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Product Description ------------------- The anime series DRAGON BALL Z enters it's fifth season with this collection of episodes. The wicked Dr. Gero has worked tirelessly to bring a new creation, an android named Cell, to life. Cell has been assembled from a carefully curated concoction of genetic materials belonging to some of the Earth's most battle hardy warriors. The Z-Fighters are called into battle as Cell begins to systematically destroy the planet, but they quickly discover that they are no match for Gero's newest creation. These 26 episodes follow the Z-Fighters' quest to find a way to stop Cell before he acquires enough energy to become indestructible. Director Daisuke Nishio Voice Chuck Huber, Christopher R. Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Stephanie Nadolny, Special Features: 6-Disc Set - Digipak Widescreen, 16:9 Audio: Mono, Japanese Stereo, English Dolby Digital 5.1, English (Dialogue), Japanese (Background Music) Subtitles, English, Optional Interactive Features: Marathon Play Additional Product: Booklet with Episode Summaries and Character descriptions. Episodes, (26) Runtime: 600 minutes. .com ---- The artificial humans 17 and 18 who terrorized Earth in Season #4 of Dragon Ball Z were only a preliminary threat: Dr. Gero's ultimate creation, Cell, strikes in Season #5. A bio-entity created from genetic material taken from Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Frieza, Cell arrives via the time Bulma built for Trunks. (There are now two of them, somehow.) Although he defeats the merged Piccolo and Kami, Cell remains imprisoned in his "imperfect form," a sort of larval stage. Until he absorbs androids 17 and 18, he can't attain his ultimate power. Vegeta and Trunks train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami's palace, which enables them to undergo the equivalent of a year's heavy workouts at high gravity in one day. Transcending his powers as a Super Saiyan, Vegeta clobbers Cell. When Cell challenges Vegeta to fight his perfect form. Vegeta takes the bait and allows Cell to evolve. The perfect Cell proves so powerful, Trunks has to draw on untapped reserves of power to save Vegeta. Goku plays only a small role in Season #5: he spends the first episodes recovering from the heart virus, then waiting with Gohan for the Hyperbolic Chamber or training in it. One of best-loved stories in the Dragon Ball Z continuity the "Cell Saga" offers plenty of action, with characters punching each other through rock walls and destroying entire islands as they fight. But it ends on a weak note when, instead of killing Trunks, Cell challenges the Z Fighters to a martial arts tournament--the focus of Season #6. The paradoxes of the time travel story, including adult Trunks encountering himself as a baby, don't seem to bother the fans--or the writers. These 26 episodes could have easily fit on five discs or even four, and spreading them over six feels chintzy.(Rated TV PG. suitable for ages 8 and older: violence, use, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon