![]() ![]() References to Super Saiyans, Kamehameha waves, senzu beans, and other remnants of the DBZ world can be found in the lyrics of today’s hottest rappers. An untapped wealth of rap songs that pay homage to Dragon Ball Z exist under the radar and it's really not that surprising more than a few lyricists and wordsmiths out there once followed the adventures of Goku and his pals, just like us. ![]() These lyrics combine what many ‘90s kids grew up with (the televised anime series) with something that many from Generation Y grew into (rap and hiphop). It is, in part, because of this that Dragon Ball Z references in rap songs are so fun. A must for hardcore fans, otherwise you won't be missing much.Dragon Ball Z was a large part of many millennials' childhoods and the nostalgic love it caused has hardly decreased as this generation matures and acquires new tastes. Just be prepared that GT is a cheap and unofficial way to end an amazing series, and while it's not bad compared to general animes, it's quite a downfall for Toriyama. If you liked the mindless combats in Z, there's no reason for you to miss GT either. The characters aren't as good as before either, with Pan being so whiny that it's often annoying. Some parts though fail very hard, because they completely rip-off earlier plots. ![]() The core fighting is still very good, and some fights are really well-done, especially for the time. The ending is fairly logical, but it's not worth the wait, and I think a better ending should have been made. The last part of the series focuses on a situations that fans were "what-if-ing" from several years - what would happen if the Dragon Balls turned against our friends? Well, despite the logical happening of that, this part is actually very boring, and only at the very end it gets any interesting, even thought it's very much like the Janemba movie of Z. The way Toei tries to continue the android-saga over 3-4 years after it ended is quite mad, as it really adds no depth - except for the final words about it maybe, which I won't spoil. This thing happens later on as well, in the following enemies, which are far less interesting than Baby in fact. Here we get some insane combats, some actually pretty inventive, but most of them kind of missing the thrills of DBZ, but with many situations that are resolved by luck and not by skills. This part is obviously a homage to Z, more like to Buu series, and it's the longest enemy in GT, lasting quite some episodes - which is good, because I find this part far the most interesting in the series. It gets interesting in some parts, but only the Baby part really changes the things for the best, thus making GT actually worth a watch. In fact, the 1st part of the series is actually pretty lame. GT obviously tries to give bread to both fan-bases, making the 1st part of the GT series a tribute to the 1st series with all the searching of the Dragon Balls - some plots even rip-off completely previous plots from the 1st series! Even the trio, Goku, Trunks and Pan seems a homage to the Goku - Yamcha - Bulma trio of 1st series. The Dragon Ball fan-base was always split in 2 - those who preferred the comicity and absurdity of the 1st Dragon Ball series, and those who loved the sci-fi macho fights between ubermuscle'd saiyans of Z. So, a Dragon Ball made purely to make the crying fans shut up, by different authors who didn't properly follow the previous events of the series? Well that sounds just terrible. Dragon Ball GT, in a way, is a fan-fiction, as it's hardly even related to Toriyama, if not for a few concepts like the SSJ4. Many, many fan-fictions were made (at times, I even made a few, I so loved the world created by Toriyama). Biggest Dragon Ball fans know full well that after GT ended, fans were so wanting for more, even if GT wasn't quite the big deal - it was even cancelled after only 64 episodes, compared to the total of over 400 of the previous 2 series. I can agree on these points, they are all true, but GT is not as bad as it could have been. Many people bash Dragon Ball GT for being simply a commercial hit by Toei Animation, because it's not made by Toriyama, and because Z is 100000 times better. ![]()
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