Dragon Ball GT is a 1996–1997 Japanese anime television series based on Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dragon Ball'' manga. Produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered in Japan on Fuji TV and ran for 64 episodes from February 1996 to Novem ...

'' is the third

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series in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise and a sequel to the ''

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'' anime series. Produced by

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, the series premiered in Japan on

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on February 7, 1996, spanning 64 episodes until its conclusion on November 19, 1997. Unlike the other anime series in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, ''Dragon Ball GT'' is not based on the

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series written by Akira Toriyama, but a project by Toei Animation; the same characters are used, and the series also continues the story where ''Dragon Ball Z'' had left off.

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licensed the series for an

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Region 1

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release and broadcast in the United States. Funimation's English dub of the series aired on

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from November 7, 2003, to April 16, 2005. The original television broadcast skipped the first 16 episodes of the series. Instead, Funimation created a composition episode entitled "A Grand Problem," which used scenes from the skipped episodes to summarize the story. The skipped episodes were later shown on Cartoon Network as "The Lost Episodes" after the original broadcast concluded. The series was later released to DVD in the Season set form. The first set was released on December 9, 2008, and the second set was released on February 10, 2009. A "Complete Series" DVD box set was later released on September 21, 2010.

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(in association with

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) developed an alternate dub for Europe and Canada and was aired on YTV and

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, which divided the episodes into two seasons instead of sagas. Funimation's English dub began re-airing in the U.S. on

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from January 16, 2012, to January 2, 2015. ''Dragon Ball GT'' uses five pieces of theme music.

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performs the series opening theme, , which is used for all 64 episodes. , performed by Deen, is used for the ending theme for the first 26 episodes. Starting at episode 27, the series begins using

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's " Don't You See!" for the ending theme. Episode 42 marks the next ending theme change, with "Blue Velvet" by

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being used. , performed by

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, is introduced as an ending theme in episode 51. It was used as the ending theme for the remainder of the series.

Seasons overview

In Japan, ''Dragon Ball GT'' (like both of the previous Dragon Ball series) was aired year-round continuously, with regular off-days for sporting events and television specials.

Seasons overview

Episode list

Season 1: Black Star Dragon Ball Saga (1996)

Season 2: Baby Saga (1996–97)

Season 3: Super Android 17 Saga (1997)

Season 4: Shadow Dragon Saga (1997)

Specials

Notes

References