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Summary
The official TV adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga continuity, the main Dragon Ball Z anime follows a relatively similar plot to the manga, with Son Goku and his friends and children protecting the Earth and the universe from villains threatening to destroy or conquer them. Several new original storylines are added to its continuity in the form of anime only content and thirteen theatrical films, some of which are integrated into the main anime, and others following alternate timelines and scenarios. The anime continuity also received a completely original and TV-exclusive sequel in the form of Dragon Ball GT, which continues the adventures of Son Goku, who is turned back into a child by Emperor Pilaf accidentally wishing this using a new pair of Dragon Balls in the beginning of the series and is forced to travel across the universe to retrieve them. The series follows the Z Fighters against far more powerful foes than what had been seen up until then.
Timeline
Part 1: Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (TV Special)
- Emperor Pilaf Saga (Episodes 1–13)
- Tournament Saga (Episodes 14–28)
- Red Ribbon Army Saga (Episodes 29-68)
- Fortuneteller Baba Saga (Episodes 69-83)
- Tien Shinhan Saga (Episodes 84–101)
- King Piccolo Saga (Episodes 102–122)
- Piccolo Jr. Saga (Episodes 123–153)
Part 2: Dragon Ball Z
- Dead Zone (Movie)
- Saiyan Saga (Episodes 1-35)
- Frieza Saga (Episodes 36-107)
- Garlic Jr. Saga (Episodes 108-117)
- Android Saga (Episodes 118-194 + Cooler's Revenge Movie + History of Trunks TV Special)
- Other World Saga (Episodes 195-199)
- Majin Buu Saga (Episodes 200-287 + Wrath of the Dragon Movie)
- Dragon Ball: Return of Son Goku and Friends! (OVA)
- Peaceful World Saga (Episodes 288–291)
Part 3: Dragon Ball GT
- Black Star Dragon Ball Saga Saga (Episodes 1-16)
- Baby Saga (Episodes 17-40)
- Super 17 Saga (Episodes 41-47)
- Shadow Dragon Saga (Episodes 48-64)
- Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (TV Special)
Power of the Verse
The Dragon Ball Toei anime continuity is vastly more powerful than the manga it is based on, jumping from the regular building busters in the canon continuity to Multi-City Block level+ and even up to Town level. They later jump even more vastly in power later on, reaching Planet level+ due to Roshi's moon busting feat sending parts of it flying at hypersonic speeds, and Large Planet level in the King Piccolo Jr. Saga to 23rd Budokai due to the later multipliers introduced.
Characters at the very beginning of the Saiyan Saga already scaling to Dwarf Star level+ due to overwhelming Garlic Jr, and Goku being 1/20th his strength after his training, and Goku and Vegeta on the same saga receiving an upgrade to Small Star level+ via scaling to Vegeta's feat of destroying Arlia. Large Star level is reached at the very beginning of the Namek Saga, with a relatively suppressed First Form Freeza destroying Planet Vegeta. Later on, during the end of Frieza Saga, Multi-Solar System level is reached via Frieza's Namek busting explosion taking out several stars in its vicinity and being seen across the galaxy. This is further supported in the filler arc of Garlic Jr's return, who also performs a Multi-Solar System level feat.
In the Android/Cell Saga, Galaxy level is quickly reached via multipliers. At the start of the Buu Saga, Multi-Galaxy level Attack Potency is reached, via further multipliers and training, and with feats such as Kid Buu being capable of destroying the Grand Kai Planet and nearly destroying the Kaioshin Realm. Finally, Super Buu (with Gohan absorbed) could perform a Low Multiverse level with his Vice Shout, which was accepted to scale to him and other characters in this thread.
Speed-wise, they start of at Transonic and later reaching Massively Hypersonic with the introduction of Tao Pai Pai, the Planet busters reach Relativistic due to them being able to reach the moon with Ki blasts in a short period of time. Z starts with Relativistic+ feats due to Piccolo's ki blast reaching the Moon in four seconds, and quickly progresses to Massively FTL+ with feats such as Goku reacting to his spaceship, which traveled to another galaxy within 6 days, 100% Frieza reacting to the Namekian Dragon Balls dispersing towards another galaxy, and the level of the feats quickly progresses with the introduction of Instant Transmission and characters who can outspeed it, such as Cell, Goku and Pikkon quickly traveling throughout the universe-sized Other World, Bojack traveling from the edge of the universe to the other edge within an unspecified timeframe, etc.
Dragon Ball GT, the sequel to the anime, quickly progresses with its feats of speed and Attack Potency, such as Omega Shenron also presenting Low Multiverse level power with his Minus Energy Power Ball, which possessed condensed macrocosm-destroying power and was purified and dispersed by Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta relatively easily.
- Tao Pai Pai throws a pillar - 7-C (9.63 Kilotons)
- Roshi sends parts of the Moon flying at high speed speeds - 5-B (1.4193 Yottatons)
- Piccolo sends parts of the Moon flying at high speed speeds - 5-A (13.4608030593 Yottatons)
- Garlic Jr. creates the Dead Zone - High 5-A (452.376728011 Ronnatons)
- King Vegeta blows up a string of planets with a single attack - High 5-A (1.8052586424117 Quettatons)
- Vegeta destroys planet Arlia and it's moon - 4-C (252.900496607 Quettatons)
- Frieza casually destroys planet Vegeta - High 4-C (3,704.58891013 Quettatons)
- Frieza destroys innumerable stars - 4-A (67.4 ExaFoe)
- Garlic Jr. threatens to destroy two realms each with a starry sky - 4-A (67.55 ExaFoe)
- Broly threatens to destroy the Universe overtime - 3-B (1.0749619e+12 QuettaFoe)
- Tao Pai Pai keeps up with his thrown pillar - Massively Hypersonic (Mach 852)
- Roshi's Kamehameha reaches the moon - Relativistic (0.10051763690883683c)
- Piccolo's Ki blasts reaches the moon - Relativistic+ (0.54341588539896c)
- Capsule Corporation Spaceship reaches Namek in a few days - Massively FTL+ (152,070,000c)
- Goku and Pikkon traverse from Grand Kai's planet down to Hell - Massively FTL+ (1.0749659e+22c)
- Piccolo lifts a pyramid - Class G (41,768,697,771.41022 Metric Tons)
- Gohan resists the gravitational pull of the Dead Zone - Class P (1,125,104,710,000 Metric Tons)
- Most of the Dragon Ball Z Movies are not considered part of the anime continuity, with only some exceptions (Dead Zone, Cooler's Revenge, Fusion Reborn and Wrath of the Dragon)
- The Macrocosm is accepted as 2-C because Popo states the all of the past present and future are created in this room. This is backed up by the fact that the other realms hadn’t been introduced yet. Also, the Living Universe and Afterlife are stated to be separated by space and time. Moreover, Shin calls the Living Universe its own temporal world. This means that the Kaioshin realm is it owns space-time continuum as well, since the Afterlife and Living Universe are their own space-time continums. Heaven is also stated to be as big as a universe multiple times.
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