Those were boring beyond all logical comparison (more boring than Dune combined with Boogiepop Phantom combined with Ghost in the Shell, and without the other appeal). Much as I complain about the parts of Dragon Ball Z that Toriyama actually created, I can see how much he really does for it when something he wasn't involved in comes around (in this case, I'm talking about the worthless movies or the abysmal Garlic Junior Saga in the TV show). It isn't the actual lame contrived "plot" twist used to drag on this concept that really makes this show worthless it's the execution. It may not have been as stupid as this, but this is only a small step up from some of the things he did do.
Coming from the side of a fan, I can say that if Toriyama had actually wanted to carry on Dragon Ball Z, I'm sure he would've found some way to do it. It was made to be a commercial, and it is, but Dragonball wasn't, and now it's been made into one. This is even more of a perversion than Yugioh, since the second Yugioh starts on the screen you can see it was created for the sole purpose of marketing tie-ins. What's been created here is a true spectacle of what horrors marketing can wreak on a work. Since the story and characterization and so on are just a continuation of Dragon Ball Z, this review will be less categorical than most of mine are. Average Japanese viewers, on the other hand, are just like average American viewers, which means that if something was cancelled, that means it must have been REALLY bad (This is why there can be such a big difference between what's popular in Japan and what's popular among US fans). American fans are typically fairly intellectual people, often young people in college or grown adults. Though some anime fans don't realize it, the average Japanese viewer is not like an American fan. I heard this show was actually cancelled before it even finished its run, which is practically unheard of with anime (the only other instance I've heard of is the original Gundam's mid-series cancellation, and those 70's people didn't know a good thing when they saw it). This was created by the TV people, more specifically Toei Animation, because Toriyama wanted to give Dragonball a rest and move on with his career, but Toei wanted more green (or whatever color Japanese money is). This is because Akira Toriyama, past scribbling a few robot designs, had absolutely nothing to do with this show. Luckily for all you big-time Akira Toriyama fans, you have nothing to worry about, because this pathetic end to the Dragonball saga won't be tarnishing your favorite show's name. The only reason I even watched GT is because maybe I held some little flickering light of hope within me that this show would be more like the original Dragonball's comedic adventures.
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