Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Dameon Clarke
• Directors: Chris Cason
• Format: Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby
• Language: Japanese, English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Funimation

“Dragon Ball Z has been called the Greatest Action Cartoonof all Time, and it’s True!” — Anime Insider Season Five contains thePerfect and Imperfect Cell sagas on 6 discs.The Z-Fighters gather their forcesin an effort to combat the Android menace that has been set loose upon theplanet. But they are about to discover that the Androids are the least oftheir worries. An even greater threat has risen from the shadowsDr. Gerosmost lethal creationCell!Born from the genetic material of the greatestwarriors ever to walk the Earth, Cell is Dr. Geros ultimate weapon, a perfectfighting machine capable of duplicating all of the Z-Fighters most powerfulattacks. Now, after years of waiting, Cell has begun to unleash his terrifyingpowers, wiping out entire cities as he gathers the energy he needs to fulfillhis creators grand design. Time is short! The Z-Fighters must find a way tostop this monstrous foe before he completes his quest to absorb the otherAndroids and achieves his invincible Perfect Form! Stills from Dragon Ball Z:Season Five (Click for larger image) The artificial humans 17 and18 who terrorized Earth in Season 4 of Dragon Ball Z were only a preliminarythreat: Dr. Gero’s ultimate creation, Cell, strikes in Season 5. A bio-entitycreated from genetic material taken from Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Frieza,Cell arrives via the time capsule Bulma built for Trunks. (There are now twoof them, somehow.) Although he defeats the merged Piccolo and Kami, Cellremains imprisoned in his “imperfect form,” a sort of larval stage. Until heabsorbs androids 17 and 18, he can’t attain his ultimate power. Vegeta andTrunks train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami’s palace, which enablesthem to undergo the equivalent of a year’s heavy workouts at high gravity inone day. Transcending his powers as a Super Saiyan, Vegeta clobbers Cell. WhenCell challenges Vegeta to fight his perfect form. Vegeta takes the bait andallows Cell to evolve. The perfect Cell proves so powerful, Trunks has to drawon untapped reserves of power to save Vegeta. Goku plays only a small role inSeason 5: he spends the first episodes recovering from the heart virus, thenwaiting with Gohan for the Hyperbolic Chamber or training in it. One of best-loved stories in the Dragon Ball Z continuity the “Cell Saga” offers plenty ofaction, with characters punching each other through rock walls and destroyingentire islands as they fight. But it ends on a weak note when, instead ofkilling Trunks, Cell challenges the Z Fighters to a martial arts tournament–the focus of Season 6. The paradoxes of the time travel story, includingadult Trunks encountering himself as a baby, don’t seem to bother the fans–orthe writers. These 26 episodes could have easily fit on five discs or evenfour, and spreading them over six feels chintzy.(Rated TV PG. suitable forages 8 and older: violence, tobacco use, ethnic stereotypes) –Charles Solomon