Dragon Ball Z: Atsumare! Gokuu World

This is basically a Dragon Ball/DBZ trivia quiz show.
It's really nostalgic for those who just want to look back on the good 'ol DB days.

HOWEVER... THE SHOW IS RIGGED.
One of the questions is:
Krillin: "Who was Jackie Chun really?"
Answers:
A. Gohan
B. Master Roshi
C. Yamcha
... D. He really was Jackie Chun

Now under Dragon Ball logic, of the Z fighters, only Tien, maybe Chiaotzu, are aware of Jackie Chun's real identity as Master Roshi. Therefore, since Krillin asked this question, the answer should be D, he really was Jackie Chun. Instead, Krillin specifically says the answer is B and that Jackie Chun is Master Roshi in disguise. If recalled correctly, during the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, Yamcha initially suspects that JC is Roshi. However, Roshi fools them into thinking that JC is Roshi's cousin. Additionally, later in the series, Roshi looses his glasses during a fight and Krillin remarks that Roshi reminds him of someone else when not wearing his glasses. However, this thought is quickly shot down by Roshi and Krillin is unable to make a conclusion.

After noticing this inconsistency, my enjoyment of this OVA drastically decreased as I only half payed attention to the rest of it. But to be honest, it was mostly just reminiscing moments->random question->reminiscing moments->random question->etc. Watch if you want some DB/DBZ nostalgia.

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As a MASSIVE Dragon Ball fan, I enjoyed this... slightly. But if you are NOT like me, it's a waste of time.

"Dragon Ball Z: Atsumare! Gokuu World" is actually a video game, or rather an interactive short movie from a video game console that revolves around Interactive movies (designed SPECIFICALLY for the system).

As such, most of its applications are uninspired Trivia questions at specific points of the movie. In this case, Dragon Ball uses it as a Trivia show, as we follow Goku and friends through time (thanks to Trunk's time machine) and watch them witness ... events take place, occasionally "helping" them by answering extremely easy questions (the console was aimed at *very* young kids). There's a marginal novelty to it, but it's only the kind of thing a Dragon Ball geek like myself would enjoy. And even then, my enjoyment was just minimal.

The picture quality of this OVA is always horrible, so good luck finding this in a decent quality (with English subs!).

Seeing some old moments being reanimated was quite cool, even though it was quite low effort and I preferred the old dragon ball style it was animated in originally. But it's still kinda cool.

The cell fight at the end was actually good, it was like a scene straight out of Dragon Ball Heroes, but decades before that came out. That fight was an original scene, and I was happy to see something I had never seen before that sparked that Dragon Ball nerd inside me for a moment. With the insane Dragon Ball drought that was over half a year as of the time I'm writing this, I find solace in the fact that obscure Dragon Ball products like this helped fill the gaping hole that is being a dragon ball fan, especially a Dragon Ball fan post Akira Toriyama's death (Rest in peace). Dragon Ball Daima releases soon after this review goes up, but the last over half a year with only a few 5 minute long horrendously bad CGI Dragon Ball Super Heroes Promo episodes to tide us over, it's been a rough time. Here's hoping Daima is good, even if it isn't progressing the Franchise's story.

Getting to see new content with the Characters I love was great for me, I've seen 99.9% of the Franchise's unique content now. But there's no reason to watch this, even if you are just a casual Dragon Ball fan.

This review judges the product based on what it was trying to do, rather than against the whole franchise, which is unfair. As such, it's not a 2/10 or anything. I think it could've done WAY more with the concept, like featuring alternative endings/paths based on what you choose, such as "Frieza has appeared! Will you make Goku deflect his energy blast aimed at Krillin, or charge straight for him? Press (button 1) or (button 2) to pick!" Sort of thing. But nah, it's just trivia. A boring way to use a concept with a lot of potential. Though that would require actual effort.

Rest in Peace, Akira Toriyama. Thank you for making such a Brilliant Franchise. I even like the bad/weak parts, like this product.