Order of Watching Dragon Ball Anime to Understand the Storyline

Since it was first released, the anime series Dragon Ball has had 6 series and more than 20 films over the last three and a half decades. And for those of you who want to follow the story from the start, let's read this article to find out the complete sequence!

For people who are still unfamiliar with this series, the naming used will be a little confusing.

Therefore, let's look at the following explanation regarding the order of watching this series from start to finish.

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Dragon Ball

This anime aired from February 26, 1986 to April 19, 1989 with a total of 153 episodes. This series has 3 saga, namely Saga Son Goku, Red Ribbon Army Saga and Piccolo Saga.

In this series, famous villains include Mercenary Tao, King Piccolo, and Piccolo Junior.

Apart from these villains, this series also introduces many key characters that you will find in subsequent series. Some of them are, Bulma, Tien, and Krilin.

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Dragon Ball Z

The second series of this anime started airing from April 26, 1989 to January 31, 1996 with a total of 291 episodes. In this second series there are 4 sagas, namely the Saiyan Saga, Frieza Saga, Cell Saga, and Majin Buu Saga.

The main villains that appear include Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu.

With iconic villains in this series such as Frieza, Cell, Vegeta, and Majin Buu making their debut starting in episode 291.

Most people consider this series to be the highlight of the series Dragon Ball. 

Dragon Ball Z Kai

This third series started broadcasting from 5 April 2009 to 27 March 2011, and then continued again from 6 April 2014 to 8 June 2015.

The number of episodes in the Z Kai series is 167 episodes consisting of 7 sagas, namely Saiyan Saga, Frieza Saga, Android Saga, Cell Saga, World Tournament Saga, Majin Buu Saga, and Evil Buu Saga.

The Z Kai series is mostly the same as the previous series, but the difference is that the animation in this anime is better than the previous series or has HD quality.

The Saiyan, Frieza, Android, and Cell arcs aired sequentially for two years or until 2011. 

And the World Tournament, Majin Buu, and Evil Buu arcs which aired 4 years later or in 2014. 

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Dragon Ball GT

The fourth series of this anime premiered from February 7, 1996 to November 19, 1997.

The number of episodes itself is 64 episodes and consists of 4 sagas, namely the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga, Baby Saga, Super 17 Saga, and Shadow Dragon Saga.

The main villains in this fourth series are Super 17, Baby, and Omega Shenron.

One of the things that stands out the most about this series is the Super Saiyan 4 transformation. 

Although still not considered canon, this ape-like transformation has appeared in various video games as well as other non-canon series.

Dragon Ball Super

The sixth series of this anime aired from July 5 2015 to March 25 2018. The main villains of this fifth series include Zamasu, Frieza, and Beerus.

The number of episodes of this anime is 131 episodes and consists of 6 sagas, namely the God of Destruction Beerus Saga, Frieza Golden Saga, Universe 6 Saga, Copy-Vegeta Saga, Future Trunks Saga, and Universe Survival Saga.

This series was a huge success as both old fans and those new to the franchise loved this anime.

Apart from that, the Golden Frieza and Future Trunks Saga really reminds fans of this classic anime series.

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Super Dragon Ball Heroes

The final series of this anime first aired on July 1 2018 and is still running today.

So far this series has had 50 episodes and 4 sagas, namely Universe Mission, Dark Demon Realm Mission, Big Bang Mission, and Ultra Mission God. The main villains who appear include, Cumber, Hearts, and Fu.

This series is not actually considered canon. Because the mini series is designed to promote video games.

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So, that's the order for watching the Dragon Ball anime from the start. So, of the 6 series available, which series is your favorite?

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