You forget how good Dragon Ball is when you remove the padding. The Saiyan arc flies by. The journey to Namek takes days instead of months. The legendary Goku vs. Frieza fight is condensed from 20 episodes down to a brutal, breathtaking 9. It respects your time without losing the emotional weight.
If you are a die-hard fan of the original Bruce Faulconer rock soundtrack (the guitar riffs during Super Saiyan transformations), you won't find it here. Kai never used that score. Also, the "blood" is slightly digitally recolored (green instead of red in a few scenes), though far less censored than the old Toonami broadcasts. Dragonball Z Kai Complete -Blu Ray-
Less Filler, More Thriller: Revisiting a Classic You forget how good Dragon Ball is when
