IP has taken on what I would call an entirely different "feel." Nothing wrong with things changing, but I worry that with time that indescribable "feel" to older things gets lost or looked down upon.

I can't help but prefer to remember this show the way I originally experienced it - when the only way to watch was either on random Saturday mornings at 5am, or weekdays on a new block of animated shows on Cartoon Network called "Toonami" that was hosted by "Moltar" - a villain character from Space Ghost sort of "co-opted / repurposed" to be the cartoon equivalent of an MTV "V.J." for animated shows instead of music videos.

This little mini-obsession video project is just my attempt to show other more modern fans the way I remembered this little show called "Dragon Ball Z" - accurate or not - as I watched it every day after school (and sometimes on random Saturdays around 5 am or so when it showed up on UPN... right before Samurai Pizza Cats).

Chapters:
0:00 - 01 - Preview
0:10 - 02 - Start
1:46 - 03 - Title Card

[tehjboney]

The Ocean Dub of Dragon Ball Z where every Western child instantly became a fan of Dragon Ball Z one of the greatest anime’s in modern history.

[jaycoogi]

Thank you for this upload. Rip Toriyama 🕊

[crashbant.f.s.b]

RIP Toriyama and Thanks for everything.

[darrellfjohnson]

Getting older is unironically appreciating the time capsule of old dub openings.

[GhostKyng]

This was Thank you for this video

And thank you Mr. Toriyama

[zenkai]

Krillins “let’s turn up the heat!” Hits perfect!

[nnemmesiss]

THIS IS BEAUTIFULLLL

something from the next dimension

[GCJACK]

In the same year we lost Toriyama, we also lost Doc Harrison, the narrator for DBZ's earliest dubs.

[eventgamers]

Wow just amazing you brought back soo much good memories ☺️🙂

[freezasama]

It's over 9000 in the backround of the theme is soo good plus all the irellevant and relevent scenes from the anime and movies lmao

[sablewright]

Dude, you needed to be applauded for this. ❤ Well done 👏

[JonesDylan]

THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY WELL DONE! Great job. You've got a new sub.

[PrometheusX]

Dude.

This had me get those same goosebumps I got as a kid watching DBZ. 😭🙏 Genuinely, thank you for this..

[cenationofjnu]

Today, after watching few episodes of daima, I realised how cool and awesome dragon ball z was.

[sergioperez-dgyd]

OMG this is awesome DBZ will always be the best anime in history 😃😃 RIP Toriyama we will never forget you

[Jm-gruy]

Straight chills!!! Love it as a life long fan 🐉 💚

[rogersheffield]

Wow I'm speechless definitely brought back my childhood coming up in the 90s that was definitely my favorite era of Dragon Ball Z before Super Saiyans before God's just straight raw Galactic martial arts best time of Dragon Ball Z in my opinion

[Ret_Chrogames]

Remmeber those button down DBZ shirts. I miss those days

[banseva]

That video transfer and upscale is better than the official releases.

[skillet]

Damn. To be a 10 year old boy in the early 00s. 🥲