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“Bardock survives, time-travels to fight Freeza's ancestor Chilled and protect an ancient planet.”
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock
ドラゴンボール エピソード オブ バーダック
7.22
3,495 rank · 125,557 viewers · 127 favorites
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Shounen
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Synopsis
Bardock survives, time-travels to fight Freeza's ancestor Chilled and protect an ancient planet.
Shown at Jump Festa 2012, held in December, 2011. Bardock, Goku's father, who was supposed to have died when Freeza's attack hit him along with the Planet Vegeta, was sent way back in time where the planet was inhabited by strange creatures. There, he meets Freeza's ancestor, a space pirate named Chilled, and fights him to protect the planet. (Source: AniDB)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
4.8
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 2
σ 2.14
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.14 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.5
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Score over time
↓ 3.20
Running avg · Dec 2011 → Apr 2018
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock delivers excellent animation and surprisingly good pacing for a 20-minute special, successfully adapting the manga while maintaining classic DB quality. While...”
- 5 “The art quality maintains the classic DBZ standard, but this special fails on every other level with its substance-lacking plot that feels like poorly written fanfiction. Bardock's random time...”
- 3 “The only faint praise is that the Kai-style art looks “ok,” but every other element is shredded: the time-travel plot is nonsensical, the action barely exists, Chilled never transforms, and the...”
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Long · 80%
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A Special Production
Toei Animation.- Format 1 × 19′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 19m all episodes
- Aired Dec 2011 – ongoing
- Source Special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-6694 catalog