Dragon Ball GT The Complete Series

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Dragon Ball GT is something of the runt of the Dragon Ball litter, but I liked it a lot. It wasn’t based on any manga that was out at the time like its predecessors, but it had fairly original story lines and was broken up into three or four distinct “sagas” similar to the way Dragon Ball Z could have been considered to be broken into “sagas.” You probably already know what these sagas are if you’re reading this review so I’ll spare you the particulars, but this show came out in English at a time when American fans were still hungry for more Dragon Ball and that’s what we got.

The packaging is nice, it’s just seasons one and two of GT in their normal packaging with an encompassing “sleeve” that says “the complete series” and it consists inside of ten discs, five for each season. The cases aren’t flimsy or anything, but I don’t have a lot of room for DVD cases so I put all ten discs in a 320 disc “CD wallet” with many other DVDs for easier accessibility. Some of the disc holders overlap so it can be a pain reaching for certain discs, which is part of why I did this, but its not unique to my collection of almost 1000 discs.

One of the things I particularly liked about this series was the sentimentality it had towards the end. I think the writers knew there wasn’t going to be any more Dragon Ball (at least not for awhile) so they tried to tie up some loose ends (some of which they created, others which were made loose in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z) and I feel like they did a nice job of it. My favorite thing about the show was at the end when Goku leaves, he says to Vegeta “they’re in your hands, now,” kind of completing Vegeta’s character arc.

I also like the “Goku Jr.” specials. I liked Goku Jr. as a character because he was so fundamentally different than Goku, and would have liked to seen a new series done in the early 2000s about him and Vegeta Jr., but I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. But both those specials, I think collectively called “A Hero’s Legacy” are included with this set, which is a nice bonus. I should also note that this contains all the so-called “lost episodes” of GT that didn’t air in the initial airing of Dragon Ball GT but later came out on separate DVDs. This is the complete Dragon Ball GT experience!

– SpudsyDawg

Definitely not as bad as you remember, but of course, not as good as it’s previous series’s. It tries to harken back to original Dragon Ball for the first three discs, and it does successfully for the most part [not without taking away all of your respect for Trunk’s character]. If you want to get to the meat, I recommend skipping to disc 4, where Baby saga starts off. Baby saga is on par with an actual Dragon Ball Z saga [definitely better than any filler arcs like Garlic Jr.], but the latter two sagas [Super 17 & Omega Shenron] leave something to be desired. It presents some likable characters and scenarios [and some really, really unlikable characters and scenarios], good action, and good voice acting [when the voice actors were given good direction]. With the knowledge that this is no longer canon, I feel any fan could enjoy the large part of this as much as any of the middling Dragon Ball films. Definitely worth powering through once or twice.-Razormavis

So im one of the small percentage that really likes DB GT. I enjoyied that they wanted to kinda go back to original DB feel with early season 1 and then get more Z moving foward. i love the slight change in animation for the show and SS4 brings awesome fights later in the show. I understand some of the hate for the show, but overall i think its too much. I get that season 1 isnt very action packed, even the baby fight leading to super saiyan 4. Z had a lot of great long fights, but it was kinda of a nice change of pace in GT to kind of slow it down. Season 2 is where things really pick up and the show really shines. Dont let people who hate the series turn you away. They hate it for small, but understandable reason that shouldnt make others not want to watch it. Its not cannon, more of a different timeline, which im fine with, but overall a solid show for true DB fans-James

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Sean Schemmel, Eric Vale
Directors: Christopher Neel, Jeremy Carlisle
Format: Multiple Formats, Animated, Box set, Color, NTSC
Language: Japanese, English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 10
Rated: NR-Not Rated
Studio: Funimation
DVD Release Date: September 2, 2010
Run Time: 1600 minutes
ASIN: B0063RE4X8