I realised this while I was watching episode 7 earlier. It’s not that I think it is particularly deep (obviously) or anything like that, it’s just that I’m really, honestly enjoying it. Like how in this particular episode, Goku is training with King Kai in the after-life; first, Goku has to catch King Kai’s pet gorrilla Bubbles, which totally isn’t as easy as it sounds, and then he has to knock-out Gregory with a hammer; Gregory being King Kai’s slightly larger than normal firefly! A lot of what cracks me up is that the thing’s name is Gregory, like I’m reading a Roald Dahl book or something.
King Kai’s planet is so small, floating out in the middle of nowhere. It’s green all over, with flowers and a big tree in the middle. It has just one road, which he drives around on with his shiny red car, his house is small and the sky is pink. I remember watching these episodes before, when I was ill from a cold or something. I remember I was flicking through the TV channels with nothing to watch and came across this 4 episode marathon of DBZ and I remember thinking that it was perfect. My watching of this has everything to do with nostalgia, but it is better than that. It has space invaders, green aliens, cyborgs, dinosaurs, time travel, magic and a god damn firefly called Gregory. It’s just as good as I remember it.
Tags: dragon ball kai, dragon ball z, goku, king kai, nostaglia
I can’t get beyond Goku’s Japanese voice. I just can’t. I want to recapture the excitement of my youth, or at least wallow in the nostalgia of a time when I wasn’t so hard to please. But no, that bloody shrill effeminate voice is impossible to get used to. I’m just going to stick with the VizBig releases of the manga and as I read make Goku sound as manly as I like. My imagination has much better taste in voice acting.
Out of interest, how much of Kai have you actually seen? Masako Nozawa’s Goku definitely takes some getting used to, but this episode (7) was probably the point where I finally got used to her. So I think you should show a bit more determination! Episode 7 of Kai is at the same point as 20 of DBZ; the flow is impeccable, it’s shounen anime par excellence!
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