Then you also have to make the choice of whether to watch Dragon Ball Z for the more extensive experience or Dragon Ball Kai for the more refined approach. Those entries considered non-canon include the series Dragon Ball GT in addition to the majority of the films. If you want to skip all the stuff that isn’t considered canon, i.e the series and films which don’t follow the events of the manga and were made without any input from creator Akira Toriyama, then there is an alternative order below.

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (movie).

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (movie).

Dragon Ball Z: Broly’s Second Coming (movie).

The anime had a ten-year run-time, and totaled at 444 episodes.

Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (movie) Debuting nearly a full two years after the original manga made its debut in Weekly Shnen Jump, the Dragon Ball manga series was taken an adapted into an anime by Toei Animation, and it aired from FebruJanuary 31, 1996, compiling both Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Feature Film (95 minutes) The Voices of Dragon Ball Z (in-the-booth making.

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (movie).

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13 (movie).

Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge (movie).

Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (TV special).

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (movie).

Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest (movie) Six months after defeating Majin Buu, Goku and his friends must protect the Earth from their most powerful opponent yet - Beerus.

Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (movie).

Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (TV special).

(For reference, Dragon Ball Z Kai is a remake of the earlier series, telling the same story but with less filler and some new dialogue as well as updated animation.)Īnyway, here is every release in chronological order: Meanwhile, a note that we have included Dragon Ball Z but not Dragon Ball Z Kai, given that the two series are essentially the same thing. This order does not take into account whether each series or film is considered canon or not – hence why some fans would say it isn’t the best way to watch – and as such it includes a lot of content. While this method might be frowned upon by hardcore Dragon Ball fans, one way to watch the films is to go in chronological order in terms of the time scale of the story.

How to watch Dragon Ball in chronological order

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