Yo Son Goku and His Friends Return Explained

[@DBZMacky]

It's surreal how Dragon Ball Z ended before I was even born. I always thought I grew up with it.

[@igoldenfreeza6687]

Same

[@soulshock8797]

It was on tv in America, it finished in 2003, I believe. I was four, then the games kept on going and the movies, so you kinda did if you were 98-2000

[@mimik6775]

Same, but I was watching Kai the entire time. Hearing the Z voices on the internet for the first time was jarring and confusing to say the least.

[@Geekdom101]

we all grew up with it at DIFFERENT TIMES. I grew up with the Flintstones and that shit ended like 20 years before i was born

[@user-jj5eb8ds2u]

Damn that’s crazy i still remember watching dragon ball z on toonami and rewatching the series 5 times waiting for the next season to be dubbed. anyone who grew up watching dbz on toonami in the late 90s and 2000s knows what im talking about

[@heroricspiritfreinen38]

Who else gets nostalgic whenever you hear OG Dragon Ball Music 😢

[@iVegetto]

Just One Thing: Dragon Ball is Life

[@thejklgamers9071]

lll-ハンク-lll facts bro it is

[@MergedWarriors]

I honestly liked the Idea of Tarble. Vegeta's younger brother who was like the complete opposite of him. And the special felt like it had that Toriyama charm from the OG Dragon Ball show.

[@Kewkumber]

Migatte No Bejitui I hope Tarble makes a comeback somewhere

[@nerdius8204]

tarble was a proto-cabba imo

[@RayRaven]

Man it's weird that this special has shots of Goku with red and blue hair. I know it was just how the lighting was drawn, it's just a funny coincidence.

[@jcfrostycheesebugga8681]

Just finished watching ur Did you know gaming video great job Geekdom

[@starblaststudios]

I really loved the art style in that special. Felt like classic Dragonball and oddly enough with that art style, we saw goku and Vegeta in their base for a short period of time looking like they were in super Saiyan God and when they went super Saiyan, they had blue hair. I wonder if toriyama took inspiration from this special in order to create those forms we saw in battle of God's and ressurestion f

[@crimsonmido2519]

What even is life without Dragon Ball??? Really?? 😭

[@albyto3382]

No Pulse Podcast not life i guess

[@ididthisforthisvid6082]

life without Dragon ball is no Lyfe. quote me on that xD

[@heroricspiritfreinen38]

Jumpfesta is like the E3 for manga fans living in Japan

[@Geekdom101]

yeah its a massive con

[@CannibalCowboy51]

Great in depth episode. Me personally, I think that team four star helped keep the love for Dragonball alive as well with the abridged series.

[@whitehairedbadass3475]

CannibalCowboy51 yh I remember rewatching entire dbz Kai then first time watching originaldragonball on KZbin...nvr rewatched gt then watch tfs and super came out like-nvr mind...that was long ago.

[@maybetoby]

I love Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! I hope Funimation will someday be able to dub and release this, along with Episode of Bardock and Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans.

[@DinoKaiju1227]

Always informative, Geekdom.

[@scruphonxboxlive3758]

Just wanted to say, I really appreciate how much time you put into these videos. I always learn something new. Thank you, Geekdom!

[@speedfreakDaniel]

This right here is why I fell in love with Geekdom's channel

[@AB-fd5ir]

Thank you Geekdom for your true love as a fan of Dragonball. I’ve learned so much because of you about my favorite anime. Don’t ever stop covering it. The fandom needs you to continue reporting the extravaganza known as Dragonball. Your objectivity and willingness to fill us in on all these events with clarity are appreciated

[@mechajay3358]

I was amazed how they created an updated version of the Chala Head Chala opening. Now that's playing to nostalgia.

[@weschan3548]

Great work Geekdom101!

[@Suumac_]

I love that Triple H and Undertaker reference to an end of an era, good times.

[@timsquires4705]

I basically never comment on KZbin, but I really wanted to say thank you for all of the great content you provide! You’re page is literally the only one that I have set for notifications. I always thought myself to be somewhat of a DB expert. At least in terms of the anime. You opened my eyes to how wrong I was and have already taught me so damned much, I’m honestly amazed. Keep up the great work, and thank you again!

[@raissagavrila5199]

Unfortunately, about Tarble's English dub was finally released in 2010's Dragon Ball video game called Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 along with OVA exclusive villain character Hatchiyack, where Tarble was voiced by Todd Haberkorn (known as voice actor for Fairy Tail's Natsu)

[@SaiyanaBrief]

Is that Launch? Launch is in this?! Aaaah! Now I want to see it even more!!

[@kazi1]

Rip Toriyama Sensei.

[@tylerprenger8063]

This man is not stopping till he gets to 1 mil

[@Geekdom101]

of course!

[@champgreen9985]

And still not stopping

[@existant187]

Damn shame, he's not there yet, 2 years later.

[@songodora]

1997 the year I saw Dragon Ball and would be a fan for 21 years now. ;)

[@Stretchjr85]

jtc 0697 96 for me. The struggle was real back then trying to finish the namek saga by buying $20 fansubs. Watching episodes out of order lol

[@songoku9348]

Interestingly, this is also the same year Street Fighter IV was released. And for all intents and purposes, SF series took a similar hiatus.

[@joshualowe1821]

Back then, after Dragon Ball GT, they stopped making more Dragon Ball anime, but they made MORE Dragon Ball VIDEO GAMES. THAT is how SPECIAL DBZ was! I understand some of you DESPISE Dragon Ball SUPER, but I personally was *HAPPY* that Dragon Ball Super came about and i bet A LOT OF OTHER people were too! Dragon Ball Super proved that Dragon Ball ISN'T JUST a 90S thing. Dragon Ball is *LONG LASTING*!!!

[@Dan21278]

Geekdom going hard Love all the content

[@Matt_Yniguez]

Love these nostalgic dragon ball videos that remind us 80's & 90's kids why we love dragon ball so much!

[@Mugen026]

It's surreal to think this actually came out 10 years ago!! I remember like it was yesterday; going to Shueisha's website, downloading some extention for the video player, and watching it on my old PC. The stream worked surprisingly well, because I had my doubts that it would work properly. But man, it was an absolute joy to see something NEW of a series that you knew front and back. It was a different time back then. What was also cool is that around that time, the early Buu saga orange bricks were coming out, and I was enjoying that era of Kikuchi' s music with the dub, so I was getting very familiar with all the music in this special. They really used some of Kikuchi's greatest hits for it, as I'm a fan of his jazzier, upbeat style in the later stuff. Good memories!!

[@denismitrovic1860]

I literally just thought about the Dragon Ball Timeline and this movie.

[@proudkafir914]

Each KZbin content creator has an unique style of making content. History of Dragon Ball is your trademark and your definition of content. Amazing work this is why, I'm subscribed to you since 2 years!!! Keep them coming.

[@fcm4285]

HI geekdom once again nice vid

[@dbrazell4]

Bro this shit came out yesterday it seems, yet it has been 10 years since the start of the Renaissance. Awesome video!!

[@McGomezAddams]

Remember when WatchMojo had you #8 in Dragonball youtubers LOL

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Black Rosé who was #1?

[@McGomezAddams]

ComiXProvider FTW_02 Just check it out. Even though it's 2 years old even then it was cringe. But now it's extremely laughable. They're the IGN of top 10s.

[@gabrielbriones1530]

ComiXProvider FTW_02 TFS

[@brando3424]

but who was #1?

[@gabrielbriones1530]

nocturnalstarboy TeamFourStar

[@mrwillham5393]

Always a good day when Geekdom drops a Dragon Ball in-depth video. Great content as always, very informative. Love watching this in depth videos and seeing how certain things lead up to other things and how things come together. Just overall good entertainment, AND you learn some new things along the way. Until the next one man keep up the hard work!

[@jacobbhattacharjee2820]

I was born on 1997 and started watching from 2000 I'm forever DB 💪

[@seanakima50515e]

If you played ragining blast 2 you knew who Tarble was

[@rayliams2230]

Never Forget Tarble

[@simplyasian5695]

I love this special. When I did a complete rewatch of the whole series about a year or so ago, after slogging through GT and Episode of Bardock I got to this special. It's so enjoyable. One of the biggest things was the Kikuchi score, makes such a huge difference especially coming off of GT. All the characters get a moment, even Umigame when Goku calls him Umigomi (block head), such a great call back. The pacing is great too; no scene feels like it drags on. I'm probably in the minority but this is by far my favourite special. The Bardock and Trunks specials may be objectively better but I just get way too much enjoyment out of it. It's almost as though Dragon Ball is a light hearted wacky series that you're not supposed to take too seriously. Just as a side note; Yamcha is using the Sokidan in that scene, for some reason they gave him a wolf face, though Gotenks does use the Roga fufu-ken and of all of Tenshinhan's techniques he does the Haikyu-ken (Volleyball technique). Speaking of Tenshinhan, he and Chaozu do not appear in this special. Tenshinhan's voice actor had recently passed away so it was likely done out of respect and it's easy enough to write them out, saying that they were training in the mountains. Maybe he did get an invite but heard Lunch was going and thought he'd pass on it.

[@GoldStorm07]

I absolutely love this special, it displays what I think is Dragon Ball's biggest strength nowadays: the comedy between its characters. The power escalation has long since broken any real tension in the story but the antics of the main cast always get a chuckle out of me.

[@JustinY.]

"It just works"

[@nonameok3574]

Justin Y. How do u deal with hate

[@supremesoul00]

Hi

[@jellysmeme4923]

Justin Y. Can you stop Jojo referencing everything? jk dont stop

[@batguy39]

Este otro man vv alv si o no raza. Me refiero al Justino con la i griega mans. A ver quien me entiende :v

[@badpiggy2403]

Man I was trying to watch this video but it just skipped ahead 10 seconds. So annoying

[@Zetaforce-uv8el]

Upon rewatching this video years later I realized you used a picture of all of the Yugioh 5Ds crew even though Crow Hogan and Bruno weren’t introduced until after the OVA.I appreciate that.

[@grapes9h5]

Brings back memories!!!!! I’ll never forget my hype for this, and having it streaming with subs right away! So awesome.

[@Flintburner]

Another banger of a video my dude! Times like this, I am happy I found and subbed 😊 Adding to favorites

[@mashisseosseo1171]

When Dende's little smirk appeared on the screen after the God comment I laughed so hard

[@SC-yt9li]

Yo son goku is the special every youtuber live streams before illegally streaming the next new super episode lol

[@Zetaforce-uv8el]

I remember watching this special for the first time,I wasn’t used to the sub,but after watching it 2 more times I got used to it and now have an appreciation.

[@foggyinc724]

Remember that tarble was in dragon ball raging blast 2, so American fans should know about him by the time they watch BoG.

[@tiablue9106]

What if they never played that game, tho?

[@rayliams2230]

Never forget Tarble....

[@cherokeeuhuh9695]

I imagine a reboot where everything starts back to the first dragon ball show but a new version

[@Geekdom101]

i think it'll happen in like 50 years

[@alirahman3724]

Hell yeah! That would totally be awesome!

[@champgreen9985]

Nintendo gamedude another universe

[@Dave102693]

Naruto needs that

[@ImBlackIvy]

Geekdom101 that wouldn’t make sense tho , that’s way too long

[@AllatonceIvan]

Dragonball is just awesome!

[@songoku9348]

10 years damn.

[@jacobbranstetter3987]

Yo Son Goku was how I was introduced to the Japanese version, and then I never turned back.

[@BakaryD]

Jacob Branstetter who cares ???

[@respectkrillin3766]

The Boss I do

[@wesley5729]

The Boss what a strange reply lol

[@NoximationAnimation]

Facts

[@NoximationAnimation]

The Boss apparently you do.

[@JayParkeroni]

I can’t believe this special is this old It’s actually nuts

[@breakops5339]

I always loved the "yo son goku and friends return" because it shined spotlight on the characters Goten and Trunks

[@flyFYI555]

Nice job on the dragonball z fighters DUKG I was every happy to see they got you to do that episode

[@spazerabanekozeroshki]

Geekdom words cannot describe how well ou are with your videos i can't count how many i have seen but just love the research you do

[@BS16889]

That Shawn Michaels Triple H pic brought back memories. Great video!

[@nadaviada555]

Can you plzz make a video About the History and the Production Process of Dragon ball Kai and how it came to be?

[@model2k204]

Notification squad and yo this is lit

[@bronzepkmn]

This short definitely had foreshadowing to super Saiyan god and super Saiyan blue

[@bryanstickell429]

Awesome work as usual, Geekdom! Btw I second a Neko Majin video as a future video for you, I love that series!

[@ChrisM131]

I was always confused by the Vegeta brother thing. Thanks for clearing that up! 👍👍

[@PRAETORIAN09]

Born 91 been watching since 1998. I used to record my fav episodes live with VHS to save them. Theses kids will never know the struggle....

[@JustnPage]

Your intro analysis leading into your video... genius brother 😌

[@mguerra79]

As always, great in depth video! Thank you!

[@codybethel4142]

I was a huge fan of the color of how they did super Saiyan in this special and I wish they had used this color more in super

[@flight4951]

Love your dragon ball in depth series. Great videos and fantastic research and topics.

[@Kewkumber]

I remember when this OVA came out!! I was so hyped and pleased .. it was bittersweet

[@apoorvashastri8557]

I love documentary type videos like this. Keep it up.

[@rev9436]

Damn dude, your editing changed and I really like it. Did you do this?

[@samakin118]

Awesome video once again, and i can't wait for the Kai video!

[@StridentBugle21]

My favorite show returns

[@zippozip4375]

Keep up the great work Danny great vid and mid 80's early 90's was the best time IMO I,was born in 90

[@NoximationAnimation]

I've been waiting SO LONG for this! Yes!

[@Mickeyds11]

AYY, new video

[@simtek3475]

How ‘bout that Dragon Ball Kai vid, Geekdom?

[@Geekdom101]

working on it - that one might be 30 minutes

[@99jmaster]

Another great video and it was weird hearing you on the Did you know Gaming video

[@nerdy_trucker7834]

Good upload as always dude. I'll be here for the Long haul 😎

[@michaelthem3]

Great content. I didn't know this was the case for that Special.

[@Jim-wb7hl]

Just saw your DYKG Extra vid, great job!

[@OGkushGoku]

Always the best videos🐐🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@joconley2661]

Your best video yet!

[@marioalaniz7782]

Always providing FACTS thanks man ....

[@newgenexo7580]

Favorite dragon ball content creator!👌

[@shahriarmohammadsoukhin6467]

Dragon Ball for life...

[@shahriarmohammadsoukhin6467]

Joshua Jung no... don't need any shitpooden... you can have yourself go somewhere else and watch Boruto episode 65 but not here buddy...

[@batguy39]

Este man se mamó. Good job and great video once again from our boi geekdom

[@risingyun2859]

I saw you on Did You Know Gaming covering DBFZ. Congrats Geekdom!

[@LeaCaballero]

Hi Geekdom, sir! Le podrás bajar un poquito el volumen a la musica de entrada y al mensaje de los anunciantes japoneses para las proximas ediciones de dragon ball in depht? Llevo viendo esta serie que realizas hace mucho, y es una de mis favoritas, pero siempre me sucede que el audio se vuelve muy alto en esas partes que te mencionaba comparado con el volumen de tu voz ya luego en el resto del video. Perdon por escribir en español, pero me resultaba mas facil hacerme entender que en ingles. Muchos saludos, keep the excellent work!

[@MxPotato84]

This video makes me wanna rewatch the “Yo Son Goku” special again. :3

[@SickSkwerl]

So many folks don't remember a time without new DB content. What a time to be alive

[@Sokka2Me]

I was born in 1996. GT and new dragon Ball ended a whole year later. But it was just starting for people like me here in the states haha

[@chrisfugate3503]

I have this special but geekdom is right it is not easy to come by.I like this special because it's my favorite OVA.

[@jingamming3328]

Best dragonball channel

[@ia3106]

Can't wait for your db Kai video!

[@makkusanzetto1988]

Yeah this Special had the coolest looking Super Saiyans cause their hair glows while in that form.

[@nuniesk8s]

Great time killer...i was gonna smoke a bunch of crack again but you saved me with this video!

[@Athena_Ready]

My Uncle introduced me to the world of dragon ball and the movies. We use to have movie nights with my brother and a few others and watch dbz movies. I honestly hope we get a back story to king cold in the new broly movie.

[@HeisutenReacts]

Was Dragonball anyone else's first Anime?

[@dextergarner1286]

Wow. They had to submit an application for that event. Cray

[@champgreen9985]

Me: “Critically acclaimed series” 😂😂 Also me: I love your channel and this series so yes it is

[@pharaohdojah]

I been a fan since 1999