Story
Finally arriving on Planet Namek, Son Gokuu has easily defeated Rikum of the Ginyu Tokusentai. Now facing off against Jeice and Baata, Gokuu once again has no problem defending against their attacks. When Goku finally decides to strike, he defeats Baata easily, causing Jeice to flee and seek the help of Ginyu Taicho. 

Once arriving, Gokuu and Ginyu face off in a battle that appears to have the sole purpose of sizing each other up. Estimating what Gokuu's real power may be, Ginyu boasts at the weakness of Gokuu compared to him. However, Ginyu soon learns he is incorrect when Gokuu begins to power up.

Packaging
A basic screen capture has been used for the cover art. This is not the best method to go about creating DVD covers. The description stating that the DVD contains both the English and Japanese versions is located at the bottom of the front cover, which isn't a horrible place for it, but the style was lacking. 

The back of the casing contains short descriptions of each episode contained within plus a small screen capture to the side. There is nothing wrong with this technique, it is the pretty basic way of creating the back cover. Within the casing there are no extras.

English
The dub episodes are horrible. Dialogue, music, voices, nothing came close to being even remotely acceptable. Sean Schemmel has come on board to voice Son Gokuu and does a horrible job; his tone and emotion never change. Chris Sabat has taken on the role of Vegeta and tries to mimic Brian Drummond's accent. By doing so, he ruins the persona of the character. There was even an instance where the writers had Vegeta asked for Goku's help. This is not something Vegeta would ever do as he has far too much pride to ask for the help of a lower class warrior.

Japanese
The Japanese version is almost perfect. The sound is mono, but the original versions that aired in Japan were as well. The eye-catchers are non-existent, but that doesn't lesson the quality of the DVD. The only real problem with the subtitles is that the dub names are used for the characters. When Buruma says "Son-Kun", "Goku" is put. "San", "chan", "sama", etc. are also not part of the subtitles. The subtitles themselves seem to be a little too high, but they are white with a black border making them extremely easy to read. This may be something that was only of my DVD, but during the first 10 minutes or so, an incessant ringing seemed to be going. I think I remember other reviews stating the same problem, but with a little patience and focus, you can block out the sound.

Menu
What can I say other than "eh". A basic screen capture of Ginyu is used with the dubbed background music heard at the end of each dub episode from season 3 on.  The menu is nothing more than disappointing, containing just the opening, closing, and episodes listed with a dragon ball on the side. To make matters worse, there are no extras on these DVDs at all.

Final Thoughts
Captain Ginyu - Assault has its problems. The story and fight scenes are pretty good but nothing too magnificent about them. For the money, I wouldn't buy them unless they are some of your favorite episodes or you want to possess them all. Later minna!

© Eric.