Dragon Ball: How many seasons and episodes are there in the anime?

Dragon Ball – 9 seasons

Season 1

• The first of Dragon Ball anime seasons treaty with Emperor Pilaf.
• This covers the first 13 episodes from classic anime.
• The season in question originally aired on From February 26, 1986 to May 21 of the same year.

Season 2

• The second season of the anime is the one responsible for introducing one of the most famous elements of Dragon Ball history: martial arts tournaments (Tenkaichi Budokai).
• This second season of the anime covers episodes 14 to 28.
• was on the show from May 28, 1986 to September 3 of the same year.

season 3

• Dragon Ball’s third season introduced another of the franchise’s most iconic elements: The Red Ribbon Army.
• This season of the anime collected the episodes numbered from 29 to 45.
• Likewise, he 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 included episodes 46 to 57 of the anime.
• Regarding the period of issue, it was active from From January 14, 1987 to April 8 of the same year.

Season 5

• After General Blue, Goku and company were faced with another key villain of the first red ribbon army: the red commander.
• In this case, the season in question included the episodes 58 to 68.
• Likewise, he was on air at 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 supporting characters from that era: fortune teller slime.
• This season featured episodes 69 to 82.
• The season was on the air from July 8, 1987 to October 7 of the same year.

season 7

• Season 7 of the anime introduces a character who later becomes Goku’s rival and enemy. ESSENTIAL in the early stages of Dragon Ball Z: Tenshinhan.
• This season extends from anime episodes 83 to 101.
• The season aired 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 has presented to date: Demon King Piccolo.
• In this case, the anime season featured the anime episodes 102 to 122.
• The season was on the 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 most present of the entire saga of the original Dragon Ball, because spans from episodes 123 to 153.
• The broadcast of the season has started on August 27, 1988 and did not cease until April 19, 1989.

Dragon Ball Z – 9 seasons

Season 1

• Dragon Ball Z Season 1 is one of the most epic in franchise history, this one being the the Saiyan saga with Raditz, Nappa and Vegeta.
• This season of the anime has resumed 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 is about arrival on planet namek as well as the confrontation with the Ginyu Forces.
• This season featured Dragon Ball Z anime episodes 40 to 74.
• 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.
• In addition, the season started on January 23, 1991 and ended on September 11 of the same year.

Season 4

• Season 4 deals with the presence of Garlick Jr. (anime exclusive arc), the arrival of Future Trunks and the Threat of Androids 16, 17 and 18.
• In this case, the anime took over the anime episodes 108 to 139.
• The season aired on September 18, 1991 to May 13, 1992.

Season 5

• Season 5 Presents 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 show 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 featured anime episodes 166 to 194 tell that part of the story.
• The broadcast of this season 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 (exclusive anime saga), the introduction of Gohan as Great Saiyaman and the New Martial Arts Tournament.
• This season of the anime includes the Dragon Ball Z episodes 195 to 219.
• The show took place between July 28, 1993 and March 2, 1994.

Season 8

• This season of the anime was mainly responsible for introducing Babidi and Majin Buu like the new big threats of Dragon Ball Z (and also the last ones).
• The season consisting of episodes 220 to 253.
• In this case, the season aired on the March 9, 1994 to January 25, 1995.

season 9

• The 9th and final season of Dragon Ball Z introduces the concept of merger, the threat of Kid Buu and the last years of peace from the Dragon Ball universe.
• This season of the anime spanned from episodes 254 to final episode numbered 291.
• The first episode of this season aired on February 1, 1995, while the last episode arrived on January 31, 1996.

Dragon Ball Super – 5 seasons (so far)

Season 1

• The first season of Dragon Ball Super introduces the figure of God of Destruction Beerus as well as the Super Saiyan God.
• This season has extended the first 18 episodes of the anime.
• He was also on air at From July 5, 2015 to 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 freezer.
• The season was quite short, covering only the episodes 19 to 27 of the anime.
• It started broadcasting on November 15, 2015 and concluded on January 17, 2016.

season 3

• The Anime Season 3 Mainly Narrated the events of the tournament against universe 6.
• This season of the anime featured the episodes 28 to 46.
• The show 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 show started during the June 12, 2016 and ended on January 29, 2017.

season 5

• Season 5 of the anime is the one that tells the most what happened in the Tournament of Power.
• It is the longest season of Dragon Ball Super and also the entire history of Dragon Ball itself, covering the 77 episodes of the anime until 131.
• The show started on February 5, 2017 was maintained for more than a year, until March 25, 2018 exactly.

Dragon Ball GT – 4 seasons (anime only, not canon manga)

Season 1

• This first season deals with the Black Star Dragon Ballsas well as the introduction of Goku (still a kid), Pan and Trunks as main characters in this first part of the story.
• This season has extended the first 16 episodes of the anime Dragon Ball GT.
• The first show 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 present the Baby figurine and his intentions of revenge on the Saiyan race.
• This second season featured Dragon Ball GT episodes 17 to 40.
• This season started on 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.
• It’s one of the shortest sagas in all of Dragon Ball history, spanning in bones episodes 41 to 47 of the anime.
• This is how its broadcast began on March 12, 1997 to end 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 mainly deals with the threat of the Black Dragons resulting from the negative energy of the Dragon Balls.
• This season started airing 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 them includes regarding the “Dragon Ball” anime. It is important to pay attention to the adaptation of “Dragon Ball Super” is incomplete compared to the manga, so it is to be expected that this section will eventually be expanded in the future. Similarly, ‘Dragon Ball GT’ will also need to be kept an eye out for, as it doesn’t look like it will end up being the only ‘Dragon Ball’ story to top the ‘Z’ timeline.

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