For all we know, they decided to start throwing DB stuff away when it ran for really long and then figured 'well, there's no point in keeping part of the masters around!' Or maybe it's just Toei that throws everything away. Lupin III and the original Macross come to mind.Īlthough then again, DB is a ridiculously long show. Some Japanese shows that aired around the time of DB or even earlier have amazing audio on newer Japanese releases, even. I definitely can't think of any show from the 80s or early 90s that sounds quite as bad as Dragon Ball, though. The reason the English dub sounds better is because it was produced well over a decade later and was always intended to be tossed on a home video release, so they obviously kept their raw masters for later proper encoding. Jem & the Holograms.? That's basically it? I defy you to find some of our own shows from the 1980s (even even the 1990s) with proper audio masters. The TV show isn't the product! The TV show is just a commercial for the rest of the merchandise!

They didn't bother to keep the raw audio masters for the show, because why on Earth would you ever watch the show again? It's on TV. VegettoEX wrote:It was a throwaway weekly show in Japan. Politics, society, law and order don’t have much bearing on his life, but he’s a man who knows right from wrong. Goku is an idealist, and believes that there is some good in everyone, but he is unconcerned with the big picture of the world…unless it has to do with some kind of fight. Though never shy about risking his life to save either one person or the entire world, he just doesn’t believe that the balance of the world rests in any way on his shoulders, and he has no need to shape any part of it in his image. Goku is simply a martial artist who’s devoted his life toward perfecting his fighting skills and other abilities. The more down-to-earth Goku has no illusions about being responsible for maintaining social order, or for setting some kind of moral example for the entire world. Superman is, and always has been, a symbol for truth, justice, and upstanding moral fortitude–a role model and leader as much as a fighter. But the crucial difference between them lies not only in how they view the world, but in how the world views them. Both are aliens sent to Earth shortly after birth to escape the destruction of their homeworlds both possess super-strength, flight, super-speed, heightened senses and the ability to cast energy blasts. James Teal (Animerica 1996) wrote: When you think about it, there are a number of similarities between the Chinese-inspired Son Goku and that most American of superhero icons, Superman.

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