#Dragon ball gt episodes 4 series

As proven by the waning popularity in Japan, the series was never meant to go this long. At this point, the material and characters have lost their novelty and fun.

On the other hand, Dragon Ball GT is downright repellant. The series Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z was always a mixed bag. No updating or additions were made to these discs at all, which reinforces the point that the set represents a cheap marketing ploy. Even the trailers that the DVD forces you to watch at the beginning of the disc are dated as old as over three years ago. That's 5 discs, 3 episodes per disc, and episodes 1-15 of the series in all.

#Dragon ball gt episodes 4 tv

They just decided not to air them on TV at first, and then they slap Lost Episodes on them and suddenly it's worth buying? Oh well, besides that, there's nothing new about this set, except for the fact that it collects Volumes 1 - 5 of Dragon Ball GT: The Lost Episodes together. Are these episodes truly lost? They were never lost, and Funimation never had trouble acquiring the rights, and they always had them. So at the end of the day, The Lost Episodes is nothing more than a cheap marketing ploy by Funimation to continue milking the cow of Dragon Ball dry. One episode was broadcast as a season premiere and essentially summarized the first group of episodes, getting the now young Goku, his grand-daughter Pan (The daughter of Goku's son, Gohan, and Gohan's wife, Videl), and the now adult Trunks into space on their search for the Black Star Dragon Balls and facing new alien villains. That way, they would get to the action more quickly. Funimation and Cartoon Network decided that they would skip over the early parts that are more like the quests of old Dragon Ball when GT would begin airing for American audiences in 2003. The series would eventually change to contain more fights and action before the series came to an end in 1997 after 64 episodes.ДЄfter the end of DBZ's broadcast following the conclusion of the Buu saga, Funimation and Cartoon Network feared a similar backlash from American fans that preferred the fighting and action of DBZ. Fans didn't really take to the style, and missed the more intense action-oriented content for which DBZ had become known. Goku must go on a DB-like quest in order to find the lost Dragon Balls within a year, or the earth will be destroyed.

The Black Star Dragon Balls are scattered across the galaxy, so Goku (now a pint-sized kid again) has lost most of his more advanced powers and skill and must re-learn them. The adult Goku, through a wish by Emperor Pilaf (one of the old villains from Dragon Ball) on the Black Star Dragon Balls, causes Goku to transform into a little kid. The idea for the series was to go back to the roots of DB, hence the plot. At that time, popularity for the DB franchise was starting to wane in Japan. The series ran from 1996 - 1997 in Japan for a total of 64 episodes. Now why is this DVD box set is called The Lost Episodes? I'm getting to that. The DB property has been a tremendous cash cow for Funimation, and even today DVD's of the uncut DBZ seasons remain top-sellers. It was only a matter of time before audiences hungry for more of Goku and company would want to see more. When DBZ finally found its way to Cartoon Network and Toonami in 1999, it gave the franchise new life in the US, and became very popular once again. In the mid-90's, after the end of DBZ, GT debuted as a totally original creation for the DB saga. Nearly everything depicted in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z was taken from the popular Shounen Jump manga created by Akira Toriyama. But unlike DBZ, GT was a totally original creation by Toei Animation. Dragon Ball GT was the anime saga that followed the end of Dragon Ball Z.