How To Watch Dragon Ball In Order?

Dragon Ball is the most popular and all-time favorite anime franchise for kids and adults. It is a little difficult for beginners to watch the series, as you don’t know where to start exactly. Firstly, this show was aired in 1986 and the series includes several seasons and spinoffs like Dragon Ball Super, Dragon Ball Z, etc. However, the franchise entered the Super Dragon Ball Heroes recently.

Most people need clarification about how to watch Dragon Ball in order. Thus, this article helps you to sort out this confusion by providing Dragon Ball in order.

How To Watch Dragon Ball In Order?

Watching In Canonical Order:

Those who just want a core Dragon Ball experience can try out this Canonical viewing. Moreover, this canonical viewing will eliminate certain movies and series from the order like ‘Dragon Ball GT.’ 

While watching this canonical order, you can decide whether to watch Dragon Ball Z Kai or Dragon Ball Z. So; the former part series includes the original anime from 1989 to 1996. And the latter part series involves the same series but in an updated version with good picture and sound quality. 

Furthermore, there is a debate about which is better to watch Dragon Ball Z or Kai. But Dragon Ball Z Kai is not available on US streaming platforms. Thus, you need to purchase individual seasons separately.

So, here is the Dragon ball canonical order to watch,

1. Dragon Ball, all episodes (Watch on Hulu, Funimation)
2. Dragon Ball Z or Kai, until the end of the Frieza Saga (Watch on Funimation)
3. Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku – TV special (Watch on Apple TV)
4. Dragon Ball Z, from the end of the Frieza Saga until the end of the Cell saga (Watch on Funimation)
5. Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks -TV special (Watch on Apple TV)
6. Dragon Ball Z – all remaining episodes (Watch on Funimation)
7. Dragon Ball Super (Watch on Hulu, Funimation)

Watching In Chronological Order:

If you are a great fan of Dragon Ball, you should watch the series in Chronological order. This order includes all the movies and even inserts the canon main series into it. So, this order will be better for those who are confused about watching some parts of Dragon Ball Z.

Finally, here is the chronological order to watch the Dragon Ball Super Manga series. So, under this chronological order, you will get every release of Dragon Ball.

1. Dragon Ball episodes 1-13 (Watch on Hulu, Funimation)
2. Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (Funimation)
3. Dragon Ball remaining episodes (Hulu, Funimation)
4. Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle (Funimation)
5. Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (Funimation)
6. Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (Funimation)
7. Dragon Ball Z episodes 1-86 (Funimation)
8. Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku (Apple TV)
9. Dragon Ball Z episodes 87-107 (Funimation)
10. Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock  
11. Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest ( Funimation)
12. Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (Funimation)
13. Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (Funimation)
14. Dragon Ball Z episodes 108-123 (Funimation)
15. Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (Apple TV)
16. Dragon Ball Z episodes 124 and 125 (Funimation)
17. Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge (Apple TV)
18. Dragon Ball Z episodes 126-146 (Funimation)
19. Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13 (Funimation)
20. Dragon Ball Z episodes 147-173 (Funimation)
21. Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (Funimation)
22. Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan (Apple TV)
23. Dragon Ball Z to episodes 174-194 (Funimation)
24. Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (Apple TV)
25. Dragon Ball Z episodes 195-207 (Funimation)
26. Dragon Ball Z: Broly’s Second Coming (Apple TV)
27. Dragon Ball Z episodes 208-250 (Funimation)
28. Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (Apple TV)
29. Dragon Ball Z episodes 251-253 (Funimation)
30. Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (Funimation)
31. Dragon Ball Z episodes 254-288 (Funimation)
32. Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (Funimation)
33. Dragon Ball Z episodes 289-finish (Funimation)
34. Dragon Ball GT, all episodes (Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation)
35. Dragon Ball Super episodes 1-3 (Hulu, Funimation)
36. Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (Apple TV, Microsoft Store, Google Play)
37. Dragon Ball Super episodes 4-18 (Hulu, Funimation)
38. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F (Apple TV, Microsoft Store, Google Play)
39. Dragon Ball Super episodes 19-finish (Hulu, Funimation)
40. Dragon Ball Super: Broly (Starz)
41. Dragon Super Dragon Ball Heroes

So, the above list gives you the Dragon Ball Watching Order. If you are a die-hard fan of Dragon Ball, you can watch the series using the above order for a clear view of the story.

Even you can get the Dragon Ball in release order over the internet. So, such releases include the series that started from 1986 to the present, 2022. You can also watch the series based on the year.

The Bottom Line

Therefore, it is clear how to watch Dragon Ball to understand the story or plot of the series. You can watch the series either in Chronological or Canonical order. Furthermore, you can use the streaming websites like Hulu, Funimation, etc., to watch this series.

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