So I used to watch DBZ when I was younger and thought it was the best thing ever(who on here didnt); but looking back I realize its probably one of the worst animes ever made. Horrible story line and no character development whatsoever.
I mean practically all the main villains (frieza, buu, etc..) had no motive and just wanted to destroy the world just because. No depth to any of the characters, no backstory on the villains everything is just black and white. Either evil or good.
In naruto and other animes countless episodes are spent developing the main characters and the villains and how they became the villain. I mean all of naruto is about how Sasuke grows into a villain. DBZ is just a very simplistic anime.Only thing going to DBZ was the action. Im just saiyin (lol see wat I did there)...
Frieza was born into one of the most powerful war lord families that ever lived and wanted to conquer the universe.
Cell was genetically programmed to seek revenge for his master and the Red Army.
Bubu was deeply backgrounded, he was created by an evil witch that wanted to have revenge on the Gods and to accomplish his goals created the most evil and diabolic war machine ever. Bubu was meant to be a world destruction weapon. Then the chief of the Gods in an attempt to control Bubu fused himself with him making creating Fat Bubu... Then thousands of years later the son of the witch seeking revenge for his Father worked towards awaken Bubu again.
Also in DB we've seen countless times the main characters talking about their past and their feelings: Goku, Vegeta, Picolo, Songohan, Krilin, etc...
And a lot of Characters evolves immensely. Take Vegeta, Bulma, C18 and Gohan for example.
I honestly don't see your point. I'll give you one thing though, the animation was poor but back then they didn't have the same resources to produce high level animation.