It was originally planned to run 98 episodes, however, due to the Tōhoku offshore earthquake and tsunami, the final episode of Dragon Ball Kai was not aired and the series ended on its 97th episode in Japan on March 27, 2011.
Pada awalnya direncanakan berjalan sebanyak 98 episode, akan tetapi oleh karena gempa bumi dan tsunami lepas pantai Tohoku, epsiode terakhir Dragon Ball Kai tidak ditayangkan dan seri ini berakhir di epsidenya yang ke-97 di Jepang pada 27 Maret 2011.