5 Things That Made Me QUIT Dragon Ball... 

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That title **almost** contradicted this channels purpose.

Yamcha was my favourite when he debuted. I watched DB then dbz. I hated how yamcha slowly became a jobber

No show is ever perfect. If you cant find flaws in your show, then you're not really paying attention to it.

(This is my honest opinion) Masako, Dragonball Z Abridged was the whole reason how I got back in to the franchise years ago! And after watching your content, I was officially hooked in to see more of these types of videos till this very day...! Thanks you and your abridged buddies at TFS, for showing me the joy of the Dragonball franchise in YOUR creative perspectives....! ☺️👍

When Gohan became irrelevant in the buu saga

I think the only thing that tempted me to leave the fandom was anytime a fellow fan I meet turned a conversation towards "power levels" or "Multipliers" .

No joke Masako quitting really wrinkles the soul.

Deep cuts with 'the Guts off the boat' line Masako, that took so long! Nothing really made me want to quit Dragon Ball but for some reason after I was nine or ten years old I lost 'interest?' in the material. I bought a few of the games as they came out but I really didn't care about the material like I used to. Then when I was in seventh or eighth grade my best bud pulled out his phone and showed me Episode 9 of DBZA and that is what kept me hooked in. Now as a soon to be senior in college I can't think of not having some form of Dragon Ball media within arms length. So, I guess this is kind of a thank you as well because you guys over at TFS (as well as my best friend) are the reason I got back into Dragon Ball, and into the deeper non-action/non-surface parts as well.

As a genius once said: Pity a man who giggles at the colorful and simple Befriend a man who hypothesizes the dark and serious Fear a man who hypothesizes the colorful and simple

A MasakoX without Dragon Ball...is like being Lawrence

"My favorite being Tenkaichi 2..." Oh masako how I respect you even more now. I LOVE that game!

Super Saiyan God, Beerus, and Frieza coming back made jump off, but what really made want to quit was the Buu saga and characters being rebooted again to tell the same story. Loved Dragon Ball Super Broly but the series is looking more and more like an advertising project as time goes on.

i remember toonami UK had dragonball at 8. Dbz at 8.30 and GT T 9pm. So I was watching 3 shows at the same time. Seeing the pilaf arc, cell saga and then goku back as a kid again while being a grandpa confused the hell out of me

about yamcha: me and the few friends I have that actually like DB always say that you can lovingly meme the guy, but don't you dare ever say anything genuinely bad about him. yamcha is the heart of the show, damnit! ...or at least the appendix: we're unsure why its there, but its probably good for something!

When the first dub of GT came out. I did not want to step in the grand tour

The Vic situation almost ruined DB for me.

Ya know you shouldnt quit what your doing man, you videos are nice to watch and thats what you like doing 👍👍

I quit dragon ball after super ended. Too many inconsistencies and bad writing can't be justified by some brilliant moments here and there. I wasn't mad though, I had fun and the original series is still there. But then Broly came out, and oh boy was that good. Back on it since then. Cheers Masako :)

Your for forgot 6# ... Sean Schemmel HATES MasakoX

Dragonball isn't going anywhere, or Godzilla. The two franchises I'll never "quit". As for James Marsters yeah Evolution sucked but at least he was able to properly make amends. Revere him! Praise him!

1. Goku being Zamasu 2. the flitting voice cast I perfered once cast to another 3. Goku's lack of growth in super 4. not knowing GT was not canon

"Thank you, everyone" No, thank YOU. You and your amazing friends at TFS, for bringing us all together with stellar content, discussions, parody videos and what-not. Dragon Ball would not be the same without you guys.

It feels so weird how we can now refer to things that happened a decade ago on youtube as a few years ago. We gettin olda

Masako you are just as good as Sean Schemel. Your Goku in dragon ball z abridged is just as important. I honestly believe you and the rest of team four star are part of why dragon ball is more popular than it ever was.

If it means anything.. You DID depict one of our most favorite characters in a fun, and truly unforgettable light. Thank you, MasakoX, for your dedication to it and gave us a piece of Dragonball history to enjoy and cherish!

The biggest thing was the GT hate. I loved GT because Super Saiyan 4 was real and not a rumor and I got so excited. But whenever i told ANYONE i loved the show, i got taken off forums, removed from groups, or just laughed at in public. It put a horrible taste in my mouth and I quit for a few years until Xenoverse came out and I was all for it. Love the video man ^^

I kinda love that "that british abridged guy", as you were nicknamed by my friends that I introduced DBZA to, had a posh upbringing. now I can't help but imagine a really posh, but still fighting-obsessed goku.

In regards to Budokai 2 Can I @ you if it's to say your taste is impeccable?

Wait TFS went down? Damn I'm uncultured

I would still call Jelly Vegeta filler. While people tend to put filler strictly as "Stuff not covered by the manga", I would disagree. Manga can have filler as well. There's another term for it, Padding. It's just a waste of time that can be cut out and nothing of value to the overall story would be lost.

But Masako... BT3 has King Cold, King freaking Cold. The game is automatically the best DB game ever made. KING COLD!!! XD

I have a few in mind. 1 is that there was a crazy dub war over which versions of the dub was better, Ocean Group or Funimation’s. I was a middleman and liked both equally. Second is how the fandom forgot the manga existed. They tend to act like Goku was out of character in Super when it was his original characterization to begin with. Toei is at fault for making him inconsistent on his portrayal and I can see where Toriyama’s complains are coming from.

Universe 2 fighters and the 5 mins in dbz and the time drawn out in the tournament of power was a bit much tbh

I guess I *almost* thought that TFS Goku will be gone and imma be sad boi

Masako you are a major influence to me! thank you!

Hmm, Gohan and Videl at the start of super. Just depressing. Of course he grew up but man, so dissapointing. And Videl basically just became wallpaper when she was legit a pretty sweet character at the end of Z.

Remember the time cell broke krillins neck ?

THE ALMOST DIDNT LOAD ON MY SCREEN.

Ah the three power houses of my childhood sailor moon, dragon ball z and Pokémon

I will not quit dragon ball but I will criticises it

Ive been watching dbz for about 10 years and I cant see myself stopping now considering I'm probably more into it now than i was in middle school

It is good to have a heart to heart in your case. You and the rest of TeamFourStar have earned your support. You brought amazing quality, fantastic humor, and all around created a great community.

Aye don't demote yourself like that Masako you're just as important if not more important to the fans of Dragon Ball for putting all the work you do with TeamFourStar and this channel by giving us What Ifs that gave birth to R&R despite being struck down by the people you love or admire from Toei. You help fans either love Dragon Ball again or continue to love it and that's worth a lot.

I remember quitting for a year because many people shoved in my head the notion of "Dragon Ball is for children" Then a friend convinced me to watch a dbz movie, the Origins of Goku, and I was into the brand again.

I almost quit in the buu saga. Took so long to get to the point.

Masako, you're exactly what got me into DB. I had never once watched anime, but my closest friend convinced me to watch DBZA. Your portrayal of Goku had me rolling laughing and wasn't long after that I tried the real show. I've been hooked ever since, and I got you to thank man. So I appreciate your introduction to my honestly favorite show(s) above all (yes I count DBZA as a separate show). Thank you, Masako!

Masako: bt2 is my favorite Me: I see your a man of culture as well

How long has it been since we got a good *MARKETING* ?

Masako can you please make a what if they revived the saiyans

I like that you can just turn on the camera and talk about your past its it's a nice change compared to all the things on youtube now

I didn't find the show until the Buu Saga was only a few episodes from being done. Never once seen the original Dragon Ball (yet), but I've seen all of Z by this point in my life, and all of Super. Pretty excited to experience the original Dragon Ball for the first time at some point.

10:18 Wait the God-Emperor Toriyama was ignored?!

What made me actually quit Dragonball was Super.

The thing that miffed me the most about DBZ was the death of Raditz but I started to fully watch Dragon ball when I was about 18 (im now 31) mostly because my Bfam was watching the original Dragon ball with English subs dvds and from there to DBZ, So yeah the shock of Goku having a brother was mind blowing. Oh I didn't watch DBZ when I was a kid was because of Tenchi Muyo, Sailor Moon from time to time and Card captors. Oh and Beyblade lol.

Team 4 star should do a bad lip reading style of a abridged DBE, loves the video Masako! Keep up the hard work and great content!

Hey Masakox have you ever thought making your stories into fanfiction or wattpad

You're a better goku than schemmel

Wow, I can't believe we were your first convention ever. I saw you that year and love it every time you guys come out here.

Mine was in the mid 90s when the Sayian Saga reran 7 times

The Potafu arc is canon as Goku refrenced it in the Black arc. Unless we're only counting events that happen in both the anime and manga as canon.

I love dragon ball but for me it's the fandom(especially the current modern fandom) hat has made me drift from the series

I remember watching some episodes of DBZ in the early 2000s, though not very many. It was several years until I really got back into the series, and mainly due to DBZ Kai. Retroactively, I'm glad I didn't watch GT or Evolution when it was new (or at all, for that matter) because I don't think I'd be as invested in the series as I am, especially after discovering DBZA, this channel, and becoming one of the Executive Producers for R&R

You may not have had patience when you were younger, but you certainly have humility and passion for what you and TFS does as well as the other voice actors and Toei. Your guys' love of the franchise is honestly what brought me back to what made my childhood so exciting, so thank you so much for that! I'm hoping that if the series I'm creating ever gets even somewhat big, I want it to have a good relationship with the fans since working together to make everyone happy in the end sounds so much better than having any animosity towards such wonderful supporters

I miss Toonami in the UK. It was cancelled in favour of a Toddler TV Block/Channel called "Cartoonito" This very fact bugs me to this very day.

Yeah, it sucked whenever TFS went down. You guys behind DBZA tinkered with the story so it made more sense but really funny personalities that just, for the most part, have funny interactions. Have to admit your Goku is better by the way but the muffin thing was when Namek blew up... XD I can't make sense of that but still love it. Awesome performances by you guys and the cast. DBZA feels like it just delivers more than the original. I still like it but the fact that you guys can make it work so well and piece it even better together than the actual writer/writers of the DBZ series.

Nothing has ever really made me "quit" Dragon Ball, I've stuck around pretty much the whole time since I started watching the show, not even Dragon Ball GT took me out of the franchise (I had weird tastes back then), though I did fall out of interest after the English dub of GT ended and I was starved of new Dragon Ball content, which by that point I was phasing out of Dragon Ball and more into a certain orange ninja, but that's another story.

Didn't expect you to question it so early, but also glad you stayed! It's been.. a trip.

anyone remember that god awful oceandub? unfortunately i am cursed to remember it everytime i even look at dbz thanks to toonami.

Bt2 is my fav dbz game as well Out of the tenkaichis

Please read this comment: I know that it is hard sometimes to have that sour relation with Toei and they are the original creators, which we are all very grateful for. However, DBZA was perfect for it's time. I grew up and as I got older life took a tool. Lots of hardship in my life that I will spare the details. Whenever I was down, or still having a hard time today. I always go to DBZA and get laughs that fill my soul with happiness, true genuine laughter. That is hard to come by at times but really you guys nailed it! I am a huge fan of your work here and also DBZA. So even if your relation is sour with Toei, you have gained an undying relationship with us fans. We love your work and it has brought a huge amount of joy in countless peoples lifes. So thank you, and I hope knowing that is enough to always keep you motivated.

LOL i can agree with the episode re-run thing...so many shows did that. i always figured they didn't have new episodes so you gotta watch the whole damn thing again. Beast Wars did that a lot.

B..But Masako! Ok I don't have anything this time

Dragon Ball Super. It got me to finally give up the series, for just how terribly regressive Goku became as a character. The longer it went on, the dumber he behaved, and the less he seemed to care about risking the lives of everyone around him, in exchange for finding someone he could punch real good. That, and Bulma. I grew to genuinely despise Bulma over the course of the franchise, from the first episode she was introduced in, attempting to gun down Goku because he was upset she ran him over with her car. As time went on, she steadily became more and more of a Mary Sue, with everyone loving her despite her genuinely toxic personality. She manipulates everyone, claims credit for things she didn't come up with, is physically and verbally abusive, and the only time she was ever given comeuppance for her behavior was in Battle of Gods, and we were seemingly supposed to view Beerus as the bad guy for smacking her across the yard after she went after him in a drunken, petulant fit, when honestly I feel like he should of just erased her, considering he has done so for entire PLANETS for less. I still appreciate Dragon Ball from afar, but I've lost my ability to fully embrace it over the years, after so many bad decisions from a story telling standpoint, and how certain characters were wasted or turned into jokes. (Videl, completely squandered. Chichi, nothing but an abusive one-note stereotypical joke.) But that doesn't mean I'd ever tell anyone not to enjoy the series, because it still has plenty of great stuff in it, even if it's no longer my cup of tea, so to speak.

MasakoX, Lawrence, you are awesome. I had very little knowledge of the show, outside of what I watched while babysitting my neighbor's sons in the 90s. I never gave it much thought, until I met my husband, and he gave me his prized DBZ shirt to sleep in, while we were dating. Fast forward to 2018, when I discovered TFS, and it sparked a new love for us. We dug up all of the episodes on our external hard drive, and introduced DBZ to our daughters (7 & 13). It's amazing how it just makes them happy. Your videos are conversations my husband and I have. I thought we were strange for delving that deeply into a cartoon, but we love it. Keep up the good work! And best wishes on your upcoming wedding!

I had never seen anything dragonball related until a friend showed me abridged in 2009 and now I’ve seen every possible piece of DBZ content I can find multiple times. You and TFS being fans made me a fan. So, thank you

When Goku went to train Uub, saying he'd come visit his family but then GT was like naaah he didn't bother.

My rage quit level was tested with the weakness of Gohan at the start of the Buu Saga, then when he was trounced by Buutenks.

When I was younger I missed dragon ball while it aired in the UK, I grew up with Digimon, Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon and Sailor Moon. My first real introduction into the series was Budokai 2 and I was blown away with all the characters and the story, luckily I got to miss all the filler the Anime provided. Ah those were some good times, back then I though all of GT was cool only because of Budokai 3. I miss 2004.

For those of us in the US, we all remember the Frieza saga by heart because Toonami looped it. Over. And over. And over.

8:33 finally someone remembers/talks about Naruto abridged

In my life there have been exactly 3 times that I've almost quit Dragon ball. 3. The ending of Dragon ball Z. Like most kids I watched Dragon Ball Z every chance I got through Toonami and even as a kid the last episode was a giant disappointment. Goku is finally reunited with his family and we even got to see him interact with his granddaughter Pan for the five minutes that it lasted and it all ends with him going off to do more training and leaving his family behind again. Needless to say I hated it. Ironically enough it was actually GT that saved the series for me. Unlike most fans I do not hate GT and granted it's not as good as Dragon Ball or Dragon Ball Z, but it's ending was a hell of a lot better than Z could ever hope to be. 2. The lack of Dragon Ball in the late 2000s. After the end of Dragon Ball GT I had been hearing rumors and speculation that there was going to be another series called Dragon Ball AF. I was excited and I was eagerly waiting for it to come to our shores in the following years. The release of Dragon Ball Evolution, the loss of Toonami, and Dragon Ball Z Kai did not help matters. No don't get me wrong I don't hate Dragon Ball Z Kai but I thought it was going to be another series instead of a HD remaster. Not helping matters was the fact that they only covered up to the cell Saga and some of the new voice actors just couldn't replace the roles of the original cast for me. At the time the only thing that kept the franchise alive was the video games. I have read the Dragon Ball AF fan manga and that feels like the progression that we should have gotten with a new Dragon Ball anime. 1. The Dragon Ball super anime. Like most fans as soon as I heard that there was going to be another Dragonball anime I was hyped, however the execution was disappointing to put it mildly. I watched the episodes as they came out in Japan and after making it to the end of the Future Trunks Arc I gave up on the series completely. The new characters annoyed me more than anything and I absolutely hate the designs of the new transformations. Super Saiyan God just looks like Kaioken 2.0, Super Saiyan blue just makes me think of Sonic the Hedgehog and Ultra instinct looks interesting but not as good as Super Saiyan 4. I fully understand the in Universe reason for the Transformations but looking at them just makes me think of previous Transformations with a new coat of paint. It makes me think that they had too much over stock of Base Goku and Super Saiyan Goku action figures so they just slapped on a new coat of paint and marketed them as three brand-new transformations. They feel like a regression and as such I will pick Super Saiyan 4 over these new Transformations any day of the week. The only thing that still keeps me interested in the series is the Broly movie and the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime. The Dragon Ball super manga is a better continuation of the story. The video games still keep the series alive for me and I'm hoping for a GT reboot in the future that brings back Super Saiyan 4 but only time will tell.

Man, this is a bit off topic, but I am so glad we have the internet and guys like you nowadays masako. I don't think I could have been a fan in your era. It really makes me appreciate the small things like knowing air schedules and episode counts, discussions and theories. I could have been alive at any time, but I get to be alive in a time when Goku and masako are just one click or tap away. Lucky us!

I just started to get into the fandom its started to get a huge place in my heart. What hurts dragon Ball was something as a kid I would stay away from as of it was a sickness.....but I was playing jump force and always seen dragon Ball everywhere it made me dip into watching it I am now have part of the DVD set of dragon Ball z and been watching it for 3 months or more now I now own two poster and two four star dragon balls.....it's somewhat scary how something you hated the idea of as a kid "all they do is scream and fight" has become something that gave me a push to do better with myself. It helped me with my depression and anxiety alot I wish I would of started watching it a long time ago.....I thank jump force it may be somewhat bad but it's what gave me the push to watch it.. You can say dragon Ball was that thing that was always there but I hid from it...now I understand the fandom fully and the love they have for it

the Buu saga made me stop being a fan for a while, it was just being to long. While i am enjoying Dragon Bal multiverse I refuse to see DB Super (remove the super sayian Rainbow god nonsense and i might)

Ah Nadesco....just gotta say Ryoko is the best character do not @ me

I have engaged and collaborated faculty, church pastors, summer students, directors, vice presidents, and all the like...and yet, when I met YOU (KamehaCon I)...I was scared to talk to you. THAT is how big Dragon Ball is to me. And how much joy Team Four Star has brought to me. Thank you and the crew. (On-topic): There was probably only one instance of me urging me to quit Dragon Ball altogether and that was the lull between Alternate Reality DBZ (by Gozar) and me discovering DBZ Abridged. It kind of faded away and there was no new Dragon Ball content and I stopped enjoying writing my fan fiction. DBZA got me back into writing and I was looking at some of my work as recently as last night.

I was still at school when Dragon Ball GT Ended in the UK, I never lost the love for Dragon Ball, but there were definitely times it was further from my mind, and OH MY GOD YOU MENTIONED THE CHANGING VOICE CAST! I was beginning to think I imagined it! I actually saw the Big Green dub version of The World's Strongest on TV at one point...I was so confused, and also scared that these might just be the voices now

Dragon Ball GT almost made me wanna quit in its first arc.

I nearly ducked at the Great Saiyaman saga. It was just so boring!

7:48 that was me moving from toddler to kid age, I still barely remember it lol

When the channel went down, I was so damn pissed it happened and it also kinda made me appreciate content nowadays since stuff like this happens way more now then back then. Yeah, it's a climb and still is to this day but at the end, i'm still a Dragon Ball fan.

The fan service almost made me quit

Lackluster writing and wasted character potential.

ive was an in and out fan as a kid, have always loved it but never had merch or any of that , but i enjoyed the show when i was able to watch it, and as a kid/teen my computer access was limited to solitaire... but now i believe i am a true fan of the show, ive watched from original to super, and all of abridged (to the point that i can recite certain parts from memory)

The closest I've come to not being a fan of Dragon Ball was when my parents were deciding to have me or not.

Omg Masako! My brother sent me this video saying you said my name. What good days those were. I still cringe at my old username, ITouchedYusuke LOL! I hope all is well with you, friend! Let’s catch up soon!

I remember back in my young anime watching days, when the only way to watch certain animes was to get a copy of a fan sub sent to you on VHS, unless you actually knew Japanese. I remember later getting the Right Stuf catalog (in its early days when they had the thick catalogs that were done on a black and white news print, which me and my sis used to color in with color pencil), when that catalog came in it was the peek of our week and we would do as much research as we could before we would order the anime. Also Nadesico was amazing, another great space anime was The Irresponsible Captain Tylor.

Please make more! Don’t quit! Love this!

Masako, I know that the official dubs came first and all, but I argue that you are just as important as them. I'm sure that your work in TFS was probably many people's introduction to the series, and an entirely unique and fun one at that. Maybe you weren't my introduction to DBZ, but you were in another field, impressions and voice acting. I'm no professional, but I found that I am able to mimic your Goku, and I found that quoting your Abridged series helped me grow and connect to people, and even got me called up on stage by Chris Sabat! So without your stuff, I may never have discovered this side of myself. I may never have made the friends and connection I did. Even Chris Sabat saw something in me. Without all that, I don't know if I would be able to handle my current situation as well as I am. These experiences happened because of you, and without them, I may not be who I am. One day, I hope I can be like you and the rest of TFS. So thank you, Masako. Thanks for giving me hope and helping me discover a talent I may have never known.