As it says, this won't be a regular timeline of DB/Z/GT events... That's been done before... So, I thought a cool thing to do that HASN'T (to my knowledge) been done before would be to show you guys just when everything came out, both in Japan, and eventually the US...
I don't know if any of you will enjoy this, but I've always been kind of curious to know exactly when everything came out, especially in comparing the movies to the corresponding point in the series... I also wanted to know exactly how much of an overlap the Toei animators had with Toriyama's Manga...
So I looked around, and couldn't really find anything good enough... So, I decided to do it myself...
So not only do I do this for the site, I do it for myself, as "forced" research...lol I'm learning this right along with the rest of you... And, if any of you out there have anything more to add to my info on this (or any other section of the site, for that matter...lol) please feel fre to e-mail me... Now I want everything to be accurate, so please try to give me your source, or supporting evidence for the validity of your info... Thanks in advance...
Special thanks goes out to "Dr. Briefs", creator of the DBFAQ for listing the movie release dates, the Japanese anime start date, and the US DB premier date... Also, to (the now dead) PlanetNamek.com...from which I got the release dates for the specials...
And now, the beginnings of my "timeline"...
-Dragonball Manga was first created by Akira Toriyama and began it's weekly run in Shonen Jump Magazine
-2/26: DB anime began
-12/20: DB Movie 1 (Legend of Shenlong) released
-7/18: DB Movie 2 (Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle) released
-7/9: DB Movie 3 (Mysterious Adventure) released
-7/15: DBZ Movie 1 (Return My Gohan) released
-3/10: DBZ Movie 2 (The World's Strongest Man) released
-7/7: DBZ Movie 3 (Utimate Decisive Battle for Earth) released
-10/17: DBZ Bardock Special released
-3/19: DBZ Movie 4 (Super Saiya-jin Goku) released
-7/20: DBZ Movie 5 (Battle of the Strongest) released
-3/7: DBZ Movie 6 (Attack! 10,000,000,000 Power Warriors) released
-7/11: DBZ Movie 7 (Battle Limit! The Three Super Saiya-jin) released
-2/24: DBZ Trunks Special released
-3/6: DBZ Movie 8 (Valiant Fight! Violent Fight! Super Exciting Fight!) released
-7/10: DBZ Movie 9 (The Galaxy's in Danger! The Super Awesome Guy!) released
-3/12: DBZ Movie 10 (The Mischievious Partners! Super Warriors Never Rest!) released
-7/1: DBZ Movie 11 (The Super-Warrior Clone! I am the Winner!!) released
-3/4: DBZ Movie 12 (The Rebirth of Fusion! Goku and Vegita!) released
-7/15: DBZ Movie 13 (Dragon-Fist Assault!! If Goku Can't Do it, Who Can?) released
-Fall: 13 dubbed eps of Dragonball begin airing in the US
-2/7: DBGT Episode 1 Aired (The Mysterious Dragon Balls Appear!! Goku Becomes a Child!?)
-2/14: DBGT Episode 2 Aired (I am the Star! Pan Flies into Space!!)
-2/21: DBGT Episode 3 Aired (Extrodinarily Dirty Merchants!! The Businessmen of Planet Amiga)
-2/28: DBGT Episode 4 Aired (A Bounty!! Goku is Wanted!?)
-3/4: DB 10th Anniversary Special (The Road to be the Strongest) released
-3/6: DBGT Episode 5 Aired (A Strong Guy Appears!! Bodyguard Ledgic)
-3/13: DBGT Episode 6 Aired (It Really Hurts!? Goku the Dentist)
-3/20: DBGT Episode 7 Aired (Beloved Darling!? Trunks Becomes the Bride)
-4/17: DBGT Episode 8 Aired (Goku Erupts! The Full Power of the Antennae Explodes)
-4/24: DBGT Episode 9 Aired (A Bad Situation! Goku Flies into a Planet of Traps!)
-5/1: DBGT Episode 10 Aired (Power of the Dancing Attack!? Don Pap Pa!!)
-5/8: DBGT Episode 11 Aired (The Curse of Lude!? Pan Turns into a Doll)
-5/15: DBGT Episode 12 Aired (God's Prophet is a Fake!! Lude is Revived)
-5/22: DBGT Episode 13 Aired (He is the Leader!? The Mysterious Dr. Myuu)
-6/5: DBGT Episode 14 Aired (Getting the Timing Right!? The Plan to Attack Lude!!)
-6/12: DBGT Episode 15 Aired (Depressed!! Pan Runs Away!?)
-6/19: DBGT Episode 16 Aired (The Bewildering Machine Planet M2... Gill is a Traitor!?)
-6/26: DBGT Episode 17 Aired (Leave it to Second String Pan! Going to Rescue Goku)
-7/10: DBGT Episode 18 Aired (The Data is Wrong! Goku Begins to Reveal his True Powers)
-7/17: DBGT Episode 19 Aired (Attack!! The Strongest Machine Mutant Rirudo)
-7/31: DBGT Episode 20 Aired (Earth Shaking Victory! Goku is Attacked by a Metal Tsunami)
-8/7: DBGT Episode 21 Aired (This Can't Be! Goku is Turned into a Metal Slab)
-8/14: DBGT Episode 22 Aired (The Plan is Exposed! The Evil Life Form Bebi)
-8/21: DBGT Episode 23 Aired (A Secret Crisis!? The Mysterious Little Boy of the Distressed Ship)
-8/28: DBGT Episode 24 Aired (Bebi Strikes Back!! Target the Saiya-jins!)
-10/9: DBGT Episode 25 Aired (Oh No! Bebi Appears on Earth)
-10/16: DBGT Episode 26 Aired (Gohan and Goten... The Brothers Biggest Fight!?)
-10/23: DBGT Episode 27 Aired (Ambition Achieved! Vegeta is Possessed)
-10/30: DBGT Episode 28 Aired (Goku Returns... The Entire Earth is the Enemy!?)
-11/6: DBGT Episode 29 Aired (This isn't Good... Super Saiya-jin 3 Loses!)
-11/13: DBGT Episode 30 Aired (Goku Has Been Killed!? I am Dead)
-12/11: DBGT Episode 31 Aired (What the!? The Sugeroku Space's Great Collapse)
-1/8: DBGT Episode 32 Aired (Return Goku!! Wrath of the Warrior Ubuu)
-1/15: DBGT Episode 33 Aired (Watch this Bebi! The Reborn Ubuu's Killer Beam)
-1/22: DBGT Episode 34 Aired (The Transformation Failed!? Oozaru Goku Goes Crazy)
-1/29: DBGT Episode 35 Aired (The Strongest!! Goku Transforms to Super Saiya-jin 4!!)
-2/5: DBGT Episode 36 Aired (Immortal Monster!? The Mad Oozaru Bebi)
-2/12: DBGT Episode 37 Aired (The Powerful Battle!! Bebi and Goku are Double KO'ed!!)
-2/19: DBGT Episode 38 Aired (Combining Everyone's Power... The Revival of Super Saiya-jin 4)
-2/26: DBGT Episode 39 Aired (The Final Battle! Bebi Eliminated in the End)
-3/5: DBGT Episode 40 Aired (The Earth Explodes!! Piccolo Sacrifices His Life)
-3/12: DBGT Episode 41 Aired (Tenkaichi Budoukai. Who is Mr. Satan's Heir)
-3/26: DBGT TV Special Aired (Biography of Goku! The Proof of Bravery is the Four Star Ball)
-4/16: DBGT Episode 42 Aired (Die Goku!! The Resurrection of Strong Enemies Escaping from Hell)
-4/23: DBGT Episode 43 Aired (Hell's Evil Fighters! Cell and Freeza Revived)
-4/30: DBGT Episode 44 Aired (The Ultimate Android! The Two #17's Join Together)
-5/14: DBGT Episode 45 Aired (Hurry Goku!! The Plan to Escape from Hell)
-5/28: DBGT Episode 46 Aired (Clash!! Super Saiya-jin 4 vs Super 17)
-6/4: DBGT Episode 47 Aired (The Big Reversal! Goku and #18's Two-Step Attack Goes Off)
-6/11: DBGT Episode 48 Aired (What a Surprise! Shenlon Turned into the Enemy!?)
-6/18: DBGT Episode 49 Aired (The Strongest Enemy?! Understanding the Secret of the Sneaky Dragon)
-6/25: DBGT Episode 50 Aired (Saiyan Power Fails!? The Electrical Beast Uu Shinlon)
-7/2: DBGT Episode 51 Aired (Ryuu Shinlon! Finding the Weakness of the Big Tornado)
-7/9: DBGT Episode 52 Aired (Danger Pan! Chii Shinlon's Secret Weapon)
-7/16: DBGT Episode 53 Aired (Destroy Pan!? The Heartbreaking Kamehameha)
-8/6: DBGT Episode 54 Aired (Absorbing 6000°C! Warrior of the Sun)
-8/13: DBGT Episode 55 Aired (Bulma Takes Action! The Plan to Change Vegeta)
-8/20: DBGT Episode 56 Aired (After the Sun Comes the Freeze! The Dragon Brothers of Fire and Ice)
-9/3: DBGT Episode 57 Aired (Overwhelmingly Powerful!! The Controlling Dragon of the Evil Dragons)
-9/10: DBGT Episode 58 Aired (The Counterattack Begins! Surpassing Super Saiya-jin 4)
-9/17: DBGT Episode 59 Aired (Friend or Foe? Oozaru Vegeta's Big Rebellion)
-10/22: DBGT Episode 60 Aired (Fusion!! Ultimate Super Gogeta)
-10/29: DBGT Episode 61 Aired (A Sure Victory! The Four Star Ball is Swallowed by Goku)
-11/5: DBGT Episode 62 Aired (To Save Goku! The Final Ally Appears)
-11/12: DBGT Episode 63 Aired (The Miracle Comeback Victory!! Goku Pleads to the Universe to Save the Earth)
-11/19: DBGT Episode 64 Aired (Farewell Goku... Until the Day We Meet Again)
Of course it isn't anywhere NEAR being finished... I still have a LOT of research to go through....lol