Dragon Ball GT (Japanese: ドラゴンボール GT Doragon Bōru GT) is the sequel to the anime Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, but is the only one of the three series that is not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama. (The GT in the title stands for "Grand Tour" as the anime was originally envisioned as a road trip.)
Possibly due to its status as an "illegitimate" Dragon Ball series, Japanese fans did not come to embrace it and it ran for only 64 episodes between 1996 and 1997. As a result of negative fan reaction, the show suffers from an inconsistency of tone as the early episodes were closer to the humor of Dragon Ball than the action of Dragon Ball Z, but the producers made a sudden shift to curb waning interest. The latter episodes are action-packed and violence-heavy.
The English adaptation of series ran first-run episodes on Cartoon Network between 2003 and 2004, but the adaptation by FUNimation had a major edit. The first 16 episodes of the series, the Black Star Dragonball Saga, have been cut and replaced by a single US-only explanation episode which became the new series premier. This edit was implemented by the producers of the series to prevent viewers from possibly being turned off by the differently toned early episodes. (The missing episodes have been announced to be available on DVD.) This edit reduced the English-language series to only a 49 episode run. Cartoon Network is now (as of February 2005) planning to air the cut episodes as 'The Lost Episodes'.
The story picks up from from where Goku is wished back into a child again with the Black Star Dragonballs and they must be gathered within a year or the Earth will be destroyed, thus embarking Goku and his companions through space to find the Black Star Dragonballs. Afterwards the series focuses on the final battles of Goku and what happens onward.
Main Characters
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Goku (Son Goku in the English Dragon Ball manga and the original Japanese anime)
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Trunks
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Pan
- Giru
Villains
Supporting Characters
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Android 18
- Bulla (Bra in the original Japanese anime)
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Bulma
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Gohan
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Goten
- Krillin (Kuririn in the English Dragon Ball manga and the original Japanese)
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Marron
- Master Roshi (Muten-Rôshi)
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Dende
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Mr. Popo
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Piccolo
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Hercule (Mr. Satan in the original Japanese anime)
- Uub (Uubu in the original Japanese anime)
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Vegeta
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Videl
- T-20-06 (Giru ) A small little robot that ate the Z-fighters dragon radar. Eventually, they found out that the radar could be used from T-20-06, which means they must keep T-20-06. They then named him geru because it seemed to be his favorite word.
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