So, I really hadn't heard of GT until later on. I was very familiar with DBZ in the early 2000s, when they began to show on Cartoon Network in the USA. I got one of the games later on and saw a few characters that I never heard of; Baby, Super Android 17, etc... I eventually purchased GT and started watching. The first part of the show was funny, especially with the Para Para brothers (LOL). But, once we started getting to the Baby saga, I was really getting hooked. Super Android 17 was another really interesting saga, as well. The dragon saga was a little goofy at first, but was OK. Some people didn't like the character development, but I think the all the show up to the dragons was very entertaining. If you go in there expecting Frieza, Cell or Majin Buu sagas, you may be a little let down. But, if you open your mind and enjoy for what it is, you won't be disappointed!

It pains me to give this show one star... but I must be honest! Let me start by saying that Dragon Ball Z has had a major impact on my life. I grew up watching it, and years later as an adult keep coming back to it as such a classic, wonderful series. Admittedly, I never really got into Dragon Ball, but GT draws far more from Z (or at least tries to..).In any case, here are some words that capture my reaction to GT: frustration, disappointment, nausea, betrayal. Plain and simple, GT is an insult to Z. If we fed the two series' into a machine which could objectively compare quality, I have no doubt Z would be atop a peak, and GT in a valley (or should I say gutter..).For years after falling in love with DBZ, I longed to watch GT. I saw glimpses of it, Super Saiyajin 4 Goku / Vegeta / Gogeta? How could a DBZ fan not be intrigued? And so it began.First few episodes: *optimism* Okay, this is pretty interesting, let's see where things go...The next 40 episodes: *nervousness* This is just early filler right? They must have been working on the main course during this fluff! I must not abandon my beloved DB friends...Final 20 or so episodes: *agony* WHEN WILL IT END!? NO, there has to be redemption somewhere here... I've come so far... PLEASE...Ultimately, I just felt drained and utterly betrayed... my faith that I ever even enjoyed DBZ to begin with was shaken. And now I am cursed to remember the nightmare that is GT alongside a truly great creation.If you're a hardcore fan, thinking "How bad could it be?" I'm begging you, RESIST! Don't fall into the same trap I and so many others have... cherish DBZ (or even DB), and if you feel like you won't be able to hold out forever, at least wait for Dragon Ball Online and maybe that will give you the fix you're looking for..

Still, it was a nice series, I do believe the main problems the show has are both rather easily fixed. Granted, it is to late to do that now. The first problem is the show needed more development. A good twenty episodes more could have helped this show immensely. That way some fights could have lasted longer, Vegeta could have had more face time and new characters explored a bit more. The other problem is the problems in the stories plot. These are not mistakes I am used to seeing in a Japanese animation, but rather the type found in American animation of the type found in a lot of the cartoon shows I watched in the 80's. Like they said let's forget about what happened here, and try this idea that does not fit in the universe anyway. However, complaints aside there is still a lot to enjoy about this series. It starts out like "Dragonball" with Goku being reduced to child form by black star dragonballs that for all purposes should not exist (see the plot problems complaint). These balls are scattered across the universe and Goku, his granddaughter Pan and Trunks must track them down or the earth will be destroyed. Why they pick Trunks is a mystery, I would have rather seen Vegeta tag along as seeing his and Goku's friendship continue to develop after the Z series would have been nice, not to mention Trunks is virtually a non factor once the fighting portion of the show begins with the battle between Goku and Baby. During the search portion of the series the adventures tend to be on the humorous side and sometimes the annoying side as you wonder why Goku and Trunks do not simply turn into super saiyans during some of their fights as that would have simplified things immensely. Once Baby enters the picture the show shifts to more of a "Dragonball Z" feel to it. Then Android 17 reenters the fray and finally there are numerous battles with what are called shadow dragons with the final battle against a rather tough foe called Omega Shenron. Piccolo is almost a no show through the whole series only really making a contribution in the short Super 17 saga. Vegeta was needed more too, but he really makes an impact during the final battle with Omega as he fuses with Goku and Gogeta is born, for like a half an episode (a place where another episode would have worked). All in all though the fighting once Goku begins his battle with Baby as a Super Saiyan 4 is nearly nonstop the rest of the way. Shame it had to end the way it did, I would have liked to seen more, however as the original creator had stopped doing anything Dragonball at this time it was time for this show to be laid to rest.

Out of the DB Trilogies, DBGT is definitely the worse pile of crap composed. The show takes off 10 years after Dragonball Z where Goku and Uub (The Reincarnation of Buu) train and apparently an Old enemy from the Original Dragonball makes a wish using the black star dragonballs for the Dragon to turn Goku into a kid. The story follows unless Goku collects the black star dragonballs the earth will be destroyed. Stupid isn't it? Well things become worse when Goku goes an journey in space with his granddaughter Pan (Who becomes a whiny annoying teenager) and Trunks (Who was so much cooler in DBZ). The show pretty much becomes stale and the first 20 episodes of the series neither feature Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo or any of the famous DB/Z characters. One after another each idiotic saga fails to implement a stable balance of action and plot like the previous sagas and instead become DBZ copycats with less heart on interest. The show even added another level of Super Saiyan which obviously didn't help. Overall it was very poor,at times un-entertaining, the action didn't match DBZ, the plot didn't even come close and the characters from previous series were basically unused or wasted. DBGT was a poor effort that was created to milk the DBZ series despite the fact the Original Creator left the series. It's no wonder this is the shortest DB series of the trilogy and only lasted 64 points.