The Dragon Ball franchise has been active for about 40 years and is Akira Toriyama’s most popular work. The franchise began as a manga-inspired by the traditional Chinese tale Journey to the West, with elements from famous martial arts flicks thrown in for good measure. Dragon Ball has evolved into a gigantic epic of films, TV programs, fandoms, comics, and other media. Four decades of content may appear tricky to follow in a single straight timeline. 
Nevertheless, we’re here to show you how to watch Dragon Ball in chronological sequence. There are two types of content in Dragon Ball: canonical and non-canonical. The canon is led by the original TV program, Dragon Ball, with a few subsequent series such as Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super joining the group.
Furthermore, most of the franchise’s films, such as Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug and Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest, are outliers, going to employ innovative ideas while departing from the main storyline.
Dragon Ball Series Sequence (Canon Specific)
Do you want to see a narrative from beginning to end? This isn’t the exact order in which the franchise was launched in real-time, but this is the Dragon Ball canon’s order:
- Dragon Ball episodes
- Dragon Ball Z/ Kai to the end of Frieza Saga
- Dragon Ball Z/ Bardock- The Father of Goku
- Dragon Ball Z/ Frieza Saga till Cell Saga ending
- Dragon Ball Z/ The History of Trunks
- Dragon Ball Super
Dragon Ball Series Sequence (Unspecific)
Dragon Ball features 5 seasons and 807 episodes in all. These incredible numbers of episodes follow Goku’s journey, beginning with his childhood, as he trains to grow stronger on his mission to retrieve the seven Dragon Balls that grant wishes.
- Dragon Ball
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 1- 86)
- Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Bardock, The Father of Goku
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 87-107)
- Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock
- Dragon Ball Z: The World’s Strongest
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 108-123)
- Dragon Ball Z Special 2: The History of Trunks
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 124-125)
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 126-146)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 146-173)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 173-194)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 194-207)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 207-250)
- Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 250-253)
- Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 253-288)
- Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
- Dragon Ball Z (Episodes 288-291)
- Dragon Ball GT
- Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
- Dragon Ball Z Kai
- Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Destroy the Saiyajin
- Dragon Ball Super (Episodes 1-3)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
- Dragon Ball Super (Episodes 4-18)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
- Dragon Ball Super (Episodes 19-131)
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly – Skytree Super
- Dragon Ball Super Movie: Broly
Where to Watch Dragon Ball Z Legally?
Dragon Ball Z is available on Funimation and AnimeLab, along with all of its movies. It is also accessible on Netflix, but exclusively to Japanese viewers. Besides, Dragon Ball Super is available on nearly every legal anime streaming service, including Netflix, AnimeLab, Funimation, Prime Video, JBOX, Crunchyroll, and others.
