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Dragonball Z Burst Limit
for Xbox360 & PS3
Anime Videogame Review
With each new generation of console, these games get closer and closer to looking like you're playing the actual show. At this point, the High-Def capabilities of the Xbox360 and the PS3 have made it so that you no longer need the show itself -- you can create new episodes right out of the game!
 Dragonball Z Burst Limit is the first game of the Dragonball Z series to hit the next generation consoles with key game features including online play, detailed 3D graphics, enhanced playable characters, and realistic battle fields. During each battle, players can utilize conditions to create new dramatic scenes, and then watch a unique story unfold after each play. There are stronger elements of offense and defense, due to added energy saving and fighting techniques.
Dragonball Z Burst Limit blurs the line between videogame and iconic anime series creating a new genre of 3D fighting games.
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, July 2008
DragonBall Z -History of Trunks
Anime DVD Review
If you've watched DBZ on Cartoon Network, you know that Trunks is the son of Vegeta and Bulma (and what an unlikely couple they are!). Trunks competed against Go-Ten at the World Martial Arts Championship, and not only won, he landed a pretty good punch onto Hercule as well.
 Now if you think back a series or two, there was another Trunks, who came from the future and promptly destroyed Freiza without even breaking a sweat. This Trunks is from an alternate future. Trunks warned Goku about a virus that would kill him and the two androids that would destroy the world in three years. Because of this warning, Goku beat the virus, and was alive to take on the androids, which of course, leads into the Cell Games.
But now see the future that never was! If Trunks had not come into the past to warn Goku, he'd be dead (along with all the other Z-Fighters!) and it would be Gohan and Trunks alone to challenge the two destructive androids. Can Gohan train Trunks in time, or will Gohan have to face them alone? Every day that they delay stopping these androids means thousands of innocent deaths in what remains of the cities of Earth. Even as Super Saiyans, do they have the strength to take on Number 17 and sexy Number 18?
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, April 2002
Dragon Ball Z - Movie Boxed Set
Anime DVD Review
This boxed set of films contains the three best of the 13 DBZ movies, uncut, "Dead Zone", "World's Strongest" and "Tree of Might", and is an awesome addition to any DBZ fan's collection.
 "Dead Zone": Garlic Junior and his quest to gain immortality while also fufilling his father's dream of transforming the Earth into a world of pure evil. Funniest DBZ movie, and with the most characterization.
"World's Strongest": A mad scientist wants to implant his brain into the world's strongest man (in other words, Goku). However, the scientist is dead, and it's just the brain in a glass jar that continues to survive! (Our pick as best DBZ movie ever!)
"Tree of Might": A Sayian's quest to become the strongest person in the universe with the fruit from the tree of might that only the eternal dragon is allowed to eat from because it gives enormous powers to whom ever eats from it. Saiyan VS Saiyan action!
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, September 2002
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
Anime Video Game Review
In America, DBZ games have been few and far between. However, the popularity of the TV series has convinced ATARI (of all companies!) to bring out this killer app of a game. Faithfully recreating the series, not only in look, but in using the voice actors we're familiar with, the game goes far and beyond what you'd expect. It's a fun fighting game with a plethora of characters, but it's also a very cool interactive version of the show itself — the story mode summarizes everything from the Saiyan Saga through to the Cell Games.
 For fans of the series this game is a godsend because just about every character is represented. Sure, we all like playing Vegeta, but how many games can you name where you can play as Tien or Great Saiyaman or #18 (yum!)? Half the fun of the game is throwing someone into a mountain, or performing a Kamehameha. Videogame inspires TV Show inspires Videogame. Pop will eat itself!
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, January 2004
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