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Dragon Ball Z - Bardock: The Father of Goku Actor: Dragon Ball Z Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Animated Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Goldhil Home Media 2 Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2001-01-30 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 21 Average rating: 4.5 "Bardock father of the legend" This is a great DVD and a must have as everyone knows that Goku(kakkarot)is the main and most popular character and he leaves some questions about his past and this answers it. A must have for goku fans you will see some amazing similarities between them and makes you wonder if only Bardock became a super saiyan. "Japanese original = great show, English dub = crap" "Solid State Scouter", "The Journey of Light", and the rest of the original soundtrack rule over all of the worthless music the dub utilizes in its soundtrack. With the exception of the two songs used for the English credits, the dub soundtrack does not fit, and this subtracts from the emotional impact of the series. Watch the destruction of Vegita-sei (Planet Vegita for the dubbies) in both Japanese and English to see what I mean. Quick overview of all other _important_ aspects: Sonny Strait, voice of Kuririn in the series (Krillin for dubbies) does not fit Bardock at all. Sorry to Mr. Strait and those who enjoy his voice, but to me it sounded too unnatural and forced. The minor characters are casted surprisingly well, with the exception of a small handful of them. Dialogue and scripting for the english version is terrible. It seems that FUNimation continues to hold the belief that someone HAS to be talking all the time, whether it be in actual dialogue or thought bubbles, otherwise the viewer wil lose interest. The key speech given by Bardock before the destruction of Vegita-sei is completely changed, as is the emotional impact that it held. This side story is a worthy addition to the wonderful series that is Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Buy this product on DVD and on DVD ALONE, as the English dub version is complete crap. "great!!" I bought this dvd recently and i have only just finished watching this, but i can safely say that it is great! the best thing about it is the extras because they give you quite a lot of choice, though most of them bore you when you see them again. the extra's include: main feature uncut in english, main feature uncut in japanese, an introduction to the world of dragonball and some adverts (cell saga, website, trunks saga and android saga) one complaint is that in the whole thing there are only two songs that are really good, the one were bardock is fighting the people who killed his crew and the one at the end credits. overall it is an excellent well rounded movie and i would strongly reccommend buying it. "great side story to the freeza saga" this is more of a side story than a continuation of the dragonball z storyline. This is the story of Goku's father (Bardock), and destruction of the saiyan planet vegeta, it has cameo's of a baby goku, a little vegeta, and freeza and his henchmen. This would have been better if it was brought out around the freeza saga, because when freeza first sees goku and he has the flashback to the fighter with the red bandana they are referring to this story right here. this is a great side story and a must have for any true dbz fan. it tells the last days of goku's father and the planet vegeta. on a mission to evaculuate a planet Bardock is attacked and given the power to see the future, the first images he sees are that of his son goku grown up, fighting against vegeta, etc, but at the same time he begins to see images of a planet being destroyed, and he soon figures out that someone must stop freeza from destroying the planet Vegeta, i won't give away all the jucy details, but i'll just say that this is one of the stories of dragonball z that should be in your collection "Despite my reservations..." ...I really enjoyed this one. It MUST be watched in its original language to be really appreciated and that's the strength of this DVD. It has the original version with English sub titles! The reason I was unsure about the story line is that it was about Bardock, I mean, who cares about Goku's father, right? It's Goku and Vegeta and Piccolo we all care about, right? But despite my reservations this was a rousing good story giving us a rare glimpse into the past and the lives of the Saiyins. In the Japanese version Bardock comes across as the trained soldier that he is, ruthless and single minded until he is granted the chance to see things from another point of view and therefore begin questioning for the first time in his life. In the English version they try to whitewash him a bit and it just doesn't work. The beauty of the story is Bardock's realisation of what he and his people have allowed themselves to become in the service of Frieza, making the destruction of his race all the more poignant. I recommend any anime title that has the original Japanese version on it anyway, but this one really illustrates the differences between the original and Funimations condescending makeover. Watch the two versions one after another and see if you agree with me!