This fight Changed me as a kid I had never seen anything like this fight up until that point. Literally watched it over and over non stop as a kid and never got bored of it.
It's kinda amazing just how critical this one fight is for the identity of the Dragonball franchise. The buildup to this fight was laid out brilliantly with all the previous conflicts on Namek and even the Saiyan Saga prior. The use of so many techniques from both Goku and Freeza is beautifully choreographed, and the display of power is arguably the best in the series. It's questionable if Dragonball would've still become the global phenomena that it is if this fight wasn't as legendary as it was, and now this is the golden standard that all other shonen manga, and even some western media, bases itself upon.
I can tell you atleast personally, I started during the raditz arc and dragonball would come on before DBZ on Tunami every evening at 6-630 or 7-730. The half hour that DB was on I would usually spend eating my dinner and being mentally anxious and bouncing off the wall in my head wishing DB would hurry the hell up so we could get on to the main event which included big blue kei blast and that bitchin golden hair/ Ora lol 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Frieza to me when i first watched it was this terrifying being. The fact that he just toys with vegeta and piccolo and krillin and gohan. It was so insane. Then he would have killed goku, literally goku got plot armor just to win. If the super saiyan was just a myth.
This is without question one of the most iconic Anime fights in history. Its easy to look back at flaws in 1980's shonen tier writing...but even still, it holds up well till this day. Which is a testament to its influence
Ugh the writing is literally worse now. Shocking that today's writing would even hold up. The only Super Saga that held up to Z's story has been the Goku Black arc.
Best thing is that Frieza destroyed an entire race to avoid the legend of the Super Saiyan only to be responsible for the birth of Son Goku the Super Saiyan.
I’ll never forget the time 1st form Cell walked through Piccolo’s last ditch-blast. Shit’s chilling. (More so surprising. I didn’t think the power gap was THAT big.)
@@mojaxon23 nahhh, 1st form Cell. (He interrupts Picc vs #17) You had it right. Cell walked through a. Light Grenade like it was the afternoon breeze. So sick
CONTENTS: 0:00 Introduction 1:05 Part 1: Building a Rivalry 8:06 Part 2: Testing the Limits 15:01 Part 3: The Super Saiyan 22:12 Part 4: A Clash of Destiny 26:27 Part 5: The Legacy of Goku vs Frieza
Frieza is a perfect and iconic villain similar to Emperor Palpatine: not just evil, *delightfully* evil. He revels in his own evil and this makes him the perfect opponent for Goku
Frieza is such an S tier villain/antagonist. Not every single one of them have to be some psychological antagonist, but if he’s so bad and powerful to the point it makes the character reach new heights and transform the way Goku did, Frieza did a spectacular job.
And quite sadly he just like Palpatine also suffered the issue of Villain decay due to over exposure and constant resurrections. Z was Frieza at his best and not yet over used, Mecha Frieza was interesting and showed how desperate He was for revenge, and it was a nice way to benchmark the new level of power we will see later and it gave a cool intro to Future Trunks . Resurrection F was already pushing it in my opinion and was unneeded really. Super turned him into a Joke and overused him so much he seems not like grand evil anymore but some Saturday morning cartoon villain, And we are meant to accept that Neither Goku or Vegeta would want to get rid of for good, Frieza still goes out and conquers worlds and kills billions. It feels just wrong really.
@@RomanHistoryFan476AD lmao just shut the hell up idk where u guys come from hating on DBS all I see when I see this is I think u guys must hate original DB since DBS is eons above db but not quite DBZ tier of greatness Frieza is DBS I love it becuase it truly shows how great of a villain he is and gives him some development showing as a villain he willing to train to extract revenge
Doesn’t get anymore classic DBZ than this. This will forever be one of my favorite moments in all of animation, where a super saiyan finally awakes after a thousand years and makes the emperor of the universe shutter in fear and beg for mercy.
@@kuleyklips5324 and then it proceeds to get nerfed time after time after time after time after time after time after time. I wish they ended the series earlier. Cell saga was probably the peak.
Because it was such a long draw up to ssj...we got to see dragon ball first before Z we watched goku go from a baby to a kid to teenager to an adult who then unlocks what was thought to be a myth or legend. It was a shock to everyone who watched it for years and years beforehand.
To me, this was the fight that pushed Goku to his limits. Even my mom was watching DBZ with me and my brother back when it aired on Toonami. She made jokes about Frieza but was interested just as we were.
The longest 5 minutes in television history is one of the greatest fights ever .Despite its problems Goku VS Freeza is a masterpiece with its themes and action scenes.
Its problems go back to the fact that its a japanese anime, ya know where they keep staring at eachother and talk for way too long. In the manga the pacing is much faster, it is drawn and structured to fit in a panel and comic format.
To this day even after watching countless other anime, with animation far FAR better than Goku vs Frieza, this fight still remains the number 1 for me and always will.
This fight was good because it takes things slow and you can digest everything. Plus it weight to the story. Meanwhile the Gogeta Vs broly fight was so flashy and over the top, that I cant bare watching it. The fight with the old broly is how you handle a good fight.
The rest of Dragon Ball is great and I'm glad we got more arcs then and now, but if the series ended at Goku vs Frieza you can't really complain cause it's the perfect story. You really feel like everything comes full circle...
I disagree, the series could have ended with cell The buildup was perfect, Gohans hidden potential , Gohan replacing goku, The androids and the cell saga story was also fabulous
@@aaryayt7747 however then he lost to be family man and scholar so there was no purpose... He only strong now because writer gave him a magical power up not from training
All things considered, although the Buu saga is undoubtedly the “weirdest” of the three, I think all of them are ultimately needed to tell the complete story. With Frieza, the tale of Goku’s journey from young man to adult is complete. With Cell, we get the tale of him learning what it truly means to be a father. And with Buu, we get a choral tale about the value of trust and friendship with a more lighthearted tone, thus partially returning Dragon Ball to its roots for the final act of the story.
I had been watching DBZ since the Saiyan arc was in syndication but it was this fight and that made me an absolute maniac for the franchise. Watching Goku go SS for the very first time on Toonami - the first time they ever aired that episode - wow, I’m so glad I experienced that.
I love that SSJ goku has sharp speech bubbles instead of rounded, just like every villain has in DBZ. So when in SSJ, goku was a stone cold killer like them.
Cool story about this fight here: In Italy they used to air Dragonball, Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT in sequence, for over a decade, right after school time, so we would all go back home and watched it religiously, that's why Dragonball is incredibly popular in Italy. After GT finished airing, they would just reboot from either Dragonball or Dragonball Z, and repeat, for years and years, at the same exact time. I've watched the show during my entire school period, primary, middle and high school. Goku transforming into super Saiyan was just the most important moment of the show for everyone. I remember one year in high school, I was a student representative and I had to attend an important meeting. I came up late and everyone was like WHY ARE YOU SO LATE, DON'T KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT? And I was like: sorry, Goku turned Super Saiyan in today's episode
Goku's acceptance of his Saiyan heritage is the key to his UI as well. That's what Whis was telling him in the end of the last Maga Chapter. "Who are you" -Whis
@@kyledea187mdkjr5 booo!!! the extended fight scenes in its entirety is essential to how incredible it was...💯 the elongated stare downs and additional timing between the sections of actual battle are absolutely essential in building the overall length and context of how epic this fight actually was...💯
I think the extremely long fight was what made anime so popular in the west. Everyone had a chance to get in to the series with all our friends talking about it instead of one amazing 2 episode fight and ending.
For over 20 years, this was the longest fight. It was awesome and jaw dropping back and forth action from start to finish. It’s crazy how it was only til Luffy vs Katakuri, again over 20 years later, where it took over as the longest fight in the history of anime. I think we should see a in-depth of Gohan vs Cell now following this one
When my mum injured her shoulder and had to recover at home in 2000, I took that chance to show her DBZ and we came to watch all of DB in its various series, and she became a fan. One thing she mentions is how Goku walked forward fearlessly towards Frieza that first time before their battle. An excellent and timeless battle, always!
One of my former co-workers from a job I used to work at put Goku Vs Frieza simply like this: "The reason Frieza hates Goku is because Goku is the only person that made Frieza actually have to TRY." Which I completely agree with since all Frieza's life; he's never had to put much effort into a fight before Goku.
This is....without a doubt.... T H E B E S T fight in all of anine...and even in the movies....💯 over the entire arc start to finish when Goku begins to actually fight Frieza.... Especially in the raw Japanese version with no cuts or alterations...when blood is heavily prevalent... NO QUESTION.....BEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME...💯💯💯
I know how you feel. I want a medium of art to influence me again. I want to feel something inside of me, but i guess in the mean time i can reexperience the stuff that has influenced me. Hunter x hunter was a great watch and i didn't see that until a while back
I’ll always appreciate the funimation dub for getting me into dragon ball but I’ve grown to respect Kai for being more accurate to the manga. Another excellent video from you geekdom
Great video! Like a lot of people, this fight is the pinnacle of DBZ for me. The first episode where they battle, and then "Pathos on Freeza" are some of the best animated sequences in the entire series. Absolutely love it.
When I was 19 I was a waiter. I had a regular crew that came in daily to watch DBZ and have drinks after work. When Frieza killed Killin the entire place was dead silent. I even stopped serving to watch. When Goku turned Super Saiyan the entire place erupted. You would have thought someone just won the Super Bowl. This show is powerful.
This is the fight that actually got me into dragonball my friends at school was onabout dragonball so I went home and said to my mom I wanted to watch dragonball z I put it on and never looked back I've now been a HUGE db fan for around about 20 years this fight will always bring me nostalgia I've just recently watched the whole goku vs freiza fight again and it still gave me the same feeling as it did all those years back
This fight was also great metaphor for two different paths to power, one of ego, and one of genuine love for growth, and why one is not only more moral but also the path with the higher ceiling. Ego rests on laurels, love does not.
Geekdom! That wasn't a bad video! One thing that stuck out to me was how you described frieza under pressure, in it made think of a quote by ROBERT MCKEE which says ." True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure, the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice of the character essential nature" goku was a true warrior at heart, in frieza a true slime and coward! Thanks for the video
I remember reading this part of the story over and over again in my local library which had the goku vs freeza volumes. The SSJ transformation never gets old.
God tier fight. The impact of the hits, Moves we never seen from neither one of the them again The pure brutality of the fight (especially once Goku turned Super Saiyan) Love this fight
Well I never forgot how epic and influential this fight is. It's always been my favorite of the DB franchise. Yeah, I prefer the manga's pacing over the anime filler (excluding Goku's SS transformation, of course), but that aside it still ranks at the top for me. And of course it served as the culmination of the epic story between the Saiyan Saga and Frieza Saga, which has always been the best of DBZ in my opinion (sorry to all you fans who prefer the Cell Saga).
It was different from any other fights on many levels. Took me some time to appreciate it, Goku had showed mercy before but this was deeper, he had every reason and plenty of opportunities to kill Frieza and chose to let him live, whereas Frieza would rather risk death by blowing Namek up, if it meant the pesky monkey would die. Edit - my favourite part of the fight is a bit after Goku goes SSJ and plays a bit of cat-and-mouse with Frieza just to prove he is way faster than him. Frieza's fear is tangible, he teleports quickly, hides behind a rock and Goku is already there 🤣😎
The build up from the original dragon ball helped with this fight as well. Seeing Goku as a kid grow up, learn about his heritage, and live up to it is great tale.
For me it's simply the greatest clash in all of anime and in the hall of fame of human fiction. My personal favourite fight in the whole Dragon Ball franchise 👌🏿
Also the number of techniques Frieza had in his arsenal was ridiculous to me during this fight. Goku only had the Kamehameha Wave, Spirit Bomb and Kaioken before SSJ and still whooped that ass
i really think you skipped over a key difference in the transformation. The scream in the anime vs the sudden snap in the manga. I think these are key changes that change the SSJ transformation itself. Not to mention the music
@@jasonone8726 manga no but that's the point there was a scream in the anime vs no scream in the manga and it affects how people view the scene and transformation.
When you first saw Dragon Ball Z Frieza versus Goku on Planet Namek it was just an epic all the fights before that we're good but that fight was exceptionally great personally I would compare that fight to like when yusuke toguro or Ichigo fighting Aizen Naruto fight Pain or Madara
no other villain in all of dragon ball (correct me if im wrong) ever got the treatment that frieza got, a fight so carefully built up, because it was far from “oh you’re strong let’s fight” there was motivation for the encounter between both main characters of the saga, at some point got me thinking of how everything was leading to this moment, the whole life story of goku following the destiny it was meant to, but we do know that toriyama went with the flow, but oh god what a way to create as you go, this has got to be one of the best anime fights and i doubt anything else will top it off.
One thing I noticed in this fight was Goku before becoming a super Saiyan he preferred to fight on the ground cuz he's a martial artist but when he became a super Saiyan he quickly took the fight to the air and used ki blasts like Saiyans
The Greatest Anime fight of all time everything was planned out perfectly and it blew my mind when Goku went ssj yet Frieza went 100% and still kept up and the blow for blow war ensued until Goku won
oh my gawd.... watching this arc from week to week hanging on every single episode one at a time was sooooo fustrating...but i watched it every episode with complete rewarding fullfilment after it was all said and done....💯
Two minor corrections: 4:45 Kaio-sama's English translated title is the Lord of Worlds. Lord of Lords is what the Viz manga uses as a translation for Kaioshin. 19:54 He did accept it prior though. He had no problem referring to himself as a Saiyan when Kaio noted his planet has the same level of gravity as the Saiyan's homeworld and also referred to himself as a Saiyan raised on Earth when fighting Butta and Jheese. What he hadn't accepted, however, was pride at his Saiyan heritage and embracing his Saiyan nature without any pretences. Though he asked Vegeta to lend him some Saiyan pride after his death and then said he'd defeat Freeza for all the Saiyans, it was after his Super Saiyan transformation that he truly embraced these values and merged them with his own tenants of budo. Another thing worth noting about Super Saiyan Goku, particularly brought out by Nozawa's performance in the anime, is this fight being one of the few cases where Goku acts pretentious and patronising with him making it clear he wants to tarnish Freeza's pride, fully showing Freeza elicited a personal grudge from Goku beyond any other villain in the franchise. What gets lost in translation is a character change that comes from the physical change of Super Saiyan. Goku always uses the informal "Ora" to refer to himself, but uses the proper "Ore" when in Super Saiyan in this fight and against 19, with him only using "Ora" in this form after mastering and fully making the form part of him in the Room of Spirit and Time.
Funny thing is I’m at this part and was bringing it up to myself also to add your point about accepting his heritage he tells Kuririn that it might be his Saiyan blood and that’s why he wants to spare Vegeta so he accepted it but Vegeta gave him a sense of saiyan pride on Namek
@@sincere0727 There is that, though it is worth noting that the tenants of his budo (that retroactively became tied to his Saiyan traits) did influence him in similar ways such as him being excited by the prospect of facing strong foes all throughout the series and his sparing of Piccolo being partially influenced by his desire for a strong opponent. This is likely a major reason why he only says it might be his Saiyan blood influencing his decisions rather than fully accepting it as the primary reason.
This is one of the best fights in DBZ. The "this planet will explode in 5 minutes" and it take like 10 or 25 episodes never bothered me. I just go by no one can tell time in the DB universe. XD
Dbz Kai best adaptation Chris Ayer’s (rip) did a phenomenal job as playing frieza and Sean schemmel in his prime voice acting as goku. can’t forget “i am the super saiyan son goku!!!!!!” Sent chills down my spin when I was 11-12
26:00 too bad you didn't talk about Goku's face... This moment clearly shows one aspect of Goku's psychology , especially his aversion toward killing people. I think he is just telling to himself "what a waste , i wish i hadn't been forced to do this"
Great video Geekdom! Hands down this fight still is the most legendary animated fight of all time. Goku going SSJ for the first time probably is the most globally recognized moment in anime history. The entire build up from the Saiyan saga till this moment pretty much has never been topped by any anime, the cell saga is probably the closest thing to this. Just goes to show how brilliant Toriyama's mind was when he wrote the DBZ manga.
Goku biting Frieza’s tail is also a brilliant way to show that Frieza isn’t in control of the situation, even if he was stronger at the time. Frieza says he won’t use his hands, but Goku makes him use them almost immediately after. Goku might not have done it on purpose, but he got inside Frieza’s head.
Thanks for the captions, it's the only way I can enjoy your "dragonball in deaf" series. Also, when you said this fight is analogous to white slave owners vs slaves, I shed a tear with my wife's black son. It was a beautiful moment, such a big-brained take!
This battle made such an overwhelming impact on my childhood imagination. I was 4 years old screaming "KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAA!!!!" and throwing paper balls. So glad I experienced this masterpiece.
This is the greatest 1v1 fight I have ever seen in all media. So many stories have a backstory about these grand ancient battles in the past where the Gods or Titans clashed and shook the world. But it's just that: backstory. Goku vs Freeza was the first time I remembered *seeing* something of that scale actually play out. The length was simply part of that. Of course a battle between the most powerful beings ine the universe would not be short. Goku vs Freeza is not just epic in the modern slang use of the term but *Epic* in the classical sense too, in the same way real life Ancient Myrhs and Legends are referred to as grand *Epics*
Still my favorite fight after everything we have seen in Dragon Ball. The build up to Goku finally becoming Super Saiyan, and Freiza finally getting his ass handed to him.
I mean, the whole arc with Frieza felt like the culmination of years and years of training put to the test against the most powerful evil known in the galaxy. Everything Goku had learned, from his childhood to Namek, came to fruition in this struggle for survival. It felt like the final battle. Two mighty warriors battling on a dying planet. The steaks had never felt higher. I don't think the Frieza arc will ever be outdone. It was just so well written and wrapped up the story of Goku nicely.
i had the vhs of goku turning super saiyan as a kid. I used to rewind and watch that episode and over until i had the entire episode memorized lol. It changed my life
awwe man...i had a friend who managed to procure a shitty ass bootleg version (which was like 6 cds bootleg recordings from most likely a terrible conversation from vhs of the full Japanese no subtitle version, where the quality was sooooo grainy you could barely make anything out. we were able to watch Goku go SSJ for the first time many weeks if not months before it aired on Toonami...🤘 i still have those cds in an old NES rental case from some video store....still got it....still awesome!!!!🤘💯
“Freeze must die by Saying hands!” That got me pumped. And to think Freeza was embarrassed and destroyed by the prince of the Syans son in the end. Great fight and surprising epilogue.
Goku vs Frieza is my favorite fight in all of Dragonball because as a lover of all things martial arts and thanks to the fact that when I was a kid my dad and watched a lot of the ufc this was back when fighters like Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes, George Saint Pierre, Kieth Jardine, Quinton Rampage Jackson, and of course Jon Bones Jones were big ok so I had a lot of fun watching them fight with my dad so when I saw Goku fight Frieza as a Super Saiyan I realized what his strategy was hit Frieza with a lot of heavy body shots so the more pain Frieza is in the more desperate he gets and the more mistakes he makes thereby Goku taking the win and I loved that because Goku used real life Martial arts know how to beat Frieza so that just makes me really happy every time I watch that fight that’s why I love that fight
Greatest fight in anime history... Always the most iconic anime rivalry always of all time... Goku Vs frieza... The birth and foundation of anime fights which changed anime forever....❤🎉
This is really well done Danny. I can tell you put a lot of work into this one. It definitely shows. Thank you for putting this together and reminding us all of the true genius of toriyamas storytelling.
@@fellascallmethedrink ...MUTHAGUKA!!!!... YOU MADE ME SPIT OUT MY MT. DEW AND RUIN MY BRAND NEW PHONE.... ...YOU COMPLIMENT JUST COST ME A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS...!!! 😆😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Goku vs Freeza is a metaphor for the regular Joe with heart fighting an almost invincible foe. Yes DBZ had A LOT of filler but some filler was really good for this saga. The filler parts where vegeta, Nappa and Raditz shown taking orders from Freeza, vegeta planning to rebel and immediately after Freeza being defeated Vegeta hooping from Freeza conquered planets looking for signs of Goku. It honestly helps the lore of how expensive Freezas grasp was on the universe and how every alien believed freeza to be the top dog.
Always going to be one of the most Goated moments in anime history happened with that battle. Haters will disagree but it’s an absolute fact. Such a beautiful moment that will remain in our hearts and minds for years to come.
I think one of the things that is very confronting for Goku is that when he spared oponnents like piccolo or vegeta he got the impression everyone can be redeemed. Once he learned that freeza couldn't he still didn't have what it took to finish him off. But once he came back from yardrat while noticing he would have been too late to save his friends cause of him showing mercy he decided he wasn't fit to be earth's protector so started searching for a successor in the android/cell saga.
This fight Changed me as a kid I had never seen anything like this fight up until that point. Literally watched it over and over non stop as a kid and never got bored of it.
same here man, still get the chills and goosebumps when i watch through it
I couldnt stand this fight when i was 6 years old watching it.
Exact same
This show season 1-3 changed me and my brother for the better
Same here I became a fan during the radditz arc, super saiyan goku blew my fucking mind
I can still watch it and I’ve been watching it for 18 years
It's kinda amazing just how critical this one fight is for the identity of the Dragonball franchise. The buildup to this fight was laid out brilliantly with all the previous conflicts on Namek and even the Saiyan Saga prior. The use of so many techniques from both Goku and Freeza is beautifully choreographed, and the display of power is arguably the best in the series. It's questionable if Dragonball would've still become the global phenomena that it is if this fight wasn't as legendary as it was, and now this is the golden standard that all other shonen manga, and even some western media, bases itself upon.
I can tell you atleast personally, I started during the raditz arc and dragonball would come on before DBZ on Tunami every evening at 6-630 or 7-730. The half hour that DB was on I would usually spend eating my dinner and being mentally anxious and bouncing off the wall in my head wishing DB would hurry the hell up so we could get on to the main event which included big blue kei blast and that bitchin golden hair/ Ora lol 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Frieza to me when i first watched it was this terrifying being. The fact that he just toys with vegeta and piccolo and krillin and gohan. It was so insane. Then he would have killed goku, literally goku got plot armor just to win. If the super saiyan was just a myth.
This is without question one of the most iconic Anime fights in history.
Its easy to look back at flaws in 1980's shonen tier writing...but even still, it holds up well till this day. Which is a testament to its influence
What are these flaws you speak of
@@doraball6114 the mythical “1980’s shonen tier writing” flaws of course
There were no flaws though.
Ugh the writing is literally worse now. Shocking that today's writing would even hold up. The only Super Saga that held up to Z's story has been the Goku Black arc.
Dragon balls one of the only anime that has multiple fights that are some of the most iconic in anime history.
Best thing is that Frieza destroyed an entire race to avoid the legend of the Super Saiyan only to be responsible for the birth of Son Goku the Super Saiyan.
Just like kung fu panda 2
"One often meets his destiny on the path he takes to avoid it."
I love that detail so much. People don't give this fight enough credit.
I never noticed that at first 🤯
.. No one cares about this guy's weird talking-videos anti-white propaganda. He can keep it to himself. +
I love that Goku's bite is his most painful, and effective technique. So many can tank a Kamehameha, but nobody is tanking those teeth.
Not even somebody with the weird anatomy of buu
I’ll never forget the time 1st form Cell walked through Piccolo’s last ditch-blast.
Shit’s chilling.
(More so surprising. I didn’t think the power gap was THAT big.)
@@ViltrumiteIsRite99 You talking about the light grenade after Cell absorbed 17? I think that was 2nd form Cell.
@@mojaxon23 nahhh, 1st form Cell. (He interrupts Picc vs #17)
You had it right. Cell walked through a. Light Grenade like it was the afternoon breeze. So sick
@@ViltrumiteIsRite99 Oh yeah, Piccolo was way too tired to defeat Cell then
CONTENTS:
0:00 Introduction
1:05 Part 1: Building a Rivalry
8:06 Part 2: Testing the Limits
15:01 Part 3: The Super Saiyan
22:12 Part 4: A Clash of Destiny
26:27 Part 5: The Legacy of Goku vs Frieza
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When Goku reached Namek by crash landing
It really felt like "Hope has arrived"
Frieza is a perfect and iconic villain similar to Emperor Palpatine: not just evil, *delightfully* evil. He revels in his own evil and this makes him the perfect opponent for Goku
Frieza is such an S tier villain/antagonist. Not every single one of them have to be some psychological antagonist, but if he’s so bad and powerful to the point it makes the character reach new heights and transform the way Goku did, Frieza did a spectacular job.
And quite sadly he just like Palpatine also suffered the issue of Villain decay due to over exposure and constant resurrections. Z was Frieza at his best and not yet over used, Mecha Frieza was interesting and showed how desperate He was for revenge, and it was a nice way to benchmark the new level of power we will see later and it gave a cool intro to Future Trunks . Resurrection F was already pushing it in my opinion and was unneeded really. Super turned him into a Joke and overused him so much he seems not like grand evil anymore but some Saturday morning cartoon villain, And we are meant to accept that Neither Goku or Vegeta would want to get rid of for good, Frieza still goes out and conquers worlds and kills billions. It feels just wrong really.
@@RomanHistoryFan476AD lmao just shut the hell up idk where u guys come from hating on DBS all I see when I see this is I think u guys must hate original DB since DBS is eons above db but not quite DBZ tier of greatness Frieza is DBS I love it becuase it truly shows how great of a villain he is and gives him some development showing as a villain he willing to train to extract revenge
Lol Resurrectin F.. "somehow, Frieza returned"
Jesus Christ is Lord. It is all true. Please take your salvation seriously. Read the Bible and do what it says
I love how goku roasted freeza, not only beating him down, but straight talking smack. love it
Slapping the shit out of him too 😂
Dbza or dbz?
@@SerPapus Dbz
Doesn’t get anymore classic DBZ than this. This will forever be one of my favorite moments in all of animation, where a super saiyan finally awakes after a thousand years and makes the emperor of the universe shutter in fear and beg for mercy.
@@kuleyklips5324 and then it proceeds to get nerfed time after time after time after time after time after time after time.
I wish they ended the series earlier. Cell saga was probably the peak.
I remember seeing this fight with my dad. Now I got a son and the 3 of us will watch this fight together. 3 generations.
That's badass.
dude you can do a family kamehameha with that!
The birth of one of if not the most iconic transformation in anime history 🔥
Correct, THE most iconic transformation
Literally
@ᗪⴺᗉ⟝ℍ ℕO⟝Ꭼ almost everyone from the 90s remembers this scene
Because it was such a long draw up to ssj...we got to see dragon ball first before Z we watched goku go from a baby to a kid to teenager to an adult who then unlocks what was thought to be a myth or legend. It was a shock to everyone who watched it for years and years beforehand.
@@Chrisx093 Well really, most of the people, outside of Japan, saw Z first, the original series was dubbed after.
To me, this was the fight that pushed Goku to his limits. Even my mom was watching DBZ with me and my brother back when it aired on Toonami. She made jokes about Frieza but was interested just as we were.
The longest 5 minutes in television history is one of the greatest fights ever .Despite its problems Goku VS Freeza is a masterpiece with its themes and action scenes.
What problems?
@@j04370859 pacing
@@Zetaforce-uv8el Oh yeah, I haven't even seen the anime version in years, that was why lol
Its problems go back to the fact that its a japanese anime, ya know where they keep staring at eachother and talk for way too long. In the manga the pacing is much faster, it is drawn and structured to fit in a panel and comic format.
I love how a good part of the fight takes place over 5 minutes in the DBZ world.
Which equates to several 30 minute episodes in our world
To this day even after watching countless other anime, with animation far FAR better than Goku vs Frieza, this fight still remains the number 1 for me and always will.
Because animations don't do everything. Or Gogeta VS Broly would have been the best fight by far in Dragon Ball
This fight was good because it takes things slow and you can digest everything. Plus it weight to the story. Meanwhile the Gogeta Vs broly fight was so flashy and over the top, that I cant bare watching it. The fight with the old broly is how you handle a good fight.
I agree alexgamer 155 :-)
The rest of Dragon Ball is great and I'm glad we got more arcs then and now, but if the series ended at Goku vs Frieza you can't really complain cause it's the perfect story. You really feel like everything comes full circle...
Actually cell and Goku dying been perfect ending because his son would be heir to the throne young Gohan
It was originally supposed to end at Frieza
I disagree, the series could have ended with cell
The buildup was perfect,
Gohans hidden potential ,
Gohan replacing goku,
The androids and the cell saga story was also fabulous
@@aaryayt7747 however then he lost to be family man and scholar so there was no purpose... He only strong now because writer gave him a magical power up not from training
All things considered, although the Buu saga is undoubtedly the “weirdest” of the three, I think all of them are ultimately needed to tell the complete story. With Frieza, the tale of Goku’s journey from young man to adult is complete. With Cell, we get the tale of him learning what it truly means to be a father. And with Buu, we get a choral tale about the value of trust and friendship with a more lighthearted tone, thus partially returning Dragon Ball to its roots for the final act of the story.
I had been watching DBZ since the Saiyan arc was in syndication but it was this fight and that made me an absolute maniac for the franchise. Watching Goku go SS for the very first time on Toonami - the first time they ever aired that episode - wow, I’m so glad I experienced that.
I love that SSJ goku has sharp speech bubbles instead of rounded, just like every villain has in DBZ. So when in SSJ, goku was a stone cold killer like them.
I recently started collecting physical copies of manga and recently bought the volumes with the big fight and I absolutely love owning it
Cool story about this fight here:
In Italy they used to air Dragonball, Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT in sequence, for over a decade, right after school time, so we would all go back home and watched it religiously, that's why Dragonball is incredibly popular in Italy.
After GT finished airing, they would just reboot from either Dragonball or Dragonball Z, and repeat, for years and years, at the same exact time.
I've watched the show during my entire school period, primary, middle and high school.
Goku transforming into super Saiyan was just the most important moment of the show for everyone.
I remember one year in high school, I was a student representative and I had to attend an important meeting.
I came up late and everyone was like WHY ARE YOU SO LATE, DON'T KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT?
And I was like: sorry, Goku turned Super Saiyan in today's episode
ahahaha, same in Portugal, priceless.
Gotta say the rest of the group gotta get their priorities straight, if Goku is ramping up to ssj you do NOT leave
Goku's acceptance of his Saiyan heritage is the key to his UI as well. That's what Whis was telling him in the end of the last Maga Chapter. "Who are you" -Whis
The fight is way too long in the anime. But it's still arguably the most popular and most influential fight in anime history.
dbz kai fixes it
@@kyledea187mdkjr5 yes I love the kai version of the fight.
@@bryanmark14 this fight is the best fight Dragon Ball has ever gotten
@@bryanmark14 yeah especially Kai Eng Dub has the best version that has ever been dubbed by funimation.
@@kyledea187mdkjr5 booo!!!
the extended fight scenes in its entirety is essential to how incredible it was...💯
the elongated stare downs and additional timing between the sections of actual battle are absolutely essential in building the overall length and context of how epic this fight actually was...💯
I think the extremely long fight was what made anime so popular in the west. Everyone had a chance to get in to the series with all our friends talking about it instead of one amazing 2 episode fight and ending.
For over 20 years, this was the longest fight. It was awesome and jaw dropping back and forth action from start to finish. It’s crazy how it was only til Luffy vs Katakuri, again over 20 years later, where it took over as the longest fight in the history of anime. I think we should see a in-depth of Gohan vs Cell now following this one
Cell made the same mistake Frieza made! And Buu made the same mistake too
When my mum injured her shoulder and had to recover at home in 2000, I took that chance to show her DBZ and we came to watch all of DB in its various series, and she became a fan. One thing she mentions is how Goku walked forward fearlessly towards Frieza that first time before their battle. An excellent and timeless battle, always!
One of my former co-workers from a job I used to work at put Goku Vs Frieza simply like this: "The reason Frieza hates Goku is because Goku is the only person that made Frieza actually have to TRY." Which I completely agree with since all Frieza's life; he's never had to put much effort into a fight before Goku.
The most goated anime/manga fight and my second favorite ever! This was the peak of DBZ!
This is....without a doubt....
T H E B E S T fight in all of anine...and even in the movies....💯
over the entire arc start to finish when Goku begins to actually fight Frieza....
Especially in the raw Japanese version with no cuts or alterations...when blood is heavily prevalent...
NO QUESTION.....BEST FIGHT OF ALL TIME...💯💯💯
Stuffed Crust King Kai
My greatest pupil "Goku"
This fight will forever be, in my opinion, the single greatest and most iconic in the entire series and possibly all of anime and culture
yes!!!!
thank you..
someone who understands the true context of this legendary battle in its entirety...💯
I need something like this back in my life. Things have been rough, and painful around here. I'm sure many know that feeling and wish for the same.
I know how you feel. I want a medium of art to influence me again. I want to feel something inside of me, but i guess in the mean time i can reexperience the stuff that has influenced me. Hunter x hunter was a great watch and i didn't see that until a while back
I love the afterimage dodging at 19:21. It's also my favorite aspect of UI.
I’ll always appreciate the funimation dub for getting me into dragon ball but I’ve grown to respect Kai for being more accurate to the manga. Another excellent video from you geekdom
Great video! Like a lot of people, this fight is the pinnacle of DBZ for me. The first episode where they battle, and then "Pathos on Freeza" are some of the best animated sequences in the entire series. Absolutely love it.
When I was 19 I was a waiter. I had a regular crew that came in daily to watch DBZ and have drinks after work.
When Frieza killed Killin the entire place was dead silent. I even stopped serving to watch.
When Goku turned Super Saiyan the entire place erupted. You would have thought someone just won the Super Bowl.
This show is powerful.
South American country?
So glad you're talking about this this Arc and everything it stood for it's so important to the value of the dragon Ball story
This is the fight that actually got me into dragonball my friends at school was onabout dragonball so I went home and said to my mom I wanted to watch dragonball z I put it on and never looked back I've now been a HUGE db fan for around about 20 years this fight will always bring me nostalgia I've just recently watched the whole goku vs freiza fight again and it still gave me the same feeling as it did all those years back
I will always argue and die on the hill that line “…ally to good nightmare to you.” Is superior to “I am the Super Saiyan Son Goku”
This fight was also great metaphor for two different paths to power, one of ego, and one of genuine love for growth, and why one is not only more moral but also the path with the higher ceiling. Ego rests on laurels, love does not.
Geekdom! That wasn't a bad video! One thing that stuck out to me was how you described frieza under pressure, in it made think of a quote by ROBERT MCKEE which says ." True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure, the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice of the character essential nature" goku was a true warrior at heart, in frieza a true slime and coward! Thanks for the video
I remember reading this part of the story over and over again in my local library which had the goku vs freeza volumes. The SSJ transformation never gets old.
God tier fight. The impact of the hits, Moves we never seen from neither one of the them again The pure brutality of the fight (especially once Goku turned Super Saiyan) Love this fight
I can say for certain that it was this fight between Goku and Frieza that drew a whole lot of new fans to the series in the West.
Just watched this whole fight yesterday and it was better than I remembered
seeing goku and freeza work together in the universes tournament was insanely satisfying!!!
Well I never forgot how epic and influential this fight is. It's always been my favorite of the DB franchise. Yeah, I prefer the manga's pacing over the anime filler (excluding Goku's SS transformation, of course), but that aside it still ranks at the top for me. And of course it served as the culmination of the epic story between the Saiyan Saga and Frieza Saga, which has always been the best of DBZ in my opinion (sorry to all you fans who prefer the Cell Saga).
Such a great analysis. Thank you Danny for the awesome content. 7 years and still going on strong.
This fight was game changer for me the most iconic fight ever🙏
It was different from any other fights on many levels. Took me some time to appreciate it, Goku had showed mercy before but this was deeper, he had every reason and plenty of opportunities to kill Frieza and chose to let him live, whereas Frieza would rather risk death by blowing Namek up, if it meant the pesky monkey would die.
Edit - my favourite part of the fight is a bit after Goku goes SSJ and plays a bit of cat-and-mouse with Frieza just to prove he is way faster than him. Frieza's fear is tangible, he teleports quickly, hides behind a rock and Goku is already there 🤣😎
Vegitas death is what made this fight so impactful for me. The final words between the two before the fight set the tone for their fight.
Definitely my favorite video done by you, I appreciate your hard dedication and love for this video💪🏾
The build up from the original dragon ball helped with this fight as well. Seeing Goku as a kid grow up, learn about his heritage, and live up to it is great tale.
I love the Frieza arc with Saiyan being my favorite. The battles in the Frieza arc are so fun and entertaining to watch.
The androids and cell fights were awesome as well
One of the best videos you have made in a good while and that's saying something, been here since almost day 1 for many years, keep up the good work
For me it's simply the greatest clash in all of anime and in the hall of fame of human fiction. My personal favourite fight in the whole Dragon Ball franchise 👌🏿
Agreed
I feel the impact of this fight was lessened by Trunks showing up and beating Freeza in 2 seconds by sneezing.
In the ORIGINAL timeline Goku fights Frieza and King Cold and wins. I would LOVE to see that fight OFFICIALLY (no fanmade.)🤓
Yeah that was a whole other arc and the stakes were higher. Trunks came from the future with a bigger threat than Frieza
Also the number of techniques Frieza had in his arsenal was ridiculous to me during this fight. Goku only had the Kamehameha Wave, Spirit Bomb and Kaioken before SSJ and still whooped that ass
i really think you skipped over a key difference in the transformation. The scream in the anime vs the sudden snap in the manga. I think these are key changes that change the SSJ transformation itself. Not to mention the music
@@jasonone8726 manga no but that's the point there was a scream in the anime vs no scream in the manga and it affects how people view the scene and transformation.
When you first saw Dragon Ball Z Frieza versus Goku on Planet Namek it was just an epic all the fights before that we're good but that fight was exceptionally great personally I would compare that fight to like when yusuke toguro or Ichigo fighting Aizen Naruto fight Pain or Madara
Ichigo vs Aizen is my favorite anime and manga fight, but Goku vs Frieza is easily the best
no other villain in all of dragon ball (correct me if im wrong) ever got the treatment that frieza got, a fight so carefully built up, because it was far from “oh you’re strong let’s fight” there was motivation for the encounter between both main characters of the saga, at some point got me thinking of how everything was leading to this moment, the whole life story of goku following the destiny it was meant to, but we do know that toriyama went with the flow, but oh god what a way to create as you go, this has got to be one of the best anime fights and i doubt anything else will top it off.
This is why I like your content. All of it shows your passion and love for Dragon Ball.
One thing I noticed in this fight was Goku before becoming a super Saiyan he preferred to fight on the ground cuz he's a martial artist but when he became a super Saiyan he quickly took the fight to the air and used ki blasts like Saiyans
He only used the Kamehameha once, maybe he did more ki blast stuff in the anime version, I haven't watched it in a while.
The Greatest Anime fight of all time everything was planned out perfectly and it blew my mind when Goku went ssj yet Frieza went 100% and still kept up and the blow for blow war ensued until Goku won
Great content as always bro! I love how in-depth (pun intended) you always are!
Thank you for not just this video, but all the hard work you've put into your channel as a whole.
Seeing Vegeta cry certified his spot as a all time anime character
oh my gawd....
watching this arc from week to week hanging on every single episode one at a time was sooooo fustrating...but i watched it every episode with complete rewarding fullfilment after it was all said and done....💯
Back when it first aired it was actually day to day. We got a new ep every day at 5 on toonami
@@mookiestewart3776 gawd damn right!!!
...so epic...💯
You putted also frieza,s ringtone by tfs in this video that is so awesome🔥🔥💪❤️
Two minor corrections:
4:45 Kaio-sama's English translated title is the Lord of Worlds. Lord of Lords is what the Viz manga uses as a translation for Kaioshin.
19:54 He did accept it prior though. He had no problem referring to himself as a Saiyan when Kaio noted his planet has the same level of gravity as the Saiyan's homeworld and also referred to himself as a Saiyan raised on Earth when fighting Butta and Jheese. What he hadn't accepted, however, was pride at his Saiyan heritage and embracing his Saiyan nature without any pretences. Though he asked Vegeta to lend him some Saiyan pride after his death and then said he'd defeat Freeza for all the Saiyans, it was after his Super Saiyan transformation that he truly embraced these values and merged them with his own tenants of budo.
Another thing worth noting about Super Saiyan Goku, particularly brought out by Nozawa's performance in the anime, is this fight being one of the few cases where Goku acts pretentious and patronising with him making it clear he wants to tarnish Freeza's pride, fully showing Freeza elicited a personal grudge from Goku beyond any other villain in the franchise. What gets lost in translation is a character change that comes from the physical change of Super Saiyan. Goku always uses the informal "Ora" to refer to himself, but uses the proper "Ore" when in Super Saiyan in this fight and against 19, with him only using "Ora" in this form after mastering and fully making the form part of him in the Room of Spirit and Time.
Funny thing is I’m at this part and was bringing it up to myself also to add your point about accepting his heritage he tells Kuririn that it might be his Saiyan blood and that’s why he wants to spare Vegeta so he accepted it but Vegeta gave him a sense of saiyan pride on Namek
@@sincere0727 There is that, though it is worth noting that the tenants of his budo (that retroactively became tied to his Saiyan traits) did influence him in similar ways such as him being excited by the prospect of facing strong foes all throughout the series and his sparing of Piccolo being partially influenced by his desire for a strong opponent. This is likely a major reason why he only says it might be his Saiyan blood influencing his decisions rather than fully accepting it as the primary reason.
This is one of the best fights in DBZ. The "this planet will explode in 5 minutes" and it take like 10 or 25 episodes never bothered me. I just go by no one can tell time in the DB universe. XD
Turning on Dragon Ball for the first time, I saw Goku become a Super Saiyan for the first time. The Kai dub of this fight made me a Dragon Ball fan.
Dbz Kai best adaptation Chris Ayer’s (rip) did a phenomenal job as playing frieza and Sean schemmel in his prime voice acting as goku. can’t forget “i am the super saiyan son goku!!!!!!” Sent chills down my spin when I was 11-12
26:00 too bad you didn't talk about Goku's face... This moment clearly shows one aspect of Goku's psychology , especially his aversion toward killing people. I think he is just telling to himself "what a waste , i wish i hadn't been forced to do this"
Great video Geekdom! Hands down this fight still is the most legendary animated fight of all time. Goku going SSJ for the first time probably is the most globally recognized moment in anime history. The entire build up from the Saiyan saga till this moment pretty much has never been topped by any anime, the cell saga is probably the closest thing to this. Just goes to show how brilliant Toriyama's mind was when he wrote the DBZ manga.
This five minute fight going on for several episodes is pretty genius.
Goku biting Frieza’s tail is also a brilliant way to show that Frieza isn’t in control of the situation, even if he was stronger at the time.
Frieza says he won’t use his hands, but Goku makes him use them almost immediately after. Goku might not have done it on purpose, but he got inside Frieza’s head.
Not only dragon ball z or the dragon ball franchise... Its the greatest and legendary battle of the entire planet in anime history...
Thanks for the captions, it's the only way I can enjoy your "dragonball in deaf" series. Also, when you said this fight is analogous to white slave owners vs slaves, I shed a tear with my wife's black son. It was a beautiful moment, such a big-brained take!
Please tell me you're joking.
This battle made such an overwhelming impact on my childhood imagination. I was 4 years old screaming "KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAA!!!!"
and throwing paper balls. So glad I experienced this masterpiece.
This is the greatest 1v1 fight I have ever seen in all media. So many stories have a backstory about these grand ancient battles in the past where the Gods or Titans clashed and shook the world. But it's just that: backstory.
Goku vs Freeza was the first time I remembered *seeing* something of that scale actually play out. The length was simply part of that. Of course a battle between the most powerful beings ine the universe would not be short.
Goku vs Freeza is not just epic in the modern slang use of the term but *Epic* in the classical sense too, in the same way real life Ancient Myrhs and Legends are referred to as grand *Epics*
Still my favorite fight after everything we have seen in Dragon Ball.
The build up to Goku finally becoming Super Saiyan, and Freiza finally getting his ass handed to him.
I love Frieza. I kinda love having him back and hanging around.
This video was just amazing. Great way to express in media what people feel in their hearts about this fight
I mean, the whole arc with Frieza felt like the culmination of years and years of training put to the test against the most powerful evil known in the galaxy. Everything Goku had learned, from his childhood to Namek, came to fruition in this struggle for survival. It felt like the final battle. Two mighty warriors battling on a dying planet. The steaks had never felt higher. I don't think the Frieza arc will ever be outdone. It was just so well written and wrapped up the story of Goku nicely.
i had the vhs of goku turning super saiyan as a kid. I used to rewind and watch that episode and over until i had the entire episode memorized lol. It changed my life
awwe man...i had a friend who managed to procure a shitty ass bootleg version (which was like 6 cds bootleg recordings from most likely a terrible conversation from vhs of the full Japanese no subtitle version, where the quality was sooooo grainy you could barely make anything out. we were able to watch Goku go SSJ for the first time many weeks if not months before it aired on Toonami...🤘
i still have those cds in an old NES rental case from some video store....still got it....still awesome!!!!🤘💯
Watching this as a kid it didn't feel dragged out to me. It was, is and always will be the coolest thing I've ever seen.
“Freeze must die by Saying hands!” That got me pumped. And to think Freeza was embarrassed and destroyed by the prince of the Syans son in the end. Great fight and surprising epilogue.
I was waiting for this video Geekdom!
Man what a fight Goku was so badass.
Goku vs Frieza is my favorite fight in all of Dragonball because as a lover of all things martial arts and thanks to the fact that when I was a kid my dad and watched a lot of the ufc this was back when fighters like Chuck Liddell, Matt Hughes, George Saint Pierre, Kieth Jardine, Quinton Rampage Jackson, and of course Jon Bones Jones were big ok so I had a lot of fun watching them fight with my dad so when I saw Goku fight Frieza as a Super Saiyan I realized what his strategy was hit Frieza with a lot of heavy body shots so the more pain Frieza is in the more desperate he gets and the more mistakes he makes thereby Goku taking the win and I loved that because Goku used real life Martial arts know how to beat Frieza so that just makes me really happy every time I watch that fight that’s why I love that fight
Namek Goku is my favorite character specifically watching it for the first time gave me like weird happiness goosebumps 🙏
Greatest fight in anime history... Always the most iconic anime rivalry always of all time... Goku Vs frieza... The birth and foundation of anime fights which changed anime forever....❤🎉
This is really well done Danny. I can tell you put a lot of work into this one. It definitely shows. Thank you for putting this together and reminding us all of the true genius of toriyamas storytelling.
Watching this as a kid completely blew my mind. I remember being so hype every day for like 2 weeks about what would happen in the fight.
The best part was when Goku slapped the shit out of Frieza that had me on the floor dyin
CHARLIE MURPHY!!!!!!
@@ZenRyoku Goku really went “what did the five fingers say to the face? SLAP!”
Nah the part that really had me dying was when Goku elbowed the fuck out of Frieza's skull, and you saw Frieza's eyeballs pop out of his head 😭💀
@@fellascallmethedrink ...MUTHAGUKA!!!!...
YOU MADE ME SPIT OUT MY MT. DEW AND RUIN MY BRAND NEW PHONE....
...YOU COMPLIMENT JUST COST ME A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS...!!! 😆😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember watching this fight air for the first time on toonami back in the day and it was so badass but holy shit it took so many episodes 🤣
Dam near a month. I was in 4th grade in 99/00 (can't remember) when this fight was first aired.
Goku vs Freeza is a metaphor for the regular Joe with heart fighting an almost invincible foe. Yes DBZ had A LOT of filler but some filler was really good for this saga. The filler parts where vegeta, Nappa and Raditz shown taking orders from Freeza, vegeta planning to rebel and immediately after Freeza being defeated Vegeta hooping from Freeza conquered planets looking for signs of Goku. It honestly helps the lore of how expensive Freezas grasp was on the universe and how every alien believed freeza to be the top dog.
The fight that changed Dragon Ball forever.
Always going to be one of the most Goated moments in anime history happened with that battle.
Haters will disagree but it’s an absolute fact.
Such a beautiful moment that will remain in our hearts and minds for years to come.
I think one of the things that is very confronting for Goku is that when he spared oponnents like piccolo or vegeta he got the impression everyone can be redeemed. Once he learned that freeza couldn't he still didn't have what it took to finish him off. But once he came back from yardrat while noticing he would have been too late to save his friends cause of him showing mercy he decided he wasn't fit to be earth's protector so started searching for a successor in the android/cell saga.