Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball franchise is one of the most beloved in the world. Three great shows, a lot of video games of varying quality but with a huge fanbase all the same, and… then a black sheep. Even in a series where the missteps are treasured, there is one thing the community rejects: Dragon Ball GT. Aired immediately after the end of Z, GT was made by the animation team for the anime, without Toriyama there to write the scripts. In a sense, you could think of it as a whole anime as filler. Or perhaps it’s better to think of it as the filler seizing the reins of its own destiny.
Either way, it’s the WORST. Just a terrible show, with no redeeming qualities. Or… so Kyrie and Six have been told. But after a certain point, an excess of condemnation backfires. What really is GT? Can it actually be that bad?
The hell with it. Let’s watch the whole thing.
For the time being, this will be on the Scanline Talks podcast feed, but once everything is established, we’ll fully give it its own feed. We’re working on podcast art too!
