[ Dragon Ball ]
edited 2026-05-21A complete watch and reading order for the Dragon Ball franchise — Akira Toriyama's original manga, Toei Animation's anime series (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, GT, Kai, Super, Daima), the theatrical films, and the TV specials and OVAs. Tagged by canon-tier so you can follow just Toriyama's main story, the full anime line, or sample everything.
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01ANIME
1986The 40-episode middle arc of the original Dragon Ball anime, broadcast September 1986 to July 1987. Goku is pursued across the world by the…
›02ANIME
1986The opening 28-episode arc of the original Dragon Ball anime, broadcast February to September 1986 on Fuji TV. A young Son Goku meets Bulma…
›03ANIME
1987The 33-episode arc broadcast July 1987 to February 1988. Goku tracks down the final Dragon Ball through Fortuneteller Baba's tournament agai…
›04ANIME
1988The 31-episode arc broadcast February to November 1988, in which the ancient demon King Piccolo escapes containment and begins methodically…
›05ANIME
1988The 21-episode closing arc of the original Dragon Ball anime, broadcast November 1988 to April 1989. After three years of training under Kam…
›06ANIME
1989The opening 35-episode arc of Dragon Ball Z, broadcast April 1989 to March 1990. Five years after the 23rd Tournament, Goku's brother Raditz…
›07ANIME
1990The 72-episode second arc, broadcast February 1990 to September 1991. Vegeta, Krillin, Gohan, and a recovering Goku journey to Planet Namek…
›08ANIME
1991The 87-episode third arc, broadcast September 1991 to July 1993. Future Trunks arrives with a warning about Dr. Gero's androids, leading to…
›09ANIME
1993The 97-episode closing arc of Dragon Ball Z, broadcast July 1993 to January 1996. Seven years after the Cell Games, a teenage Gohan enters t…
›10ANIME
1996The 24-episode middle arc of Dragon Ball GT, broadcast July 1996 to February 1997. The ancient Tuffle parasite Baby possesses Vegeta and eng…
›11ANIME
1996The opening 16-episode arc of Dragon Ball GT, broadcast February to June 1996 — the first anime-original Dragon Ball series not adapted from…
›12ANIME
1997The 24-episode closing arc of Dragon Ball GT, broadcast February to November 1997. Dr. Myuu and Dr. Gero merge Android 17 with his future-ti…
›13ANIME
2009A 2009–2011 Toei Animation re-cut of Dragon Ball Z, condensing the original 194 Saiyan-through-Cell-Games episodes into 97 by stripping anim…
›14ANIME
2014The 2014–2015 continuation of Dragon Ball Z Kai, covering the Buu Saga in 69 filler-stripped episodes that bring the Z storyline to its end.…
›15ANIME
2015The 15-episode opening arc of Dragon Ball Super, broadcast July to October 2015 — the first new Toriyama-supervised Dragon Ball anime in 18…
›16ANIME
2015The 12-episode second arc of Dragon Ball Super, broadcast October to December 2015. The Frieza Force resurrects their fallen tyrant with the…
›17ANIME
2015The 14-episode third arc of Dragon Ball Super, broadcast December 2015 to April 2016. Beerus's brother Champa, the God of Destruction of Uni…
›18ANIME
2016The 35-episode fourth arc of Dragon Ball Super, broadcast April 2016 to March 2017. Future Trunks returns from his alternate-timeline future…
›19ANIME
2017The 55-episode closing arc of Dragon Ball Super, broadcast March 2017 to March 2018. The omnipotent Zen-Oh organises the Tournament of Power…
›20ANIME
2024A 20-episode Dragon Ball anime broadcast October 2024 to February 2025, produced for the franchise's 40th anniversary and the final Dragon B…
›▾manga2 items · 2 unwatched
▾theatrical films21 items · 21 unwatched
▾tv specials & ovas7 items · 7 unwatched