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The stories explored during the series' 153 episodes remain thoroughly enjoyable, however, as too do the characters who feature in them. Much like some of the humor, the animation in the original run of Dragon Ball is starting to show its age a little, though this is perhaps to be expected given that it's now more than three decades old. Main Villains: Mercenary Tao, King Piccolo & Piccolo Junior.Number of Sagas: 3 (Son Goku Saga, Red Ribbon Army Saga & Piccolo Saga).Original Air Dates: FebruApril 19, 1989.That's okay though, as those looking for the correct order to watch Dragon Ball can find it right here.
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One of the only obstacles preventing some people from watching is the franchise's chronologically confusing timeline, which is made up of multiple series and more than twenty movies. Thanks to its popularity and prominence in modern pop culture, it's considered a lot less niche than some of the other Japanese anime that have made their way west, and is also a lot easier to find online and on tv.

Updated Maby Tom Bowen: Few anime franchises, if any, are quite as accessible as Dragon Ball. The best order to watch Dragon Ball - which some might argue involves skipping the aforementioned series entirely - can, however, be found below. This is because one of them is effectively an HD remaster of the one which came before it, while another inexplicably decides to revert the main protagonist, Son Goku, back to his childhood form. Though some might assume that it's simply a case of watching the series in the order that they were first released, this isn't actually the case. RELATED: Dragon Ball: The Most Powerful Saiyans, Ranked According To Strength
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Due to the chronologically confusing nature of its naming conventions, however, figuring out how to watch Dragon Ball in order can be more than a little tricky.

Since starting life as a manga back in the early eighties, it's gone on to spawn six anime series and counting, not to mention more than twenty movies and a string of successful video games. That means nothing via the wonders of the Internet, so fans can start preparing now for all that powering up and Earth destruction.When it comes to manga and anime, few franchises are quite as well-known as Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball.
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When you’re latest movie is beating the Paul Walker-fueled beast that is Furious 7, that’s saying something.Īn English dub will most likely come shortly after, probably a year judging by the film releases. It’s a no-brainer on the business side, though. It was probably the first real introduction to anime I had as a kid (right next to some Saturday morning classics on the Sci Fi Channel), but I can’t really see where it can stand out in today’s landscape creatively. It seems odd that we’ll be getting more of DBZ here in 2015. They’ve certainly done a bang up job throwing tons of movies at the fans without even the hint of a coherent timeline, so it really doesn’t matter at the end of the day. Overseen by Dragon Ball’s original creator, Akira Toriyama and produced with Fuji Television, Dragon Ball Super will draw on its historic past to create a bold, new universe welcoming to fans and endearing to new viewers.įans of the show will remember the Toriyama-less Dragon Ball GT that originally followed up on the Z series, so it isn’t known if that will be wiped clean from the slate in a manner similar to Star Wars or if they’ll find a way to include it.

Reuniting the franchise’s iconic characters, Dragon Ball Super will follow the aftermath of Goku’s fierce battle with Majin Buu, as he attempts to maintain earth’s fragile peace. The show will be known as Dragon Ball Super or Dragon Ball Chou in Japan.įranchise creator Akira Toriyama will be hands on for the project and Toei Animation released an official statement detailing the direction for the new series:įollowing the recent events of the hit feature film, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, Dragon Ball Super will debut in Japan in July 2015. Following the rabid support of Dragon Ball Z fans in recent years and some record breaking film releases in Japan (including the most recent that actually kept Furious 7 from the top spot), Dragon Ball is making a comeback to television with a new series.
