“dragonball” is one of the largest and most gigantic franchises ever created in Manga and Anime culture, and that is reflected in having multiple sagas that, in turn, span hundreds of different episodes. For this reason, I think that it is not bad to have the little things in order since from this franchise there is material to stop a train, and from there it goes to review its different seasons and episodes.
That being said, I leave you with the distribution that all the Anime of “Dragon Ball” has hadgoing through the first of the sagas until what we have come to see animated “Dragon Ball Super” (all ordered chronologically, not by broadcast).
Dragon Ball – 9 seasons
Season 1
- The first of the Dragon Ball Anime seasons dealt with Emperor Pilaf.
- This covers the first 13 episodes from classic Anime.
- The season in question originally aired on February 26, 1986 until May 21 of the same year.
Season 2
- The second season of the Anime is the one that is responsible for introducing one of the most famous elements in the history of Dragon Ball: Martial Arts Tournaments (Tenkaichi Budokai).
- This second season of the Anime covers from the episodes 14 to 28.
- was on broadcast from May 28, 1986 to September 3 of the same year.
season 3
- The third season of Dragon Ball introduced another of the most iconic elements of the franchise: Red Ribbon Army.
- This season of the Anime collected the episodes numbered from 29 to 45.
- Likewise, it continued to broadcast the September 10, 1986 to January 7, 1987.
Season 4
- The fourth season gave one of the most characteristic villains of this classic Dragon Ball saga: General Blue.
- This season comprised of episodes 46 to 57 of the Anime.
- Regarding the issuance period, it was active from January 14, 1987 until April 8 of the same year.
Season 5
- After General Blue, Goku and company were faced with another key villain of the early Red Ribbon Army: Commander Red.
- In this case, the season in question comprised of the episodes 58 to 68.
- Similarly, he was on the air of April 15, 1987 to July 1 of the same year.
season 6
- Season 6 of the Dragon Ball Anime introduced one of the most relevant secondary characters of that time: the fortune teller slime.
- This season featured episodes 69 to 82.
- The season was on air from July 8, 1987 to October 7 of the same year.
season 7
- Season 7 of the Anime introduces a character who would later become Goku’s rival and enemy. ESSENTIAL in the early stages of Dragon Ball Z: Tenshinhan.
- This season spanned from episodes 83 to 101 of the Anime.
- The season was broadcast on October 14, 1987 to February 17, 1988.
Season 8
- Another season marked by a great enemy and in this case the most ruthless that the Dragon Ball Anime had introduced to date: The Demon King Piccolo.
- In this case, the Anime season featured the episodes 102 to 122 of the Anime.
- The season was on air from February 24, 1988 to August 10 of the same year.
season 9
- Season 9 of the Anime deals with the threat that, even in the middle of 2023, remains as one of the most essential characters of Dragon Ball: Piccolo Jr.
- This season was, by far, the longest of the entire saga of the original Dragon Ball, as spanned from episodes 123 to 153.
- The broadcast of the season started on August 27, 1988 and did not stop until April 19, 1989.
Dragon Ball Z – 9 seasons
Season 1
- Season 1 of Dragon Ball Z is one of the most epic in the history of the franchise, this being the the saga of the Saiyans with Raditz, Nappa and Vegeta.
- This season of the Anime picked up the first 39 episodes of the saga.
- The season in question was in aired from April 26, 1989 to February 7, 1990.
Season 2
- Season 2 deals with arrival on planet namek as well as the confrontation with the Ginyu Forces.
- This season featured episodes 40 to 74 of the Dragon Ball Z Anime.
- The season started on February 14, 1990 and concluded on January 16, 1991.
Season 3
- Dragon Ball Z season 3 face the confrontation against Frieza.
- This season of the Anime had the episodes 75 to 107.
- Also, the season kicked off on January 23, 1991 and ended on September 11 of the same year.
Season 4
- Season 4 deals with the presence of Garlic Jr. (Anime exclusive arc), the arrival of Future Trunks and the threat of Androids 16, 17 and 18 (among others).
- In this case, the Anime picked up the episodes 108 to 139 of the Anime.
- The season was broadcast on September 18, 1991 to May 13, 1992.
Season 5
- Season 5 introduces Cell as the great antagonist of this part of the story.
- In this case, the Anime had the episodes 140 to 165 for the season in question.
- The broadcast took place between May 20, 1992 and November 18 of the same year.
season 6
- Dragon Ball Z season 6 adapted one of the franchise’s most epic moments: Cell Games.
- The Anime featured episodes 166 to 194 to tell this part of the story.
- This season’s broadcast began on November 25, 1992 and ended on July 21, 1993.
season 7
- Dragon Ball Z season 7 deals with the otherworldly martial arts tournament (Anime exclusive saga), the introduction of Gohan as the Great Saiyaman and the new martial arts tournament.
- This season of the Anime comprised of the Dragon Ball Z episodes 195 to 219.
- The broadcast took place between July 28, 1993 and March 2, 1994.
Season 8
- This season of the Anime was mainly in charge of introducing Babidi and Majin Buu like the new great threats of Dragon Ball Z (and also the last ones).
- The season comprised of episodes 220 to 253.
- In this case, the season was broadcast on the March 9, 1994 to January 25, 1995.
season 9
- The 9th and final season of Dragon Ball Z introduces the concept of the merger, the threat of Kid Buu and the final years of peace from the Dragon Ball universe.
- This season of the Anime spanned from episodes 254 to final episode numbered as 291.
- The first episode of this season aired on February 1, 1995, while the final episode came on January 31, 1996.
Dragon Ball Super – 5 seasons (for now)
Season 1
- The first season of Dragon Ball Super introduces the figure of the God of Destruction Beerus as well as Super Saiyan God.
- This season spanned the first 18 episodes of the Anime.
- He was also on the air of July 5, 2015 until November 8 of the same year.
Season 2
- In this season there is the return of Frieza with a new transformation of great power: Golden Frieza.
- The season was quite brief, covering only the episodes 19 to 27 of the Anime.
- It began its broadcast on November 15, 2015 and concluded on January 17, 2016.
season 3
- Season 3 of the Anime mostly narrated the events of the tournament against the universe 6.
- This season of the Anime featured the episodes 28 to 46.
- The broadcast started on January 24, 2016 and ended on June 5 of the same year.
Season 4
- Season 4 of the Anime deals with the return of Future Trunks and the threat of Black and Zamasu.
- This season of the Anime was considerably longer than the previous ones, thus covering the episodes 47 to 76.
- The broadcast began during the June 12, 2016 and ended on January 29, 2017.
season 5
- Season 5 of the Anime is the one that mostly narrates what happened in the Tournament of Power.
- This is the longest season of Dragon Ball Super and also the entire history of Dragon Ball itself, covering the episodes 77 of the Anime until 131.
- The broadcast started on February 5, 2017 was maintained for more than a year, until exactly March 25, 2018.
Dragon Ball GT – 4 seasons (Anime only, not Manga canon)
Season 1
- This first season deals with the Black Star Dragon Ballsas well as the introduction of Goku (kid again), Pan and Trunks as the main characters of this first section of the story.
- This season spanned the first 16 episodes of the Dragon Ball GT Anime.
- The first broadcast of the season was given during the February 7, 1996 and remained active until June 12 of the same year..
Season 2
- Dragon Ball GT season 2 introduce the Baby figure and his revenge intentions on the Saiyan race.
- This second season featured the Dragon Ball GT episodes 17 to 40.
- This season started the June 19, 1996 and concluded on March 5, 1997.
Season 3
- Dragon Ball GT season 3 is the one that places Super Android 17 as the main antagonist.
- This is one of the shortest sagas in the entire history of Dragon Ball, covering from os episodes 41 to 47 of the Anime.
- This is how its broadcast began on March 12, 1997 to conclude on June 4, 1997.
Season 4
- Season 4 is the last of Dragon Ball GT as well as the Dragon Ball Anime in chronological terms, and deals mostly with the threat of the Dark Dragons arising from the negative energy of the Dragon Balls.
- This season began its broadcast on the episode 48 and ended in 64.
- The first episode of the season aired on June 11, 1997 and ended on November 19 of the same year.
And these are all the seasons and episodes that each of these includes regarding the “Dragon Ball” Anime. It’s important to put attention on the adaptation of “Dragon Ball Super” is incomplete compared to the Manga, so it is to be expected that this section will end up being expanded in the future. Likewise, it will also be necessary to be attentive to “Dragon Ball GT”, because it does not seem that it will end up being the only story of “Dragon Ball” to go beyond the chronology of ‘Z’.
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