| Can I watch this show even though I haven't watched anything else of Dragon Ball? Will there be things i'm missing or won't understand? If so, which one should I start with? |
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| Sure, why not? |
| Look at the page, it's the sequel to a sequel, there's over 200 episodes before this. Of course not. You start with Dragonball, then you can watch Dragonball Z or the remake of Dragonball Z which is Dragonball Z Kai. They weren't able to remake all of Dragonball Z with Dragonball Kai, which is why this season(Dragonball Z Kai 2014) came out and it should conclude it. |
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| Oh I thought he meant can he watch dragon ball Z/kai before watching Dragon Ball. The answer is definitely yes. I and everyone else I've ever met watched Dragon Ball Z before Dragon Ball. It was part of being old enough to watch television in 2004. |
| I don't know anything about Dragon Ball and since this is a remake/remastered version or whatever it's called, I thought it could be watched first. Thanks for the answers. |
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WarrFork said: Start by watching the previous sagas of Kai. Dragon Ball Kai 2014 is basically the Buu saga of Kai which is the last saga. You should watch the previous episodes of Kai which totals 98 episodes before you begin watching this. So start here first http://myanimelist.net/anime/6033/Dragon_Ball_KaiCan I watch this show even though I haven't watched anything else of Dragon Ball? Will there be things i'm missing or won't understand? If so, which one should I start with? |
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WarrFork said: I don't know anything about Dragon Ball and since this is a remake/remastered version or whatever it's called, I thought it could be watched first. Thanks for the answers. You need to watch Kai from the beginning, but you don't need to watch Dragon Ball first. Ignore introverturtle, he wasn't alive when Dragon Ball Z aired on toonami. |
| Well since there are now more conflicting opinions in this thread, in case you come back OP I'll make my point clearer. Yes you can technically watch this first or DBZ Kai as a whole first even though it's a sequel to DB. But you can also only watch the last episode of the series and mark it as completed or watch the series backwards while also playing each episode backwards. But that doesn't mean you should. The people recommending you start with DBZ first all grew up with it, they didn't play DB on tv in most places and the over the top fighting in DBZ just appealed more to little boys. They have the feeling of, if I did it, you should be able to too. Hell, there are even DBZ fans who've never watched DB. Factually, DBZ and DBZ kai are chronological sequels to DB. Like Haganai Next, Darker than Black: Ryuusei no Gemini, Fairy Tail 2014, etc in your list. It is chronologically a sequel. It's the same main characters, same world, same story, etc. Except of course in DB you get to see the start of everything leading up to Z. So as you're a new watcher to the franchise and are not biased towards Z, I recommend if you do plan on starting the franchise, to start with DB as to get the full intended experience. A lot of people even see it as better than Z, so it isn't like DBZ is where it's good and you have to drudge through DB to get to it. |
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| Watching Dragon Ball Kai without knowing anything of the original Dragon Ball is like watching Naruto: Shippuden without knowing anything of the original Naruto. You just don't do that. |
Andan210Apr 14, 2014 1:06 PM
| The only True Ending is the Harem Ending. |
| It's all up to you. You will misunderstand some things if you start with that. How will you know who the characters are in the first place? But I personally watched Dragon Ball Z first, because the original Dragon Ball was on TV when I was a kid, and I wasn't really into it at that time. I guess it's fun to watch it backwards too, you will feel like going back in time. |
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Ulquiorra1923 said: It's all up to you. You will misunderstand some things if you start with that. How will you know who the characters are in the first place? But I personally watched Dragon Ball Z first, because the original Dragon Ball was on TV when I was a kid, and I wasn't really into it at that time. I guess it's fun to watch it backwards too, you will feel like going back in time. The difference with your case is that OP doesn't anything of Dragon Ball, be it the original/Z/Kai or whatever. So, if he REALLY wants to see Kai right now, at least he could go to Dragon Ball Wiki and read everything that happens in the original Dragon Ball, so he won't be confused as hell later on. |
| The only True Ending is the Harem Ending. |
| Thanks for the details, I have no urge to watch Kai first, i'll start with Dragon Ball as it seem to be the best to begins with. I'd clearly be confused if I started watching Fairy Tail (2014) without have seen Fairy Tail like IntroverTurtle mentioned. I didn't knew it was the same case for Dragon Ball Kai (2014) / Dragon Ball Kai. |
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| Its better you watch the 2009 DBZ Kai first then the OVA after it before you start on this installment. |
Andan210 said: Not necessarily. The first episode of Kai gives you basically a series of flashbacks that serve as a brief summary of the events that took place in the original Dragon Ball and even includes footage from Bardock the Father of Goku special.Ulquiorra1923 said: It's all up to you. You will misunderstand some things if you start with that. How will you know who the characters are in the first place? But I personally watched Dragon Ball Z first, because the original Dragon Ball was on TV when I was a kid, and I wasn't really into it at that time. I guess it's fun to watch it backwards too, you will feel like going back in time. The difference with your case is that OP doesn't anything of Dragon Ball, be it the original/Z/Kai or whatever. So, if he REALLY wants to see Kai right now, at least he could go to Dragon Ball Wiki and read everything that happens in the original Dragon Ball, so he won't be confused as hell later on. |
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Andan210 said: The difference with your case is that OP doesn't anything of Dragon Ball, be it the original/Z/Kai or whatever. So, if he REALLY wants to see Kai right now, at least he could go to Dragon Ball Wiki and read everything that happens in the original Dragon Ball, so he won't be confused as hell later on. It's possible to be confused as hell watching dragonball anything? Mildly uncertain I could give you, but confused as hell? |
| At least start from the begging of Z or Z kai.But i recomend you to watch/read the begging of Dragon Ball with Kid Goku |
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