I grew up watching Dragon Ball Z. and coming from someone who has seen every single episode and movie. I can tell you that watching the series as adult vs a child. You notice a lot of things that you did not notice before. And writing this paper made me realize a lot of new things about the show. And how it is translated in America and how gender and sexual ambiguity is expressed. Starting off with one of the most memorable and evil characters Lord Frieza. I can recall asking myself whether Frieza was a man or a women or even having debates with family members about his gender. Although, he is portrayed as a man there many circumstances were this is not so. Starting off with his physical characteristics he as long black nails, black lipstick and female voice. Frieza also does not display any distinguished form …show more content…
In this show Masculinity is mainly about two things which is either about power or control. The warriors in this show are never allowed to express their feelings especially if its sadness or pain. However, anger is strongly encouraged. In a episode where Vetetas son trunk is killed by cell. Frieza instead of getting sad or showing any emotion gets angry and charges at cell instead of displaying sadness or pain.
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"You know, maybe Kame Sennin is drinking a beer in the US version. Perhaps FUNimation just Americanized the brand. They took away his Sapporo and gave him Coors. I always thought that swill tasted watered down..."
":Baby genitals are OK on commercials, why not here? Umm... not that I'm complaining or anything
"Well, that's quite a wound Goku has, but there's nothing quite like puking up blood if you really wanna steal the show. Looks like SOMEBODY'S trying to get