Dragon Ball, and especially Dragon Ball Z, is quite a love or hate show. It's one of the longest series ever produced, with the plot that is ALWAYS about an evil guy coming to destroy the Earth and the good guys stopping them. So there are people who might not find this interesting. But if you "lived" the Dragon Ball legend, you can't object how amazing Z is. In fact, despite some big flaw, it's hands-down the best series of the Dragon Ball universe, with some scenes that are ought to go down in the history of television.

The whole series starts where the first Dragon Ball ends - Goku and Chichi marry, and now they have a new son, Gohan. But a mysterious Saiyan, who later turns out to be Goku's long forgotten brother (Radish), notices that Goku did not do what he was asked for - kill the earthlings. Therefore, he gets Gohan as a hostage to make him change his mind. This starts it all, with some unexpected alliances, and some extremely lenghty enemies. Many situations are actually extremely famous by now - Vegeta-saga, Frieza-saga, Cell-saga, Buu-saga, they're all well known. This is because, despite the similarity of the stories, they're all exceptionally written.

If you like these kind of super-fights, you can not miss Dragon Ball Z. But it has many aspects from the 1st series as well, like the characters being very charismatic, and the humor, which is now a lot less, but it's still good. The drawing style is good, you always understand what is going on the screen. And while in the bottom of your heart you always know that in the end the good guys will win, but there's still plenty of suspense.

There is some bad side of the series though. There are many fillers, the pace is slow, and there are plot-holes (well, no wonder, in so much time it's easy to forget details) - but even considering that, Dragon Ball Z is amazing. It knows full well the limits, and it doesn't even try to sell this thing as a big romance or anything. This is massive fights with some humor in it. Nothing else. But the way it's done, is fabulous, because you'll remember "OVER NINETHOUSAND" good scenes and good characters who will keep you entertained for the whole time! Easily the best part in the Dragon Ball universe, don't miss it if you like animes.