Oh boy, I'm stepping into unholy ground here!
This review will be going into just about every plot hole, very F up, just about everything that is terrible and wrong in DBGT that I can find or remember.
*Just so you know, I am a GIGANTIC DBZ FANBOY, and I do know DBZ isn't "perfect" and yes this review is nothing but a whinny nit-picking troll intended bash fest, so if you hate reading about hate or if you are not familiar with the majority of dragonball and most of the stuff that accurs before GT cause this review will spoil most of the "plot" of GT,
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then go ahead and click unhelpful *
STORY: Sequels, well they usually give justice to the original, or remind you that the original is as good as it gets.
Dragonball Z, anime franchise king, the big long winded battle, overrated fail, BEST ANIME EVAR!!, whatever your take on DBZ is, you can not deny it's popularity, calling it a household name in Japan (And around the world) is more than an understatement.
Probably the best best comparison I can made is: DBZ is like Mario, everyone knows what is it is.
And of course one thing always happens when a series becomes popular, a sequel is made.
I remember when I found out about Dragonball GT, I went crazy! Fanboying like no tomorrow, but I was young and very easy to impress, and there was a side to me that wished DBZ never ended, and that Goku would continued to beat up baddies and fire Kamehamehas until the cows come home.
But enough of that.
I watched Funimation's version, the one where they skipped the first 20 or so episodes, but that was actually a present in disguise because those episodes were just a laughable gimmacky version of a dragonball search from Dragonball, but instead they're looking around the galaxy for the black star dragonballs!
Stop, I'm not going to ask what's the difference between these black star dragonballs and the original ones cause I don't give a damn, but I want to know why are they there.
From how DBGT explains it, the black star dragon balls were an extra set of dragonballs that Kami, the namekian guardian of the earth before dende, made for no apparent reason.
Hold on... Wasn't the earth destroyed by Kidd Buu? I'll explain this F up, you see when Kidd Buu destroyed the earth at the end of DBZ, they had to use the Namekian dragonballs to bring the planet back to normal... but before that, Super Buu destroyed the lookout(Where Popo and Dende live at), where these balls are said to be.
If memory serves me right, Dende had to recreate the Dragonballs again cause they got destroyed along with the earth... So no one except Dende could've made them, but it's pointed out that Kami made them... Sooooooo yeah, if you look at it this way, DBGT is completely non canon.
Next let's talk about the first major villian, Baby, who's name is impossible to take serious, I mean I laugh every time one of the characters say his name with anger or seriousness.
Baby's er... Babie's (I'm not sure how to write that) story is that he is the last of the race called the tuffles, and that he seeks revenge against the saiyans...
Wait a minute, something like this had already happened, although it was non canon, there was an ova about the last creation of the tuffles trying to get revenge on the saiyans, and said ova was made years before GT.
Unoriginality is one thing, but to use the same concept twice shows that there was no creative thought used in the making of this anime.
Anyway, after Baby gets his ass whooped twice, he goes to Earth and starts to take control of everybodies minds (Except Hercule, Buu, and Uub... and Piccolo). Mainly Vegeta's, and the result of baby taking over his mind? You get the worst named villian of all of Dragonball, Baby Vegeta... probably the least threatening name of a villian next to Buu.
Next up the Super 17 saga... which needs to be renamed the Fan Service saga.
This is without a doubt the most shallow part of DBGT, premise; all hell breaks loose on earth, literally! And the main characters have to go around the world rekilling their old foes (Except Baby for some reason) even the ones from the movies.
Oh my god, once again GT takes a pre existed plot, this time from the DBZ movie Fusion Rebirth, and just switches a few things around like who is fusing into a super fighter, actually both the movie and GT seem to rip off the OVA, cause they all feature villians coming back to life, except the OVA was the one that had the original concept of revived villians for the series.
The main villian this time is Android 17, 2 of them actually that fuse together into a super android named, heh, super 17.
I'm tired of naming similiarites between GT and the movies, cause fusing androids had already been used in the DBZ movie, Super Android 13.
Usual DBZ plot setups accur, super 17 beats every one to death until Goku arrives and Goku uses a last resort attack to beat him. But before any of that happens, two notable things happen:
1. Goku goes to hell and fights Frieza and Cell in a goofy battle, and Goku gets sends sent further down to hell with filler episodes.
and 2, An android 17 that already exists on earth (Which is actually canon, because Krillian, after the Cell games saga, wishes android 17 back to life but this part is pretty easy to over look), kills Krillian just to piss off android 18. This part really irritates me alot actually, just piece together what I said in this paragraph, and you'll understand.
And last but not least, the Evil Dragon saga, which isn't that bad actually.
While the villians revived on the last saga were on earth, their negative energy corrupted the dragonballs making them crack and when they gathered them together to make a wish, instead of shenron appearing, an evil dragon appears and spreads the dragonballs along with 7 evil dragons around the earth.
So Goku and his granddaughter, Pan, basicly just go around killing each dragon and taking each dragonball from each evil dragon, simple and probably the best arc GT has to offer.
But these is where I need to point something out, GT does not know what mood to take, sometimes it gets really serious and dark, then next episode it gets so silly and whimsical that the first dragonball series seems more mature, never does it get into a comforable middle of these moods like DBZ does.
I know I haven't touched everything yet (like super saiyan 4 for instance, or how Goku gets turned into a kid, sigh) but I feel like I have made my point.
Except I will actually admit there is ONE thing and one thing only that GT actually does better than Z.
And that is: The relevancy of the dragon balls, unlike Z where they simply used to bring people back to life, the dragon balls are so important to the plot that three of the major story arcs are heavily affected by the dragon balls, especially the shadow dragons arc.
ANIMATION: I know it's a pre 2000's anime, but even DBZ looks better than most of GT's animation.
SOUND: This is the only thing I'll say it's decent, Funimation's dub cast returns to repraise their roles, making the dub more than tolerable.
Hahahahaha, except the really stupid rap for the opening theme.
OVERALL:
+ It's another dragonball adventure, and dbz fanbase loses its shit.
+ The dragon balls are actually important to the plot.
- Completely unoriginal
- Doesn't know what mood to take
- More plot holes than a fan fiction
- It's another dragonball adventure, and dbz fanbase goes insane (DBAF)
Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Dragonball GT, DBGT
Japanese: ドラゴンボールGT
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Type:
TV
Episodes:
64
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Feb 7, 1996 to Nov 19, 1997
Premiered:
Winter 1996
Broadcast:
Wednesdays at 19:00 (JST)
Producers:
Fuji TV
Licensors:
Funimation
Studios:
Toei Animation
Source:
Manga
Demographic:
Shounen
Duration:
24 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories Jan 18, 2011
Oh boy, I'm stepping into unholy ground here!
This review will be going into just about every plot hole, very F up, just about everything that is terrible and wrong in DBGT that I can find or remember. *Just so you know, I am a GIGANTIC DBZ FANBOY, and I do know DBZ isn't "perfect" and yes this review is nothing but a whinny nit-picking troll intended bash fest, so if you hate reading about hate or if you are not familiar with the majority of dragonball and most of the stuff that accurs before GT cause this review will spoil most of the "plot" of GT, ... May 10, 2008
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 ... Mar 6, 2014
Dragon Ball GT... most everyone seems to hate it. I've seen GT rated below 5, I've heard people saying they don't consider GT part of the series and is a disgrace and all that hate. Those people (which are probably the majority of you reading this who have seen GT so don't get pissed) don't take it for what it is. GT is not perfect, not even close. But it doesn't suck more than a vacuum...
Story- I hear and read all the time about how "awful" the story is. Ok I admit, if the whole show was like the after Goku turns into a ... Jul 2, 2021
This has got to be my all time favorite Dragon Ball anime. It's just so damn good! The best of both worlds, a merging of the original Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Truly this is the perfect finale to the series.
I loved this show so much as a kid and even more as an adult, and when I first found out that there were people who attack and hate on this show, I was so shocked and confused. There are so many people who haven't even watched GT and they think they hate it just because its popular to hate. And they go a ... Jun 20, 2008
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 ... Sep 22, 2016
Dragon Ball GT. What can I say about it? Have you ever experienced something that is so perfect and beyond your wildest dreams that it almost seems not real? Well that's this show. GT is easily the best series to carry the Dragon Ball name, easily surpassing the original Dragon Ball and Z in both character development, plot, fight scenes, animation and comedy.
The overall story line of the show is that a wish has been made on the black star dragon balls, which are a set of dragon balls that will destroy Earth in a years time once a wish has been made on ... Jun 12, 2007
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. Jun 23, 2012
holy WOW this anime was great!!! i watched all of it!!!1 the aninmation is way better than in dbz and also its funnyer and better than dragonball. first off i giveit a 9 in everything and a 10 in character becaus of PAN HERSELF i love pan. she is so funny and strong and i think i am in lov with her alot. it makes me SO MAD when ppl say pan is annoying she is not. she is HELPFUL And nice and cute. and underage like goku is now but thats beyond the point ok. anyway ya i gave it a 9 beaucse its
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Jul 5, 2021
Unpopular opinion, but i love DBGT. Now i understand that the majority do hate GT, i don´t and i will explain why. I first started with DB, then i moved unto DBZ and then finally DBGT. As far as i can see, most people who hate DBGT have never even watched the OG DB. Why is this important? Because DBGT has the same kind of adventure feel like OG DB has, but with fights resembling DBZ so one might say that DBGT is a hybrid between DB and DBZ. Which is probably why most DBZ fans do not like it. Now the arcs aren´t
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Apr 10, 2015
Ok so before I start getting down to the nitty gritty of this show I will admit I am quite fond of the dragon ball franchise so i am being a bit biased in my review but anyway here we go
Story: well it's much the same as in the other dragon ball series but this one is particularly slow and drab in my opinion, most people drop out from watching it 10 episodes in but trust me it's well worth it for the Middle/end. All in all its nothing special Sound: I REALLY liked the soundtrack and the beat behind the fights it really brings ... Apr 15, 2013
Well, it's pretty hard to write a review about DBGT. Despite what everyone says about the anime, like the fact that it wasn't related to Akira's manga, I can't just say that I didn't enjoy watching it.
Story changed its main line suddently, but the "essence" didn't fade, in my opinion. The fighting theme still remained, as well as many other values, like hope and family. Strong bosses and great battles are also featured in it. Of course, it can't be compared to DB and doesn't even get close to DBZ, but I laughed, I cried, I believed... Since I watched it as kid (like DB and ... Jan 12, 2019
I never understood all the hate GT got, I always liked this show and after seeing Super I appreciate it even more. Being filler doesn't automatically make a show bad.
GT doesn't just repeat arcs with little twists to make you think it's original like Super does, like Trunks coming from the future or a martial arts tournament, GT is creative and doesn't try to copy anything. Plus it has strong and interesting villains! Baby who can take over everyones bodies and Omega Shenron who absorbs the dragon balls to gain power. Also the transformations are wayyyy more unique, not just recoloring Super Saiyan to blue. Super ... Sep 15, 2014
In my review of DBZ I noted that Z had several strong points and several massive flaws. It had good characters, quirky humor, and epic battles, but it also had WAY too much filler, lazy animation, and could often get repetitive.
What would happen if you took everything charming and lovable about DBZ and left just the flaws? You would get the absolute disgrace that is DBGT. No wonder Toriyama sama disowned this piece of shit! The plot starts out with the admittedly interesting choice to reintroduce Emperor Pilaf from the original Dragonball series. After Goku defeats him once again, Pilaf uses his wish to make Goku ... Jul 7, 2013
Dragonball GT; Generation! I can definetly say without boasting that this show totally; surpassed its predicesor; Z. It was a great ending for Goku's story and totally exceeded my expectations.
Not only was everything about this show better then Z, but the risks in this series were even higher, far higher then I'd ever expected. Not only were the risks were bigger, but GT was actually dark. As I said in my Yu Yu Hakusho review; while Z did have it's dark moments, GT's dark moments were even darker. You had better villians then some of ones in Z, we got to see some old ... Sep 27, 2021
Dragon ball GT, unlike other Dragon balls, one of its main focuses is to make you feel emotional about what happens, and for me it worked.
A lot of people didn't like Dragon Ball GT because of the fact that Goku was back to being a kid, like he was in the classic, the fact that many characters were destroyed, like Vegeta, and the presence of some annoying characters like Pan. A positive point in my opinion is that the villains are very striking and have their story very well explained, and parts of their sagas are very nice to watch. Apr 19, 2018
It's good ending with great story! The characters are outstanding to me! I am first time to write the review about this. Dragon Ball GT is quite good anime and have joy ending...I want to learn more about Son Goku or Kakarrot. It's magnificently scenes of battle!!!
One thing, I can only tell you is secret! You have to watch if you want to know what happens in 5 years after Goku trained Uub/Oob whose became his mentor Goku. And I can feel that I am in bit of sad because it does have good ending! It's good number of episodes and great story from ... Dec 26, 2020
Best show I've ever seen in my life, characters are astounding, Goku is clearly the strongest being in all of anime its no comp with anyone he fights, sorry 🥴. Story is immaculate and perfect in every way, by the way no one can beat Goku Son. GT is so under appreciated, I love how many episodes it takes to end a fight it never gets stale and vegeta's leather pants are a great fit for the character and make the experience of him on screen even better. (Whole lotta red... more like whole lotta skips am I right) Goku turning into a child is
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Aug 6, 2015
It's pretty bad.
Battles are boring, transformations are boring, old villains are boring, space adventures are boring, comedy is unfunny, ki blasts are poorly animated (you can't feel the impact), animations constantly gets reused, story progression is linear and uninteresting, ending is fappish (though somewhat fitting) and the villains are pretty bad. But... It's got interesting ideas, a few decent moments and some acceptable character designs. The Baby Arc was alright, though it could have been far more interesting. I don't care about the battle powers being out of whack and I don't really care about plotholes, the show just kind of sucked. Aug 3, 2020
WATCH THIS SUBBED! i fell into the trap of following the crowd and hating this anime because it wasn’t “canon”. GT had help from Toriyama similar to Super yet it gets scrutinized for this. I gave this show a real chance after years of avoiding it and it has become my favorite of the db series (3rd best behind Kai and original db imo). I love how they mixed original DB’s adventure with DBZ action and the art style is probably my favorite next to Cowboy Bebop. The soundtrack is top notch and really makes an impact as opposed to the dubbed version. The villians
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Jul 17, 2009
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 ... |