New to DBZ, how to watch all DBZ anime in order for full story?

[ZaZoo)]

Sorry if this isn't really related to the game, but I want to watch DBZ anime from start to finish, so can someone please tell me what to watch and in which order so I can see the full story?

Thanks!

[Hiphoptimus Rhyme]

I'm going to mention here since I haven't seen it touched on:

While there is technically canon, the franchise as a whole has played fast and loose with what does and doesn't count as time has gone on. Originally, the entirety of Dragon Ball Z was meant to end with the Frieza saga.

If you want a 'complete picture' of what that series would have looked like, you can watch;

- (optional) Dragon Ball (or skip it if you're not interested in the exploits of child Goku- it's a more strictly martial arts anime than the scifi DBZ was)

- (optional) Bardock: Father of Goku before starting DBZ as a prologue/foreshadowing, although it will have some spoilers of the series after that.

- Dragon Ball Z or DBZ Kai (which cuts out a lot of sub arcs, touches up the animation and audio, and uses a dub closer to the Japanese dialogue)

- Cooler's Revenge, then its sequel Return of Cooler if you care enough, although it's not as interesting imo and really more of a side story.

The sagas that came after the Frieza saga are considered canon, but I personally don't care for them much.

As others have mentioned, GT isn't considered canon NOW, but it's fair to point out that for a long time it was THE Dragon Ball sequel to Z, long before Super was even a thought on paper. It being the 'official' sequel to Z to make room for super. Really if/ when/ how it fits is up to you.

If you want to watch DB Super, prepare for disappointment. I know its got its fans, but the quality in writing, animation, and authenticity really went right out the window with the series overall. The first two arcs are drawn out versions of the two movies, Battle of the Gods and Resurrection F. Pros and cons: the movies have much better animation and tell the story at a more appropriate pace, but also lose what little soul they managed to infuse the anime episodes with.

I personally only really liked the Goku Black arc, the rest of the series seemed really contrived and lazy. If you like watching the Z fighters fighting stuff you might enjoy it, but prepare for a lot of flanderization and a total lack of power-ceiling ("zomg I've reached my limit, BUT WAIT if I -believe- hard enough I can SURPASS my limit1!" every single time Goku fights someone stronger than him, which is a lot).

That having been said and despite dumping on the series, Dragon Ball Super Broly is probably the single best Dragon Ball film ever made. It'll touch on some things brought up in Dragon Ball Z and rework some things from the original Broly film. The movie is pretty well self-contained and you really don't need to see Z or the Super series or other two movies to enjoy it (assuming you have basic knowledge of the relationship between the Saiyans and Frieza and the current tiers of Super Saiyan/ Frieza's forms).

[.Brendan]

gt has the stupidest transformation ever shown in the form of ssj4, lore for it is neat but design is literally unwatchable

[Isuzuyori]

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Most of that is just your respectable opinion on like a few points of several arcs, and comparing written with TV media. The only one that could be considered not an opinion would be the Hakai scene, but only because it's implied that he had seen it used offscreen (he spent a lot of time training with Whis) instead of having some onscreen build-up.

But my main point is that overall Super's manga is superior to the anime. As I said, it's not just that the script is mostly more consistent and to the point, which can be an opinion, but also that Toyotaro's art is good and very similar to Z's (unlike the many horrendous and rushed parts of the anime, especially before the ToP, that were criticised so much). It has also gotten even better with time. Also, the manga is still releasing more arcs, while the anime has been on a hyatus for almost 3 years already. Like I said, even if you watch the anime it's recommended to read the manga, too.

i only said that because i dont understand why you and shrokken would come in here and start saying on why the manga is better. This person is asking for the anime and what order to watch it in. Also dont start on this art and animation stuff. ep 5, ep 24, and ep 4 does not mean the whole series, The beerus vs goku fight was fine, the rof arc or movie should not even exist in the first place but after that its fine. Maybe if you two atleast worded it better by saying "after the anime you should try the manga as it contiunes the story." Im netrual as ive seen both sides.

Since when offering alternatives, and explaining what the manga does and does not, is something negative and unrelated to someone asking about the order of the anime? How do you know if the OP has no interest about that, or if they even know about it at all? It would be out of context if we had talked about another manga, but we didn't. You didn't say anything to the people that talked about the dubs, OVAs or GT (you shouldn't, by the way), and this is the same thing. It's not out of place, as it wouldn't be if I suggested to have a look at Heroes and the Xeno stuff, as Mira and Towa appear on this game.

That being said, I only commented about Super's manga being overall better and still going, that reading any manga would be faster than watching the thousand episodes of the anime (DB+DBZ), and that their drawing quality is overall higher. Which is a fact, even before Super, and especially noticeable by the end of Z due to it's higher level of detail; it was because of the different main artists that Toei used. You can't deny that. Just compare the animation on the "good" episodes of Z with the OVAs and the manga, and they were identical or near identical, while the "bad" ones certainly looked worse (but overall, because they mixed those episodes, it didn't leave a bad taste). At the same time, you can't say that the vast majority of Super's episodes look even close to the last 3 OVAs or the manga, at all. The quality drop is there, and the reasons are known to all, which they somewhat fixed before the ToP and especially by the end of that arc (people demoted, new team of animators, etc., which wouldn't have happened if it had just been "a couple" of bad episodes).

I also *explicitly* said on my first post that what I recommend is to read the manga EVEN if they watch the anime, in Super's case, NOT that they shouldn't watch the latter, so perhaps the issue is not the wording but your reading comprehension. And I mean no offense at all, because maybe english is not your first language.

Anyway, it's on the OP to see if that information is useful or not. I'm not going to keep derailing this thread with our discussion.

[Ember]

As others said, Dragon Ball GT isn't canon, but there are references to some of the things that took place in it (super saiyan 4) in other media (dragonball heroes). It's not essential by any means but a fun addition. For Cannon- you'll want to watch, DragonBall, Dragonball Z(Kai to cut out a lot of filler), and Dragonball Super

[Everybody do the flop]

Personally not a fan of the Super Manga past where the anime stops. I didn't get the motivation of the main bad guy (forgot his name) where he kills one of his own men to release all prisoners so they can attack New Planet Namek. I mean is this guy meant to be the new Frieza where he doesn't regard his men very highly or is he meant to be loyal to his men? I don't quite understand the motivation behind tricking a guy to take him to Namek, only to backstab him on the last wish. It honestly took me out of the series as a whole if they can't make the new big bad have consistent characterization from the very start.

[The Trippy Pyro (MPH! MPH! MPH!)]

i actually wanna see dragon ball classic done in the same rpg style as dbz: kakarot.
yes, you can technically start with z, but you're missing out on things like piccolo sr, his spawn that would later go on to become gokus bestie, the red ribbon army (who gero was part of, albeit offscreen), and of course, giant monkey goku.

seriously. i'm surprised db classic doesn't get the love it deserves. it would be perfect for an open world rpg like dbzk.

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gt has the stupidest transformation ever shown in the form of ssj4, lore for it is neat but design is literally unwatchable

in all honesty, the design of ssj4 is fine, actually great.
remember: saiyans are monkey-people. what super saiyan 4 is is a marriage between oozaru, and super saiyan. most saiyans had their tails cut off during the early parts of z. and those who havent just straight-up die. beyond the ridiculous strength and ability to turn himself blonde, there was nothing physically seperating goku from an average human by the end of z. the tail was all he had.
gt at least remembered "oh ♥♥♥♥. saiyans are monkeys!" so thus, super saiyan 4. i lowkey wish super had done something similar with god ki. just imagine, oozaru with god ki. and then supers own version of super saiyan 4.