Viewing Order

ABED · Post by **ABED** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:27 am

The next time I watch the show all the way through, I'm thinking of trying a new viewing order. What about you guys? What order and what language(s) do you watch the series in when you watch it?

sintzu · Post by **sintzu** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:34 am

I watch it in English in this order :

Dragon Ball. (minus the filler episodes)
Dragon Ball movies.
Bardock the father of Goku.
Dragon Ball Z KAI. (1-54)
Dragon Ball Z movies 1-5.
The history of Trunks.
Dragon Ball Z KAI. (55-98)
Dragon Ball Z movies 6-9 & the original Hatchiyack OVA.
Dragon Ball Z KAI : The final chapters. (minus eps101&165)
Dragon Ball Z movies 10,12&13.
Dragon Ball Super.
Dragon Ball Gt. (minus eps3-15&50-53)

Kuririn Fan · Post by **Kuririn Fan** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:35 am

The release order, of course, DB - DBZ - GT (GT if you REALLY want to see everything) with movies and specials around the episode they were released. Language - only the original version.

BlackCatScott · Post by **BlackCatScott** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:56 am

I just watch random episodes when I watch the anime. But if I was to decide to watch the entire series from beginning to end, the order of course would be DB, Z, GT. And I watch in English.

Ss5Troten · Post by **Ss5Troten** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 12:18 pm

I generally watch it in Japanese unless I'm around a select group that don't enjoy it in its original glory lol. I prefer watching DB, Kai and randomly picked movies if I'm just watching it through in Japanese. If I watch in English I usually just pick sagas or movies and watch sporadically or bursts. Sometimes I'll watch GT in Japanese in this same way, I don't often watch all the way through GT anymore.
If you want to watch it again I suggest JP DB and Kai and just using movies/specials/OVA close to where they "fit" to kind of bridge together some side stories/curb any loss of attention.

Kuririn Fan · Post by **Kuririn Fan** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 1:12 pm

I'm currently watching DB & DBZ - 444 episodes - 4 episodes a day. Started yesterday, watched db 5-8 today, final day should be june 14th (dbz 288-291).

AS_Saiyan · Post by **AS_Saiyan** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 2:38 pm

Dragon Ball (including the first 3 movies at the time they were released)
The Path to Power
Dragon Ball Z (including the movies, Bardock & Trunks specials at the time they were released)
Yo! Son Goku And His Friends Return
Dragon Ball GT (including the special at the time it was released)
Dragon Ball Super ep. 1-2
Battle of Gods
Dragon Ball Super ep. 9-19
Resurrection F
Dragon Ball Super ep. 27 and onward
*Dragon Ball Kai (MAYBE)

I'm actually planning to watch it in this order once I'm finished reading the manga.

Lord Beerus · Post by **Lord Beerus** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:00 pm

- Dragon Ball (JPN)
- Bardock: The Father of Goku (JPN sub)
- Dragon Ball Kai (FUNi dub)
- The History of Trunks (JPN sub)
- Dragon Ball Kai: The Final Chapters (Either FUNi dub or JPN sub)
- Dragon Ball Super (Either FUNi dub or JPN sub)

ekrolo2 · Post by **ekrolo2** » Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:03 pm

Dragon Ball (manga, English, up to the 23rd Budokai)
Father of Goku (JPN)
Kai (English)
Trunks Special (JPN)
Boo Saga (manga, English)
BoG & F (the movies, English)

TenshinFan · Post by **TenshinFan** » Wed May 04, 2016 6:16 am

1. Dragon Ball + Path to Power
2. Dead Zone
3. Raditz
4. Bardock
5. Vegeta
6. Movies 2, 3, & 4
7. Namek & Freeza
8. Coola 1 & 2
9. Android Saga
10. Trunks special
11. Super 13
12. Cell Saga
13. Bojack & 3 Broly movies
14. Buu Saga
15. Janemba & Tapion movies
16. End of Z
17. GT
18. GT movie

How's this for a rough guide? Been several years since I sat down and watched the whole thing in order. Might have to switch a few movies around.

ShaneisMC · Post by **ShaneisMC** » Wed May 04, 2016 12:48 pm

Really, really simply. It'll be a whole lot better/complete once english Kai finishes releasing and we get Super dubbed. Obviously I enjoy watching Super in japanese each week as it premiers. But yeah, if you wanna read the manga, read it all. For the original anime DB/Z/GT in Japanese. For my usual viewing experience I enjoy the english Kai version. Obviously unfortunately an official Dragon Ball Kai wasnt made but I have the fan cut who cut it down to 82 episodes and did it wonderfully. So that in english, followed by Z Kai in english, followed eventually by Super in english.

successoroffate · Post by **successoroffate** » Wed May 04, 2016 1:14 pm

I'll go with this one I would suggest to avoid Kai as much as you can.

Bardock
Path to Power
Dragon Ball
Saiyan Saga
Namek Saga
Cooler 1st one
Trunks special
Android Saga
Cell Saga
Buu Saga---------------- Janemba
Tapion movie
End of Z----------------GT
100 Years Later GT Movie

Gyt Kaliba · Post by **Gyt Kaliba** » Wed May 04, 2016 1:15 pm

Generally, if I'm doing a complete series re-watch (something I've been kind of tempted to do again soon, but good lord it'd take forever not to mention I have so much other stuff to watch), I tend to watch things more or less in order to where they'd take place...at least, in regards to Z. For DB, the movies and stuff kind of just pop in every so often. I'm also not really too concerned with placing them exactly where they'd best fit, just in roughly what I deem as the right spot, because 1) it's never gonna be an exact fit anyway, and 2) I've already gotta swap discs so often and keep track of it all, so why make that even harder?

Anyway, this is more or less how I did my last major run through it all, back when I was watching it all subtitled for the first time in forever.

Spoiler:

Now, at the last time I did this, we didn't have a bunch of the newer material...I want to say Episode of Bardock had like just come out. So when I watched that was at the tail end of everything, rather than trying to place it...I guess back right after the first Bardock special? I'unno. Likewise now with other newer stuff, I guess I'd put Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' in-between the Jump special and GT...though if you really wanted to get enterprising, I guess you could stop Z just before the last couple of episodes at the actual end of the series, and start watching those movies and Super related material there, before moving on to those last few Z episodes and GT, if you wanted to.

ABED · Post by **ABED** » Wed May 04, 2016 1:27 pm

Gyt Kaliba, Sleeping Princess makes far more sense around episode 14-16.

Kuririn Fan · Post by **Kuririn Fan** » Wed May 04, 2016 1:33 pm

successoroffate wrote:I'll go with this one I would suggest to avoid Kai as much as you can.

Bardock
Path to Power
Dragon Ball
Saiyan Saga
Namek Saga
Cooler 1st one
Trunks special
Android Saga
Cell Saga
Buu Saga---------------- Janemba
Tapion movie
End of Z----------------GT
100 Years Later GT Movie

Watching Bardock before DB makes sense but it's a terrible decision, they're far too different in tone, you go from serious stuff to jokes about panties, it should be watched between the episodes it was released. Gyt Kaliba posted nice order.

Darknat · Post by **Darknat** » Wed May 04, 2016 1:43 pm

I used to watch DB DBZ DBGT and adding the movies where they made the most sense (Bardock at the begining or the Trunks special before Trunks appears on DBZ for instance), however lately I prefer watching them on release order. I watched with my girlfriend up to Goku transforming into a Super Saiyan using release order and was way more enjoyable for me.

I always watch it in Japanese.

I want to try to watch them with japanese subtitles as well in order to improve my japanese, but if/when I do that, I'll probably will include the manga as well since translating from it would be easier than with subtitles since they are timed and it would help since the manga will be always ahead.

So I'll probably try sometime to do a complete DB experience with the manga & anime in release order + japanese subs. I'm worried since I think I'm crazy enough to add videogames to the mix as well...

As a personal opinion, I prefer DBZ over DB Kai. Kai has worse music, and even though it cuts a lot of filler, it still has filler here and there and the cuts are very noticeable at points, specially when the animation studio changes. They also did a few new animations that are far worse than the originals. Dragon Ball Z filler is not really as bad as many people says. I have seen other shounens with far worse and longer filler.

Gyt Kaliba · Post by **Gyt Kaliba** » Wed May 04, 2016 1:53 pm

ABED wrote:Gyt Kaliba, Sleeping Princess makes far more sense around episode 14-16.

Oh I know, and if I were actually trying to throw them all together in places they'd best fit-ish (something that's even harder with the DB movies than with the Z ones), that's where I'd put it too. That was just where I ended up watching it last time I did my viewing.

ABED · Post by **ABED** » Wed May 04, 2016 2:03 pm

Gyt Kaliba wrote:
ABED wrote:Gyt Kaliba, Sleeping Princess makes far more sense around episode 14-16.
Oh I know, and if I were actually trying to throw them all together in places they'd best fit-ish (something that's even harder with the DB movies than with the Z ones), that's where I'd put it too. That was just where I ended up watching it last time I did my viewing.

Really, I would say it's harder with the Z movies. The DB movies are just retellings of DB.
M 1 - After episode 13
M 2 - Before 14 or after 16
M 3 - After Baba's Tournament. I know Tenshinhan is introduced a little later, but I can't watch it after the 22nd Budokai as Kuririn's death is such a tonal shift and weighty moment, I prefer to go straight from that arc into the Piccolo Daimao arc
M4 - I usually watch it after the Red Ribbon Arc, but I've been thinking of watching it at the end of GT as like a coda to the series that brings it back to where it started. It also fits because the art style is so drastically different, not to mention the different music.

dbzfan7 · Post by **dbzfan7** » Wed May 04, 2016 2:10 pm

The hard part of the viewing order is what you want to count or not. If you want everything, you can get by a watch through pretty easily. If you're not counting filler that has nothing to do with the story, then it's tougher. You'd need to know what individual episodes to skip. Especially in Z this will be a big pain in the ass. Though honestly I'd recommend Kai, and then just skip to Z since Kai 2.0 had a lot of issues. Movies and specials are easy for the individual to place though.

samuraix123 · Post by **samuraix123** » Wed May 04, 2016 2:49 pm

I watch the series once a year and last year I started Dragonball with the Blue Bricks then when I got to Z I used 1.1 and 1.2 of the level sets then the dragonboxes I think? haha This year it's Dragonball Blue Bricks then the Bluray level sets then the new Blurays. I don't know if I'll watch GT or not this year...I actually haven't watched it in a couple years.

Am I the only one that has difficulty choosing which sets to watch while going through my viewing of the series? I've had all the episodes of Ocean on DVD for yeaaaars now! and I still haven't watched them all.

Edit -Oh! the movies I just watch them in their order of where they'd belong in the series.

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