Dragon Ball Z was brought to America by a company called Funimation. They were able to put it on Cartoon Network and that took anime from mostly import VHS and DVD sales to a mainstream audience of young adults who still like cartoons, but are looking for a more mature story. Dragon Ball Z fit the mold perfectly with lots of action, great fight scenes, and a series of world at stake plots that made for a very engaging show.

Over the years the Dragon Ball Z series, which was actually the second series of the Dragon Ball saga, released the entire series on DVD as well as released many movies that fit to varying degrees into the DBZ storyline.

Dragon Ball Z Season 1 – Vegeta Saga

Season one of Dragon Ball Z focused on Goku (the hero) and his fight to stop the Saiyans’ attempt to destroy the world. Goku and his friends fight a Saiyan named Raditz and defeat him, only to find that two other Saiyans that were much more powerful were also coming to destroy Earth. In season one we meet most of the main characters that last the rest of the series: Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Vegetta, Krillin and the rest of the gang.

The whole first season is available on a 6 disc DVD set for under $30 on Buy.com.  It’s a pretty great deal actually. You can also rent the entire first season of DBZ on Netflix for less than $10 a month.