[Raion]

After repeated back to back rewatches of both Japanese and English dubs (yes, even both Ocean and Funimation) of Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Z Abridged by the Texas-based Team Four Star, I have to say that TFS really outdid themselves.

Barring issues with the first season in terms of its overall production quality, I have to say that it balanced comedy, with realistic rewrites to characters that were endearing. I can't tell you how many times I have quoted Mr. Popo, Krillin, Tenshinhan, or Super Kami Guru. Even getting people like Little Kuriboh to voice Freeza was genius.

Now I will admit I didn't grow up watching Funimation dubbed Dragon Ball Z, it was all Ocean in my household. And I personally really cannot stand either dub. I own the original Japanese DVDs that I bought almost a decade ago simply because I found Chris Sabat's voice to be gratingly retarded, plus the censorship in the Saban Entertainment provided video tracks (Hell was censored to HFIL and shit). 

I think the biggest issue with the original Dragon Ball Z compared to the abridged is the pacing which is pretty much why Dragon Ball Kai became a thing. Kai definitely has much better pacing.