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(More customer reviews)I grew up on DBZ from grades six to nine and I remember not being able to wait to watch the next episode every night. Lately I've enjoyed watching these sets and reliving a series that I never thought I'd be able to own with the way they used to release it (3 episodes on individual releases). I'm glad to see they are putting out another set so soon. This season set contains the Babadi and Majin Buu Saga's of DragonBall Z in the following 34 episode's:
220 The Wizard's Curse_____________________237 Final Atonement
221 King of the Demons_____________________238 Evil Lives On
222 Vegeta Attacks________________________239 Find the Dragon Balls
223 Next Up, Goku_________________________240 Revival
224 Battle Supreme________________________241 Global Announcement
225 Eighteen Unmasks______________________242 Learn to Fuse
226 Pay to Win____________________________243 The Z Sword
227 Heart of a Villan________________________244 Race To Capsule Corp
228 The Dark Prince Returns_________________245 Super Saiyan 3?!
229 Vegeta's Pride_________________________246 Buu's Mutiny
230 The Long Awaited Fight_________________247 The Fusion Dance
231 Magic Ball of Buu_______________________248 Goku's Time is Up
232 Buu is Hatched!________________________249 Return to Other World
233 The Losses Begin_______________________250 Out From the Broken Sword
234 The Terror of Mr. Buu__________________251 Gotenks is Born
235 Meal Time______________________________252 Unlikely Friendship
236 The Warrior's Decision_________________253 I Kill No More
Anyone who has bought the previous sets know what to expect and for anyone who hasn't all the boxes are always well done with the discs holding the episodes but not much more than that. The picture and sound is great and it comes with a booklet with brief info on character's (heroes and villains) and summaries of all the episodes. I also want to say that I appreciate that funimationn has made all the sets the same layout so they lineup well on a shelf.
I Hope they release the ninth season earlier than May but who knows, whenever they do we'll get to see the Fusion and Kid Buu sagas finishing up this series on DVD.
I've enjoyed rewatching these episodes that I remember so well despite not having seen them since they originally aired way back at the turn of the millenium. I find myself watching familiar moments and enjoying them in completely new and different ways than I did as a youth. I'm sure many enjoy this season since it's getting us into the final saga's and battles of DragonBall Z but I always found these sagas different for a reason that I'm just now understanding. Other than the thirteen originals that broadcast in the mid-nineties, that I actually remember watching, Dragon Ball hadn't aired in North America so most of us were introduced to DBZ first. I got used to the show being very science fiction oriented with the first few seasons of alien threats, space travel, killer androids and time travel and then came this final run of Majin Buu, which was more about magic and crazy fighting techniques. After having seen the Dragon Ball series in it's entirety now and looking at these episodes I appreciate them more because I understand that Akira Toriyama had simply taken the series back to it's roots for the final sagas. The original Dragon Ball was all about crazy fighting styles and ridiculous moves and it had many elements of magic, for DBZ he had been influenced more by Sci-Fi in an attempt to change up the story but here knowing he was bringing it to an end he must have decided to take it back to the earliest days.
Any fan of DBZ will find these enjoyable, the final face off between Goku and Vegeta, Goten and Trunks learning Fusion, Goku transforming to SS3. I even find Goten and Trunks trying to fight in disguise as an adult and Eighteen fighting Hercule in a melee tournament amusing B stories. I'm glad this will be out in February and can't wait to finish this series with the final two sagas and the ninth boxed set. Thanks.
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The forces of good and evil have converged upon the planet Earth, and the fate of the universe hangs in the balance! The evil wizard Babidi has traveled across the galaxy on a quest for revenge, hoping to fulfill his father\'s thwarted dreams of universal domination. Meanwhile, the Supreme Kai has come to enlist the aid of the Z-Fighters in an effort to prevent Babidi from completing his plans and awakening a monster of unimaginable terror—Majin Buu!
As Goku and the Z-Fighters descend into Babidi\'s lair, they are confronted by an army of powerful minions, led by the Demon King Dabura himself! Can our heroes resist the wizard\'s dark magic and battle their way through this host of villains before time runs out? With each passing second, more energy is gathered for the sleeping Majin Buu. And should this creature of pure evil be awakened, all life—everywhere—will be extinguished!
Season Eight contains the complete Babidi and Majin Buu sagas.
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