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. 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).īall Z and Dragon Ball Z Kai are the same thing. 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.