Dragon Ball GT's history

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Dragon Ball GT (ドラゴンボルGT Doragon Bōru Jī Tī, GT means "Grand Tour", usually abbreviated as DBGT) is one of the two series of Dragon Ball Z. Its material is produced separately by Toei Animation and is not adapted from the previous work. Existing comics.. series. The "Dragon Ball GT" series is the shortest of the Dragon Ball series, with only 64 episodes; unlike its predecessor "Dragon Ball Z" which had a total of 291 episodes, "Dragon Ball" has a total of 153 episodes, while its successor series "Dragon Ball Super" has a total of 131 episodes. The series ran for 64 episodes, culminating with the TV special Dragon Ball GT: Legacy of Heroes.

The series continues the adventures of Goku, who was turned back into a child by Emperor Pilaf and was forced to travel across the galaxy to retrieve them after inadvertently granting a wish with the Black Star Dragon Balls at the beginning of the series. The first half of the series focused on Goku, Pan, and Trunks, while the second half brought back most of the iconic characters from Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. The series will follow the Dragons as they fight against more powerful enemies such as the Luddite Cult, Robot Mutants, Baby, Super 17, and Shadow Dragon.

The show is generally considered to take place 5 years after the Peace World Saga, although promotional materials for the English dub mention that it takes place 10 years later. Others noted that the incident occurred six years later.


The first two animated series were directly adapted from the Dragon Ball manga and took much longer to produce than the anime. This often results in "stuffing"; one notable example is that the end of Goku's fight with Frieza took much longer than the "five minutes" Frieza expected. Since Dragon Ball GT is not based on a manga, there is no need for filler. As a result, four complete saga ("Black Star Dragon Ball Saga", "Baby Saga", "Super 17 Saga" and "Shadow Dragon Saga") were completed in only 64 episodes. The music of "Dragon Ball GT" was composed and composed by Akihito Tokunaga, succeeding Shunsuke Kikuchi (who retired after composing the final score for the final episode of "Dragon Ball Z"), and the character designs of "Dragon Ball GT" were created by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru .

Dragon Ball GT airs on Fuji TV at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 7, 1996, a week after the final episode of Dragon Ball Z . The series ran for 64 episodes, with the final episode airing on November 19, 1997. The series averaged a 14.6% rating, with a peak rating of 19.7. % (Episode 02) and a minimum of 9.6% (Episode 21). The series also airs across Japan via anime television network Animax, where it currently airs regularly. Unlike the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z series, creator Akira Toriyama had only a minor involvement in the show's early stages, establishing the series' initial premise and providing the main villains and characters for most of the main villains and characters (including newcomer Giru). Designed. . The early episodes have a more comedic tone, reminiscent of the early Dragon Ball series. However, later episodes were packed with action and had the same dramatic tone as Dragon Ball Z . The series ran for 64 episodes and ended after two years on the air. GT was followed by Dragon Ball Z Kai, a stripped-down remake of Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super, which followed Dragon Ball Z with a new story that took place in between episodes 288 and 289, and began airing in the summer of 2015.

The series has two companion books titled Dragon Ball GT: Perfect Files, released in May 1997 and December 1997 by Shueisha's Jump Comics Selection imprint. It includes series information, illustration galleries, behind-the-scenes information, and more. The book was out of print for many years, but was re-released in April 2006 and is still in print today.

On June 15, 2005, Toei Animation (in conjunction with distributor Pony Canyon) released a strictly limited-edition DVD set (called "Dragon Box GT") of the entire series, including the Goku Jr. TV Special Edition, as well as the teleported dragon Radar and Exclusive Manual. Although the collection contains remastered audio and video, there are no subtitles, English or otherwise. They are also not available to the public due to low quantities and high cost.