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I have watched most of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z up to the culmination of
the Frieza arc and bits of other DBZ episodes. I'm passively familiar with the
overarching story line/details for some reason, but have not watched much
Dragon Ball GT.

Do I need to catch up before jumping into Dragon Ball Super, or does the new
show sufficiently explain things if you're not fully up to speed on the
franchise?

I skimmed this stack exchange and did not see related questions.


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Do I need to catch up on anything before watching Dragon Ball Super?


Having watched every Dragon Ball Super episode as they came out, I would say
that so long as you have watched at least Dragon Ball Z, you are good.
Everything important in Dragon Ball is roughly glanced over or built upon in
Dragon Ball Z; the same is true for Dragon Ball Super. Dragon Ball GT is
officially not canon material thanks to Super, so it is completely
unnecessary.

That being said, at least knowing everything that happened in Dragon Ball Z
beyond the Frieza Arc is pretty important. There are numerous very important
events that happened in the Android, Cell, and Buu arcs that are quite useful
to understand what is going on in Super. The main story of Super is not based
on those events though, because Super is about Gods. It will make it very
confusing to understand a lot of what they talk about and do. It is not
sufficiently explained. Many things can probably be inferred in some way, but
I guarantee that almost everyone who is not caught up in Dragon Ball Z will
either be confused or spending a lot of time on the wiki and YouTube watching
clips, thanks to Super.


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