What's more overrated? Star Wars or DBZ

DBZ. Star Wars actually earns all its praise. DBZ has never and from what I've seen on the new movie it never will. The MCU is a close second though.

DBZ but I do like DBZ a lot

Dbz is usually underrated on comicvine. There are people who nerf ssj3 goku as a mountain buster.

Well

DBZ is far from narrative excellence

Dragon Ball/DBZ in itself is very important in the development of shonen manga, certainly one of the most important in all of manga.

Now note I do think DBZ overatted by a lot of people.

It is far from the best anime or even shonen ever in my opinion BUT Dragon Ball's influence is massive in a lot of the manga creators coming up in the 90s till now and it was one of the first big anime in the west before like the more big explosion of manga and anime we have now.

Yeah DBZ fanbase can be rough sometimes.

But a lot of the manga and anime people really love today would probably be pretty different without its influence.

I cant speak for Star Wars as I'm only familiar with the movies not EU but that's also been a massive influence on many works.

So I think the praise and recognition for both is well deserved.

As for the MCU.....welll Marvel comics and Marvel universe in general has same kinda impact on popular culture (and other writers and artists), so the MCU could probably just been seen as an extension of that.

@slacker_the_hacker:

The Influence its given to two anime I love or loved (Bleach and Naruto) is undeniable. Still The anime itself is over all the same story every arc. Same old Fighting scenes (Punch Punch, kick, Ki attack) and as of now completely uses Humans, Piccolo and Gohan as throw away characters. Course it being one of the first anime to make it big in America these faults are reasonable just as Superman's Flaws come mostly from him being the first Hero.

Niether! :c

@stormshadow_x: that's your opinion. I don't see the stories any different than most shonen format. Ironically goku has the least apprence than all the side characters. It's a dam good anime compared to its time.

@flashback0180:

Never said it was anything but a opinion ( Not sure why you had the need too reply unless I did) seeing as how this thread is about your opinion. To its time its decent but also in my opinion it just doesn't hold up. And Screen Time does not equal Spotlight. Cap got like 2min more screen time than Ironman but guess who got the spot light :p I personally think Dragonball was a damn good anime of its time and its Sequel Series being a 7.5/10

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Oh yeah, the second highest manga in history is overrated.

DBZ. MCU is not too far behind.

MCU is not overrated.. wtf. I've never seen so much hate for it in my life XD.

DBZ is not overrated.. it's just nostalgia influenced. Some fans tend to overrate the characters.

Idk about Star Wars fans to know.

funny enough, manga approximate sales don't really indicate the quality of the manga. you know what's included in the top 10 best selling mangas ? kochira a comedy manga, golgo 13 a "quite adult" manga, and oishinbo a cooking manga. quite a difference

Yay, another one of these "is X more overrated than Y". Just what we need because one thread isn't enough.

None of those options are overrated.

Definitely the MCU

MCU

Where did MCU come from? lol Just decided to throw it in there?

This. I don't think the MCU has gathered as much devotion as the other 2. DBZ probably has the strongest nostalgia element I've encountered with the original Star Wars trilogy trailing it.

DC.

I like all three, but have a firm belief that 50% of DBZ fans should be castrated to guarantee they never procreate.

Star Wars and MCU Overrated? GTFO. DBZ is a cancer that needs to be wiped from the face of the earth. Hell they are part of the reason people started getting those ridiculous hairstyles. Yeah Im looking at you Jersey Shore.

DBZ. Aside from it's role as the beginnings of the shonnen manga genre, there's nothing interesting about it. Now if you compare overall quality of Star Wars and DBZ, it's extremely obvious which one is executed better. Star Wars movies are actually considered great works of art even outside of the genre, while DBZ is just a gimmick.

@keenko: lmao! perfect

Hmmm.

@mrtummytumms: yep

Star Wars was not that great

Dbz most overrated star wars great films but a lil too highly touted at times however I think star wars is the coolest idea and universe and stuff.

Harry Potter.

Star Wars is not overrated like, at all.

DBZ definitely is though.

Well this isn't biased at all.

MC movies are over rated, star wars movies are over rated but DBZ is on another level of voer rated to the both.

Dragon Ball Z. As a kid, you love it because it's mindless action. As an adult, you realize that you were an idiot kid.

DBZ is vastly overrated.

It's kind of hard to say they are all extremely overrated.

None of them.

@slacker_the_hacker: Meh, Akira is how America became accustomed to Japanese anime, DBZ only created the market for mangas. Also, I think Cowboy Bebop(whose influence comes from Lupin the III) would created an interest in Anime even without DBZ, as well as Miyazaki's movies.

That being said, without DBZ some of my favorite characters wouldn't exist--Naruto, Vash, Kenshin Himura, and hell, even Goku.

Creating the market for mangas is still a pretty big feat and accomplishment

Though of course Bebop, Akira and Lupin are very important to, I was merely making a case that DBZ, Marvel and Star Wars might be overrated but all have done things that deserve praise. Even if ya did watch DBZ for the fighting when you were a kid.....still was fun XD

Still is fun to this day.

I'm just more making a case for Dragon Ball as I figured it would be voted as the most overrated one and in all fairness it is.

But hey its Dragon Ball

Its the second best selling manga of all time (Of course sales dont mean quality but its still an impressive feat) and was my first love before I started reading western comics, manga, normal books or anything like that. So I have a lot of like nostlagia for it and respect.

With that said!

My favorite manga/anime are JoJo's Bizzare Adventure and Hunter x Hunter

LotRs

Oh def dbz, this is no competition lol. Look at the bullshit they spew.

You take that back.

Star Wars has a interesting story. I can't say the same about DBZ. But MCU is way more overrated than both.

DBZ.

I don't even have the slightest interest in the Star Wars series but it has had a massive effect on western pop culture and film. Same can't be said for the opposition.

DBZ

Watched it growing up and I still love it, but the characters are two-dimensional and it all starts to feel like there's always gonna be a 'Deus Ex-Machina' thing going on, albeit it's like that across all media, theirs just trumps.

MCU

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There's a reason why DBZ is pretty taboo around the vine. And it's Dumb**** like these.

Especially that last one.