With Goku still getting the hang of mastering his Super Saiyan transformation in Cooler's Revenge, the 1991 film could feasibly take place in the three-year period between Goku's return to Earth and the arrival of the Androids. While the next wave of DBZВ films aren't considered canon, neither 1991's Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge nor 1993's Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound directly contradict the main series. RELATED: Dragon Ball Super: Future Babidi Is the Villain DBZ Deserved escaped during an anime-only filler arc, attempting to get his revenge before being exiled once again.

This placement in canon was further underscored when Garlic, Jr. successfully using the Dragon Balls to gain immortality before being exiled to the eponymous pocket dimension. 1989's Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone took place approximately a year before DBZ began with the villainous Garlic, Jr. While the four Dragon BallВ movies are all non-canon, either retelling or reimagining stories from the manga/anime depicting Goku's childhood, the first Dragon Ball Z anime film is generally considered canon. Often contradicting details from the main plot, many of the Dragon BallВ films are entertaining what-ifs rather than direct continuations.В However, there are several films that are considered canon or, at least, don't actively contradict the main story, leaving their canonicity up for debate. While the last film in the franchise, 2018's Dragon Ball Super: Broly, is canon to the overarching story, the vast majority ofВ the franchise's films are not. Toei Animation has confirmed that the next Dragon Ball SuperВ movie will have a panel at this year's likely dropping the first major details about the cinematic future of Akira Toriyama's perennially popular franchise.

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