PREMISE: Goku continues the search for Dragon Balls and the fight against the Red Ribbon Army. This leads him, Bulma and Krillin to look for pirate treasure. (also: crossover with Dr. Slump)
THOUGHTS: Search for pirate treasure has its charm (the robot was really cool), but in the end it boils down to walking through some traps. I never read Dr. Slump but I found crossovers veeery dull. In my eyes, it’s still ‘Manga Filler’. Better than ‘Anime Filler’, but still filler.
ANIME FILLER: No filler episodes, but cannon ones are padded beyond my patience. Few decent jokes aren’t worth it. If you're a Dr Slump fan you might appreciate way more cameos, but for me it had opposite effect. I highly recommend watching the Recut version.
DB Arc 4: General Blue
(manga chap. 70-83, anime ep. 46-57)
PREMISE: Goku continues the search for Dragon Balls and the fight against the Red Ribbon Army. This leads him, Bulma and Krillin to look for pirate treasure. (also: crossover with Dr. Slump)
THOUGHTS: Search for pirate treasure has its charm (the robot was really cool), but in the end it boils down to walking through some traps. I never read Dr. Slump but I found crossovers veeery dull. In my eyes, it’s still ‘Manga Filler’. Better than ‘Anime Filler’, but still filler.
ANIME FILLER: No filler episodes, but cannon ones are padded beyond my patience. Few decent jokes aren’t worth it. If you're a Dr Slump fan you might appreciate way more cameos, but for me it had opposite effect. I highly recommend watching the Recut version.