It's easy to underestimate just how influential the Dragon Ball franchise is, but the Akira Toriyama manga essentially defined what an action shonen manga would be for the next 40 years. Goku became the archetypical anime protagonist, while his relationship with Vegeta became the standard that all anime rivalries would emulate. It helped popularize power-up transformations, time jumps, and much more in both anime and manga.
Sure, it's easy to boil down Dragon Ball to just having extremely long fight scenes, but the franchise is much more than that. With bold changes in tone, from hilarious gag comedy to meaningful moments of inspiration, as well as a myriad of great side characters, Dragon Ball remains as good as its reputation would suggest.
Still, this is one of the longest-running anime franchises, with dozens of movies in addition to several anime series. It can be hard to navigate the Dragon Ball universe, but that's what this guide is for. Whether you fell off the wagon at one point and want to catch up, or you're looking to embark on your very first journey with Son Goku, here's how to watch every Dragon Ball anime and movie in order.
Inspired by Akira Toriyama's manga of the same name, Dragon Ball includes over 800 episodes across five anime series. There have also been over 20 anime movies set in the Dragon Ball universe, which expand the story or even continue it.
Now, what about canon? That's where it gets a bit complicated. Granted, Toriyama never really cared much about canon, as he constantly tinkered with his story, retconning things whenever he thought of something better than he had before (remember when Goku was just a happy monkey guy and not an alien superhero?). Still, what makes Dragon Ball canon complicated is that while most of the movies aren't technically canon, the last four movies are part of the official Dragon Ball continuity.
Then there's Dragon Ball Daima, a canon anime series that seemed to make Dragon Ball GT, a show long considered to be non-canon, somewhat canon. So what does this mean? Well, it is kind of up to the audience. If you like Dragon Ball GT, then you can think of it as canon. If you prefer to skip it, then by all means, do so.
The full scope of everything Dragon Ball is on Crunchyroll. The anime streaming service is also the only place you'll find most of the movies, though Z Kai and Daima are also streaming on Hulu. For the collectors, all of the Dragon Ball series and movies are available as physical releases.
An alternate retelling of the first saga of the story. Best watched after the Emperor Pilaf Saga rather than have this be your first exposure to the characters.
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