The Best Resources

Below is a list of the best resources to use in a debate and is ranked in a rough order of canonicity that is generally accepted on the forum.

Original Japanese Manga


1.The original Japanese manga is the best , it is truly the most reliable and consistent. Too bad most of us don't have it but it you do and you understand it then you have the best work possible.

How to get it: If you are outside of Japan you'd likely have to import it.

Japanese Anime

2.Now the Japanese anime, unlike the English anime this is more or less the same as Japanese manga very accurate and good to use. Many of the more recent releases from Funimation contain the Japanese audio with accurate subtitles to refer to. Be careful though, only the canon portions of the Anime are accurate and you'll have to be careful distinguishing between the canon and filler.

How to get it: Buy the DVDs.

Herms Translations

3. Herms translations: Since we cant access most of the Japanese stuff and we don't understand it , a man named Herms
does understand Japanese and has translated many parts of the dbz manga and other works of dbz that are in Japanese.
Why should you trust this man you might wonder? Well he is probably the most well known dbz member across all dbz related forums and is very highly respected and praised, his work speaks for itself and like the other works mentioned above it is very clear and efficient. The best part is that its in English and very easy to access

How to get it: He is on a forum called kanzenshuu and his most referred to work (a collection of all power related quotes) is in the link below
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9633

Viz Manga Translations

4. Now we move on to VIZ big/tankouban/kanzeban . VIZ /tankouban/kanzeban are three different forms of the official dbz translation to English. But why is it inferior to Herms you may be wondering. That is because it is not as well translated , certain key words are not there but replaced as well it was translated as an adaptation, not necessarily a direct translation. Now this work is not bad either it is still good but others should take precedence. The two latter were released awhile ago and are hard to come by and the English and grammar is not all there , the VIZ is just an updated version that makes more sense and better translated.

How to get it: You have to buy them like most of the works. We'd suggest Amazon for the best deals.

"Fanslations"

5.* Fanslations; This is essentially the dbz manga translated by random people. More often then not the translation is actually not bad they are often referred in debates but in no means are they as reliable as the others mentioned above.

How to get it: They are on the internet. However, please note that you cannot link directly to any site providing fanslations as they are illegal and you will be warned for it.

English Dubbed Anime

6. Finally we have the English anime. Its been dubbed several times all not reliable what so ever.
There are soo many random words and scenes ect. these are fun to watch but should never be used in any serious discussion or versus unless its a friendly one. The only reasonably dub is the dbz kai, which takes out all the filler and is very well translated but still does not compete with the other material

How to get it: Either buy the DVDs or, depending on where you live, it may show on TV.

Movies/GT/Anime only material

7. Movies, should not be used as a source or reference in discussions or versus UNLESS, it is about movie fighters versus cannon fighters or movie fighters vs movie fighters ect. or you are discussing about the movie. The same goes for GT and filler in the anime.

How to get it: Buy it