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I always had this doubt about whether Dragon Ball GT was an official, canonical sequel of Dragon Ball Z or not. I know that Akira Toriyama helped in the development, but did he write any of it?

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Dragonball GT was not made by fans. It was made by Toei Animation with involvement from Akira Toriyama. According to this wiki, his involvement is outlined as:

Akira Toriyama is credited as author in the ending credits of Dragon Ball GT; he oversaw the series' production, this was the same process that was used during the production of the anime series Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. He drew a rough design for the GT logo, he designed the GT appearance of the series main cast, and he designed the appearances of Giru and the GT spaceship used in the Black Star Dragon Ball Saga. He also drew at least three color pictures of Goku, Pan, and Trunks adventuring on various planets (Monmaasu, Rudeeze, and an area in Hell).

Toriyama seems to have positive feelings towards his works' continuation, as he drew his own version of Super Saiyan 4 Goku (which was originally designed by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru) exclusively for the Dragon Box GT. Characters and events from GT have also been included in more recent Dragon Ball video games.

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Dragon Ball GT was produced by Toei Animation, one of the anime companies used to produce Dragon Ball Z.

Akira Toriyama did not write any of the episodes though, that's true. They're all fillers.

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@Morpheus: Correct, edited. – Madara Uchiha♦ Dec 13 '12 at 20:19
The US version from FUNimation is actually different for some reason. They removed the first 16 episodes and replaced them with their own exclusive ones. – Rapptz Dec 13 '12 at 20:20
@Rapptz: All the more reason not to watch it, IMHO. – Madara Uchiha♦ Dec 13 '12 at 20:21
Sadly i watched GT when i was little. – Washu Dec 13 '12 at 20:43
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Dragon Ball GT was produced by the same companies as Dragon Ball Z, so technically it can be considered a sequel.

However, there is one 'but': this is more of an OVA than an adaption of the manga; in fact, Dragon Ball GT was never a manga. So in anime terms: yes, Dragon Ball GT is the official sequel, but not in manga terms.

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The use of "OVA" here is totally off-topic. OVA stands for "Original Video Animation", not having anything to do with the adaptation or anything like that. – Ikzer Dec 13 '12 at 21:54

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