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Dragon Ball Z: Namek and Captain Ginyu Sagas
Doragon Bōru Zetto: Hoshi e iza to kyaputen gin'yū sāga
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Content Overview
Violence: 6 / 10
Nudity: 5 / 10
Theo Theme: 2 / 10
Neg Theme: 3 / 10

Brief Description:
Japanese Release: 1990
English Release: 1997

Information Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dragon_Ball_Z_episodes_%28season_2%29

Brief Description:
The second season of the wildly popular Dragon Ball Z comprises the "Namek" and "Captain Ginyu" sagas. Gohan, Krillin, and Bulma travel to the planet Namek to find an even more powerful set of Dragon Balls that can restore the lives of Tenshinhan, Yamucha, Chaozu and Piccolo, who were killed by Vegeta during the first season. (Their souls continue to train with King Kai in the Other World.) All is not well on Namek: the arch-villain Frieza, who looks and sounds a bit like Truman Capote, also desires the Dragon Balls. If he uses them to obtain eternal life, he'll rule the universe forever. With a cadre of lieutenants that includes Vegeta, he slaughters the Namekians to gain the supernatural orbs. After his injuries have been healed by a magic senzu bean, Goku heads to Namek. En route, he trains at 100 gravities, raising his powers enormously. Vegeta believes Goku may be the legendary Super Saiyan that appears once a millennium--except he lacks the requisite love of battle. This version of Goku is less aggressive, and he uncharacteristically uses his brain (never his greatest asset) to defeat Ginyu, Frieza's second-in-command. Unlike Season 1--Vegeta Saga, Season 2ends on a cliff-hanger. Skeptics may find Goku's adventures needlessly protracted, over the top, and even silly. But for millions of boys, they provide the special blend of comradeship, martial arts training, and take-no-prisoners battles they love. The newly remastered edition includes the original Japanese dialogue for the first time.
From: http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Season-Namek-Captain/dp/B000MTOM8A
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02/09/2012: Gigavine [ Already Rated ]

Overall Rating: 9.43. Overall, this was a great season. This review here is of the uncut version. It was very surprising to me that despite his cruel and prideful nature, Spoiler: Vegeta allies himself with his foes from Earth, Gohan and Krillin, to fight the terrible Frieza.

Violence: 6.2. On the broad scale, there are various scenes of planets being annihilated. Frieza is able Spoiler: to kill nearly all of the remainder of the Namekian race . On top of that there is plenty of blood that comes out during many fight scenes. A stabbing by a sharp tree is almost completed, but a blast prevents that from happening. A Namekian's arm also falls off, but then is regenerated almost immediately. Other than that, the violence is simply skilled martial arts, various types of blasts, and many fighters being tossed hundreds of yards in battle.

Nudity/Sexual Content: 5.18. Master Roshi is being a pervert on on nurse in the hospital where Goku is spending time healing. One young male has an exposed genital for one or two seconds, and there are a few shots of male rear ends being exposed, one of them belonging to a member of the Ginyu force, who lost the covering of that particular area after he was brutally blasted. There is also a cover of a swimsuit magazine where a woman is in a bikini, and another one is in revealing clothing, all because she forgot to put pants on. The nudity is actually almost non-existant in the middle of the season, but present in the beginning and more frequent in the end.

Questionable Theological Themes: 1.94. There are none as long as the viewer does not mind the concept of the Dragon Balls being able to wish people back to life or the scenes where Vegeta blasts two of Frieza's agents and says "See you in Hell!", assuming he has killed both of them.

Other Negatives: 3.25. A few characters are shown smoking, usually cigarettes. The language is more on the mild level, and is very infrequent until the season is coming to a close. Plenty of d***s and h***s are heard, as well as at least two p***s and at least one b*****d. Also, the finger is pointed three times.

Added: February, 2012