Dragon Ball GT is coming to a close. And back in 1997, when these episodes were produced, that meant that Dragon Ball itself would end; Presumably,
forever. Dragon Ball GT, which was a barely passable sequel to DBZ up until this point, had the unenviable task of drawing to a close the biggest anime and manga series of all time. A task that, with their current track record of being mediocre at best and offensively terrible at worst, GT was almost certainly destined to fail.