Anime · Fuji TV
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Masako Nozawa
Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)
158 eps
Joji Yanami
Narrator (voice)
158 eps
Mayumi Tanaka
Krillin (voice)
158 eps
Ryo Horikawa
Vegeta (voice)
158 eps
Toshio Furukawa
Piccolo (voice)
158 eps
Hiromi Tsuru
Bulma (voice)
158 eps
Naoko Watanabe
Chi-Chi (voice)
158 eps
Takeshi Kusao
Trunks (voice)
158 eps
Toru Furuya
Yamcha (voice)
158 eps
Masaharu Sato
Master Roshi (voice)
158 eps
Hikaru Midorikawa
Tenshinhan (voice)
158 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dragon Ball Z Kai actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dragon Ball Z Kai reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
Rejoin Goku and his friends in a series of cosmic battles! Toei has redubbed, recut, and cleaned up the animation of the original 1989 animated series. The show's story arc has been refined to better follow the comic book series on which it is based. The show also features a new opening and ending. In the series, martial artist Goku, and his various friends, battle increasingly powerful enemies to defend the world against evil. Can Earth's defender defeat demons, aliens, and other villains?
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 158 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20119 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 Peace for the Future! The Spirit of Goku Is Forever!
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
200926 episodes
8.3IMDbAfter years of peace since the defeat of Piccolo Daimaoh, Goku now lives peacefully with his wife Chi-Chi and their son Gohan. But everything changes when a mysterious warrior called Raditz arrives on Earth, revealing that he is Goku's brother and that they both belong to the warrior race of the Saiyans, a brutal people who conquer planets.
Best episode · S01E13 The Power of the Kaio-Ken! Goku vs. Vegeta!
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
200926 episodes
8.7IMDbBest episode · S02E22 The Angry Super Saiyan! Goku Throws Down the Gauntlet!
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201025 episodes
8.9IMDbBest episode · S03E24 Tien's Desperate Attack! Save Your Friends, Goku!
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201020 episodes
8.5IMDbAs the battle with the Androids rages on, a fierce evil rises from the shadows: the monster known as Cell. Dr. Gero’s heinous creation is the ultimate weapon, a fighting machine built from the genetic material of the greatest warriors ever to walk the Earth!
Best episode · S04E17 Perfection's End! A Fury, Beyond Super Saiyan!
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201435 episodes
7.7IMDbIn the seven years since Cell's defeat, life on Earth has returned to normal. Gohan has grown up and is now in high school. One day, everything changes with the arrival of a new World Martial Arts Tournament, which marks Goku's return from the Other World to reunite with his family and friends. But behind the celebration, the wizard Babidi appears in search of resurrecting the ancient demon Majin Boo, in order to complete his father's plans for universal domination.
Best episode · S05E01 Seven Years Later! Starting Today, Gohan Is a High School Student
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201426 episodes
7.6IMDbMajin Buu's rampage continues, and the only hope of defeating this terrifying foe is the Fusion Technique. For this desperate plan to succeed, two fierce rivals, Goku and Vegeta, must combine their powers in a heroic attempt to stop Majin Buu once and for all!
Best episode · S06E24 You Really Are the Greatest, Goku!! The Demise of Majin Buu
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E22
The Angry Super Saiyan! Goku Throws Down the Gauntlet!
While Gohan races to save Piccolo, Goku inflicts a Super-Saiyan beating on Frieza. The blonde brawler’s impressive new powers drive his opponent to a desperate counterattack that could obliterate Namek!
S02E16
Defeat Frieza, Goku! The Tears of the Proud Saiyan Prince!
Goku arrives at the battle scene only to find Vegeta battered and badly beaten. With his dying breath, the Saiyan prince reveals the truth about Frieza’s roll in the death of Goku’s father, prompting a fierce outburst of Saiyan pride!
S02E21
Awaken, Legendary Warrior! Goku the Super Saiyan!
With the help of his friends, Goku succeeds in blasting Frieza with a gargantuan Spirit Bomb! Victory seems assured, but when the monster re-emerges to strike a shockingly fatal blow - Goku undergoes a powerful transformation!
S03E04
I Will Defeat Frieza! Another Super Saiyan!
The bone-chilling onslaught of Frieza and King Cold is brought to a halt by a mysterious stranger with a mighty sword, but only time will tell if this new warrior is friend or foe!
S02E17
Goku vs. Frieza! The Super Showdown Begins!
Goku and Frieza go head to head in a vicious slugfest that threatens to destroy the planet of Namek. Krillin and Gohan are amazed by the brutality of the battle, but Piccolo believes two warriors are just warming up!
S03E05
Welcome Back, Goku! Confessions of the Mysterious Youth, Trunks!
The formidable stranger finally reveals the secret of his origins after a Super Saiyan sparring session with Goku. The oddly familiar fighter is a visitor from the future sent to deliver a grave warning!
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E09
Peace Returns! A Time of Rest for the Warriors!
S00E08
A Creeping Conspiracy! The Target Is Gohan
S00E07
An Eerie Entity - Who Exactly Is Spopovich?
S00E06
The Junior Champ Is Finally Decided! Who Will Fight Against Mr. Satan?
S00E05
Who Is the World's Greatest? The Tournament Preliminaries Begin!
S00E04
Entering the World Martial Arts Tournament! Goten Shows Off His Explosive Power During Training!
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Osamu NozakiProducer
- Masato SeinoProducer
Writing
- Katsuyuki SumisawaWriter
Direction
- Yasuhiro NowatariDirector
Music
- Kenji YamamotoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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