Easy To Understand Timeline!

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Okay, so many people are getting confused about the timeline since Super started, and after thinking for a long while I came up with a very simple logic I just had to share. Now, until Toriyama or Toei makes it official, this is still speculation, but it makes sense to me at least;

(1) Manga Timeline;

Dragon Ball 1-42, Dragon Ball Super Manga 1-Ongoing

(2) Classic Anime Timeline;

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z (With Movies 1-13), Dragon Ball GT

(3) Revised Anime Timeline;

Dragon Ball Manga 1-16, Dragon Ball Kai, Dragon Ball Super, Broly

Now, there are tons of loose ends / alternate timelines such as;

Dragon Ball Movies 1-3 (Alternate)
Dragon Ball Movie 4 (Alternate)
Dragon Ball Z Movies 14-15 (Alternate)
Dragon Ball Z TV Specials (Classic?)
Dragon Ball Z Episode of Bardock (?)
Dragon Ball Assorted OVA's (?)

Where these go are beyond me, but just the 3 main timelines are an easy guideline to follow. Kai means revised more or less in Japanese after all. It just doesn't make sense that Super would lead into GT, there are far too many inconsistencies that I could make a seperate list of. What are our opinions on this? I'd love to hear feedback.
 
NeonPhoenixNeko said:
It just doesn't make sense that Super would lead into GT, there are far too many inconsistencies that I could make a seperate list of
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I can't comment on the placement of the newer series and Broly movie, as I'm not up to date on those, but your timeline is essentially right. The only thing I would mention is not to factor in GT, at all. I think it's essentially been invalidated by everyone as a sort of "this never happened, nothing to see here" sort of thing. Makes sense, considering how universally hated GT is, if they're going to revise it as much as the new stuff has revised everything, might as well just forget GT was a thing.
 
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GT was considered an alternate timeline. It doesn't line up with anything other than taking place in a distant future after the Buu saga in the anime.

If they were to bring in SS4, it would have to be from scratch which isn't likely at this point.

Welcome to the forum, by the way, @NeonPhoenixNeko
 
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