Brief Description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dragon_Ball_Z_episodes#Season_4:_Garlic_Jr.2C_Trunks_and_Android_Sagas
Years of Release:
Japanese: 1991
English: 2000
Having returned victorious from their battle with Frieza, the Z-fighters can at last breathe a collective sigh of relief… But they won’t have long to rest. A new host of villains has appeared, ready to wreak havoc on the Earth—and Goku, the Z-Fighters’ greatest hero is still missing!
In the face of these new dangers, a mysterious youth with Super Saiyan powers has come bearing a bleak prediction for the future: in just three years’ time, an evil greater than any the Z-Fighters have ever faced will emerge to cast a shadow of destruction and despair over the Earth. And if the young Saiyan’s prediction is correct, the Z-Fighters will have to train like they have never trained before in order to have any hope against these seemingly unstoppable foes—the Androids!
From: http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Ball-Season-Garlic-Android/dp/B0010X8NMS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332126562&sr=8-1
Suggested Age Appropriateness: 15+
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This fourth season was a very good one, and made the courage of Goku's son Gohan even more clear when he was able to fight the immortal Garlic Jr. with the absence of his father. This review is of the uncut version.
Here are the contents of concern:
Violence/Tragedy: The violence on a typical level is martial arts and energy blasts, but the violence can and does get worse. Frieza is sliced in half with a sword to prevent him from terrorizing Earth, and his father King Cold is also killed. Garlic Jr. was hit by a blast that put a decently sized hole in him, which does not kill him because he is immortal. The Adroids #19 and #20 have special abilities in their programing that makes them able to painfully absorb the power of their victims, which they use on the Z-fighters pretty much whenever possible. Blood is also present much of the time when it would be in real life, except the amount is a good bit lower. Along with that, Spoiler: Trunks tells Goku about the androids killing of all the Z-fighters except Gohan and himself, and in addition they murder a great number of pedestrians. He also predicts that Goku will die by a deadly virus, but thanks to his intervention in the past, the deaths of the Z-fighters and many pedestrians do not occur.
Nudity/Sexuality: This is the season where Maron is introduced, who at times wears a yellow bathing suit exposing her buttocks. Since she spends much of the season with Master Roshi, she ends up being looked at constantly by Master Roshi in a very perverted way. Also, a baby (Trunks) is in need of a diaper change, and before the change happens, his genital is exposed for a very brief period.
Theological Elements: Any traces of religion are generally absent. There were some spirits of former guardians of the Earth who attacked Kami for what Kami saw as just bullying if that really bothers anyone. Also, there was use of time travel that radically changed the ways of the past, which is unlikely to bother even conservative viewers.
Other Negatives: Nothing in this catagory is significant enough to be worthy of anything higher than a one. Language is either extremely rare or absent.
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