Best Order to Watch:
Dragon Ball - Episode 1-13
"Curse of the Blood Rubies" takes place in place of episodes 1-13 of Dragon Ball.
Dragon Ball - Episode 14-16
"Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle". It approximately retells episodes 14-16.
Dragon Ball - Episode 17-18
"Mystical Adventure"
Dragon Ball - Episode 19-67
"Path to Power". This retells episodes 1-67.
"Goku's Traffic Safety"
"Goku's Fire Brigade"
Finish Dragon Ball
"DBZ: Dead Zone" - takes place between DB and DBZ.
DBZ - Episode 1-35
"The World's Strongest"
DBZ - Episode 36-65
"The Tree of Might".
DBZ - Episode 66-74
"Lord Slug"
DBZ - Episode 75-107
"Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku"
"Dragon Ball Z: Episode of Bardock"
DBZ - Episode 108-122
"History of Trunks" takes place in a canon future timeline. This will recap everything he tells Goku in that episode and how he was able to go back in time.
"Atsumare! Goku's World" can be watched after the cell saga, but it is really a video game and is really pretty bad. Can definitely be skipped.
DBZ - Episode 123-125
"Cooler's Revenge"
DBZ - Episode 126-146
"Super Android 13!"
DBZ - Episode 147-165
"The Return of Cooler".
DBZ - Episode 166-193
"DBZ: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan"
DBZ - Episode 194
"Bojack Unbound"
DBZ - Episode 195
"Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans"
DBZ - Episode 196-204?
"Broly - Second Coming"should be watched after Goku's day to come back to fight in the tournament, but is still dead.
DBZ - Episode 204?-226
"Bio-Broly"
DBZ - Episode 227-253
"Fusion Reborn"
DBZ - Episode 227-287
"Wrath of the Dragon"
DBZ - Episode 288
"Yo! Son Goku & His Friends Return"
DBZ - Episode 288-End of DBZ
Dragon Ball GT - This is where I would watch Dragon Ball GT, followed by the Movie and then Absalom. Although Chronologically it takes place after Dragon Ball Super, it is significantly worse and I would not want to end on this if I were watching start to finish. Additionally, since GT is not Canon, it can really be watched any time after Dragon Ball Z, as Dragon Ball Super largely ignores any developments made in GT. It is best to be viewed as though it is occurring in a separate timeline from Dragon ball Super. So if you want to get it out of teh way, watch it here, otherwise you can save it until after you are done with Dragon Ball Super.
"GT: A Hero's Legacy", which takes place 100 years after the end of GT. Many people do not consider GT canon, but it's fun to watch and see more of your favorite characters after some time has passed.
"Absalom" is fan-made released on YouTube and takes place 12 years in an alternate dimension after "GT: A Hero's Legacy". If going Chronologically, this should be watched last.
"DBS: Broly"
DB Super - Episode 1-13
"DBZ: Battle of the Gods"
DB Super - Episode 14-27
"DB: Resurrection - F"
DB Super - Episode 28-131
There is also another arc in the DBS manga coming out that might be animated called the "Galactic Patrol Prisoners" arc. This is when it would be watched if animated.
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Dragon Ball Kai - This is a redo of DBZ in that it cuts out all of the filler, 'yelling', and does a lot of editing to the original anime. It's more of an 'instead of'. Majority recommend the original over Kai. This is just where I would watch it and watch it in the highest definition available to me because at this point I really just want to start the whole thing all over again.
Watch the 3 live action films:
Dragon Ball Flight Son Goku Win Son Goku
Dragon Ball The Magic Begins
Dragon Ball Evolution
Repeat because there is no end to the training.
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