I grew up in Japan. Lived there 1983-2001. I remember watching the last episode of Dragon Ball and was really sad thinking that the series was going to end. After the ending theme song, Goku pops up and said something like his adventures would continue. My brother and I jumped up from the couch screamed and gave it each other high fives. I love Dragon Ball.
You are insanely lucky. I can already imagine how much you lost your shit when you learned Goku was an alien at the start of Z at the time. In the west, our first look introduction to him was that he was revealed as an alien and since we never grew up with kid Goku, it's not much of a shock
To me as a kid, Goku's final form was SSJ3. As a kid, that completely blew me away. In Norwegian, it was translated into "Mega Saiyan." Oh how our boy has grown!
Dragon Ball is the reason why I enjoy timeskips in manga/anime. I love seeing characters growing older. And I just gotta say, I love Goku's japanese voice!
I grew up in Germany in the 90s where they aired the original Dragonball first & I can honestly say that the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament arc is one of my favourite arcs in the entire series. It was hard being a personal of color - i got bullied a lot by my peers and had no friends but Chibi Goku was always there to comfort me when I got home. He always helped me feel a little less lonely. I still remember how shocked I was to see him as an adult and then to see Chichi as an adult too and seeing them get married before Goku defeat the demon king's son???? Couldnt have asked for a better story.
Me too :D i remember watching DB always after the school. I was so shoked when Goku was grown up all of the sudden. But it was so freaking cool. I was in middle of growing up myself and seeing one of my biggest heroes growing up the same time as me just made me go nuts. Good old rtl2 times. best childhood ever :D
@Charismao90 hahaha dude it took me moving to Canada in 2001 & randomly walking into the first episode of dbz playing on tv to realize that there was more to the story after the piccolo arc. Blew my freaking mind & hahaha sorry to hear your peers didnt believe you trust me i know the feel. Cool part is you got to know exclusive spoilers 😎
I think as a toddler his power level was like 10 and after many battles and a lot of training he might have been able to go toe to toe with the weaker gods of destruction after the Tournament of Power and by the time of the end of Z, after some 40 years on earth he might be already stronger than most of the destroyers.
@@Daltonownzyoulol it's a good indicator of how useless the gods and angels are and how bad of a job they did. If the Kais had been looking they'd have noticed the ability Saiyans have to get exponentially stronger, and if they knew there had been a Super Saiyan God before, it's because they could access God ki and that opens the door for Ultra Instinct and Destroyer ki. The gods are written to be pretty stupid.
@@anxofernandez3344 if i remember correctly, Jiren was already stated to be stronger than the god of destruction of his universe right? which is the 2nd strongest after Beerus and white hair UI non mastered wiped him at this point in the manga, Goku is dozens if not 100x stronger than at that point, they really need to state just how strong Beerus actually is and Whis cause by this point he def "shouldve" been pass at least Beerus lol and thats just basic mastered UI, not to mention using mastered UI in ssjgod blue
@@Daltonownzyoulol we don't really know how strong Beerus is but when he starts training Vegeta in the manga, he mops the floor with the Prince and it doesn't look like Beerus was going all out, not even close. That's a Vegeta post TOP, post Broly movie, post Moro...and he's still far away from Beerus. Goku in UI is obviously much more powerful, but it's implied that Beerus at 100% could still beat him.
what i appreciate the most is how much this actually inspired other series to do the same thing later on. it made it OK to let characters get older and show that they can still be popular and not lose readers (or even gain readers). It made things more realistic, that time exists in these worlds, that it does take weeks/months/years to travel and go on adventures.
I remember watching DragonBall Z via fansubs, after the Ocean Dub. It was the Android story, and when I first Goku's Japanese voice, I was curious as to who his voice actor was. Then I went online and found he was voiced by Masako Nozawa. I was surprised and jaw-dropped that Goku was voiced by a woman in the original Japanese. I was even more surprised when I found out that Nozawa also voiced Gohan, Goten, Bardock & even Turles, all by changing her vocal range. I'm still blown away that Nozawa still voices Goku, but you can tell that her age is a factor when it comes to the characters screaming. Hell, as long as she is still able to voice Goku, then more power to her.
Awesome video! Having grown up with English dub voices and being exposed to DBZ first, I had no idea of how much of a big deal it was that Goku grew up to the Japanese audience. I also never knew the specific influence of Eastern philosophies. Thank you for the great video and information.
What got me into dragonball was the first broly movie I'm so glad I got into this series. It's gotten me through so much and always got me pumped up. Thank you geekdom for your awesome content. Hope we will get many more years of you and dragonball
What a nice way to wrap up Goku Day from my side of the world, glad I didn't go to sleep yet🤣🤣 and I agree we should have a lot of fun watching and reading Dragonball
I will never forget when this episode air, when we as kids saw Goku all grown up, I was in 4th grade and we couldn't stop talking about this great moment at school. I'm very grateful cause in my country México, we watched Dragon Ball first, then inmediately after it ended, DBZ started, so we got the all story since the biggining. It meant a lot when Goku arrived grown up at the Tenkaichi Budokai. Now at my thirthies is still one of my favorites moments of all Dragon Ball. Thank you Geekdom for being such a respecful and professional DB content creator, you are the best! 🙌🏼👏🏻💪🏻
I'm currently a few episodes into the King Piccolo arc (watching dragon ball for the first time) and definitely agree about the noticeable tone shift. Tambourine felt very familiar as a Dragon Ball Z fan in his strength, speed and trash talk. Thanks for this breakdown! Goku has gone through a lot and it's cool to see he has responded and evolved.
I 100% agree with DB never taken too seriously. Same goes with other shows as well, such as One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Black Clover, Fairy Tail, Seven Deadly Sins you name it. I never took any of the shows seriously, I just have fun with them by watching from beginning to end. And I’m planning on rewatching DB in Japanese sub version since I’ve already watched it in dub version from beginning to end. I’m glad that Masako Nozawa was allowed to voice once more when Toriyama aged Goku up. Great video bro!
I absolutely agree with you. I think this applies to any fictional franchise we consume. Sure, there's going to be pits, but at the end of the day, as long as it's a fun time. That's all that matters. 😊
I remember also that Toriyama already tweaked him slightly, before that Tournament making him a bit taller and with slightly longer limbs because it was hard to draw fight scenes given how short and chubby Gokū was, at the star of the series, and without the Nyoibō was even worse, also he wanted to get rid of the tail because was a nightmare to always figure out a way to add it in a natural way and also not having it in the way. (I assume that this is also why Saiyans, most of the time, have their tail held around the waist.)
Fuck yess I COMPLETELY AGREE, that's what I love about anime, no matter how serious things/situations go there's always ALWAYS room for that Comedy Relief which I always loved
I grew up in malaysia in the early 2000's and lived there for 7 yrs one of the local cable channel used to show the original dragon ball , then it showed dbz and then db-gt so i was super lucky to enjoy it all in quick without much of a gap succesion.
Amazing video! I’ve always loved the moment when goku shows up in the rain with that funky turban and umbrella. I grew up with Z but went back and watched the original anime after my mom bought the whole series from a random dude on eBay haha Truly magical moment in the series
As I like to put it, Son Goku went from a little Monkey Boy raised in the woods not even really knowing what a girl was. To a man who now walks among the gods. Not to mention his character growth through out.
I'm from Lithuania. I'm so happy that our tv started from original dragonball in 2001, and voice overed in lithuanian by a legend in anime shows - Valdis Aleksaitis, he passed away in 2010. Miss that voice. Still happy that we could see everything from the start and not from Z only.
I'm so glad I didn't grow up in the US but in germany. There we were first introduced to Dragon Ball and kid goku. It really was a shock to see a grown up version of him years later. Oh and it's wrong that Goku spent a year in the RoSaT. Piccolo (fused with Kami) states in DBZ that the longest Goku could last in there was about a month.
Geekdom, As always, You never disappoint! Awesome job on the editing! Always explain everything in precise detail! Your channel is the only channel on TH-cam that I go to if I want any info or news 📰 about anything Dragon Ball! Appreciate it bro! Take care! Thumbs up 👍🏻 from me to you!
Goku didn’t actually promise to marry Chi-Chi. So Goku marrying Chi-Chi makes no sense. Even Bulma was not okay with it. I also don’t buy Chi-Chi and Goku not getting a divorce after Chi-Chi asked to trade husbands. I say that Bulma said yes.
When I started watching DBZ, it was in toonami and they were also airing Dragonball at the same time. OG Dragon Ball at six and DBZ at six thirty. So I got accustomed to both shows at once.
I gotten into it when it was airing here in Australia in 99 It wasn't on cable TV and played at 8am every morning for 4 or so years I managed to get into it just before the namekian saga
Exactly! I actually started with Dragon Ball Z Kai when I was 10 or 11, then watched Dragon Ball. I never knew Dragon Ball existed but after watching it just made Kai make so much more sense. And it was so interesting watching Goku grow up!
Yep! That’s our guy for sure. Going from a weakling kid to clashing fists with the gods themselves and still the same kind, loving, a battle lover and still manages to somehow get involved with his family (when goku was babysitting pan in anime🥰) That’s why he’s the best for me as a character and of course Vegeta for his character growth
The fact that the voice actor of kid Goku also voiced adult Goku is very interesting and I understand why, although by now I think Goku's voice should have changed in all versions though, he's well in his 40s by the end of Z. In Spain we were first introduced to the original DB in the regional languages (Galician, Catalan and Basque) and Goku's voice changed with time. In Galician there were slight changes in Goku's voice even as a kid, then a different actor for young adult Goku and yet another one I think after Goku and Gohan left the Room of Spirit and Time. The last one has a much deeper voice, more adequate for a grown man like Goku. Gohan and Goten were voiced by the same actor as kid Goku until they grew up. I think the same person who originally dubbed young Goku also did Gohan and Goten as adults but changing his voice to sound different from each other and also from Goku.
I grew up in Germany so in terms of the anime I watched and grew up with Dragonball then Z, and it was a cool surpirse to see Goku in adult form for the first time but I really liked it.
Most likely not since Vegeta as a kid to adult doesn't really have any differences note able. Maybe he'll do a Growth of Gohan since we saw him as a toddler, youth, teen, and adult
I do admit, I also got hooked on Dragon Ball thru DBZ, but because of school and the time slot of DBZ, I didn't get to watch it very often, and missed most episodes (the good ones at that), however, when they finally show Dragon Ball in a time I could watch, it would be the first Dragon Ball series I managed to watch from start to end, followed by DBZ about 6 months later, then the movies, GT, and finally DBS and its movies.
Love yourself first and most Believe in yourself Quitters never win and winners never quit Don't give up and never give in Ignore those who try to discourage you Hang on to your dreams Take control of own destiny Take care of yourself Keep moving forward Stand tall and be brave Stay strong
Same thing here in Italy..we started with the anime in the '88 and it was the very first part of the manga...unfortunatly it stopped right after Red Ribbon saga. Then by 1994 the Manga arrived and we all knew Goku as a kid
Indonesia had dubs of the original dragon ball and they appeared in CDs for Digimon 02 and Tamers. Weird I never had it really hit me that we saw Goku grow up in the franchise but I did catch the first episodes of DBZ on Cartoon Network/Toonami back then.
Here in Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Italy...) we started with Dragon Ball first, in the late 80s. I never understood how people could fully enjoy DBZ without watching DB first...
Pretty sure Goku only spent a month in the Time Chamber when he trained under Kami. That's what Piccolo said in DBZ anyway, that Goku could barely survive a month in it as a kid. Still, it was probably that month in the Time Chamber that caused him grow so much more than he did between the 21st and 22nd tournaments. Maybe Goten and Trunks' growth spurt in the Super Hero movie was due to them following Goku's example?
Nice vid, Danny! Kinda reminded me of a video, Seth has made called "The Strength of Son-Goku". Honestly, I think you guys should do another collab some day. I really like you both. (I like you more of course)
A got into it in 1996. I was getting Canal 5 from Mexico and saw the Original Dragon ball uncensored and Dragon ball Z and GT uncensored in the late 90's. I will say the Mexican Dub is the best!!
watched all of DB again after years in japanese after only hearing the latin america DUB and damn, it hits different and at the same time both are so good
My first exposure with Goku and Dragon Ball was in the '80 in Hong Kong, in the back from a bootlegged manga (that was a compilation manga with Doraemon and Dr Slump).
YES! Your videos always give me the nostalgia crack! I will always be a fan of Westwood and Ocean dubs over funi, i grew up on Blue Water, Ocean and Westwood dubs cause I live in Canada!
@Geekdom101, Long question warning.. If Dragon Ball (and Sailor Moon) were successful in early 90s Japan, How well do you think those series would do in America, if Fox Kids had picked them up in 1993 ? .. Then prime time sneak peaks of S.M. season 2 and the (Uncut) 1st three Ocean Dub Dbz Movies in 1994 ? (along with the sneak peaks that Fox had, of Phoenix Saga & Out of the Past X-Men & Mutiny Mmpr) ?
I’m a little late but I definitely agree because it started as a fun show and I been telling people this and I think why people take it so seriously is because dragon ball z is more of a serious show
Goku's growth from a child to a adult will always be the best story in my eyes. I love watching Dragon Ball! That's what started his journey
Yeah, I think his kid days were underappreciated. I love son goku
@Wayne Mcfarren I think you are mistaken dragon ball came out before dbz. The dub was later yes
EXACTLY!!!👏👏👏
Goku's character growth is written excellently while executing themes such as freedom, hard work, and acceptance
Definitely
I grew up in Japan. Lived there 1983-2001. I remember watching the last episode of Dragon Ball and was really sad thinking that the series was going to end. After the ending theme song, Goku pops up and said something like his adventures would continue. My brother and I jumped up from the couch screamed and gave it each other high fives. I love Dragon Ball.
Lucky man
You are insanely lucky. I can already imagine how much you lost your shit when you learned Goku was an alien at the start of Z at the time. In the west, our first look introduction to him was that he was revealed as an alien and since we never grew up with kid Goku, it's not much of a shock
To me as a kid, Goku's final form was SSJ3. As a kid, that completely blew me away. In Norwegian, it was translated into "Mega Saiyan."
Oh how our boy has grown!
not his final form it's mui
@@JACQUEZ23 Read what I said
@@Dante-fb9ej facts > over feelings deal with it
It is his final form in Z at least
@@cuhyu382 Read.
Dragon Ball is the reason why I enjoy timeskips in manga/anime. I love seeing characters growing older. And I just gotta say, I love Goku's japanese voice!
I grew up in Germany in the 90s where they aired the original Dragonball first & I can honestly say that the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament arc is one of my favourite arcs in the entire series. It was hard being a personal of color - i got bullied a lot by my peers and had no friends but Chibi Goku was always there to comfort me when I got home. He always helped me feel a little less lonely. I still remember how shocked I was to see him as an adult and then to see Chichi as an adult too and seeing them get married before Goku defeat the demon king's son???? Couldnt have asked for a better story.
Me too :D i remember watching DB always after the school. I was so shoked when Goku was grown up all of the sudden. But it was so freaking cool. I was in middle of growing up myself and seeing one of my biggest heroes growing up the same time as me just made me go nuts.
Good old rtl2 times. best childhood ever :D
@Charismao90 hahaha dude it took me moving to Canada in 2001 & randomly walking into the first episode of dbz playing on tv to realize that there was more to the story after the piccolo arc. Blew my freaking mind & hahaha sorry to hear your peers didnt believe you trust me i know the feel. Cool part is you got to know exclusive spoilers 😎
Goku’s growth has been astounding. Man went from a little weakling looking kid, to the level of a god in the span of 35-40 years.
imagine being millions of years old to be outmatched by a 40 year old saiyan
I think as a toddler his power level was like 10 and after many battles and a lot of training he might have been able to go toe to toe with the weaker gods of destruction after the Tournament of Power and by the time of the end of Z, after some 40 years on earth he might be already stronger than most of the destroyers.
@@Daltonownzyoulol it's a good indicator of how useless the gods and angels are and how bad of a job they did. If the Kais had been looking they'd have noticed the ability Saiyans have to get exponentially stronger, and if they knew there had been a Super Saiyan God before, it's because they could access God ki and that opens the door for Ultra Instinct and Destroyer ki. The gods are written to be pretty stupid.
@@anxofernandez3344 if i remember correctly, Jiren was already stated to be stronger than the god of destruction of his universe right? which is the 2nd strongest after Beerus
and white hair UI non mastered wiped him
at this point in the manga, Goku is dozens if not 100x stronger than at that point, they really need to state just how strong Beerus actually is and Whis cause by this point he def "shouldve" been pass at least Beerus lol
and thats just basic mastered UI, not to mention using mastered UI in ssjgod blue
@@Daltonownzyoulol we don't really know how strong Beerus is but when he starts training Vegeta in the manga, he mops the floor with the Prince and it doesn't look like Beerus was going all out, not even close. That's a Vegeta post TOP, post Broly movie, post Moro...and he's still far away from Beerus. Goku in UI is obviously much more powerful, but it's implied that Beerus at 100% could still beat him.
This show will always be apart of my life. Training outside with friends as a kid changed me forever.
Goku will forever be a legend.
what i appreciate the most is how much this actually inspired other series to do the same thing later on. it made it OK to let characters get older and show that they can still be popular and not lose readers (or even gain readers). It made things more realistic, that time exists in these worlds, that it does take weeks/months/years to travel and go on adventures.
My dads birthday was yesterday. I celebrate him and Goku. Great video man.
I remember watching DragonBall Z via fansubs, after the Ocean Dub. It was the Android story, and when I first Goku's Japanese voice, I was curious as to who his voice actor was. Then I went online and found he was voiced by Masako Nozawa. I was surprised and jaw-dropped that Goku was voiced by a woman in the original Japanese. I was even more surprised when I found out that Nozawa also voiced Gohan, Goten, Bardock & even Turles, all by changing her vocal range. I'm still blown away that Nozawa still voices Goku, but you can tell that her age is a factor when it comes to the characters screaming. Hell, as long as she is still able to voice Goku, then more power to her.
Awesome video! Having grown up with English dub voices and being exposed to DBZ first, I had no idea of how much of a big deal it was that Goku grew up to the Japanese audience. I also never knew the specific influence of Eastern philosophies. Thank you for the great video and information.
What got me into dragonball was the first broly movie I'm so glad I got into this series. It's gotten me through so much and always got me pumped up. Thank you geekdom for your awesome content. Hope we will get many more years of you and dragonball
What a nice way to wrap up Goku Day from my side of the world, glad I didn't go to sleep yet🤣🤣
and I agree we should have a lot of fun watching and reading Dragonball
absolutely outstanding video Danny. Teaching the community one video at a time .
This is easily your best video so far. Congratulations, keep up the great work and research.
Super insightful as always - even as an OG fan I still learn more through your content!
I will never forget when this episode air, when we as kids saw Goku all grown up, I was in 4th grade and we couldn't stop talking about this great moment at school. I'm very grateful cause in my country México, we watched Dragon Ball first, then inmediately after it ended, DBZ started, so we got the all story since the biggining. It meant a lot when Goku arrived grown up at the Tenkaichi Budokai. Now at my thirthies is still one of my favorites moments of all Dragon Ball. Thank you Geekdom for being such a respecful and professional DB content creator, you are the best! 🙌🏼👏🏻💪🏻
I'm currently a few episodes into the King Piccolo arc (watching dragon ball for the first time) and definitely agree about the noticeable tone shift. Tambourine felt very familiar as a Dragon Ball Z fan in his strength, speed and trash talk. Thanks for this breakdown! Goku has gone through a lot and it's cool to see he has responded and evolved.
These in depth videos are my favorite videos from you bro I can watch them for days
I 100% agree with DB never taken too seriously. Same goes with other shows as well, such as One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Black Clover, Fairy Tail, Seven Deadly Sins you name it. I never took any of the shows seriously, I just have fun with them by watching from beginning to end. And I’m planning on rewatching DB in Japanese sub version since I’ve already watched it in dub version from beginning to end. I’m glad that Masako Nozawa was allowed to voice once more when Toriyama aged Goku up. Great video bro!
I like your attitude
I absolutely agree with you. I think this applies to any fictional franchise we consume. Sure, there's going to be pits, but at the end of the day, as long as it's a fun time. That's all that matters. 😊
I remember also that Toriyama already tweaked him slightly, before that Tournament making him a bit taller and with slightly longer limbs because it was hard to draw fight scenes given how short and chubby Gokū was, at the star of the series, and without the Nyoibō was even worse, also he wanted to get rid of the tail because was a nightmare to always figure out a way to add it in a natural way and also not having it in the way. (I assume that this is also why Saiyans, most of the time, have their tail held around the waist.)
🤙facts broo
Fuck yess I COMPLETELY AGREE, that's what I love about anime, no matter how serious things/situations go there's always ALWAYS room for that Comedy Relief which I always loved
I grew up in malaysia in the early 2000's and lived there for 7 yrs one of the local cable channel used to show the original dragon ball , then it showed dbz and then db-gt so i was super lucky to enjoy it all in quick without much of a gap succesion.
Amazing video! I’ve always loved the moment when goku shows up in the rain with that funky turban and umbrella.
I grew up with Z but went back and watched the original anime after my mom bought the whole series from a random dude on eBay haha
Truly magical moment in the series
As I like to put it, Son Goku went from a little Monkey Boy raised in the woods not even really knowing what a girl was. To a man who now walks among the gods. Not to mention his character growth through out.
Been waiting for this one
really cool video and great in depth analysis as always!
Bro this video hard love the way you stuck it ‘’pause’’ but you got busy with this it really tells a lot wish it was longer..
Amazing work Danny!!!!!
I'm from Lithuania. I'm so happy that our tv started from original dragonball in 2001, and voice overed in lithuanian by a legend in anime shows - Valdis Aleksaitis, he passed away in 2010. Miss that voice. Still
happy that we could see everything from the start and not from Z only.
Keepit up on your work and this video and channel
I'm so glad I didn't grow up in the US but in germany. There we were first introduced to Dragon Ball and kid goku. It really was a shock to see a grown up version of him years later.
Oh and it's wrong that Goku spent a year in the RoSaT. Piccolo (fused with Kami) states in DBZ that the longest Goku could last in there was about a month.
Thanks you for your video and channel
Thank God for geekdom101 he put so much effort in his videos and is super consistent
Vegeta: Kakarot!
Goku: Hi, Vegeta!
In my opinion goku one greatest heroes both anime and manga
Geekdom, As always, You never disappoint! Awesome job on the editing! Always explain everything in precise detail! Your channel is the only channel on TH-cam that I go to if I want any info or news 📰 about anything Dragon Ball! Appreciate it bro! Take care! Thumbs up 👍🏻 from me to you!
Goku didn’t actually promise to marry Chi-Chi. So Goku marrying Chi-Chi makes no sense. Even Bulma was not okay with it. I also don’t buy Chi-Chi and Goku not getting a divorce after Chi-Chi asked to trade husbands. I say that Bulma said yes.
When I started watching DBZ, it was in toonami and they were also airing Dragonball at the same time. OG Dragon Ball at six and DBZ at six thirty. So I got accustomed to both shows at once.
5:05 he spent one month in room of spirit and time not one year
Dragon Ball in Depth is the best ❤️
Great video! Keep them coming!
I gotten into it when it was airing here in Australia in 99
It wasn't on cable TV and played at 8am every morning for 4 or so years
I managed to get into it just before the namekian saga
Exactly! I actually started with Dragon Ball Z Kai when I was 10 or 11, then watched Dragon Ball. I never knew Dragon Ball existed but after watching it just made Kai make so much more sense. And it was so interesting watching Goku grow up!
Amazing video man
Let them know brotha
Yep! That’s our guy for sure. Going from a weakling kid to clashing fists with the gods themselves and still the same kind, loving, a battle lover and still manages to somehow get involved with his family (when goku was babysitting pan in anime🥰)
That’s why he’s the best for me as a character and of course Vegeta for his character growth
Weakling kid?
Could you beat introduction Goku (when Bulma drove into him and barely scratched him lol)
The fact that the voice actor of kid Goku also voiced adult Goku is very interesting and I understand why, although by now I think Goku's voice should have changed in all versions though, he's well in his 40s by the end of Z.
In Spain we were first introduced to the original DB in the regional languages (Galician, Catalan and Basque) and Goku's voice changed with time. In Galician there were slight changes in Goku's voice even as a kid, then a different actor for young adult Goku and yet another one I think after Goku and Gohan left the Room of Spirit and Time. The last one has a much deeper voice, more adequate for a grown man like Goku. Gohan and Goten were voiced by the same actor as kid Goku until they grew up. I think the same person who originally dubbed young Goku also did Gohan and Goten as adults but changing his voice to sound different from each other and also from Goku.
😲wow excellent video jammed packed with info feels like there is a part 2 and 3 coming
I grew up in Germany so in terms of the anime I watched and grew up with Dragonball then Z, and it was a cool surpirse to see Goku in adult form for the first time but I really liked it.
Happy Goku Day and thank you for this video. I love Goku. :)
Goku the one of many few characters that stays true to their goals and keeps pushing further past beyond themselves.
Goku has come a long way. He has ascended all the way to the power of gods & angels
Great video bro
It’s Prince Son Kakarot Goku.
3:45 Krillin was killed by tambourine not demon piccolo.
I still have my VHS tapes from recording it back in the early 90's .
Perfect timing I needed something to do clutch as always.🤝
Great video didn't know 😊
Hope you do a "growth of vegeta"😃 next
Most likely not since Vegeta as a kid to adult doesn't really have any differences note able. Maybe he'll do a Growth of Gohan since we saw him as a toddler, youth, teen, and adult
@@young_shaad5227 understood. Had to ask.
Great job man ty for all you do!
This will be good. Time to enjoy and learn.
Gohan: I need an adult.
Goku: I am an adult.
Gohan: No, you're not.
I really did enjoy this!!
I do admit, I also got hooked on Dragon Ball thru DBZ, but because of school and the time slot of DBZ, I didn't get to watch it very often, and missed most episodes (the good ones at that), however, when they finally show Dragon Ball in a time I could watch, it would be the first Dragon Ball series I managed to watch from start to end, followed by DBZ about 6 months later, then the movies, GT, and finally DBS and its movies.
I definitely agree! Dragonball has always been about seriousness mixed with fun
Love yourself first and most
Believe in yourself
Quitters never win and winners never quit
Don't give up and never give in
Ignore those who try to discourage you
Hang on to your dreams
Take control of own destiny
Take care of yourself
Keep moving forward
Stand tall and be brave
Stay strong
0:15 My Boys Vegeta and Goku
Ending Dragon Ball with Goku FINALLY becoming Fighting Champion of the World while finding his wife at the same time was SO epic.
This is why I love Dragon Ball. And I feel like even to this day, people overlook his growth and development.
Same thing here in Italy..we started with the anime in the '88 and it was the very first part of the manga...unfortunatly it stopped right after Red Ribbon saga. Then by 1994 the Manga arrived and we all knew Goku as a kid
0:03 Not in the west, you mean in America in Europe people started with the original Dragon Ball series.
Indonesia had dubs of the original dragon ball and they appeared in CDs for Digimon 02 and Tamers.
Weird I never had it really hit me that we saw Goku grow up in the franchise but I did catch the first episodes of DBZ on Cartoon Network/Toonami back then.
@Geekdom101 maybe toriyama had some foreshadowing with the red umbrella and bardocks wish
I ❤️ this video and channel
Here in Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Italy...) we started with Dragon Ball first, in the late 80s.
I never understood how people could fully enjoy DBZ without watching DB first...
Pretty sure Goku only spent a month in the Time Chamber when he trained under Kami. That's what Piccolo said in DBZ anyway, that Goku could barely survive a month in it as a kid. Still, it was probably that month in the Time Chamber that caused him grow so much more than he did between the 21st and 22nd tournaments. Maybe Goten and Trunks' growth spurt in the Super Hero movie was due to them following Goku's example?
Nice vid, Danny! Kinda reminded me of a video, Seth has made called "The Strength of Son-Goku". Honestly, I think you guys should do another collab some day. I really like you both. (I like you more of course)
A got into it in 1996. I was getting Canal 5 from Mexico and saw the Original Dragon ball uncensored and Dragon ball Z and GT uncensored in the late 90's. I will say the Mexican Dub is the best!!
watched all of DB again after years in japanese after only hearing the latin america DUB and damn, it hits different and at the same time both are so good
My first exposure with Goku and Dragon Ball was in the '80 in Hong Kong, in the back from a bootlegged manga (that was a compilation manga with Doraemon and Dr Slump).
YES! Your videos always give me the nostalgia crack! I will always be a fan of Westwood and Ocean dubs over funi, i grew up on Blue Water, Ocean and Westwood dubs cause I live in Canada!
@00:01 not me. It was through Dragon Ball
In Canada we were fortunate enough to had Dragon ball air before Z on YTV
5:15 no he spend a month in the room of spirit and time.
I agree 👍 Goku is fire 🔥
Your dragonball content is amazing the best on TH-cam
I first found out about Dragon Ball through the Namek arc as a kid. But had the plug and had like 5 Dragon Ball VHS tapes in Japanese.
great video
All the memories came back when I first seen this it was special moments
Let’s go!!!
Damn your pfp slaps bro 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
In short, Goku's a big kid at heart.
@Geekdom101,
Long question warning..
If Dragon Ball (and Sailor Moon) were successful in early 90s Japan,
How well do you think those series would do in America,
if Fox Kids had picked them up in 1993 ?
.. Then prime time sneak peaks of S.M. season 2 and the (Uncut) 1st three Ocean Dub Dbz Movies in 1994 ?
(along with the sneak peaks that Fox had, of Phoenix Saga & Out of the Past X-Men & Mutiny Mmpr) ?
This video gave me some foresight on the enemy of the movie, Geekdom.
I’m a little late but I definitely agree because it started as a fun show and I been telling people this and I think why people take it so seriously is because dragon ball z is more of a serious show
I always say dragon ball is life because we grew up with goku and the crew
I like these type of videos. I enjoy learning the ancient history behind it
DB’s so special for so many reasons and precedents like this.
Narratively imperfect, yes, but culturally iconic.
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