Dragon Ball Z Kai - Season Two

The Definitive Version of the Frieza Battle
Dragon Ball Z Kai Season 2 covers the rest of the Namek storyline, where anti-hero Vegeta must join forces with the protagonists to face Frieza's henchman the Ginyu Force (a parody of the Power Rangers) and prevent them of obtaining the Dragon Ball's. The story gets more intense as while Son Goku (the main protagonist) is arriving on Planet Namek, the evil tyrant Frieza (most powerful being in the entire universe) starts to close in on our heroes.

While Kai is known as a remake of the series, it's mostly just cropped "filler" of the original series to cater more towards the original comic book's pacing. However, the Frieza battle in the original series is known for one of the most notoriously dragged out moments in the series, and Kai's cropping of it is highly appreciated.

The climax on Namek is certainly full of exciting battles, and it does contain some of the series most iconic moments (hint: it has something to do with why Goku is suddenly blonde in the...

Warning:
I'm writing this for all the unfortunate souls that do not enjoy the original Shunsuke Kikuchi score. This does not have the Kenji Yamamoto. Yamamoto whom wrote the majority of the music you may have enjoyed on the Nicktoons version of the show. There is no option... Simply the original Japanese soundtrack. While I do enjoy it at parts it does take away from some of the action. While still being the most authentic to manga I still thought I would warn future buyers.

Lightning Strikes Twice!
I gave DBZ Kai Season One a glowing review. My only "complaint" was that the original Kikuchi music did not align with the scenes as it did in the original series (plus, some of his tracks are not even used). The same holds true for Season Two. However, it is (for me) a minor issue, plus I actually like a lot of the music choices when not comparing the placement to how it was in the original series.

Season Two contains the bulk of my favorite DBZ saga, the Frieza Saga. Even with the original Funimation dubs, I considered the Frieza Saga to be my favorite. Let me say that, of course, most of the filler is cut, allowing the series to move much faster. However, it never feels too fast, and though I am nostalgic for the filler, I did not miss any of it while watching this. Also, I can honestly say that I will never look at the older English dubs the same way again because they cannot hold a candle to Kai's dub. The English dub of DBZ Kai is once again spectacular. Firstly, the...

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