Emperor Pilaf finally has his hands on the Black Star Dragon Balls after years of searching, which are said to be twice as powerful as Earth's normal ones. Pilaf is about to make his wish for world domination when he is interrupted by Gokuu Son. As a result, Pilaf flubs his wish and accidentally turns Gokuu back into a child.
After the wish is granted, the Black Star Dragon Balls scatter across the galaxy. However, Gokuu discovers that they will cause the Earth to explode unless they are all brought back within a year. Uniting with his granddaughter Pan and a young adult Trunks, Gokuu sets off on an adventure through the universe to find the Black Star Dragon Balls and save his planet from destruction.
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artist-retired
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,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)
YuYuDragon
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 akid but before the fight on Planet M-2 I would have trashed this show. But, it's not at all! The fight on M-2 really took everything up a couple of notches, the idea was so cool and of course the infamous Baby villain was introduced. Everything starts to fall into place for the Baby and Goku fight and c'mon... SS4 is one of the coolest transformations in the whole series, even if you knew it was coming. The Super 17 saga was very dark and powerful. It was short lived but it needed the DBZ aspect to come back and give GT some more life and add a good intro to the Black Dragon saga. I get very confused when people say "I don't like this saga". I don't mind your opinion but you gotta give a reason... Some of the dragons were lame but the last fight was one of the best in DragonBall, DBZ and DBGT because of the power of Omega Shenron, the "thing" that happens with Goku and Vegeta (for those of you that don't know I wont spoil) and just the magnitude of the fight was epic. So what are the bad parts of the story??? Pacing in the beginning was an issue. It was slow and boring to start off and that's a big turn off for people and then they are ready to bash on all the bad that comes next and if they do that, they overlook the good. Also there's a character problem but let's wait till I get there.
Art- This is weird but the art in the Baby arc and Super 17 arc was worse than the art of DBZ. Then it seemed like it changed a little for the final arc but it wasn't spectacular. I don't get bothered with bad art because I am in it for the story but I have to admit, seeing that an anime's prequel had better art than it did bothered the hell outta me. If you are someone that hates average or older looking art work than take caution.
Sound- I enjoyed the sound... it didn't copy all of DBZ's tracks (Thank GOD!) and I thought the opening is brilliant. The Dub is ok, I do not like kid goku and when he transforms and Sean Schemmel's voice comes back it's like heaven. Sound is really hard to judge.. I don't think I've ever watched something with bad sound and I hope I never do haha. But it was average no complaints accept for some annoying Dub voices.
Character- UGH! I am sure I am not alone on this. If I had two big problems on the show that I could rant about is 1.) why is Pan the most annoying character ever put on a screen... and 2.) why is it that no one accept for Goku and Vegeta can put up a fight? Everyone who was strong in DBZ is suddenly weak? Confusing nonetheless. The only reason I am not putting this lower is because of Goku, Vegeta, Uub, and the villains of the story.
So, DBGT. Everyone loves to hate it. If you're someone who has watched DB and DBZ but you fear GT because of the reviews take it from me. If you try and compare GT to the first two you are going to want to never watch it again, there isn't really a comparison. Take GT for what it is. It's a not so serious mood of some cool fights and new transformations. The ending is very heart felt and can make some tear up, if they got one thing right the ending of GT was as perfect as ever. Even the last movies was amazing and heart felt. Don't hate GT until you find both the good and bad. Give it the credit it deserves, it's not the biggest screw up of anime, it's just a decent final chapter to everyone's favorite hero Goku. Don't hate GT plz, give GT some love!
L-sama
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 andoccasionally 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.
Monsterdude101
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 astep beyond to try to knock it out of the Dragon Ball universe by dubbing it as "non-Canon" which is ridiculous because this is the sequel to the End of Z similar to how Z is the sequel to the End of DB. It would be silly for a DB fan to say Z isn't canon.
People are too afraid to give GT much praise, some might speak a little good but they will then say its not "perfect" and that oh it has "flaws". But what is perfection? In reality there is no such thing as perfection, rather it is a personal matter and of taste. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder after all and one mans trash is another mans treasure. And to me this is a true gem. So if you enjoy this anime, try not to let the haters get to you, just remember: the dog barks but the caravan moves on.
kaminekko
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 animewhen 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.
Reynolds96
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 onthem. It's up to Goku, Trunks and Goku's granddaughter Pan to scour the universe in search of the scattered dragon balls in order to return them to Earth and stop the planet from blowing up. While that's just the initial plot of the first arc the story does get much deeper, darker, more sophisticated and surprisingly ground breaking with the following three arcs.
It's clear right from the start that this anime was well ahead of its time. The animation and story telling of just the first episode alone is outstanding. All the charactera from the previous series return and their roles are better than ever. Gohan, Vegeta, Goten and others are put into supporting roles and lose most challenging fights they're in and rightfully so. The whole series seems to mainly focus on Goku and why shouldn't it? Some say GT stands for grand tour but I say it should stand for Goku time. Goku is clearly the only character that matters in this series and should be the only one that matters in the franchise. He's the best anime character ever created so why wouldn't they want him to be the main total focus of this series? This is 64 episodes of jam packed Goku action and I love it. Goku could effortlessly wipe the floor with all the other characters so there's no point in even trying to argue about having the other play a part in the story. They're not needed, none of them are, only Goku and that's just how it should have always been.
The decision to make Goku a child again due to the wish made on the black star dragon balls was also a stroke of brilliance. Since he's a kid again we can now experience the original fun vibe of the original Dragon Ball series. However, he still has the power of his adult form so it makes it even better since he can fight like his Z counterpart, but act like his Dragon Ball counterpart. It's honestly genius and I don't know why Goku just didn't stay a kid forever in the original series. The addition of a new super saiyan form is also welcomed. Super saiyan 4 is by far the best design in the series, if not in any anime ever. The fact that it looks nothing like the other super saiyan forms makes it stand out and shows its true power. Truly a brilliant idea and I applaud the creators for making it. There will never be a transformation in anime that is as cool looking or as powerful as super saiayn 4. Fact.
Having Goku's quarter saiyan granddaughter Pan accompany him on his journey was also a very smart move. It hearkens back to the dynamic of the original Dragon Ball with Bulma and Goku, but only better this time since she's part saiyan. The addition of an adult Trunks coming along for the journey is also welcomed. This adult version of Trunks is far better than the future version of Trunks we saw in the Cell saga in Z. This Trunks has flaws, thus making him more relatable, as well as making him funnier which provides several hilarious moments throughout the series. In fact, all the changes made to all the characters are good and only make them seem more three dimensional and real to the viewer.
Overall Dragon Ball GT is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Ignore the haters, this is anime at its absolute best. Constantly pushing the boundaries of what a hardcore anime can do back in the 90's, GT is one of the best shows going. The short run time of the series makes it a breezy watch, but also a shame as you never want it to end. This is the true canon of the Dragon Ball universe, not Dragon Ball Super. Super saiyan 4 over super saiyan god any day.
Tension
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.
narutard666
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 itsALMOST as good as naruto but not quiet. thx for reeading my review have a nice day :)
Haxkarl
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´tperfect and not executed well, but i think they are still pretty good. The ending was very good and left me satisfied. Yes GT is no longer canon, but i do not consider DBZ and DBS canon either because i don´t like them and they are very different from the OG DB. ( Yes i know DB manga has both DB and DBZ in it, but not my point. ) I really loved the characters and the voice actors. ( I watched GT in Japanese, also the English dub has the same issue as DBZ that they change the dialogue which sometimes even change a character! It´s important that you understand this before you decide if you want to watch sub or dub. ) Well i´m pretty sure everybody has already watched GT by now. Just wanted to share my two cents.
Overall 9/10. Has some problems but almost as enjoyable as OG DB.
Brayzer18
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 bringsout the enjoyment from watching it as a viewer.
Art:it looked and felt kinda darker and I liked it, just a tad better than Z
Character:well I think they're all good yes *sigh even pan :P
Enjoyment: As I said at the start im a bit biased when it comes to this show so the enjoy,ent was a 10 especially with the music and the characters.
Overall: just give it a go, it deserves a chance even with all The bad reviews it has, just make it passed the 10 episode mark and you'll start enjoying it. Thanks for reading all have a good day 😋
WhyMeGodDammit
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 andDBZ), all those critics looked weird and I gave it a shot. It wasn't bad, I loved Pan, and seeing her relationship with Goku growing through the episodes is just amazing.
I don't care for what other people may say, because everything has its good side. So just try to understand and watch the anime, despite the bad comments and reviews.
I agree with what most people say about it, really, but I liked watching it and I hope others can think the same way I do. Despite not being related to the original work, it isn't a total waste of time and, who knows? You may like it or you may not, but saying something without even giving a chance just isn't fair.
PunkyBoyGWiz
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. SuperSaiyan 4 is an entirely new transformation and it's completely shown how it happens in an intense situation.
GT is full of great moments that I''ll always remember. I think this show is hated because of group think, I've had plenty of friends that just said they don't like it without even watching it because everyone else says it's bad. Don't take other peoples word for it Dragon Ball GT is a great anime!
AaronChan
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 isgenius in every way people obviously just can't comprehend it. Rachel and Ross are a perfect fit for each other I don't understand why people would say they shouldn't get married. (I'm biracial btw)
WhatAGoodShow
This review is written as a long time fan of the franchise that watched Dragon Ball since the beginning. And considering it is a continuation of an existing franchise, it won't be possible for me to evaluate it based on its own. I will use Japanese Terms mainly because I watched it mainly in Japanese. Whenver I know the English Terms, I will use them. Story Dragon Ball GT is a sequel to the original Anime Adaptation of Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga and thus the third series following Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. An old enemy of the Main Character Son Goku discovered the existence of another setof Dragon Balls in the Heavenly Realm also called the Lookout.
These Dragon Balls have been sealed away for reasons not even the eldery Prince Pilaf knows. By accident he wishes from the new Dragon Balls Son Goku back into a kid.
These new sets of Dragon Balls created by the Former God before he split into Kami and Piccolo have the downside that they destroy the planet they were last used. And to stop that, they need to be brought back in time to their resting place before that happens to prevent said destruction.
Thus Goku, Trunks and Goku's granddaughter Pan have to travel through space to collect the now scattered Ultimate Dragon Balls aka. Black Star Dragon Balls.
Dragon Ball GT decided to make the Dragon Balls the focus on the story and they did several things to fix this problem. First is giving them consequences. While these consequences aren't big, it is a reasonable reason to start the adventure.
Another thing is obviously the Dragon Balls splitting to space. Space is vast and not much of it was explored in Dragon Ball, including in Dragon Ball Z filler.
Lastly is turning Goku into a kid. Goku as that point was a completely different tier of fighter. He is the strongest fighter in the Universe and can teleport anywhere under the right circumstances. To fix that issue, Goku was nerfed with an immature body restricting him to use the most powerful techniques and the ability to control his full power. As in one episode Goku accidently blew up a volcano instead of stopping the eruption.
It also made him fit better to comic relief scenes. But his character itself wasn't affected by his new body.
But trying to do such a story comes at a price. Fans of Dragon Ball have become used to the action and high stake fights in DBZ. Thus an adventure series, regardless how wholesome it is, felt boring.
GT had a good atmosphere the early episodes, but a lot of questionable things happened around episode 6 or so. The transition to the high stake fights fans were looking for wasn't done that well and the fight against God of Destruction Luud raised a few eyebrows regarding the crews strength.
However, the ending of this arc and pretty much ever GT arc is very satisfying. There is at least 1 or 2 very engaging battles such as against General Rildo and the first major antagonist following to the next arc, Baby.
GT would eventually switch from DB adventure mode to DBZ's punching a badguy invading earth very hard. Many would consider GT to be a series with Good Idea and Bad Execution. The Baby Saga doesn't just have good ideas, but has also good execution.
It has some parallels to the Saiyan and Frieza Saga focusing on Saiyan's history. But unlike the Saiyans being the enemy, they are the ones surpressed. Unlike in the Frieza arc where the enemy is just an aggressor of the Saiyans, it is a victim who wants justice.
It is a very engaging story with very high stakes. Goku's best move is almost sealed in the Genkidama aka Spirit Bomb. Most allies are enemies. The Dragon Balls aren't as accessable to immediately solve everything. And Goku can't use his Teleportation to ask help from specific allies.
The next arc is mostly considered the worst arc since its idea doesn't appear to be original. In hell, the scientist Dr Mu meets with Dr Gero. They team up to create a new enemy with their combined technology: Hell Fighter 17. An enemy that looks like Android 17. In the Japanese version it was stated that Android 17 has hidden powers that apparently surpasses Cell's and they want to brainwash and awaken him with his new technology. That leads to the Gate of Hell opening in the living world where old foes terrorize earth.
The goal is to stop the scientist, the old nemesis and both 17 who merged to Super 17.
The arc is insanely short. While many characters are involved and are useful, we don't see much to get a lot of this arc. Most of it is wasted on comic relief with Goku.
The final fight is a double edged sword with a strong beginning, a mediocre middle part and ok ending.
The last arc is one with the most potential. The Dragon Balls got cracked and all the negative energy was released creating the Shadow Dragons. Their power is independent from Dende and their power wary based on how much negative energy was generated from the wish generated.
GT gave all Dragon Balls a negative consequence and thus this arc raises the stakes to a level not seen before. Now all problems can't be solved with just wishing them away since each wish could generate more negative energy and more Shadow Dragons in the future.
Sadly the arc has a weak beginning. The first Shadow Dragons were defeated by plot convinience. Most allies sat back while Pan, Goku and Giru did most the work.
The only ones excused are Bulma and Vegeta.
Emotional conflict and good action would eventually happen once the 7-Star Dragon appeared. There were still some questionable fights inbetween, but overall the last 3 Shadow Dragon fights are considered the highlight of the final arc.
GT's ending is bombastic and many consider it a satisfying conclusion to Dragon Ball. Including fans that don't like GT.
Baby arc is without a doubt the reason to watch GT. The Shadow Dragon arc has a good concept with bad execution, but its highs are very high.
The other arcs are mediocre but both end either satisfying or aren't too long to cause much damage.
Characters
And Pan has been shown to be a very unreliable member. She only exist to be a damsel in distress but eventually saving her helped the crew to find another piece of a puzzle. Pan has been shown to be a good aid when it came to defeat Luud and also came in clutch in many other fights. However, not for the reasons fans would hope. And she never reached the potential anyone hoped her to do like her father Gohan in Dragon Ball Z.
Pan starts off looking down on her grandpa Goku who became a child. Over the course of the series she would eventually respect him and help him to overcome some of the most difficult challenges.
Besides the 17 arc, she has been very prominent in all of GT so far. I heard she is annoying in English, but in the Japanese version I felt her far more tolerable.
Trunks is not very prominent besides the first arc. Unlike his future counterpart, he is taking more a mechanical role in GT and the member who keeps the group together. For people expecting him to get amazing fights, Trunks won't be satisfying. But he is coming very clutch when it was about to stop Dr. Mu in the Ultimate Dragon arc.
He also showed courage in the face of an enemy like Yixinglong aka. Omega Shenron trying to buy time for Goku and Vegeta to perform fusion.
Giru is a Machine Mutant who merged with the Dragon Radar. He was very suspicious but eventually became a core member of the crew. Solving certain issues and helping Pan out. He also helped Trunks' plan by acting as a double agent to expose Dr. Mu.
Son Goku is not very active character wise in the first arc. He is more like the wise mentor type of figure in the group. Able to analyse and adapt to fights as he was portrayed in Z. But most of it is seen best in the fight against Rildo and after.
Goku went through several character arcs where he overcame challenges and misconceptions people have about Goku in Z. He overcame the Golden Oozaru. A powered up version of his giant monkey form in which he killed his grandpa in as a child. He learned to embrace and accept his Saiyan heritage fully and killed the last Tsufuru (or Tuffle). Mainly because Baby dared to lay his hands on his family.
Goku would also take responsibility at the end for the Dragon Balls and honestly for a lot of things.
If anything, with GT Goku's character went full circle ending his story in a very satisfying way.
Vegeta despite not being a main character had a lot of prominence. He overcame his obsession with Goku since the Boo Saga and adapted to his earthly lifestyle. As a character he is very enjoyable to watch.
Sadly Vegeta has no major victories as per usual. But also has not a lot of prominent fights.
In the English version they took all that away with makes it awkward to watch.
Baby is probably one of the best antagonists in the franchise. After losing his home planet to the Saiyans, he created Dr. Mu to collect him energy for several decades. Baby's goal is to create a new Tsufuru race and take revenge on the ones that wronged them. Sadly that have to be also the now peaceful descendants of the Saiyans.
Baby contrary to his people is portrayed as pure evil. But to rebuild his race and being part of a royal bloodline, it can be argued that he feels its justified. Baby stopped seriously harming people after his evolution completed and he took over Vegeta's body (as he is a parasitic lifeform).
We see how the new Tsufurus look up to Baby, how he greets them and appreciates them. But when he sees a Saiyan like Goku, his trauma kicks in where he would become the devil and even use his own underlings as a shield.
Baby is the kind of villain that learns from his mistakes. Each confrontation he lost, he got something different and tried a new strategy to get what he wanted. Eventually he succeeded.
Seeing that Goku has things he cares about, he is willing to use them to get the upper hand. For example a scene I liked is when Baby turned his back on Goku and fired an attack on earth. Purposely failing so Goku would stand before him to take the next attack full on.
There are several scenes like that that keep the fight engaging.
Super 17 started off as a generic underling character. He is a fusion of Hell Fighter 17 and the fully awakened Android 17. His design and fighting style is almost elegant. Even if the fight isn't very entertaining, it is beautiful to see him react. Even during the least enjoyable portion of his fight against Goku, he was vibing. He screams "I am too cool to lose to you.".
My favorite moment is his interaction with Android 18. 18 so far didn't do anything in GT. She lost her husband again and was beaten up by her brainwashed brother. She tried to reach his heart once more her own way which allowed 17 to regain his freedom from Dr Mu's control and try to do his own thing. It was a very satisfying moment for an antagonist with "no" character.
Shadow Dragons are a mixed back. Yixinglong is the leader and has a similar presents to Frieza. He is willing to kill his own kind if it is to get what he wants. But he is also prideful giving his opponents a chance to fight him as long as he knows they can't win.
Suxinglong aka. Nova Shenron is the most selfless dragon born from the most selfish wish. He represents the 4-Star ball and is the most honorable member of the dragons. Prefering a fair fight and sparing children and woman. He is one of the characters who gained Goku's respect. His brother Sanxinglong aka. Eis Shenron is the polar opposite. He as the 3-Star dragon and the 7-Star Dragon use others as a shield and tries to win by any means.
Other characters have minimal roles. It would be a waste to talk about each. There are some really good arcs inbetween some, but I think I mentioned the most important ones with as little spoilers as possible.
I am not much into using music to evaluate shows. The opening of Japanese GT is probably one of the best with Chala Head Chala. Music is placed in the most appropiate scenes. I personally like the use of silence in some scenes to create tension before a fight or after. One just has to watch Goku vs. Ledgic to get what I mean.
The Shadow Dragon OST feels like beings from a different realm appeared or mystery. It is not clear what they truly want and what dangers awaits us.
It is very enjoyable if one doesn't simply watch for the battles. The battles are short and bite sized. It has some really good jokes. And while there isn't much slice of life, when those scenes appear especially with Vegeta, they are enjoyable to watch.
Art... I don't really care much about it. But GT may be the best looking Dragon Ball series so far. Very few episodes look awful and animation is pretty fluid.
With this I end my review of Dragon Ball GT. Like Toriyama-Sensei would say, it’ll make me happy for us to watch and enjoy it together.
Darkness-Ryu
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 oldvillians, and the Shadow Dragons were just badas. Well, not all of them, but they were badass.
There's really nothing for me to say anymore about this show since it takes place a few years after Z, but it was very enjoyable. I have the DVD collection of this show and really love watching it again and again.
Lelewoski
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.
stybjs
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 from1-64. I know it is not much to say because I cannot gives more spoiler. But my overall of rating is 9.5.
FuturePro
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.
gonnacarrythatw8
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 villiansare great and the fact it is only 64 eps makes it an easy watch. The dubbed version gave it a bad name and that is where these negative reviews come from. To be honest with you i’d rather have all the original team continuing DB right after dbz without Toriyama instead of 20 years later Toriyama helping just for a money grab and no passion.
