GT was followed by Dragon Ball Z Kai, a condensed remake of Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball Super, which features a new plotline set directly after Dragon Ball Z, taking place between episodes 288 and 289 and began airing in the summer of 2015.
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Originally intended to span 40 episodes (ending after the Baby Saga), the series continued for another 24 episodes, ending after two years on the air. The later episodes, however, are action-packed and feature the same sort of dramatic tone that existed in Dragon Ball Z. Early episodes are much more comedic in tone, reminiscent of early Dragon Ball. Unlike the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z series, the creator Akira Toriyama had only minor involvement in the show's early stages, setting forth the initial premise of the series, as well as creating designs for most of the villains and main characters, including newcomer Giru. The series has also been aired across Japan by the anime television network, Animax, where it is currently being regularly broadcast. The series average rating was 14.6%, with its maximum being 19.7% ( Episode 02) and its minimum being 9.6% ( Episode 21). It ran for 64 episodes, the last of which aired on November 19, 1997. on Wednesday, February 7, 1996, exactly one week after the final episode of Dragon Ball Z.
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The music for Dragon Ball GT was composed and written by Akihito Tokunaga, replacing Shunsuke Kikuchi who is now retired after composing his last score for the final episode of Dragon Ball Z and the character designs for Dragon Ball GT were created by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru.ĭragon Ball GT began on Fuji TV at 7:30 p.m. As a result, four entire sagas (the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga, the Baby Saga, the Super 17 Saga, and the Shadow Dragon Saga) were completed in only 64 episodes. This often resulted in " filler" a notable instance being that the end of Goku's battle with Frieza lasts much longer than Frieza's predicted "five minutes". Since Dragon Ball GT was not based on the manga, no filler was required. The first two anime series were directly based off the Dragon Ball manga, which took much longer to produce than the anime did. GT main characters as designed by Akira Toriyama It was also on one occasion instead referred to as taking place six years later. The series is most commonly referred to as taking place 5 years after the Peaceful World Saga, though in promotional material for the English dub it was referred to as occurring 10 years later. The series follows the Dragon Team against far more powerful foes such as the Luud Cult, the Machine Mutants, Baby, Super 17, and the Shadow Dragons. The first half of the series focuses on Goku, Pan, and Trunks, while the second half brings back most of the prominent characters from Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. The series continues the adventures of Goku, who is turned back into a child by Emperor Pilaf accidentally wishing this using the Black Star Dragon Balls in the beginning of the series and is forced to travel across the galaxy to retrieve them. The GT logo, designed by Akira Toriyama ( Perfect Files)