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{{Infobox YouTube personality
{{Infobox YouTube personality
| name = TeamFourStar
| name = TeamFourStar
| logo = TFS Logo.svg
| logo = TFS Logo.svg
| logo_caption = TeamFourStar logo
| logo_caption = TeamFourStar logo
| website = {{URL|https://teamfourstar.com/}}
| website = {{URL|https://teamfourstar.com}}
| channel_name = TeamFourStar
| channel_name = TeamFourStar
| years_active = 2008–present
| years_active = 2008–present
| genre = [[Anime]], [[comedy]], [[parody]]
| genre = [[Anime]], [[comedy]], [[parody]]
| subscribers = 4.18 million
| subscribers = 4.26 million
| subscriber_date = August 2024
| subscriber_date = August 2024
| views = 2.18 billion
| views = 2.27 billion
| view_date = August 2024
| view_date = August 2024
| silver_button = yes
| silver_button = yes
| silver_year = 2010
| silver_year = 2010
| gold_button = yes
| gold_button = yes
| gold_year = 2013
| gold_year = 2013
| stats_update = November 23, 2023
| stats_update = November 23, 2023
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'''TeamFourStar''' is a [[YouTube]] channel and production company. It is most notable for the creation of the web series '''''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''''', a parody of the [[anime]] television series ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''. Noted for its [[Satire|satirical]] humor of various story elements from the original anime, the series became popular online and garnered praise from both fans and critics alike. However, in 2020, the group decided to end the series after producing episodes for 11 years.
'''TeamFourStar''' is a [[YouTube channel]] and [[production company]], best known for the creation of [[web series]] [[Abridgement|abridging]] [[anime]] [[television series]]: ''[[Dragon Ball Z Abridged]]'', ''[[Hellsing Ultimate Abridged]]'', ''Attack on Titan Abridged'', and ''Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged'', as well as the original animated series ''DieselDust'', ''Fist Master'', and ''Unabridged''. Noted for its [[satirical]] humor of various story elements from the original anime, ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' became popular online and garnered praise from both fans and critics alike. However, in 2019, the group decided to end the series after producing episodes for 11 years.


== Career ==
==Career==
TeamFourStar was created in 2008 by members Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs, Nick "Lanipator" Landis, and Curtis "Takahata101" Arnott.<ref name="#2">{{Cite web|last=Valdez|first=Nick|date=February 8, 2020|title=Dragon Ball Z Abridged Confirms Ending with New Statement|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-z-abridged-ending-finale-team-four-star-statement/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=ComicBook}}</ref><ref name="#3">{{Cite web|last=Grayson|first=Nathan|date=February 7, 2020|title=''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' Comes To An Abrupt End|url=https://kotaku.com/dragon-ball-z-abridged-comes-to-an-abrupt-end-1841522850|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref> That same year, they created the ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' series, a non-profit parody [[Abridgement|abridged]] series consisting of footage from the titular ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime interspersed with humor.<ref name="#1">{{Cite web|last=Weekes|first=Princess|date=September 25, 2018|title=Team Four Star's Dragon Ball Z Abridged Has Become the Definitive DBZ Dub|url=https://www.themarysue.com/team-four-star-dbbza-definitive-dbz-dub/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=The Mary Sue}}</ref><ref name="#2" /><ref name="#4">{{Cite web|last=Sheridan|first=Brian|date=April 4, 2021|title=Dragon Ball Z: 10 Ways The Abridged Series Was Better Than The Original|url=https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-z-abridged-series-better/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref> The abridged series satirized various story aspects of the ''[[Dragon Ball universe|Dragon Ball Z universe]]'', such as the power level system and the [[It's Over 9000!|"over 9000"]] meme,<ref name="#4" /> the appearance of character [[Broly]] in the movie ''[[Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan]]'',<ref name="#8">{{Cite web|last=Harrison|first=Will|date=December 12, 2018|title=The Legend of Broly: Why Dragon Ball's version of Boba Fett is its most beloved character|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/12/18124470/dragon-ball-super-broly-dbs-explained|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]}}</ref> and the general dialogue and humor of the original series.<ref name="#4" /> Since its creation in 2008, the series garnered online popularity as many of the episodes accumulated millions of views.<ref name="#6">{{Cite web|last=McIntyre|first=Isaac|date=February 7, 2020|title=Team Four Star reveal why they're "done" with DBZ Abridged YouTube series|url=https://www.dexerto.com/anime/team-four-star-reveal-why-theyre-done-with-dbz-abridged-youtube-series-1324829/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=Dexerto}}</ref><ref name="#8" />
TeamFourStar was created in 2008 by members Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs, Nick "Lanipator" Landis, and Curtis "Takahata101" Arnott.<ref name="#2">{{cite web|last=Valdez|first=Nick|date=February 8, 2020|title=Dragon Ball Z Abridged Confirms Ending with New Statement|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-z-abridged-ending-finale-team-four-star-statement|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=[[ComicBook.com|ComicBook]]}}</ref><ref name="#3">{{cite web|last=Grayson|first=Nathan|date=February 7, 2020|title=''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' Comes To An Abrupt End|url=https://kotaku.com/dragon-ball-z-abridged-comes-to-an-abrupt-end-1841522850|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref> That same year, they created the ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' series, a non-profit parody [[Abridgement|abridged]] series consisting of footage from the titular ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime interspersed with humor.<ref name="#1">{{cite web|last=Weekes|first=Princess|date=September 25, 2018|title=Team Four Star's Dragon Ball Z Abridged Has Become the Definitive DBZ Dub|url=https://www.themarysue.com/team-four-star-dbbza-definitive-dbz-dub|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=The Mary Sue}}</ref><ref name="#2" /><ref name="#4">{{cite web|last=Sheridan|first=Brian|date=April 4, 2021|title=''Dragon Ball Z'': 10 Ways The Abridged Series Was Better Than The Original|url=https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-z-abridged-series-better|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]}}</ref> The abridged series satirized various story aspects of the ''[[Dragon Ball universe|Dragon Ball Z universe]]'', such as the power level system and the [[It's Over 9000!|"over 9000"]] meme,<ref name="#4" /> the appearance of character [[Broly]] in the movie ''[[Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan]]'',<ref name="#8">{{cite web|last=Harrison|first=Will|date=December 12, 2018|title=The Legend of Broly: Why Dragon Ball's version of Boba Fett is its most beloved character|url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/12/12/18124470/dragon-ball-super-broly-dbs-explained|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]}}</ref> and the general dialogue and humor of the original series.<ref name="#4" /> Since its creation in 2008, the series garnered online popularity as many of the episodes accumulated millions of views.<ref name="#6">{{cite web|last=McIntyre|first=Isaac|date=February 7, 2020|title=Team Four Star reveal why they're "done" with DBZ Abridged YouTube series|url=https://www.dexerto.com/anime/team-four-star-reveal-why-theyre-done-with-dbz-abridged-youtube-series-1324829|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=Dexerto}}</ref><ref name="#8" />


In 2014, TeamFourStar's channel was listed amongst the [[Google Preferred]] program.<ref name="#11">{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Joshua|date=April 18, 2014|title=Meet The Top 1% Of YouTube's "Google Preferred" Channels For Advertisers (Exclusive)|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2014/04/18/youtube-google-preferred-channels-top-1-percent-advertisers/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=Tubefilter}}</ref>
In 2014, TeamFourStar's channel was listed amongst the [[Google Preferred]] program.<ref name="#11">{{cite web|last=Cohen|first=Joshua|date=April 18, 2014|title=Meet The Top 1% Of YouTube's "Google Preferred" Channels For Advertisers (Exclusive)|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2014/04/18/youtube-google-preferred-channels-top-1-percent-advertisers|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=Tubefilter}}</ref>
Despite this, their channel dealt with copyright issues due to their usage of ''Dragon Ball Z'' footage, with [[Toei Animation]] offering them numerous copyright strikes as a protective measure for their properties.<ref name="#13">{{Cite web|last=Trinos|first=Angelo Delos|date=January 10, 2021|title=10 Questionable Anime Adaptations That The Original Creators Actually Like|url=https://www.cbr.com/anime-manga-adaptations-questionable-contrversial-creators-like/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref> These copyright issues led to the channel temporarily removing the ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' series on YouTube along with their channel briefly going offline,<ref name="#14">{{Cite web|last=Kotuby|first=Jeff|date=January 21, 2020|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series Is the ONLY Way to Watch Yu-Gi-Oh!
Despite this, their channel dealt with copyright issues due to their usage of ''Dragon Ball Z'' footage, with [[Toei Animation]] offering them numerous copyright strikes as a protective measure for their properties.<ref name="#13">{{cite web|last=Trinos|first=Angelo Delos|date=January 10, 2021|title=10 Questionable Anime Adaptations That The Original Creators Actually Like|url=https://www.cbr.com/anime-manga-adaptations-questionable-contrversial-creators-like|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref> These copyright issues led to the channel temporarily removing the ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' series on YouTube along with their channel briefly going offline,<ref name="#14">{{cite web|last=Kotuby|first=Jeff|date=January 21, 2020|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series Is the ONLY Way to Watch Yu-Gi-Oh!
|url=https://www.cbr.com/yu-gi-oh-the-abridged-series-best-way-to-watch-yu-gi-oh/|quote=Two well-known parodies of popular anime that ultimately fell victim to YouTube's evolving copyright laws were TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged and LittleKuriboh's Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series. It's well documented the struggles that Team FourStar and LittleKuriboh went through with YouTube's stringent copyright laws, even causing both channels to pull their beloved series off of YouTube for a period of time.|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref><ref name="extrasource">{{Cite web|last=Krajewski|first=Jake|date=May 5, 2016|title=YouTube, Where's the Fair Use?|url=https://reporter.rit.edu/features/youtube-wheres-fair-use|quote=Countless creators of varying fame and genre have been uploading videos on the subject, including [[Cr1TiKaL]], The Fiery Joker, GradeAUnderA, [[Jimquisition]], Anime America, Mr. Enter and Team Four Star (whose channel was also deleted briefly) to name a small handful.|access-date=August 9, 2021|work=Reporter Magazine|publisher=[[Rochester Institute of Technology]]}}</ref> and was one of the main factors for the ending of the series.<ref name="#3" /><ref name="#13" />
|url=https://www.cbr.com/yu-gi-oh-the-abridged-series-best-way-to-watch-yu-gi-oh|quote=Two well-known parodies of popular anime that ultimately fell victim to YouTube's evolving copyright laws were TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged and LittleKuriboh's Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series. It's well documented the struggles that Team FourStar and LittleKuriboh went through with YouTube's stringent copyright laws, even causing both channels to pull their beloved series off of YouTube for a period of time.|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref><ref name="extrasource">{{cite web|last=Krajewski|first=Jake|date=May 5, 2016|title=YouTube, Where's the Fair Use?|url=https://reporter.rit.edu/features/youtube-wheres-fair-use|quote=Countless creators of varying fame and genre have been uploading videos on the subject, including [[Cr1TiKaL]], The Fiery Joker, GradeAUnderA, [[Jimquisition]], Anime America, Mr. Enter and Team Four Star (whose channel was also deleted briefly) to name a small handful.|access-date=August 9, 2021|work=Reporter Magazine|publisher=[[Rochester Institute of Technology]]}}</ref> and was one of the main factors for the ending of the series.<ref name="#3" /><ref name="#13" />


===Ending of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''===
===Ending of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged''===
In 2018, TeamFourStar released episode 60 of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' after the series went on a year of hiatus, ending on episode 59 with a [[cliffhanger]].<ref name="#10">{{Cite web|last=Draugelis|first=Jake|date=September 10, 2018<!--My birthday! woot!-->|title='Dragon Ball Z Abridged' makes up for its long absence|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2018/09/10/dragon-ball-z-abridged-makes-up-for-its-long-absence/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=ClickOnDetroit}}</ref><ref name="#15">{{Cite web|last=Valdez|first=Nick|date=September 4, 2018|title='Dragon Ball Z Abridged' Makes its Grand Return|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-z-abridged-return-episode-60-teen-gohan-vs-cell/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=ComicBook}}</ref> The channel initially promised a fourth season that would focus on the [[Majin Buu|Buu Saga]], the final arc of the original anime. However, in 2020, TeamFourStar decided to end the series, citing a loss of passion as well as the changing climate of YouTube in regards to copyright.<ref name="#3" /><ref name="#7">{{Cite web|last=Li|first=Nicolaus|date=February 10, 2020|title=After 11 Years, 'Dragon Ball Z Abridged' Has Come to an Abrupt End|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/2/dragon-ball-z-abridged-abrupt-end-info|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=HypeBeast}}</ref><ref name="#12">{{Cite web|last=Parungo|first=Nico|date=February 6, 2020|title=TeamFourStar Cancels Dragon Ball Z Abridged Season 4 (The Buu Saga)|url=https://epicstream.com/news/NicoParungo/TeamFourStar-Cancels-Dragon-Ball-Z-Abridged-Season-4-The-Buu-Saga|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=EpicStream}}</ref>
In 2018, TeamFourStar released episode 60 of ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' after the series went on a year of hiatus, ending on episode 59 with a [[cliffhanger]].<ref name="#10">{{cite web|last=Draugelis|first=Jake|date=September 10, 2018<!--My birthday! woot!-->|title='Dragon Ball Z Abridged' makes up for its long absence|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2018/09/10/dragon-ball-z-abridged-makes-up-for-its-long-absence|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=ClickOnDetroit}}</ref><ref name="#15">{{cite web|last=Valdez|first=Nick|date=September 4, 2018|title='Dragon Ball Z Abridged' Makes its Grand Return|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-z-abridged-return-episode-60-teen-gohan-vs-cell|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=ComicBook}}</ref> The channel initially promised a fourth season that would focus on the [[Majin Buu|Buu Saga]], the final arc of the original anime. However, in 2020, TeamFourStar decided to end the series, citing a loss of passion as well as the changing climate of YouTube in regards to copyright.<ref name="#3" /><ref name="#7">{{cite web|last=Li|first=Nicolaus|date=February 10, 2020|title=After 11 Years, 'Dragon Ball Z Abridged' Has Come to an Abrupt End|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/2/dragon-ball-z-abridged-abrupt-end-info|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=HypeBeast}}</ref><ref name="#12">{{cite web|last=Parungo|first=Nico|date=February 6, 2020|title=TeamFourStar Cancels Dragon Ball Z Abridged Season 4 (The Buu Saga)|url=https://epicstream.com/news/NicoParungo/TeamFourStar-Cancels-Dragon-Ball-Z-Abridged-Season-4-The-Buu-Saga|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=EpicStream}}</ref>


Gaming outlet ''[[Kotaku]]'' cited a [[Patreon]] post from Scott Frerichs that read:
Gaming outlet ''[[Kotaku]]'' cited a [[Patreon]] post from Scott Frerichs that read:
{{Blockquote|text = Many shows lose steam as time goes on as the creators extend their work far beyond its natural lifespan; we’re feeling that with this, and that’s a scary, depressing thought… We don’t want to end up like ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', just to name a few. And yes, we know, there’s more story to work with. But in all honesty... there just isn’t the emotional attachment and passion for the arc that drove the last three seasons… Copyright claims have put us at risk of losing that channel, and our livelihoods in jeopardy. We have our employees to look out for; our friends, our colleagues, and doing right by them—by striving to create original, monetizable, copyright-friendly content, that also carries our heart and soul as creatives—is undeniably important. We’ve thought about hosting DBZA on other sites, but nowhere has been safe, and worse, it would serve to draw attention away from our hub, which ultimately could lead to less views, less support, and either the scaling back or collapse of our company.<ref name="#3" />}}
{{Blockquote|text=Many shows lose steam as time goes on as the creators extend their work far beyond its natural lifespan; we’re feeling that with this, and that’s a scary, depressing thought… We don’t want to end up like ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', just to name a few. And yes, we know, there’s more story to work with. But in all honesty... there just isn’t the emotional attachment and passion for the arc that drove the last three seasons… Copyright claims have put us at risk of losing that channel, and our livelihoods in jeopardy. We have our employees to look out for; our friends, our colleagues, and doing right by them—by striving to create original, monetizable, copyright-friendly content, that also carries our heart and soul as creatives—is undeniably important. We’ve thought about hosting DBZA on other sites, but nowhere has been safe, and worse, it would serve to draw attention away from our hub, which ultimately could lead to less views, less support, and either the scaling back or collapse of our company.<ref name="#3" />}}


In August 2023, TeamFourStar collaborated with YouTuber ''Totally Not Mark'', and created a series of clips from the Buu Saga. They were dubbed as "Buu Bits", with most of the original cast returning.<ref name="#20">{{Cite web|date=August 19, 2023|title=Starting September 2nd, @TotallyNotMark's Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Review - The Buu Saga videos will have clips or "Buu Bits" made by us! We've made a TON of Buu Bits and can't wait to show you all!!!!|url=https://twitter.com/teamfourstar/status/1692962822584442921|access-date=August 20, 2023|website=Twitter}}</ref>
In August 2023, TeamFourStar collaborated with YouTuber ''Totally Not Mark'', and created a series of clips from the Buu Saga. They were dubbed as "Buu Bits", with most of the original cast returning.<ref name="#20">{{cite web|date=August 19, 2023|title=Starting September 2nd, @TotallyNotMark's Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Review - The Buu Saga videos will have clips or "Buu Bits" made by us! We've made a TON of Buu Bits and can't wait to show you all!!!!|url=https://twitter.com/teamfourstar/status/1692962822584442921|access-date=August 20, 2023|website=Twitter}}</ref>

==List of series==
{{Series overview
| caption = Overview of TeamFourStar series
| width = 99%
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{{Series overview
| series = ''[[Dragon Ball Z Abridged]]''
| infoA = y
| infoB = y

| color1 = #1589FF
| link1 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged season 1
| episodes1 = 12
| start1 = {{Start date|2008|6|6}}
| end1 = {{End date|2009|6|12}}

| color2 = #BB55D3
| link2 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged season 2
| episodes2 = 22
| start2 = {{Start date|2010|1|26}}
| end2 = {{End date|2012|6|25}}

| color3 = #D0DF23
| link3 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged season 3
| episodes3 = 33
| start3 = {{Start date|2012|12|19}}
| end3 = {{End date|2018|12|25}}

| color4 = #8F001C
| link4 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged Movies
| linkT4 = Films
| episodes4 = 12
| start4 = {{Start date|2013|11|4}}
| end4 = {{End date|2017|1|12}}

| color5 = #3B0257
| link5 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Cell Vs.
| linkT5 = ''Cell Vs.''
| episodes5 = 10
| start5 = {{Start date|2017|1|20}}
| end5 = {{End date|2019|12|27}}

| color6 = #000FFF
| link6 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged: HFIL
| linkT6 = ''HFIL''
| episodes6 = 10 + special
| start6 = {{Start date|2021|3|20}}
| end6 =

| color7 = #8D8F00
| link7 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged: DragonShortZ
| linkT7 = ''DragonShortZ''
| episodes7 = 6 + 1 special
| start7 = {{Start date|2023|9|2}}
| end7 = {{End date|2024|2|10}}

| color8 = #00FF00
| link8 = Dragon Ball Z Abridged: The Buu Bits
| linkT8 = ''The Buu Bits''
| episodes8 = 30
| start8 = {{Start date|2023|9|2}}
| end8 = {{End date|2023|9|30}}
}}

{{Series overview
| series = ''[[Hellsing Ultimate Abridged]]''
| infoA = y
| infoB = y

| color1 = #FF2D00
| link1 = Hellsing Ultimate Abridged season 1
| episodes1 = 10
| start1 = {{Start date|2010|11|1}}
| end1 = {{End date|2018|12|9}}
}}

{{Series overview
| series = ''[[Attack on Titan Abridged]]''
| infoA = y
| infoB = y

| color1 = #FBFF00
| link1 = Attack on Titan Abridged season 1
| episodes1 = 1
| start1 = {{Start date|2013|11|13}}
| end1 =
}}

{{Series overview
| series = ''[[Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged]]''
| infoA = y
| infoB = y

| color1 = #203666
| link1 = Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged season 1
| episodes1 = 10
| start1 = {{Start date|2015|9|3}}
| end1 = {{End date|2015|12|24}}

| color2 = #8299A9
| link2 = Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged season 2
| episodes2 = 10
| start2 = {{Start date|2017|10|27}}
| end2 = {{End date|2017|12|29}}

| color3 = #2B2D3E
| link3 = Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged season 3
| episodes3 = 5
| start3 = {{Start date|2018|11|23}}
| end3 = {{End date|2018|12|21}}

| color4 = #741316
| link4 = Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged season 4
| episodes4 = 6
| start4 = {{Start date|2019|11|15}}
| end4 = {{End date|2019|12|20}}
}}

{{Series overview
| series = ''[[DieselDust]]''
| infoA = y
| infoB = y

| color1 = #8F00FF
| link1 = DieselDust season 1
| episodes1 = 1
| start1 = {{Start date|2018|5|9}}
| end1 =
}}

{{Series overview
| series = ''[[Fist Master]]''
| infoA = y
| infoB = y

| color1 = #FF00F7
| link1 = Fist Master season 1
| episodes1 = 2
| start1 = {{Start date|2018|9|21}}
| end1 =
}}

{{Series overview
| series = ''[[Unabridged]]''
| infoA = y
| infoB = y

| color1 = #00FFF3
| link1 = Unabridged season 1
| episodes1 = 1
| start1 = {{Start date|2020|3|21}}
| end1 =
}}
}}


==Reception==
==Reception==
TeamFourStar's ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' series has received acclaim from both critics and fans alike, many of them extolling it for both its faithfulness to the original anime and its satirical depiction of the series' different tropes. Joe Ballard from [[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] praised the abridged parody for its combination of humor surrounding the characters along with its sense of realism, stating that "where ''Dragon Ball Abridged'' really shines is with its ability to balance its humor with an added sense of awareness and realism that doesn't really appear in the original series."<ref name="#5">{{Cite web|last=Ballard|first=Joe|date=March 28, 2020|title=Dragon Ball Abridged: How a Controversial DBZ Fan Show Trumped the Original|url=https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-abridged-fan-show-trumped-original/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref> Writing for pop culture outlet ''The Mary Sue'', assistant editor Princess Weekes gave praise to the series for its storytelling, voice acting and humor, stating that it "give(s) you the best crash course into the franchise by having a very character driven narrative with a lot of jokes and a real ''[[Rick and Morty|Rick & Morty]]'' sense of talking about the universe.” She went on to further elaborate that "DBZA is a labor of love, and you see that with every joke, the voice acting, and the time taken to make each edit work seamlessly into the next. It is a triumph of storytelling and modernizes the series for viewers today."<ref name="#1" /> Jake Draugelis from ''[[ClickOnDetroit]]'' remarked that the allure of the series derived from their retaining of "the spirit of the original anime intact as they parody it… The tendency for other abridged series is to lose their heart on the path to funniness, but the good folks at Team Four Star have gotten so good at voicing DBZ characters that they have been asked to do voice work in official DBZ properties."<ref name="#10" />
TeamFourStar's ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged'' series has received acclaim from both critics and fans alike, many of them extolling it for both its faithfulness to the original anime and its satirical depiction of the series' different tropes. Joe Ballard from [[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] praised the abridged parody for its combination of humor surrounding the characters along with its sense of realism, stating that "where ''Dragon Ball Abridged'' really shines is with its ability to balance its humor with an added sense of awareness and realism that doesn't really appear in the original series."<ref name="#5">{{cite web|last=Ballard|first=Joe|date=March 28, 2020|title=Dragon Ball Abridged: How a Controversial DBZ Fan Show Trumped the Original|url=https://www.cbr.com/dragon-ball-abridged-fan-show-trumped-original|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=CBR}}</ref> Writing for pop culture outlet ''The Mary Sue'', assistant editor Princess Weekes gave praise to the series for its storytelling, voice acting and humor, stating that it "give(s) you the best crash course into the franchise by having a very character driven narrative with a lot of jokes and a real ''[[Rick and Morty|Rick & Morty]]'' sense of talking about the universe.” She went on to further elaborate that "DBZA is a labor of love, and you see that with every joke, the voice acting, and the time taken to make each edit work seamlessly into the next. It is a triumph of storytelling and modernizes the series for viewers today."<ref name="#1" /> Jake Draugelis from ''[[ClickOnDetroit]]'' remarked that the allure of the series derived from their retaining of "the spirit of the original anime intact as they parody it… The tendency for other abridged series is to lose their heart on the path to funniness, but the good folks at Team Four Star have gotten so good at voicing DBZ characters that they have been asked to do voice work in official DBZ properties."<ref name="#10" />


Some outlets have even considered the abridged series to be superior to the original in various aspects.<ref name="#5" /><ref name="#16">{{Cite web|last=Gardner|first=Jack|date=March 8, 2019|title=Dragon Ball Abridged Was Better Than The Anime|url=https://screenrant.com/dragon-ball-abridged-better-than-anime/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=Screen Rant}}</ref> Nick Valdez from ''[[ComicBook.com]]'' asserted that the series "added the necessary layers the original ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime was missing.” He went on to commend the abridged series for its ability to take itself less seriously than the original series: "While fans were able to find the fun in all of the fights and frenetic animation, ''Abridged'' drops the pretense of the series' coolness and pokes fun at the series' more wild elements."<ref name="#9">{{Cite web|last=Valdez|first=Nick|date=February 12, 2020|title=What Dragon Ball Z Abridged Does Better than the Original Anime|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-z-abridged-better-than-original-anime/|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=ComicBook}}</ref> In a [[listicle]] from CBR which compared the abridged series to the original, Brian Sheridan asserted that the series triumphed over the original in terms of its voice acting, character and plot development, and its dialogue and humor.<ref name="#4" />
Some outlets have even considered the abridged series to be superior to the original in various aspects.<ref name="#5" /><ref name="#16">{{cite web|last=Gardner|first=Jack|date=March 8, 2019|title=Dragon Ball Abridged Was Better Than The Anime|url=https://screenrant.com/dragon-ball-abridged-better-than-anime|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=Screen Rant}}</ref> Nick Valdez from ''[[ComicBook.com]]'' asserted that the series "added the necessary layers the original ''Dragon Ball Z'' anime was missing.” He went on to commend the abridged series for its ability to take itself less seriously than the original series: "While fans were able to find the fun in all of the fights and frenetic animation, ''Abridged'' drops the pretense of the series' coolness and pokes fun at the series' more wild elements."<ref name="#9">{{cite web|last=Valdez|first=Nick|date=February 12, 2020|title=What Dragon Ball Z Abridged Does Better than the Original Anime|url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-z-abridged-better-than-original-anime|access-date=August 9, 2021|website=ComicBook}}</ref> In a [[listicle]] from CBR which compared the abridged series to the original, Brian Sheridan asserted that the series triumphed over the original in terms of its voice acting, character and plot development, and its dialogue and humor.<ref name="#4" />


As of October 2023, TeamFourStar's channel has reached over 4.02 million subscribers and 2 billion views.<ref name="extrasource2">{{cite web|title=TeamFourStar's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats|url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/teamfourstar}}</ref>
As of November 2024, TeamFourStar's channel has reached over 4.26 million subscribers and 2 billion views.<ref name="extrasource2">{{cite web|title=TeamFourStar's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats|url=https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/teamfourstar|access-date=November 10, 2024}}</ref>


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TeamFourStar
TeamFourStar logo
Websiteteamfourstar.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2008–present
Genre(s)Anime, comedy, parody
Subscribers4.26 million[1]
(August 2024)
Total views2.27 billion[1]
(August 2024)
100,000 subscribers2010
1,000,000 subscribers2013
Last updated: November 23, 2023

TeamFourStar is a YouTube channel and production company, best known for the creation of web series abridging anime television series: Dragon Ball Z Abridged, Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, Attack on Titan Abridged, and Final Fantasy VII Machinabridged, as well as the original animated series DieselDust, Fist Master, and Unabridged. Noted for its satirical humor of various story elements from the original anime, Dragon Ball Z Abridged became popular online and garnered praise from both fans and critics alike. However, in 2019, the group decided to end the series after producing episodes for 11 years.

Career

TeamFourStar was created in 2008 by members Scott "KaiserNeko" Frerichs, Nick "Lanipator" Landis, and Curtis "Takahata101" Arnott.[2][3] That same year, they created the Dragon Ball Z Abridged series, a non-profit parody abridged series consisting of footage from the titular Dragon Ball Z anime interspersed with humor.[4][2][5] The abridged series satirized various story aspects of the Dragon Ball Z universe, such as the power level system and the "over 9000" meme,[5] the appearance of character Broly in the movie Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan,[6] and the general dialogue and humor of the original series.[5] Since its creation in 2008, the series garnered online popularity as many of the episodes accumulated millions of views.[7][6]

In 2014, TeamFourStar's channel was listed amongst the Google Preferred program.[8] Despite this, their channel dealt with copyright issues due to their usage of Dragon Ball Z footage, with Toei Animation offering them numerous copyright strikes as a protective measure for their properties.[9] These copyright issues led to the channel temporarily removing the Dragon Ball Z Abridged series on YouTube along with their channel briefly going offline,[10][11] and was one of the main factors for the ending of the series.[3][9]

Ending of Dragon Ball Z Abridged

In 2018, TeamFourStar released episode 60 of Dragon Ball Z Abridged after the series went on a year of hiatus, ending on episode 59 with a cliffhanger.[12][13] The channel initially promised a fourth season that would focus on the Buu Saga, the final arc of the original anime. However, in 2020, TeamFourStar decided to end the series, citing a loss of passion as well as the changing climate of YouTube in regards to copyright.[3][14][15]

Gaming outlet Kotaku cited a Patreon post from Scott Frerichs that read:

Many shows lose steam as time goes on as the creators extend their work far beyond its natural lifespan; we’re feeling that with this, and that’s a scary, depressing thought… We don’t want to end up like The Simpsons, Dexter, Scrubs, just to name a few. And yes, we know, there’s more story to work with. But in all honesty... there just isn’t the emotional attachment and passion for the arc that drove the last three seasons… Copyright claims have put us at risk of losing that channel, and our livelihoods in jeopardy. We have our employees to look out for; our friends, our colleagues, and doing right by them—by striving to create original, monetizable, copyright-friendly content, that also carries our heart and soul as creatives—is undeniably important. We’ve thought about hosting DBZA on other sites, but nowhere has been safe, and worse, it would serve to draw attention away from our hub, which ultimately could lead to less views, less support, and either the scaling back or collapse of our company.[3]

In August 2023, TeamFourStar collaborated with YouTuber Totally Not Mark, and created a series of clips from the Buu Saga. They were dubbed as "Buu Bits", with most of the original cast returning.[16]

Reception

TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged series has received acclaim from both critics and fans alike, many of them extolling it for both its faithfulness to the original anime and its satirical depiction of the series' different tropes. Joe Ballard from CBR praised the abridged parody for its combination of humor surrounding the characters along with its sense of realism, stating that "where Dragon Ball Abridged really shines is with its ability to balance its humor with an added sense of awareness and realism that doesn't really appear in the original series."[17] Writing for pop culture outlet The Mary Sue, assistant editor Princess Weekes gave praise to the series for its storytelling, voice acting and humor, stating that it "give(s) you the best crash course into the franchise by having a very character driven narrative with a lot of jokes and a real Rick & Morty sense of talking about the universe.” She went on to further elaborate that "DBZA is a labor of love, and you see that with every joke, the voice acting, and the time taken to make each edit work seamlessly into the next. It is a triumph of storytelling and modernizes the series for viewers today."[4] Jake Draugelis from ClickOnDetroit remarked that the allure of the series derived from their retaining of "the spirit of the original anime intact as they parody it… The tendency for other abridged series is to lose their heart on the path to funniness, but the good folks at Team Four Star have gotten so good at voicing DBZ characters that they have been asked to do voice work in official DBZ properties."[12]

Some outlets have even considered the abridged series to be superior to the original in various aspects.[17][18] Nick Valdez from ComicBook.com asserted that the series "added the necessary layers the original Dragon Ball Z anime was missing.” He went on to commend the abridged series for its ability to take itself less seriously than the original series: "While fans were able to find the fun in all of the fights and frenetic animation, Abridged drops the pretense of the series' coolness and pokes fun at the series' more wild elements."[19] In a listicle from CBR which compared the abridged series to the original, Brian Sheridan asserted that the series triumphed over the original in terms of its voice acting, character and plot development, and its dialogue and humor.[5]

As of November 2024, TeamFourStar's channel has reached over 4.26 million subscribers and 2 billion views.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b "About TeamFourStar". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b Valdez, Nick (February 8, 2020). "Dragon Ball Z Abridged Confirms Ending with New Statement". ComicBook. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Grayson, Nathan (February 7, 2020). "Dragon Ball Z Abridged Comes To An Abrupt End". Kotaku. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Weekes, Princess (September 25, 2018). "Team Four Star's Dragon Ball Z Abridged Has Become the Definitive DBZ Dub". The Mary Sue. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Sheridan, Brian (April 4, 2021). "Dragon Ball Z: 10 Ways The Abridged Series Was Better Than The Original". CBR. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Harrison, Will (December 12, 2018). "The Legend of Broly: Why Dragon Ball's version of Boba Fett is its most beloved character". Polygon. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  7. ^ McIntyre, Isaac (February 7, 2020). "Team Four Star reveal why they're "done" with DBZ Abridged YouTube series". Dexerto. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Cohen, Joshua (April 18, 2014). "Meet The Top 1% Of YouTube's "Google Preferred" Channels For Advertisers (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Trinos, Angelo Delos (January 10, 2021). "10 Questionable Anime Adaptations That The Original Creators Actually Like". CBR. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  10. ^ Kotuby, Jeff (January 21, 2020). "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series Is the ONLY Way to Watch Yu-Gi-Oh!". CBR. Retrieved August 9, 2021. Two well-known parodies of popular anime that ultimately fell victim to YouTube's evolving copyright laws were TeamFourStar's Dragon Ball Z Abridged and LittleKuriboh's Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series. It's well documented the struggles that Team FourStar and LittleKuriboh went through with YouTube's stringent copyright laws, even causing both channels to pull their beloved series off of YouTube for a period of time.
  11. ^ Krajewski, Jake (May 5, 2016). "YouTube, Where's the Fair Use?". Reporter Magazine. Rochester Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 9, 2021. Countless creators of varying fame and genre have been uploading videos on the subject, including Cr1TiKaL, The Fiery Joker, GradeAUnderA, Jimquisition, Anime America, Mr. Enter and Team Four Star (whose channel was also deleted briefly) to name a small handful.
  12. ^ a b Draugelis, Jake (September 10, 2018). "'Dragon Ball Z Abridged' makes up for its long absence". ClickOnDetroit. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  13. ^ Valdez, Nick (September 4, 2018). "'Dragon Ball Z Abridged' Makes its Grand Return". ComicBook. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  14. ^ Li, Nicolaus (February 10, 2020). "After 11 Years, 'Dragon Ball Z Abridged' Has Come to an Abrupt End". HypeBeast. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  15. ^ Parungo, Nico (February 6, 2020). "TeamFourStar Cancels Dragon Ball Z Abridged Season 4 (The Buu Saga)". EpicStream. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "Starting September 2nd, @TotallyNotMark's Dragon Ball Z: The Ultimate Review - The Buu Saga videos will have clips or "Buu Bits" made by us! We've made a TON of Buu Bits and can't wait to show you all!!!!". Twitter. August 19, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  17. ^ a b Ballard, Joe (March 28, 2020). "Dragon Ball Abridged: How a Controversial DBZ Fan Show Trumped the Original". CBR. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  18. ^ Gardner, Jack (March 8, 2019). "Dragon Ball Abridged Was Better Than The Anime". Screen Rant. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  19. ^ Valdez, Nick (February 12, 2020). "What Dragon Ball Z Abridged Does Better than the Original Anime". ComicBook. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  20. ^ "TeamFourStar's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". Retrieved November 10, 2024.
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