Ranked #2921

Dragon Ball GT

Picking up where Dragonball Z left off, Dragonball GT is considered by many as a poor final chapter to the Dragonball franchise. In some cases, they are right, as this is the only series not based off of Toriyama's manga and said manga-ka also had little to do with the series. However, judging it solely on that is unfair, so I'll try to do my best at giving GT a proper review.

The one major thing that Dragonball GT suffers from is an identity crisis. It starts off as a primarily comedy anime with action as a secondary, something that worked very well for Dragonball and occasionally worked here as well. Unfortunately, the series received poor ratings, mainly because everyone wanted more action and less goofing off. At about Episode 17, the focus shifted from comedy to action, and that's also when the plot started to suffer. It's difficult to be original when one uses plot devices that have been seen in so many other anime, not to mention done better. And as well all know, with a lack of originality comes boredom. At least this series is "only" 64 episodes in length, so it's not as much of a chore to sit through as, say, Dragonball Z.

On an more positive note, the art and animation received a nice upgrade. Some of the character designs are a bit iffy, but it's still passable. The music is also rather good, especially the opening, DAN DAN Kokoro Hikareteku, and all four endings. I can safely say that I enjoy listening to all five songs on a regular basis. The fights are enjoyable more often than not, though once again, I've seen better...much better.

It may be far from perfect, but Dragonball GT at least makes an attempt to be entertaining. If you still want to watch, then by all means, go for it. Just don't expect too much, and enjoy the opening and endings as they come. read more

Dragonball GT is a so-called "sequel" to the ultra famous Dragonball series, but unlike its prequels GT just sucked. The animation made it look like Goku was a stick figure given plastic 6 packs or something. Same goes for Trunks.

The good and bad points about this anime:
GOOD: If you actually live through this entire series, you just proved yourself to have unlimited patience
BAD: If you actually watched all the episodes (like me), you better find a hobby or counseling, fast.

Honestly I only watched all that because of my love for Dragonball when I was very little, and as of that, I finished this anime when I was very little. And boy did it warp my fragile little mind.

I'm not going to go any farther, but I'll say that the story is like the same thing as Dragonball, but with more "evil" guys that make Hercule look like Cell. If you're curious about this anime, then watch it, but I warn you, many viewers are going to tear up their computers, curse themselves, and swear never to watch another anime again. Thats kamehameha for you. read more

Intro
In my personal opinion, I must comment that this is more following a fan fiction. It's meant to be an anime in it's own, but I beleive it's been dragged out too far, and if you didn't enjoy Dragonball Z, DONT CONSIDER GT!

Story
Okay, the story, dragged out from Z, Goku remains the strongest, more enemes that can't be killed, oh look here comes...SUPER SAIYAN 4! What a guess...I'm sure EVERYONE knew this was coming, it's not even a spoiler...especially if you google dragonball GT images. Super Saiyan 4 not strng enough to beat ultimate enemies forms...guess what happens? (Not SSJ 5, but's it's fairly obvious if you watched Z) Like i said if you wasn't a huge fan of Z, don't consider this. If you loved Z, then your a fool to miss this :)

Animation
The animation is pretty decent, the whole atmosphere efect given by the animtion seems to me to be better than dragonball z although this is about the only thing better than Z.

Sound
The sound was ok, went well with the anime but I feel it lacked the effect that Dragonball Z gave.

Characters
Same as Dragonball Z, new enemies. The kick ass attitude vegeta has changed slightly but Gok is still...umm...too kind of an unstoppable warrior...Gohan isn't what I personally expected/cheered for...Big let down...but then the anime is based on Goku so i guess you can't expect much.

Enjoyment
I personally really like this and would watch it again but then I was a big fan of dragonball Z. Like I said, if you don't like Dragonball Z, this is a huge NO!

Overall
Dependant on DBZ fans, enough said. read more

It sucks, period.
It has lots of plot-holes, and full of contradictions. Apparently, old-man Krillin is the strongest...
But lets get to the key points on why it sucks:

Story: Very poor. In the beginning, they attempted to recreate the feeling that the original Dragonball had, but they ultimately failed. In later parts of the story, they tried to recreate the Vegeta Saga, and later the Android Saga, but they have failed to keep me entertained. Overall, the story was full of disappointment. Instead of seeing other characters beating the enemies, Goku ends up doing so, which gets kind of repetitive.

People need to know, DBGT was created for advertising purposes in the mid 90s. Don't take it too seriously.

DB and DBZ where based on the mange, they had finished, along with the manga.
After the series ended, a new range of games in Japan where due to come out, his is the reason why this mediocre-at-best series was released, in order to keep the franchise frest in people's minds.

Breifing over...


DBGT focuses a lot on Goku's granddaughter Pan, a vaccant, needy teenager who freeloads on Trunks' spaceship as he prepares to go into search in serach of the dragonballs, universewide, with Goku.

The reason behind this adventure is... Goku has been turned into a child by old Dragonball villian Pilaf, the dragonballs are scattered throughout the universe for some reason I can't remember, the group must search for them in order to restore Goku to his adult form.

What is annoying about 'GT is that eveything you have come to love has changed:
-Goku was an innocent child in Dragonball and an immature adult in DBZ, yet in GT, he's fairly wise and not too charasmatic
- Characters that have been with us for a while, those we have come to like, such as; Gohan, Bulma, Vegeta, Roshi and Piccolo are a rare sightthroughout most of the series
- Trunks' becomes a main, yet his personality seems to have completly changed; future Trunks was cool, present Trunks was a loveable brat, GT Trunks is a stressed out yet mellow businessman with no particular personality or say in events


On the plus side, DBGT is better than DB evolution? read more

overall, i would say that any expectations i had for this show after watching dragonball Z has been crushed to the ground.

due to Z's original creator, Akira Toriyama, absence from this series the storyline line as well as the type of villains were reused with different names but the main goals and abilities of each one was the same.

the first saga villain wanted to rule the universe, freeza from Z
the second saga villain was a parasite, cell from Z
the last saga villain was pure evil, buu from Z

the main character goku also suddenly goes from super hero to zero with him being reverted back to a child thus destroying or limiting all his abilities from being shown in battle

the sound and artwork is much better than Z due to the availability of technology developed later than Z

but the only highlight i believe came only when goku achieved super saiyan 4 and super saiyan 4 gogeta

watch it to pass the time, dont expect too much read more

story: they just needed some reason for it to keep going

art: same as earlier, might be slightly more dark/gritty, i dont know

sound: its like dbz

character: they had some different aliens, but most of them fought the same. i also would have rather had other people get stronger and not just goku/vegeta

enjoyment: it was alright cause it was just adventures going on to get the ballz. i did find some of the 'negative dragon' things cool.