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Dragon Ball Z: Season Five (Perfect and Imperfect Cell Sagas) |  | Director: Chris Cason
Actors: Christopher Sabat, Sean Schemmel
Studio: Funimation
Category: DVD
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 866
Format: NTSC, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 6
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 615 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 1.1
MPN: 704400022470
UPC: 704400022470
EAN: 0704400022470
ASIN: B00143XE5K
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Product Description
While the Z-fighters are fighting the Androids, Dr. Gero releases his most lethal creation, Cell, who is created from the genetic material of warriors
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The artificial humans 17 and 18 who terrorized Earth in Season #4 of Dragon Ball Z were only a preliminary threat: Dr. Gero's ultimate creation, Cell, strikes in Season #5. A bio-entity created from genetic material taken from Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Frieza, Cell arrives via the time capsule Bulma built for Trunks. (There are now two of them, somehow.) Although he defeats the merged Piccolo and Kami, Cell remains imprisoned in his "imperfect form," a sort of larval stage. Until he absorbs androids 17 and 18, he can't attain his ultimate power. Vegeta and Trunks train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami's palace, which enables them to undergo the equivalent of a year's heavy workouts at high gravity in one day. Transcending his powers as a Super Saiyan, Vegeta clobbers Cell. When Cell challenges Vegeta to fight his perfect form. Vegeta takes the bait and allows Cell to evolve. The perfect Cell proves so powerful, Trunks has to draw on untapped reserves of power to save Vegeta. Goku plays only a small role in Season #5: he spends the first episodes recovering from the heart virus, then waiting with Gohan for the Hyperbolic Chamber or training in it. One of best-loved stories in the Dragon Ball Z continuity the "Cell Saga" offers plenty of action, with characters punching each other through rock walls and destroying entire islands as they fight. But it ends on a weak note when, instead of killing Trunks, Cell challenges the Z Fighters to a martial arts tournament--the focus of Season #6. The paradoxes of the time travel story, including adult Trunks encountering himself as a baby, don't seem to bother the fans--or the writers. These 26 episodes could have easily fit on five discs or even four, and spreading them over six feels chintzy.(Rated TV PG. suitable for ages 8 and older: violence, tobacco use, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
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 It's DBZ August 25, 2010
James Du
The Marathon Feature almost eliminates the old argument of DBZ dragging on too long with nothing happening by eliminating the OP/ED and recaps. Scenes and dialogue are uncut with original Japanese audio. As with all anime purists, I cannot recommend the English audio in any scenario.
 The Imperfect Cell and Perfect Cell Sagas May 11, 2010
Lesley Aeschliman (Enumclaw, WA)
The Dragon Ball Z Season Five DVD box set includes six DVDs that contain twenty-six episodes. The first two discs contain six episodes, the third disc contains five episodes, the fourth and fifth discs contain three episodes, and the sixth disc contains three episodes and the DVD extras.
The special features really aren't all that special. All you get are the textless versions of the opening and ending credits (which is a feature that was already included on the previous four DVD box sets), and trailers. The trailers included on this set are for xxxHolic, Glass Fleet, Black Cat, Fullmetal Alchemist, Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Baki the Grappler, and Samurai 7.
Another issue I have with this set is with the audio mastering levels. FUNimation's opening splash screen, the trailers at the beginning of the DVDs, and the menu were mastered at a high audio level. However, the actual episodes on the discs were mastered with a very soft audio level. It's rather frustrating to have to sharply turn the volume down when you put the DVD into the player, and then having to sharply turn the audio back up in order to hear the audio for the episodes.
While I was disappointed with the audio levels and the lack of special features, this set is still a "must get" for any Dragon Ball Z fan that wants all the episodes on DVD. This 26-episode set sells for anywhere between $30 and $50. The price is a little disappointing for this set, since you paid the same price for the previous four sets but you get more episodes on the previous volumes.
In order to write this review, I checked out a copy of this DVD box set through the King County Library System.
English subtitle doesn't work English 5.1 or 2.0 May 9, 2010
Faisal A. Mostafa
Greetings, every one..
I bought the complete collections about 20 days ago. its amazing & awesome. the only problem i had is the English subtitles doesn't work with English 5.1 & 2.0. its only work with the Japanese audio. rather then that every thing else its good. PQ & SQ spicily the Japanese music. Highly recommended
 Enter Cell! May 4, 2010
H. Tague (Lake Ariel, PA United States)
I'll start this review by stating the only thing that really needs to be reiterated, because so many other reviewers get this wrong. The image is not flat out cropped, some is cropped but new picture is also shown just as much. The original transfers were all cropped generally so they could `pan' certain shots across a scene. Therefore you aren't losing as much picture as many reviewers falsely claim. People should really do their research before they pretend to know about something.
Okay, moving on this box set is more of the same. English dubbing with original Japanese music in surround sound, English dubbing with English soundtrack in stereo, and original Japanese mono are the audio choices presented as usual. The redubbing that Funimation had done has mostly stopped by this point. Vegeta and Krillin now use their original audio, and only Dende remains to be redubbed since his VA changed. Some parts of this saga should be redubbed, however. For starters, Master Roshi gives a history lesson on the Red Ribbon Army that is entirely wrong. When Funimation originally dubbed the series they had not yet done Dragon Ball, just the movies. As such it was in the movies that Tao was a General with the Red Ribbon Army character (though it wasn't in the Red Ribbon Army). Roshi's English dub states that Tao was a high ranking general in Red Ribbon. Of course, anybody who's seen dragon ball knows this isn't true, and that Tao was a mercenary hired to kill Goku. They tried to consolidate the movie into the timeline which was well enough all those years ago, but Funi really should've taken the time to fix errors like this.
As for the story itself, the imperfect and perfect Cell Sagas were among the most intense action-packed sequences in the series' history. It starts off with the startling new revelation of another android from the same future Trunks is from who's come back in time in order to absorb the androids and obtain his perfect form before he destroys the world. Piccolo finally merges back with Kami and the two of them prove to be too much for the new genetically engineered android to handle, but Cell manages to elude them all the same. The series slows down a bit as the Z-Fighters pointlessly chase Cell around while the other Androids go on sight-seeing on their way to Goku's house. Finally Goku wakes up and takes the other saiyans Vegeta, Trunks, and his son Gohan to the Lookout. The plan is to use a special room to complete an entire year of training in a single day so that they can achieve a level beyond that of a Super Saiyan.
Everything comes to a head when the other three androids arrive at Roshi's island looking for Goku, and instead find Piccolo waiting for them. The proceeding fight between Piccolo and Android 17 is one of the best in the entire series, but unfortunately is the last really great fight. Both fighters are incredibly powerful and skilled fighters. Their battle is far more dynamic then the simple light shows, excessive transformations, and cheap abilities that would plague the rest of the series. It's also the last time Piccolo manages to be relevant in the series. A bummer for Piccolo fans.
But the fight doesn't stop there, the action continues right up until Cell's arrival. Seeking to absorb the androids, Cell makes short work of both Piccolo and 17 before 16 interferes. The large android has a short, one-sided skirmish with Cell but is unable to stop him from absorbing 17 and transforming. Things start to get somewhat uniform from here. In his new form Cell easily defeats 16 and goes to absorb 18 but is stopped by none other than Tien. In his last moment of relevance, the veteran human fighter almost kills himself using his Tri Beam to restrain Cell while the Androids escape. Both Piccolo and Tien are rescued by Goku, but Cell resumes his quest.
With the androids cornered on an island, Vegeta and Trunks emerge from their training and are ready to face Cell. Vegeta undergoes a new transformation and ascends past the level of Super Saiyan, from there he has a one-sided fight with Cell, but the biological android convinces the saiyan prince to let him absorb 18 and become complete. He does so and after his final transformation to his perfect form, Cell easily defeats Vegeta and Trunks. You see the pattern now? Cell transforms and dominates 16, Vegeta transforms and dominates Cell, Cell transforms again and dominates Vegeta. So on and so on, this is basically how the rest of the series progresses.
Moreso, Cell manages to be a rather cheap villain. While he is very strong, his only attacks are ones he's copied from the other Z-Fighters and previous villains whose genes he's inherited. He has no attacks or fighting style of his own. Vegeta actually manages to hit Cell with his new Final Flash attack that maims the villain but Cell effortlessly regenerates the damage. Even Piccolo needs time and energy to regenerate, and even so he can regrow limbs but cannot repair all the damage done to him. Cell takes his regeneration to newer and cheaper levels. The fight would've ended when Vegeta nailed his attack, but Cell's genetic makeup allows him to survive and thrive. However instead of killing his victims, Cell decides to release them, for the moment.
But as much as I find Cell to be unappealing, it's hard to deny that the nonstop action presented in this saga is pretty epic in anime scale. From the moment the fight between 17 and Piccolo starts, it doesn't end until Cell defeats Trunks after becoming perfect. It spreads across several islands, involves a modest cast of characters, and crosses several tiers of power. This is really the epitome of Dragon Ball Z, lots and lots of action!
bad ass April 30, 2010
D. Barber
this is just one of the greats animes I've ever seen from the very beginning with the awesome (Dragoball) to the to the equally awesome (Dragonball Z) YOU CAN NOT GO WRONG WITH THESE AMINES!!!!
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