DBZ is and was lowkey trash, that should've ended with Goku dying on the Namek with Frieza as the one and only Super Saiyan. Watching DBZ as an adult, you realize how stupid it was.
Too bad it's popularity has provided the template for all these other trash animes like Naruto. The problem with animes like DBZ is the power scaling. TV itself, is a medium that is beholden to the demands of advertising and turning a buck. So in order to keep shows going where they naturally should've ended, in regards to anime like DBZ, they give the main characters new powers.
So the cast of the show, eventually become useless as fuck. Soon as Super Saiyans were introduced, anybody that wasn't capable of turning Super Sayian are fucking useless. Why the fuck dudes like Tien, Krillin and Yamacha even show up to fights, they are gonna fucking die or get they ass kicked.
Dragon Ball is a GOAT anime. DBZ Abridged is better than the original DBZ.
DBZ is trash.