It has been stated 100%. It is a little known fact that Akira Toriyama himself drew GT Trunks, GT Goku, and GT Pan, as well as their space ship and (I think it said this) Giru. By this time, Toriyama had become tired of drawing DBZ and had reached the end of his desire to do it which led to a reduced role, but he still authored it and had significant input into the story. But not canon in the MANGA timeline. Primarily because TOEI doesn't want to delegitimize their properties by touting them as "non-canon" when they know they can keep the cash flow going in for series like Dragon Ball GT for example. GT either needs to occupy a seperate canon from the main continuity, or it has to be considered non-canon. Goten, Trunks and Gohan were all weaker which is probably the biggest tragedy of the entire series. It's nowhere close to DBZ, though. Super happens during the ten year time skip between the end of Majin Buu and the last episode of DBZ. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission! He just didn't head off the story. The only true canon is the 42 volumes of the manga along with Jaco & DBM. 71.197.172.107 11:48, January 12, 2012 (UTC). GT isn't canon, it's long been confirmed and accepted as such. What was put out there was whatever they perceived the fans wanted. And let’s not even get started on the mustache… 28 Baby Vegeta's Strength And Speed. Goku fights nothing like how he did in the canon story. Because Battle of Gods was awesome and GT wasn't. The existence of Dragon Ball Super introduces Super Saiyan God to follow Super Saiyan 3, but Super Saiyan 4 is never addressed. The subs made GT much better for me, almost none of the original content from the J version of GT was kept in the english dub and some of it was quite funny. It seems like the people who made the newest Dragon Ball movies remembered everything that was in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z but then just skipped over GT. The events of DBGT are not discussed in DBO. On Dragon Ball - General, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Do you consider GT canon or non-canon?" He may be seen as the Author in credits, that is because he created the Dragon Ball manga. GT is canon, but it's one of those situations where Toriyama was done with the series, but tried to force himself to do more. GT was never really canon, but the Cooler argument has always seemed weak to me. It is also possible that the Print spooler in your system, i.e., the computer, isn’t working correctly. Also since he wrote the story for Dragonball Xenoverse and created Demigra also and added all of GT and Broly and the other stuff in this game into HIS story that now makes them canon based off what you said. In Battle of Gods, Goku manages to use his SSJG powers in SSJ form, so it would explain why he didn't actually use the SSJG form itself. it depends on how you look at it, as it is not always all about having a manga or not. The idea that Toriyama is involved = CANON! Tarble is canon too, according to Toriyama. And there is no mention or appearance of the main characters of the last two movies, Beerus and Whis. GT is,canon to the anime even I personally think it is a continuation to dbz anime and manga no matter what others say. (insert source here). How do I know? The artist hasn’t ever come out to say what is and isn’t canon for Dragon Ball, but Toriyama did lend his voice to Dragon Ball GT during its formation. Dragon Ball GT isn’t the most popular addition to the franchise, but its introduction of Super Saiyan 4 is a major turning point to the series. It would be the equivilant of a "Straight-to-Video" Movie from a comic (IE Batman). Since a lot a DBZ has non-manga based footage, that would mean a good chunk of it is non-canon, by your standards? The two warriors continue fighting, but with Bardock's newfound powers, he easily defeats Chilled and his minions. Meshack (talk) 23:05, May 10, 2015 (UTC), It's canon to the anime but not to the manga and the manga is what everything is supposed to be based off. He didn't fire the blast that killed Raditz, that was more Piccolo's victory with an assist from Goku. What if it's a sub-alternate reality apart from the other 12 universes created by Majin Buu's universe rift, then somehow scooped up by Trunks's time machine, then sealed away by Babidi's magic spell, then cast into the dead zone, then blown up by Bio Broly, then wished back with the dragon balls to be a universe of it's own by Frieza, Cell, Goku, Vegeta, Bardok, Shenron and Puar while they were all fighting over the dragon balls and someone said the wrong words? Many (most?) However, Akira Toriyama approved of the series and even provided some designs for it. When the Earth was restored and only good people were allowed to be restored along with it (Dende made the wish with the Namekian Dragon Balls), how did Pilaf survive that? Goten, Trunks and Gohan should have played more of a role. Just because the original creator wasn't involved, doesn't make it not canon. So they're still entirely separate stories. Dragonball GT was not based on the Dragonball manga nor it was created by Akira Toriyama therefore, it should be regarded as non-canon just like all the Dragonball/Z movies. When it comes to Dragon Ball, fans are always wanting to know Akira Toriyama’s thoughts on the series. Honestly, people should be questioning the validity of Battle of Gods as canon since the main argument against GT is that it didn't have a manga. Post New Message; First; Previous; Page . Because GT wasn’t adapted from the manga of creator Akira Toriyama, however, it isn't considered canon. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission!! * that..: Gokū, as seen as an infant in the DBZ special/movie, "Bardock, The Father of Gokū", was shown [literally] as a cry-baby throughout the entire special/movie?.. Toriyama didn't even write it. End of story, there is no argument for it. It doesn't work. Still, that hasn’t stopped fans from guessing about Toriyama’s work on Dragon Ball GT. Super Saiyan 4 is a flashy sight, but there’s still a lot about it that goes misunderstood. The events that happened leading to DBO give no heed to the events of GT, and since the manga also gives no heed to the story of GT (since there was no Manga for it), there are two sources saying GT plainly doesn't exist. Yes Akira Toriyama did do some editing of it, but he did not write the series. The manga is technically the only true canon for Dragonball/Z. Dragon Ball GT can either be considered canon or non canon, it is up to you. So, … Personally, I believe it's canon. Dragon Ball FighterZ has been a revelation for fans of both fighting games and the Dragon Ball series of manga and anime. You can think of GT as fan fiction. If you say it's not, you are also saying that all the episode fillers in DB and DBZ are not canon, which would create several holes in the anime. Though a loud minority of fans seem to think it is not part of the series, this is not actually the case. Dragon Ball GT has been cancelled out canon when Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' came out (which are canon). As it is not from the official source, it is from the Anime creators themselves and a lot of fans get confused about this because the writer of the script is Akira Toriyama, himself. I do. - November 27, 2017 07:40 pm EST. I still like to think that GT is canon. But Toriyama has stated that all of the Dragon Ball Franachise (This includes GT) has happened, just in another dimension. of course it's canon,it's not in the manga because when dbz anime finished they just started do the gt. If you're happy to have someone take your favourite characters, change them to the point of being unrecognisable, have them do things they never would have, say things that don't fit their personality, and become so reduced to the point of irrelevancy that they're basically the new Puar and Oolong, then you'll be okay with GT.