DBZ actually started here around 3 years ago. But they abruptly cut the story at a climactic point--Goku coming back to earth to fight Vegeta for the 1st time--grrr...Then around a year ago, RPN 9 started showing Dragonball. They issued a press release explaining that they decided to start from DB so that the viewers would know the history behind DBZ. But now, DBZ is back again, so Pinoys will at least get to see how the battle between Goku and Vegeta turned out.
The Philippine English dub of DB is produced by Creative Products Corp. They've also released 4 DBZ movies. One was called DBZ The Movie (2 Kura movies) & the other was DBZ The Movie 2 (1st 2 Broli movies..I think).

DBZ's Phil. producer Creative Products also came up w/ a DBZ Magical Musical Show. I didn't get to see it myself, but I don't think I would have wanted to. Goku was played by Gino Padilla(singer of Close-Up toothpaste commercials). I saw him dance & sing to an English version of CHA-LA-HEAD-CHA-LA on a noontime show(Eat Bulaga?) & it was just hilarious! For anyone who's interested, Ivory Records came out w/ a sing-a-long casette for the DBZ musical. :)

The Phil. version's English is at best passable. However, I've noticed that they have started to incoporate a little Tagalog into the dialogue. I don't know if the producers are planning to gradually turn the DB into a Tagalog dub. Personally though I hope they do because Tagalog seems to work well with a lot of anime shows such as SailorMoon and YuYu Hakusho.

Don't forget to check out the English lyrics of the DB opening song.

DBGT: the newest DB installment...follow a DBGT link for more info.

PSX: As far as I know DBZ has 2 Playstation games: Ultimate Battle 22/27 & DBZ Legend. Ultimate Battle is your standard 2D DB game except it doesn't utilize the split-screen method for firing the BIG fireballs. Legend is a lot more interesting bec. u help Goku & Co. survive the entire DBZ storyline--from Raditz to Buu. Both games are good but not spectacular. Be on the look out for the DBGT 3D fighting game.

FAVE: Isn't it obvious? It can only be the 1 & only Android18! She's the only grrrl in DBZ w/ a major attitude & the power to back it up. Plus, she married Kuririn (awww...). My other faves are Piccolo (cool), Vegeta (ruthless) & Goku (gee..what a nice guy).

PET PEEVES: Its too early to tell what exactly will rile me up with DBZ but the fact that RPN9 doesn't plan to show all of DBZ (not yet anyway), doesn't make me a very happy viewer.

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