Dragon Ball Filler List

• 153episodes
• 133manga canon
• 20filler
• 8hsaved

Dragon Ball filler arcs, and what to skip

One row per arc. Each square is an episode, in order. A crossed red square is filler; a solid one is manga. The stamp is our call: watch, optional (anime-only, but we'd keep it) or skip.

• Manga canon
• Filler

Dragon Ball filler that's actually good

Filler has a bad name, but some of it holds up. If you only keep a little, keep these.

• Fire Mountain finale

  Ep 149-153

  The show's last stretch: an anime-only adventure for Goku and Chi-Chi that gives Dragon Ball a real send-off before Z.

Dragon Ball: watch without filler

For this watch plan, keep these episodes in order. That's 133 episodes, about 53 hours. Mixed and anime canon episodes stay in. We also keep unresolved episodes until we can verify them.

1-29, 34-78, 84-126, 133-148

Crunchyroll and Netflix episode numbers

• Our numbers run straight through, 1 to 153.
• Some apps split Dragon Ball into seasons. If yours does, find the episode by its title or air date in the list below.

Dragon Ball filler questions

How many filler episodes are in Dragon Ball?

20 of its 153 episodes are filler, which is 13.1%. Skip only the episodes labelled filler and you get about 8 hours back.

Which Dragon Ball episodes are filler?

Episodes 30-33, 79-83, 127-132, 149-153. The arc sheet on this page shows where each block sits in the story.

How long does it take to watch Dragon Ball without filler?

Roughly 53 hours. Watching all 153 episodes takes about 61. We count 24 minutes per episode, so trimming openings and previews saves even more.

Is the Dragon Ball wedding arc filler?

Yes. Episodes 149 to 153, the Fire Mountain story with Goku and Chi-Chi, are anime-only. They are also the series finale, so many people watch them anyway.

Should I watch Dragon Ball before Dragon Ball Z?

If you want the whole story, yes. Z starts five years after the end of Dragon Ball, and Piccolo, Krillin and Tien all come from it. Skip the 20 filler episodes here and you lose about 8 hours.

Dragon Ball episode list: all 153

• Manga canonStraight from the manga. Watch it.
• FillerMade up for the anime. Skip it and the story still makes sense.

Where the labels come from

We use two source checks where available, plus cited manual reviews. The first checks the show's fan wiki, which lists the manga chapters each episode adapts. The second checks Wikipedia, mostly the Japanese episode lists, which mark episodes written for the anime. Matching anime-original signals give a provisional label of filler. If an episode has real manga scenes as well as invented ones, it's mixed. Episodes taken from official novels or one-shots are anime canon. When a check is missing or the sources disagree and a cited review does not settle it, we mark it needs review and leave it in your watch order. The verdicts on each arc (watch, optional, skip) are just our opinion.

• TVmaze episode data (CC BY-SA)
• Dragon Ball Wiki episode pages (CC BY-SA)
• Japanese Wikipedia: ドラゴンボール (アニメ) (CC BY-SA)

We combine these episode facts, renumber them into one continuous list and add our own labels. The episode data and tables on this page are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0; see credits and changes.

Reporting opens at launch. Sources updated Oct 31, 2026.

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• Boruto filler list 71% filler
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• Dragon Ball Z filler list 10.3% filler
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• Hunter x Hunter filler list 1.4% filler
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