[chud]

Years ago I was working at a big tech company and chatting with some co-workers. The Dragon Ball franchise came up in discussion and one of my co-workers was a huge fan, but said he liked some series better than others. I asked him which ones were the good ones and he either said, "The ones with the Z", or "The ones without the Z".

I can't remember which...

[Jonty30]

DragonBall follows the adventure of Goku, as a child. Even as a child, Goku is an impossible fighter to beat.

He is on an adventure with Bulma to collect 7 wish orbs, called Dragonballs. In this series, most of the characters are introduced. Usually as villains to start out, but Goku eventually wins them over as friends.

Then DragonBall Z is the same characters, but all grown up. The main villain in Z is a planet broker named Frieza, who sells planets after he has wiped all the life off, to whomever buys them.