Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 8 [Paperback]

Akira Toriyama (Author, Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (March 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569316996
• ISBN-13: 978-1569316993
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,862 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dragon Ball Z Graphic Novel 8, June 17, 2002

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Gabriel M. Mcvey "alpha1212323" (Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 8 (Paperback)

The seven wish-granting Dragon Balls are in the hands of evil emperor Freeza! To stop him from becoming immortal, Gohan and Kuririn and their unlikely ally Vegeta must defeat the remaining Ginyu Force, the four greatest fighters in the galaxy. But it doesn't look good. Once again, our outmatched heroes face incredible odds in a fight for dear life and their only hope is hurtling towards them on a spaceship with an interior pressure of 100 Gs! The mysterious and strangely changed Son Goku is on his way.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good manga with a very good story, November 18, 2002

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Chris (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 8 (Paperback)

As an avid dragonball manga fan, I can safely say that this is perhaps the best dragonball [z] manga to date. The story, as anyone who read the summary will know, is when Son Goku lands on planet namek (after an intense training session in space), and then proceeds to save his friends and smack around the ginyu force. I won't go into to much detail, but the real prize of this manga is the accuracy of the dialogue. Since many American DBZ fans have only seen the pathetic, butchered, counterpart episodes on TV (Put out by our friends at FUNimation), this shows what Dragonball was intended to be. The language (while far and few between) is maintained, and all the frames are left undoctered (even a four-year old Son Gohan being smacked around by the evil Ricum).

While Dragonball fans will certainly see the beauty of this wonderful manga, non-dragonball fans will appreciate it too, with excellent fight scenes on par with Ryoichi Ikegami's (Crying Freeman, Samurai Crusader) fight scenes[as far as clarity goes].

Any manga fan should buy this. It will not dissapoint.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am so cool, June 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 8 (Paperback)

This book was one of the best in the series. It fetures the battle with the goofy but strong ginyu force. If you enjoy the show you will love seeing it in its original Magna(Japanese comic) formate! Also this book is the first in the series to show Goku fight after his 100times Gravity trianing It is a must buy.