Why you would want to try and watch Dragon Ball in chronological order, I don’t even know. Place to wedge that into the watch order. However, many of theĭBZ movies are very fun to watch, the Broly movie in particular.īroly did technically become canon, but there’s not really a good We didn’t include because they are not canon. Miss out, but the movies do have more detail. Pretty cool, but they also have arcs in Super. The Gods and the Resurrection: F movies purely because they are

If you wanted to watch Dragon Ball GT, this would be where you do it.

Dragon Ball Z (or Kai, your choice) through the conclusion of the Frieza Saga.

It just fills in some pieces with characters like what Piccolo is and how the characters came to be acquainted.)

Dragon Ball (You can completely skip this and jump into DBZ just fine for the most part.

Viewing order from the Dragon Ball series, but you don’t need it toīe chronological. You won’t miss any crucial details by choosing Kai. The filler in DBZ was fun sometimes, but it is a lengthy watch overall. As it is also newer animation, it looks betterĪs in the original DBZ some fights could take literally ten episodes to conclude, it is probably better to just watch Kai. Less filler, much better pacing, and additional dialog that was Remastering of the events in the original DBZ series. Dragon Ball Z or Dragon Ball Z Kai?īall Z and Dragon Ball Z Kai are the same thing. Generally, most people don’t bother to watch ALL the movies, as there are many, but there are some canon movies that fill in important details (and have awesome fights). Other non-canon entries include some of the movies which will conflict with things that occur in the canon story line. There are moments in the more current and canon Dragon Ball Super in which it seems they are trying to connect it to the canon, but for the most part, almost every fan will suggest to skip GT entirely. Akira Toriyama had little to no input on the series and was not happy with how it turned out. There are some important exceptions, however.įirst, Dragon Ball GT is considered non-canon.

For the most part, the Dragon Ball anime series is of a canon nature. By canon, fans mean that the particular series or movie primarily followed the original manga series and was made with input from the creator – Akira Toriyama. Much of Dragon Ball can be separated into canon or not canon. So, the question is, how do you watch the Dragon Ball series in order? On the Subject of Canon – Should I Watch Dragon Ball GT? Yeah, okay, so it has gotten unexpectedly complex and there are newer anime fans that are just now getting into it.

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