The BEST seasons of Dragon Ball Kai

Every season of Dragon Ball Kai ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Dragon Ball Kai!

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?

Last Updated: 5/11/2025Network: Fuji TVStatus: Ended
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8.14
28 votes

#1 - Season 2

First Aired 10/11/2009

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8.13
23 votes

#2 - Season 4

First Aired 10/24/2010

As 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!

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8.04
26 votes

#3 - Season 3

First Aired 4/18/2010

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7.74
288 votes

#4 - Season 1

First Aired 4/5/2009

After 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.

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7.41
17 votes

#5 - Season 6

First Aired 12/14/2014

Majin 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!

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7.18
17 votes

#6 - Season 5

First Aired 4/6/2014

In 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.