FUNi's currently celebrating it over on Facebook, so I figured it merited a thread here as well at least. 
Apparently today marks the 15th anniversary since DBZ made it's way to the US shores. From FUNi itself -
'On September 13, 1996 a Japanese animated series called Dragon Ball Z first aired on North American television and three years later in 1999, coincidentally also on September 13, the FUNimation dub of the series debuted on Cartoon Network.'
Whether you like the FUNi dub, the Ocean Dub, or any other treatment the anime has gotten in the US or not, this is still a momentous occasion, and one that makes me feel old as dirt. I wasn't there from the start, but I almost was apparently. It's been about ten years since I got into the fandom, so I was only two years behind on getting into the FUNi-stuff.
VHS and DVD singles, Ultimate Uncut edition, Season Sets, Dragon Boxes, Kai, Levels, and the rebought rights to early DB and Z - this franchise and this company has come a long way in those 15 years. So, let's see any of your thoughts on this occasion, be them good or bad (though do please be polite), to give FUNi even more fun stuff to read.
Here's to the fifteenth anniversary of a turbulent and messy broadcast production that still managed to create a whole legion of fans.
"Of course you realize, this means war!" -- Bugs Bunny
"Here we gooooo!" -- Mario
Man I can't believe it's been 13 years since I first saw Piccolo blow a hole through Raditz and Goku... I feel old. Get offa mah lawn you little whipper-snappers!
But taking my nostalgia goggles off for a sec, I sort of have to denounce milking DBZ as much as Funi has. I understand it's pretty much a license to print money, but can't we just let the series rest in peace? The huge amount of time, and man-hours used to remaster DBZ and re-release DBZ over and over is resources that's not going towards new projects. Can't we just agree that DBZ was massively influential and great for it's time, but move on and try to find the next DBZ?
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It has been well over 15 years since its debut in the US. It took about 13 of those years to finally dub it properly with Kai. I will, however (Stay with me on this), say that this is definitely something to remember by. That is all. Thank you, have a good day.
I clearly remember the day when the FUNi dub first aired on Toonami!
I remember the lines "It's a bird , it's a plane ! No It's Goku!" and thinking what is this why does everyone sound so funny!
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After hearing what would come to know as the Ocean dub the sudden change was jarring. Krillin the most he goes "Excuse me sir, are you Goku?" and I go