Early American Dragon Ball/Z/GT movie releases were in a 4:3 aspect ratio. It gets even more confusing with the American DVD releases. All theatrically-release Dragon Ball/Z/GT movies were, indeed, cropped for their theatrical release, but animated from the beginning by Toei knowing they would be cropped. In other words, they were very careful in animating the movies, so that no details would be lost when cropping for a theatrical exhibition. Toei Animation originally animated the movies in a 4:3 aspect ratio (equivalent to the square-ish size of a typical old-style television set.) However, they intentionally animated the movies with the intention of being cropped, so as to fit onto Japanese theater screens. There is no simple answer to this question, but I shall do my best.
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