Wasn't Dragon Ball on the list of top 100 animes in a survey for some magazine in Japan or something, can someone post a link to it. Anyways if you have problems wtih prolonged episodes and repeating fight sequences then read the manga. If it weren't there the anime would be way past the manga. I only read a few Dragon Ball Z imanga issues but there wasn't any repeating and the fights only take like one manga issue(Vegeta vs Zarbon(form 1) fight, The saibamen fight wasn't 1 issue but it was shorter) and the Cell Kamehameha thing started in one issue and ended before the issue finished. Instead of delaying it(but I'm sure that happened) they added to the anime from keeping it ahead of the manga. Parts of Dragon Ball Z was to make money becuase Toriyama wanted to end at the Frieza saga(perfect ending, the main character dying after avenging his race by acheiving a legendary form) but because of either the fans or Toei or both he contiued.