Alrighty. This will be the first of two reviews going up today.
This review will be quite brief, I will not be able to provide a whole lot of backstory on the characters, and world. I will touch on my thoughts regarding the overall opinion I have of the show itself based off this handful of episodes.
Essentially, this story arc follows a teenage named Gohan, who is the son of Goku (from the majority of the previous Dragonball/Z series.) and how he adopts a super hero disguise, so that he can use his strength and powers to help people without anyone knowing it is him. Each episode generally involves him dealing with the villain of the week, while trying to maintain his secret, despite a fellow classmate who is determined to find out who this new super hero is.
The animation is on par with Dragonball Z standards from what I have seen, it has a late 80's/90's feeling to it. Going by tv show standards, instead of comparing it to a theater released animated film, there's nothing outstanding about the shows overall look, but nothing terribly wrong with it either. It is rather middle ground.
The show does have some flaws largely in the form of Gohan, our main character, who is almost too childish to take seriously. He has a temper tantrum when some people get his super hero name wrong, and spends a fair bit of time trying to figure out 'cool' poses to do, as well various sayings, all the while looking and sounding like a complete idiot. Not the main character that I could really root for. The rest of the characters are fairly standard, and aren't really seen enough to get a better idea of who they are, or get to see them do much outside of simply exist. Gohan does have one friend/enemy in the form of a girl named Videl, who is also quite strong and works to fight for peace in the city. She seems to be the more interesting character of the two, and would have made a far better lead.
All in all, the show is hampered too much by the flaw of a terrible main character to fully be enjoyed.
2/5
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