Quote Originally Posted by autobreadticon
no powering up sequences and trash-talk of power levels = fail
Actually, the lack of powering-ups etc. is faithful to the original Dragonball. The whole Saiyajin thing never existed until Dragonball Z (that's pronounced Zed, not "Zee"*). Dragonball pre-dates all of it and is more about norti jokes rather than wanton violence... like Gokuu discovering the difference between boys and girls (mehehehehehehehe).

*In the original animé it is pronounced "Dragonball Zed" (ドラゴンボール・ゼット), only the spasticated dub called it "Zee." True DB fans call it "Zed"