This series was never written by
Akira Toriyama or even originally produced as manga like its predecessors
Dragon Ball and
Dragon Ball Z,
so numerous fans consider it non-canon. Dragon Ball GT (meaning
Grand Tour) is the sequel to
Dragon Ball Z, whose material is produced only by Toei Doga. The
Dragon Ball GT series is the shortest of the Dragon Ball series, consisting of only 64 episodes; as opposed to it's predecessor Dragon Ball Z which consisted of 291 episodes. Originally intending to span 40 episodes (ending after the
Baby Saga), the series continued for another 24 episodes. It is notable that Dragon Ball GT actually has reduced brightness, unlike its predecessors,
Dragon Ball and
Dragon Ball Z.
One of the main reasons GT is considered non-canon is because of its plot holes. For instance,
Emperor Pilaf, who appeared in Episode 1, should have been killed when Buu blew up the earth near the end of
Dragon Ball Z, and the wish that revived all the people of Earth excluded all the evil ones (though it could be argued that Emperor Pilaf, as more of an unsuccessful, comical character, was not evil enough to be left dead. Alternatively, it's possible Pilaf and cronies fled Earth during the Buu crisis). For another, GT suggests that a person can't be destroyed if he's already dead (or else Frieza and Cell would have been erased by Goku), when Goku makes it clear that a person can be completely destroyed when Kid Buu is attacking Grand Kai's planet (and later when Vegeta fights Buu). However, in the second season of Dragon Ball Z, when
Tien,
Yamcha, and
Chiaotzu were fighting
Piccolo on King Kai's planet and Piccolo smashed Chiaotzu into the ground, King Kai said that he could not die again. Also, in relevance to the "death" plot holes, GT acts as if the residents of Hell who keep their bodies don't get halos. In
Dragon Ball Z,
Frieza,
Cell,
King Cold,
Recoome,
Burter,
Jeice,
Guldo,
Appule,
Dr. Gero, and
Babidi are all shown in Hell with Halos, while in GT, Frieza and Cell are shown without halos, yet still clearly dead, and when
King Yemma sends
Piccolo to Hell during the Super 17 Saga to help out Goku, Piccolo's halo disappears. Another plot hole regards the appearance of movie villain
Cooler during the Super 17 Saga, when his movie could not have possibly taken place in the
Dragon Ball Z timeline (due to Gohan's tail growing back and other plot holes, specifically regarding Goku's difficulty in transforming into a Super Saiyan during the battle, and yet it was easy and accessible at will when he talked with
Trunks upon his return to Earth). Also there is a clear plot hole with the absence of Gohan's latent potential unleashed. This is shown when Gohan turns Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 and he is much weaker than before. This can't be due to lack of training because the Elder Kai Unlock Ability as it is called in the Dragon Ball Z Budokai series is an irreversible ceremony.
IGN commented that
Dragon Ball GT "is downright repellant" mentioning that the material and characters have lost their novelty and fun. They also criticized the character designs of Trunks and Vegeta as goofy. Anime News Network has had negative comments of
Dragon Ball GT. They mentioned the fights from the series are a very simple childish exercise and that many other anime were better. The plot of the series has also been criticized for giving a formula that was already used on its prequels.
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