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How long does it take to watch Dragon Ball Z?

How long to watch Dragon Ball Z
about 116 hours
291 episodes, 1989 to 1996

Dragon Ball Z is 291 episodes and about 116 hours in its original Japanese broadcast. Dragon Ball Z Kai recuts the same story to 167 episodes and roughly 64 hours by removing filler and pacing padding — the same narrative in a bit over half the time, which is the clearest illustration on this list of how much a runtime figure depends on which version you mean. The American broadcast originally ran 276 episodes because of edits and combined instalments. Watching Z alone skips the 153 episodes of the original Dragon Ball.

The numbers

Total
4 days 20 hours
In hours
116 hours
Non-stop
4.9 days without sleeping
Covers
291 episodes, 1989 to 1996
At a realistic pace
an episode a day
That works out as
about 291 days

What this assumes

291 episodes at 24 minutes, the Japanese broadcast version.

Dragon Ball Z Kai tells the same story in 167 episodes, about 64 hours. The US broadcast originally counted 276 episodes.

Other anime

What How long
One Piece 19 days 12 hours
The Pokémon anime 20 days 21 hours
Naruto about 84 hours
Naruto: Shippuden 7 days 23 hours
All of Naruto, Shippuden and Boruto 16 days 4 hours
All of Dragon Ball 10 days 15 hours
Bleach about 163 hours
Attack on Titan about 37 hours
Death Note about 13 hours 34 minutes
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood about 25 hours 36 minutes
Hunter × Hunter (2011) about 59 hours
Demon Slayer about 25 hours 12 minutes

Common questions

How long does it take to watch Dragon Ball Z?
about 116 hours — 291 episodes, 1989 to 1996.
What does that assume?
291 episodes at 24 minutes, the Japanese broadcast version.
How long at a realistic pace?
an episode a day — about 291 days.

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Sources

  1. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked