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Dragon Ball GT - Definition and Overview |
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Dragon Ball GT "affliction" DVD Cover Dragon Ball GT (Japanese: ドラゴンボール GT Doragon Bōru GT) is the sequel to the anime Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, but is the only one of the three series that is not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama. (The GT in the title stands for "Grand Tour" as the anime was originally envisioned as a road trip.)
Possibly due to its status as an "illegitimate" Dragon Ball series, Japanese fans did not come to embrace it and it ran for only 64 episodes between 1996 and 1997. As a result of negative fan reaction, the show suffers from an inconsistency of tone as the early episodes were closer to the humor of "Dragon Ball" than the action of "Dragon Ball Z", but the producers made a sudden shift to curb waning interest. The latter episodes are action-packed and violence-heavy.
The English adaptation of series ran first-run episodes on Cartoon Network between 2003 and 2004, but the adaptation (by FUNimation and 20th Television) had a major edit. The first 16 episodes of the series, the Black Star Dragonball Saga, have been cut and replaced by a single US-only explanation episode which became the new series premier. This edit was implemented by the producers of the series to prevent viewers from possibly being turned off by the differently toned early episodes. (The missing episodes have been announced to be available on DVD.) This edit reduced the English-language series to only a 49 episode run. Cartoon Network is now (as of February 2005) planning to air the cut episodes as 'The Lost Episodes'.
The story picks up from from where Son Goku is wished back into a child again with the Black Star Dragonballs and they must be gathered within a year or the Earth will be destroyed, thus embarking Goku and his companions through space to find the Black Star Dragonballs.
Main Characters
Villains
- Emperor Pilaf
- Doctor Mu
- Baby
- Super 17
- Liang Xinglong/Haze Shenron
- Wu Xinglong/Rage Shenron
- Liu Xinglong/Oceanus Shenron
- Qi Xinglong/Naturon Shenron
- Si Xinglong/Nouva Shenron
- San Xinglong/Eis Shenron
- Yi Xinglong/Syn Shenron/Omega Shenron
Supporting Characters
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