

Most significantly, Dragon Ball Super goes against the finale of Toriyama's original Dragon Ball, which claims that Goku hadn't seen the other Z Fighters for a long time and that the Earth experienced an era of peace following the defeat of Buu. Goku's Saiyan origin is altered, the rules of fusion are changed and power levels become more fluid than ever before. With that said, Dragon Ball Super is hardly a sterling example of continuity, and the series doesn't just contradict GT, but the main series also.

Obviously, this is because Dragon Ball GT was written long before Super, but the discrepancies effectively mean the two sequels can't both be considered canon. Dragon Ball GT contains no mention of the Super Saiyan God forms that have been so prevalent in recent stories, and there's not even a hint towards characters such as Beerus, Whis and Zen-Oh.

It's the stories and character developments that truly contradict each other, however. Related: Dragon Ball: How Universe 6's Legendary Super Saiyan Compares To BrolyĬhronologically, the two Dragon Ball sequel series don't overlap with each other, with the events of Super taking place years prior to where GT would fall in the franchise's timeline. However, this doesn't necessarily have to be the case. While not universally loved, general opinion suggests Dragon Ball Super is far superior to GT, and is the true canon continuation of the original, rendering Dragon Ball GT obsolete. While the anime is currently on hiatus, the manga series remains in production and more movie projects are expected after the runaway success of Dragon Ball Super: Broly. Toriyama came back to his most famous creation in 2013 with Battle of Gods, and this movie sparked the current Dragon Ball Super era, comprising of 2 further movies, a new manga series and an anime, all made with Toriyama's involvement. When the original manga concluded, Toriyama was done with Saiyans, but Toei Animation sensed more money was to be made and produced the Dragon Ball GT sequel series, which is generally considered to be a resounding failure. How could Dragon Ball Super lead directly into the previous sequel series, Dragon Ball GT? Akira Toriyama's original Dragon Ball story takes Goku from his humble hut in the mountains to saving the world (again) by defeating Buu with a Spirit Bomb, and these events are chronicled in animated form in the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z series.
