Reviewing Dragon Ball Z's Best & Worst Animated Episode

Dragon Ball Z had a lot of great-looking episodes and its fair share of below-average ones, but what was its best and worst one? Well, join me today as I deliver the verdict in today's video.

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💿Music credits:

Ehrling - Tequila

Mondgomery - Pure Sport

Alpha Room & Krosia - The Heights

HOME - This Will Pass

Dragon Ball Z - WE GOTTA POWER - Instrumental (Isolated Backvocals)
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[hawshimagical]

ssj2 goku vs kid boo gets me every time. the effects, the environmental feedback, the colours, and the shading and expressions on the characters. when they get hit hard they REALLY show it on their face

[hugostigglitz]

Fun fact: Goku SS2 vs Kid bu is anime exclusive, in manga Goku went SS3 straight against Kid Buu while he was sleeping

[turbotrup]

What I like about Z's progressing art is that you can actually notice how much Goku has grown up. In the Buu arc he genuinely feels like an adult, a man, a father, an experienced fighter with tons of charisma.

[linkV]

Pretty much the whole fight with Kid Buu looked great. The consistency got a lot better in the Buu saga.

[GMPisReal]

Wait, one of the best fights in the entire franchise was filler?! Damn, it's a shame we don't get more of them.

[ABrothertoDragons]

I used watch the kid buu fight through the vhs tape. It’s crazy how much they created when the manga didn’t dive too much into the fighting visuals. Great work!

[Tony_A_]

Watching this as a kid it didn’t matter how bad the animations were, it was amazing, lol.

[darenmccoy]

Its crazy to me that you know every animator/studio involved. All these years I had no idea so much of one episode has so many hands involved

[cristianmestre]

Episode 279 is definitely one of the best-looking episodes of the Majin Buu Arc/Kid Buu Saga. I honestly love the smirk from Goku to Vegeta and the thumbs up too!!

[robertwyatt]

God I feel so bad for the staff near the end of the freeza arc. They were clearly absolutely SWAMPED in work.

[fitzhugh]

If I recall correctly, when the namek storyline in the anime was being produced toei decided to start making 2 dragon ball z movies a year instead of just 1. And along with the anime being closer to the manga release than ever the freeza fight was when the production suffered the most in the entire series and half of the episodes were pretty much filler. Like after the ebisawa episode we got an episode from one of the better studios studio junio and even with key animation from names like takeo ide and masaki sato the episode just looks mediocre.

[MEXUS.]

Y'all remember how awful the beginning of the Vegeta vs Perfect Cell fight looked?

[gillysummerss]

This art style is extremely distinct, it inspired an entire generation. There’s something about DBS animation that feels way more… generic? All the round shapes and super bright colors make it feel like a cartoon instead of an anime. Somethings just a bit off nowadays and it’s heartbreaking in a way to know we might never see this particular art in the franchise again. The only thing so far in DBS to kinda come close to this were fights like Goku and vegeta vs Jiren.

[MrB-bgqe]

I like that Ebisawa did minimum to no corrections to Kan'no's work. It makes it easier to identify the animator's art. Plus Kanno was the superior artist so it made sense to not worsen it. DB should never have less than four animators per episode. The proper corrections to the art and animation can be made if needed since the proper amount of staff would be present and the main animators wouldn't have to rush with their drawings. Studio should've had more than two animators.

[craigime]

Ebisawa's might not look the best, but it always seems to make me smile😅... But man, masunaga is a beast. Awesome video man

[BigBoy]

Honestly, the first episode didn’t even seem that bad. Goes to show how high quality dbz is even at its worst.

[phreakout]

I love this channel cause of breakdowns like this, the attention to detail and deep dives into covering these topics. I leave with so much and it's extremely fascinating to finally have answers to questions like "why's Goku's earlobe so big but just in like these 2 episodes?". Keep up the great work man, your videos are awesome!!

[mugshotmarley]

Another personal favorite of mines was goku vs majin vegeta fight, along with the build up to it at the tournament. Top tier artwork and animation

[culex]

I always thought the beat animated episode, was the one where Goku faced off against Cell. It's really amazing.

[hellodigitalworld]

18 minutes 👏🏽! I am not lying or anything but your knowledge about animation is amazing favorite animation breakdown channel