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Dragon Ball

January 17, 2023

This article is about the media franchise in general. For other uses, see Dragon Ball (disambiguation).

Dragon Ball (Japanese: ドラゴンボール, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru) is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters collected into 42 tankōbon volumes by its publisher Shueisha. Dragon Ball was originally inspired by the classical 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with elements of Hong Kong martial arts films. The series follows the adventures of protagonist Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts. He spends his childhood far from civilization until he meets a teen girl named Bulma, who encourages him to join her quest in exploring the world in search of the seven orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several other friends, becomes a family man, discovers his alien heritage, and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls.

Dragon Ball
Created byAkira Toriyama
Original workDragon Ball (1984–1995)
OwnerBird Studio/Shueisha
Years1984–present
Print publications
Book(s)Companion books
ComicsManga
Films and television
Film(s)List of films
Short film(s)
Animated series
Television special(s)
Direct-to-video
Games
Traditional
Video game(s)List of video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)List of soundtracks
Official website
https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/

Toriyama's manga was adapted and divided into two anime series produced by Toei Animation: Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, which together were broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1996. Additionally, the studio has developed 21 animated feature films and three television specials, as well as two anime sequel series titled Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997) and Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018). From 2009 to 2015, a revised version of Dragon Ball Z aired in Japan under the title Dragon Ball Kai, as a recut that follows the manga's story more faithfully by removing most of the material featured exclusively in the anime. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising based on the series leading to a large media franchise that includes films, both animated and live-action, collectible trading card games, numerous action figures, along with several collections of soundtracks and numerous video games. Dragon Ball has become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time.

Since its release, Dragon Ball has become one of the most successful manga and anime series of all time, with the manga sold in over 40 countries and the anime broadcast in more than 80 countries. The manga's 42 collected tankōbon volumes have over 160 million copies sold in Japan and 350 million copies sold worldwide,[1][2][3][4][5] making it one of the best-selling manga series. Reviewers have praised the art, characterization, and humor of the story. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential manga series ever made, with many manga artists citing Dragon Ball as a source of inspiration for their own now-popular works. The anime, particularly Dragon Ball Z, is also highly popular around the world and is considered one of the most influential in boosting the popularity of Japanese animation in Western culture. It has had a considerable impact on global popular culture, referenced by and inspiring numerous artists, athletes, celebrities, filmmakers, musicians and writers around the world.

Setting

See also: List of Dragon Ball characters

Earth, known as the Dragon World (ドラゴンワールド) and designated as "Planet 4032-877" by the celestial hierarchy, is the main setting for the entire Dragon Ball series, as well as related media such as Dr. Slump, Nekomajin, and Jaco the Galactic Patrolman. It is mainly inhabited by Earthlings (地球人, Chikyūjin), a term used inclusively to refer to all of the intelligent races native to the planet, including humans, anthropomorphic beings, and monsters. Starting from the Dragon Ball Z series, various extraterrestrial species such as the Saiyans (サイヤ人, Saiya-jin) and Namekians (ナメック星人, Namekku-seijin) have played a more prominent role in franchise media.

The narrative of Dragon Ball predominantly follows the adventures of the Saiyan Son Goku; upon meeting Bulma at the beginning of the series, the two embark on an adventure to gather the seven Dragon Balls, a set of orbs that summon the wish-granting dragon Shenlong.[ch. 1] Goku later receives martial arts training from Kame-Sen'nin, meets his lifelong friend Kuririn, and enters the "Strongest Under the Heavens" Martial Arts Tournament to fight the world's strongest warriors. When the Demon King Piccolo, and later his offspring Piccolo, tries to conquer the planet, Goku receives training from Earth's deities to defeat them. Goku later sacrifices his life to save the planet from his estranged brother Raditz,[ch. 205] but is revived after training in the afterlife under the tutelage of North Kaio to combat the other incoming Saiyans, Nappa and Vegeta. He later becomes a Super Saiyan and defeats the powerful alien tyrant Freeza; this sets the tone of the rest of the series, with each enemy the characters face becoming stronger than the last, requiring them to attain further training.

Dragon Ball Super establishes that the franchise is set in a multiverse[6] composed of twelve[N 1] numbered universes, with the majority of the Dragon Ball series taking place in Universe 7 (第７宇宙, Dai-Nana Uchū, lit. "Number Seven Universe"). Each universe is ruled by a number of benevolent and malevolent deities, respectively called Kaioshin and Gods of Destruction who are appointed by a higher being called the Grand Zeno, who watches over the multiverse.

Production

See also: List of Dragon Ball characters and Dragon Ball (manga) § Production
 
Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball

Akira Toriyama was a fan of Hong Kong martial arts films, particularly Bruce Lee films such as Enter the Dragon (1973) and Jackie Chan films such as Drunken Master (1978), and wanted to create a manga inspired by martial arts films.[7][8][9] This led to Toriyama creating the 1983 one-shot manga Dragon Boy, which he later redeveloped into Dragon Ball.[10] Toriyama loosely modeled the plot and characters of Dragon Ball on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West,[11][10] with Goku being Sun Wukong ("Son Goku" in Japanese), Bulma as Tang Sanzang, Oolong as Zhu Bajie, and Yamcha being Sha Wujing.[12] Toriyama wanted to create a story with the basic theme of Journey to the West, but with "a little kung fu"[13] by combining the novel with elements from the kung fu films of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.[14] The title Dragon Ball was inspired by Enter the Dragon and later Bruceploitation knockoff kung fu films which frequently had the word "Dragon" in the title,[7] and the fighting scenes were influenced by Jackie Chan movies.[15][12] Since it was serialized in a shōnen manga magazine, he added the idea of the Dragon Balls to give it a game-like activity of gathering something, without thinking of what the characters would wish for.[13] His concept of the Dragon Balls was inspired by the epic Japanese novel Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814–1842), which involves the heroes collecting eight Buddhist prayer beads, which Toriyama adapted into collecting seven Dragon Balls.[16][17]

He originally thought it would last about a year or end once the Dragon Balls were collected.[18] Toriyama stated that although the stories are purposefully easy to understand, he specifically aimed Dragon Ball at readers older than those of his previous serial Dr. Slump.[19] He also wanted to break from the Western influences common in Dr. Slump, deliberately going for Chinese scenery, referencing Chinese buildings and photographs of China his wife had bought.[20] Toriyama wanted to set Dragon Ball in a fictional world largely based on Asia, taking inspiration from several Asian cultures including Japanese, Chinese, South Asian, Central Asian, Arabic and Indonesian cultures.[21] The island where the Tenkaichi Budōkai (天下一武道会, lit. "Strongest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament") is held is modeled after Bali (in Indonesia), which he, his wife and assistant visited in mid-1985, and for the area around Bobbidi's spaceship he consulted photos of Africa.[20] Toriyama was also inspired by the jinn (genies) from The Arabian Nights.[22]

 
The Earth of Dragon Ball, as published in Daizenshuu 4: World Guide

During the early chapters of the manga, Toriyama's editor, Kazuhiko Torishima, commented that Goku looked rather plain, so to combat this he added several characters like Kame-Sen'nin and Kuririn, and created the Tenkaichi Budōkai martial arts tournament to focus the storyline on fighting. It was when the first Tenkaichi Budōkai began that Dragon Ball truly became popular, having recalled the races and tournaments in Dr. Slump.[12] Anticipating that readers would expect Goku to win the tournaments, Toriyama had him lose the first two while planning an eventual victory. This allowed for more character growth as the manga progressed. He said that Muscle Tower in the Red Ribbon Army storyline was inspired by the video game Spartan X (called Kung-Fu Master in the West), in which enemies appear very fast as the player ascends a tower (the game was in turn inspired by Jackie Chan's Wheels on Meals and Bruce Lee's Game of Death). He then created Piccolo Daimao as a truly evil villain, and as a result called that arc the most interesting to draw.[12]

Once Goku and company had become the strongest on Earth, they turned to extraterrestrial opponents including the Saiyans (サイヤ人, Saiya-jin); and Goku himself was retconned from an Earthling to a Saiyan who was sent to Earth as a baby.[23] Freeza, who forcibly took over planets to resell them, was created around the time of the Japanese economic bubble and was inspired by real estate speculators, whom Toriyama called the "worst kind of people."[12] Finding the escalating enemies difficult, he created the Ginyu Force to add more balance to the series. When Toriyama created the Super Saiyan (超 (スーパー)サイヤ人, Sūpā Saiya-jin) transformation during the Freeza arc, he was initially concerned that Goku's facial expressions as a Super Saiyan made him look like a villain, but decided it was acceptable since the transformation was brought about by anger.[24] Goku's Super Saiyan form has blonde hair because it was easier to draw for Toriyama's assistant (who spent a lot of time blacking in Goku's hair), and has piercing eyes based on Bruce Lee's paralyzing glare.[25] Dragon Ball Z anime character designer Tadayoshi Yamamuro also used Bruce Lee as a reference for Goku's Super Saiyan form, stating that, when he "first becomes a Super Saiyan, his slanting pose with that scowling look in his eyes is all Bruce Lee."[26] Toriyama later added time travel during the Cell arc, but said he had a hard time with it, only thinking of what to do that week and having to discuss it with his second editor Yu Kondo.[12] After Cell's death, Toriyama intended for Gohan to replace Goku as the series' protagonist, but later felt the character was not suited for the role and changed his mind.[12]

Going against the normal convention that the strongest characters should be the largest in terms of physical size, he designed many of Dragon Ball's most powerful characters with small statures, including the protagonist, Goku.[27] Toriyama later explained that he had Goku grow up as a means to make drawing fight scenes easier, even though his first editor Kazuhiko Torishima was initially against it because it was rare to have the main character of a manga series change drastically.[28] When including fights in the manga, Toriyama had the characters go to uninhabited locations to avoid difficulties in drawing residents and destroyed buildings.[20] Toriyama said that he did not plan the details of the story, resulting in strange occurrences and discrepancies later in the series, including changing the colors of the characters mid-story and few characters having screentone because he found it difficult to use.[15][13][18][29] Since the completion of Dragon Ball, Toriyama has continued to add to its story, mostly background information on its universe, through guidebooks published by Shueisha.

During the second half of the series, Toriyama has said that he had become more interested in coming up with the story than actually drawing it, and that the battles became more intense with him simplifying the lines.[15] In 2013, he stated that because Dragon Ball is an action manga the most important aspect is the sense of speed, so he did not draw very elaborate, going so far as to suggest one could say that he was not interested in the art.[28] He also once said that his goal for the series was to tell an "unconventional and contradictory" story.[27] In 2013, commenting on Dragon Ball's global success, Toriyama said, "Frankly, I don't quite understand why it happened. While the manga was being serialized, the only thing I wanted as I kept drawing was to make Japanese boys happy.", "The role of my manga is to be a work of entertainment through and through. I dare say I don't care even if [my works] have left nothing behind, as long as they have entertained their readers."[30]

Manga

Main article: Dragon Ball (manga)
 
Dragon Ball debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 51, on December 3, 1984 which is also considered to be highly sought after among fans and collectors.

Written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball was serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 3, 1984 to June 5, 1995,[31][32] when Toriyama grew exhausted and felt he needed a break from drawing. The 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha from September 10, 1985 through August 4, 1995.[33][34][35] Between December 4, 2002 and April 2, 2004, the chapters were re-released in a collection of 34 kanzenban volumes, which included a slightly rewritten ending, new covers, and color artwork from its Weekly Shōnen Jump run.[36][37] The February 2013 issue of V Jump, which was released in December 2012, announced that parts of the manga will be fully colored and re-released in 2013.[38] Twenty volumes, beginning from chapter 195 and grouped by story arcs, were released between February 4, 2013 and July 4, 2014.[39][40] Twelve volumes covering the first 194 chapters were published between January 4 and March 4, 2016.[41][42] A sōshūhen edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump with color pages, promotional text, and next chapter previews, was published in eighteen volumes between May 13, 2016 and January 13, 2017.[43][44]

Spin-offs

Another manga penned by Ōishi, the three-chapter Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock that revolves around Bardock, Goku's father, was published in the monthly magazine V Jump from August and October 2011.[45]

The final chapter of Toriyama's 2013 manga series Jaco the Galactic Patrolman revealed that it is set before Dragon Ball, with several characters making appearances.[46] Jaco's collected volumes contain a bonus Dragon Ball chapter depicting Goku's mother.[47]

In December 2016, a spin-off manga titled Dragon Ball Side Story: The Case of Being Reincarnated as Yamcha began in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ digital magazine. Written and illustrated by Dragon Garow Lee, it is about a high school boy who after an accident wakes up in the body of Yamcha in the Dragon Ball manga.[48]

Crossovers

Toriyama also created a short series, Neko Majin (1999–2005), that became a self-parody of Dragon Ball.[49] In 2006, a crossover between Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (or Kochikame) and Dragon Ball by Toriyama and Kochikame author Osamu Akimoto appeared in the Super Kochikame (超こち亀, Chō Kochikame) manga.[50] That same year, Toriyama teamed up with Eiichiro Oda to create a crossover chapter of Dragon Ball and One Piece titled Cross Epoch.[51]

Reception

Dragon Ball manga tankōbon volume estimated sales/circulation[a]
Market(s) Publisher Volume sales/circulation As of Ref
Japan Shueisha 160,000,000+ 2016 [52][53]
Overseas (40+ countries) 190,000,000[d] [54][55][56][57][58]
France Glénat Editions 35,000,000+ 2019 [59]
South Korea Seoul Cultural Publishers 22,400,000+[c] 2009 [61]
Spain Planeta deAgostini 20,000,000 2013 [62]
Italy Star Comics 16,000,000+ 2017 [63]
Hong Kong Culturecom 14,700,000+ 2022 [64]
China China Children's Press & Publication Group 10,000,000+[b] 2013 [66][67]
Taiwan Tong Li Publishing 10,000,000+[e] 2009 [68]
Germany Carlsen Verlag 8,000,000+ 2015 [69][70][71]
Brazil Conrad Editora 6,000,000 2002 [72]
United States Viz Media 2,185,000+ 2016 [73]
Denmark Carlsen Verlag 1,500,000+ 2007 [74][75]
Sweden Bonnier Carlsen 1,300,000 2006 [75]
Finland Sangatsu Manga 500,000 2009 [76][77]
Poland Japonica Polonica Fantastica 420,000+ 2008 [78]
United Kingdom Gollancz / Viz Media 78,554 2010 [79]
Vietnam Kim Đồng Publishing House 60,000+[f] 2009 [80]
Other Countries (24+ countries) 41,856,446[g] [81][82][83][84][85]
Worldwide 350,000,000[h]
Further information: Dragon Ball (manga) § Reception
See also: Weekly Shōnen Jump § Circulation figures

Dragon Ball is one of the most popular manga series of all time, and it continues to enjoy high readership today. Dragon Ball is credited as one of the main reasons manga circulation was at its highest between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s.[86][87] During Dragon Ball's initial run in Weekly Shōnen Jump, the manga magazine reached an average circulation of 6.53 million weekly sales, the highest in its history.[86][87][88] During Dragon Ball's serialisation between 1984 and 1995, Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine had a total circulation of over 2.9 billion copies,[89][i] with those issues generating an estimated ¥554 billion ($6.9 billion) in sales revenue.[i]

Dragon Ball also sold a record number of collected tankōbon volumes for its time. By 2000, more than 126 million tankōbon copies had been sold in Japan alone.[90] It sold over 150 million copies in Japan by 2008, making it the best-selling manga ever at the time.[91] By 2012, its sales in Japan had grown to pass 156 million, making it the second best-selling Weekly Shōnen Jump manga of all time, behind One Piece.[92] Dragon Ball's tankobon volumes sold 159.5 million copies in Japan by February 2014,[93] and have sold over 160 million copies in Japan as of 2016.[53]

The manga is similarly popular overseas, having been translated and released in over 40 countries worldwide.[94] The total number of tankōbon volumes sold have reached 350 million copies worldwide.[95][96][97][98][99] not including unofficial pirated copies; when including pirated copies, an estimated total of more than 400 million official and unofficial copies have been sold worldwide.[h][b][c]

For the 10th anniversary of the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006, Japanese fans voted Dragon Ball the third greatest manga of all time.[100] In a survey conducted by Oricon in 2007 among 1,000 people, Son Goku, the main character of the franchise, ranked first place as the "Strongest Manga Character of All Time."[101] Goku's journey and his ever-growing strength resulted in the character winning "the admiration of young boys everywhere".[11] Manga artists, such as One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda and Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto, have stated that Goku inspired their series' main protagonists as well as series structure.[102][103]

Manga critic Jason Thompson stated in 2011 that "Dragon Ball is by far the most influential shonen manga of the last 30 years, and today, almost every Shonen Jump artist lists it as one of their favorites and lifts from it in various ways."[104] He says the series "turns from a gag/adventure manga to an nearly-pure fighting manga",[104] and its basic formula of "lots of martial arts, lots of training sequences, a few jokes" became the model for other shōnen series, such as Naruto.[105] Thompson also called Toriyama's art influential and cited it as a reason for the series' popularity.[104] James S. Yadao, author of The Rough Guide to Manga, claims that the first several chapters of Dragon Ball "play out much like Saiyuki with Dr. Slump-like humour built in" and that Dr. Slump, Toriyama's previous manga, has a clear early influence on the series.[106] He feels the series "established its unique identity" after the first occasion when Goku's group disbands and he trains under Kame-sen'nin, when the story develops "a far more action-packed, sinister tone" with "wilder" battles with aerial and spiritual elements and an increased death count, while humor still makes an occasional appearance.[106] Yadao claims that an art shift occurs when the characters "lose the rounded, innocent look that he established in Dr. Slump and gain sharper angles that leap off the page with their energy and intensity."[107]

Animerica felt the series had "worldwide appeal", using dramatic pacing and over-the-top martial arts action to "maintain tension levels and keep a crippler crossface hold on the audience's attention spans".[108] In Little Boy: The Art of Japan's Exploding Subculture, Takashi Murakami commented that Dragon Ball's "never-ending cyclical narrative moves forward plausibly, seamlessly, and with great finesse."[90] Ridwan Khan from Animefringe.com commented that the manga had a "chubby" art style, but as the series continued the characters got more refined, leaner, and more muscular. Khan prefers the manga over the slow pacing of the anime counterparts.[109] Allen Divers of Anime News Network praised the story and humor of the manga as being very good at conveying all of the characters' personalities. Divers also called Viz's translation one of the best of all the English editions of the series due to its faithfulness to the original Japanese.[110] D. Aviva Rothschild of Rationalmagic.com remarked the first manga volume as "a superior humor title". They praised Goku's innocence and Bulma's insistence as one of the funniest parts of the series.[111]

The content of the manga has been controversial in the United States. In November 1999, Toys "R" Us removed Viz's Dragon Ball from their stores nationwide when a Dallas parent complained the series had "borderline soft porn" after he bought them for his four-year-old son.[112] Commenting on the issue, Susan J. Napier explained it as a difference in culture.[112] After the ban, Viz reluctantly began to censor the series to keep wide distribution.[113] However, in 2001, after releasing three volumes censored, Viz announced Dragon Ball would be uncensored and reprinted due to fan reactions.[113] In October 2009, Wicomico County Public Schools in Maryland banned the Dragon Ball manga from their school district because it "depicts nudity, sexual contact between children and sexual innuendo among adults and children."[112]

Anime

Main article: List of Dragon Ball anime

Additionally, Dragon Ball is an anime television metaseries. Dragon Ball (1986-89), Dragon Ball Z (1989-96), and Dragon Ball Super (2015-18) are set in a uniform main continuity, while Dragon Ball GT (1996-97), and Super Dragon Ball Heroes (since 2018) explore several alternate continuities.

Dragon Ball

Main article: Dragon Ball (TV series)
Further information: List of Dragon Ball episodes

Toei Animation produced an anime television series based on the first 194 manga chapters, also titled Dragon Ball. The series premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on February 26, 1986 and ran until April 19, 1989, lasting 153 episodes.[10] It is broadcast in 81 countries worldwide.[114]

Dragon Ball Z

Main article: Dragon Ball Z
Further information: List of Dragon Ball Z episodes

Instead of continuing the anime as Dragon Ball, Toei Animation decided to carry on with their adaptation under a new name and asked Akira Toriyama to come up with the title. Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ(ゼット), Doragon Bōru Zetto, commonly abbreviated as DBZ) picks up five years after the first series left off and adapts the final 325 chapters of the manga. It premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on April 26, 1989, taking over its predecessor's time slot, and ran for 291 episodes until its conclusion on January 31, 1996.[10] Two television specials based on the Z series were aired on Fuji TV in Japan. The first, The One True Final Battle ~The Z Warrior Who Challenged Frieza – Son Goku's Father~, renamed Bardock – The Father of Goku by Funimation, was shown on October 17, 1990. The second special, Defiance in the Face of Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors: Gohan and Trunks, renamed The History of Trunks by Funimation, is based on a special chapter of the original manga and aired on February 24, 1993.

Dragon Ball GT

Main article: Dragon Ball GT
Further information: List of Dragon Ball GT episodes

Dragon Ball GT (ドラゴンボールGT(ジーティー), Doragon Bōru Jī Tī, G(rand) T(ouring)[115]) premiered on Fuji TV on February 7, 1996 and ran until November 19, 1997 for 64 episodes.[10] Unlike the first two anime series, it is not based on Akira Toriyama's original Dragon Ball manga,[116] being created by Toei Animation as a sequel to the series or as Toriyama called it, a "grand side story of the original Dragon Ball."[115] Toriyama designed the main cast, the spaceship used in the show, the design of three planets, and came up with the title and logo. In addition to this, Toriyama also oversaw production of the series, just as he had for the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime. The television special episode, Goku's Side Story! The Proof of his Courage is the Four-Star Ball, or A Hero's Legacy as Funimation titled it for their dub, aired on March 26, 1997, between episodes 41 and 42, serving as a kind of precursor to the epilogue to the series shown at the end of episode 64.

Dragon Ball Z Kai

Main article: List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes

In February 2009, Dragon Ball Z celebrated its 20th anniversary, with Toei Animation announcing that it would broadcast a re-edited and remastered version of the Dragon Ball Z anime under the name Dragon Ball Kai (ドラゴンボール改, Doragon Bōru Kai, lit. "Dragon Ball Revised"). The footage would be re-edited to follow the manga more closely, eliminating scenes and episodes which were not featured in the original manga, resulting in a more faithful adaptation, as well as in a faster-moving, and more focused story.[117] The episodes were remastered for HDTV, with rerecording of the vocal tracks by most of the original cast, and featuring updated opening and ending sequences. On April 5, 2009, the series premiered in Japan airing in Fuji TV.[118][119] Dragon Ball Z Kai reduced the episode count to 159 episodes (167 episodes internationally), from the original footage of 291 episodes. Damaged frames were removed, resulting in some minor shots being remade from scratch in order to fix cropping, and others to address continuity issues.[120] The majority of the international versions, including Funimation Entertainment's English dub, are titled Dragon Ball Z Kai.[121][122]

Dragon Ball Super

Main article: Dragon Ball Super
Further information: List of Dragon Ball Super episodes

On April 28, 2015, Toei Animation announced Dragon Ball Super (ドラゴンボール超, Doragon Bōru Sūpā), the first all-new Dragon Ball television series to be released in 18 years. It debuted on July 5 and ran as a weekly series at 9:00 am on Fuji TV on Sundays until its series finale on March 25, 2018 after 131 episodes.[123] Masako Nozawa reprises her roles as Goku, Gohan, and Goten. Most of the original cast reprise their roles as well.[124][125] Koichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita also reprise their roles, as Beerus and Whis, respectively.[125]

The story of the anime is set four years after the defeat of Majin Buu, when the Earth has become peaceful once again. Akira Toriyama is credited as the original creator, as well for "original story & character design concepts."[126] It is also being adapted into a parallel manga.[127]

Super Dragon Ball Heroes

Main article: Super Dragon Ball Heroes (anime)
Further information: List of Super Dragon Ball Heroes episodes and Dragon Ball Heroes

In 2018, an anime to promote the Super Dragon Ball Heroes card and video game series was announced with a July 1 premiere.[128] The series' announcement included a brief synopsis:

Trunks returns from the future to train with Goku and Vegeta. However, he abruptly vanishes. The mysterious man "Fu" suddenly appears, telling them that Trunks has been locked up on the "Prison Planet", a mysterious facility in an unknown location between universes. The group searches for the Dragon Balls to free Trunks, but an unending super battle awaits them! Will Goku and the others manage to rescue Trunks and escape the Prison Planet?

Other installments

The short film Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! was created for the Jump Super Anime Tour,[129] which celebrated Weekly Shōnen Jump's 40th anniversary, and debuted on September 21, 2008. A short animated adaptation of Naho Ōishi's Bardock spinoff manga, Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock, was shown on December 17–18, 2011 at the Jump Festa 2012 event.[130]

A two-episode original video animation (OVA) titled Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans was created in 1993 as strategy guides for the Famicom video game of the same name.[131] A remake titled Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans was created as a bonus feature for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2, which was released on November 11, 2010.[132]

A two-part hour-long crossover special between Dragon Ball Z, One Piece and Toriko, referred to as Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! aired on April 7, 2013.[133]

Reception

The anime adaptations have also been very well-received and are better known in the Western world than the manga, with Anime News Network saying, "Few anime series have mainstreamed it the way Dragon Ball Z has. To a certain generation of television consumers its characters are as well known as any in the animated realm, and for many it was the first step into the wilderness of anime fandom."[134] In a survey conducted by Oricon, "Japanese anime that I think is world-class" and "world-class Manga & Anime" "Dragon Ball" was selected as No. 1 with an overwhelming number of votes in both surveys[135][136].In 2000, satellite TV channel Animax together with Brutus, a men's lifestyle magazine, and Tsutaya, Japan's largest video rental chain, conducted a poll among 200,000 fans on the top anime series, with Dragon Ball coming in fourth.[137] "Dragon Ball" won first place in the "100 Best Anime in Japan that has advanced to the world" questionnaire on TV Asahi 's " Decision! This is Japan's Best ".[138] TV Asahi conducted two polls in 2005 on the Top 100 Anime, Dragon Ball came in second in the nationwide survey conducted with multiple age-groups and in third in the online poll.[139][140]

Dragon Ball is one of the most successful franchises in animation history.[141] The anime series is broadcast in more than 80 countries worldwide.[114] In Japan, the first sixteen anime films up until Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) sold 50 million tickets and grossed over ¥40 billion ($501 million) at the box office, in addition to selling over 500,000 home video units, by 1996.[142][143] Later DVD releases of the Dragon Ball anime series have topped Japan's sales charts on several occasions.[144][145] In the United States, the anime series sold over 25 million DVD units by January 2012,[146] and has sold more than 30 million DVD and Blu-ray units as of 2017.[141] In Latin America, public screenings of the Dragon Ball Super finale in 2018 filled public spaces and stadiums in cities across the region, including stadiums holding tens of thousands of spectators.[147]

Dragon Ball Z also proved to be a rating success in the United States, outperforming top shows such as Friends and The X-Files in some parts of the country in sweeps ratings during its first season.[148] The premiere of season three of Dragon Ball Z in 1999, done by Funimation's in-house dub, was the highest-rated program ever at the time on Cartoon Network.[149] In 2002, in the week ending September 22, Dragon Ball Z was the #1 program of the week on all of television with tweens 9-14, boys 9-14 and men 12-24, with the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday telecasts of Dragon Ball Z ranked as the top three programs in all of television, broadcast or cable, for delivery of boys 9-14.[150] Dragon ball GT has also had high ratings[151] In 2001, it was reported that the official website of Dragon Ball Z recorded 4.7 million hits per day and included 500,000+ registered fans.[152] Dragon Ball Z topped the Lycos 50 list of 'most searched' items for the second consecutive year -- the first time that any topic has ever been able to repeat its dominance over a two-year period.[153] Dragon Ball ranked second overall in the search number ranking for the past 10 years released by LYCOS in 2005.[154] and ranked 3rd in Yahoo! in 2002 with Playstation 2 topping the list[155] Even after it ended, the "Dragon Ball" series continues to maintain a high level of popularity, surpassing that of new anime, and is also often being rebroadcast, making the "Dragon Ball" series Funimation's most important anime license[156] The audience rating of the first Dragon ball Kai episode on Nicktoons is the highest since the station opened[157]

Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network summed up Dragon Ball as "an action-packed tale told with rare humor and something even rarer—a genuine sense of adventure."[158] Both Kimlinger and colleague Theron Martin noted Funimation's reputation for drastic alterations of the script, but praised the dub.[158][159] However, some critics and most fans of the Japanese version have been more critical with Funimation's English dub and script of Dragon Ball Z over the years. Jeffrey Harris of IGN criticized the voices, including how Freeza's appearance combined with the feminine English voice left fans confused about Freeza's gender.[160] Carlos Ross of T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews considered the series' characters to be different from stereotypical stock characters and noted that they undergo much more development.[161] Despite praising Dragon Ball Z for its cast of characters, they criticized it for having long and repetitive fights.[162]

Dragon Ball Z is well-known, and often criticized, for its long, repetitive, dragged-out fights that span several episodes, with Martin commenting "DBZ practically turned drawing out fights into an art form."[163] However, Jason Thompson of io9 explained that this comes from the fact that the anime was being created alongside the manga.[164] Dragon Ball Z was listed as the 78th best animated show in IGN's Top 100 Animated Series,[165] and was also listed as the 50th greatest cartoon in Wizard magazine's Top 100 Greatest Cartoons list.[166]

Harris commented that Dragon Ball GT "is downright repellent", mentioning that the material and characters had lost their novelty and fun. He also criticized the GT character designs of Trunks and Vegeta as being goofy.[160] Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network also gave negative comments about GT, mentioning that the fights from the series were "a very simple childish exercise" and that many other anime were superior. The plot of Dragon Ball GT has also been criticized for giving a formula that was already used in its predecessors.[167]

Other media

See also: List of Dragon Ball films

Anime films

Twenty animated theatrical films based on the Dragon Ball series have been released in Japan. The most recent films, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013), Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015), Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022), were produced as full-length feature films and were given stand-alone theatrical releases in Japan (as well as limited theatrical releases in the U.S.). They've also been the first movies to have original creator Akira Toriyama deeply involved in their production; Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' were remade into the first and second arcs of the Dragon Ball Super anime, which told the same stories as the two films in expanded detail.[168][169] The 1996 feature film, Dragon Ball: The Path to Power, was also a full-length theatrical release with a running time of 80 minutes, and was produced to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the anime as a re-imagining of the first few arcs of the series.

All previous films were mostly below feature length (around 45–60 minutes each), making them only slightly longer than one or two episodes of the TV series; this is due to them being originally shown as back-to-back presentations alongside other Toei film productions. These films are also mostly alternate re-tellings of certain story arcs (like The Path to Power), or extra side-stories that do not correlate with the continuity of the series. The first three films, along with The Path to Power, are based on the original Dragon Ball anime series. The remaining thirteen older films are based on Dragon Ball Z. The first five films were shown at the Toei Manga Festival (東映まんがまつり, Tōei Manga Matsuri), while the sixth through seventeenth films were shown at the Toei Anime Fair (東映アニメフェア, Toei Anime Fea).

Live-action film

An American live-action film titled Dragonball Evolution was produced by 20th Century Fox after it acquired the feature film rights to the Dragon Ball franchise in March 2002. Previous to the film, two unofficial live-action films had been produced decades prior. The first was a Korean film titled Dragon Ball: Ssawora Son Goku, Igyeora Son Goku (드래곤볼 싸워라 손오공 이겨라 손오공; Deulaegonbol Ssawola Son Ogong Igyeola Son Ogong; lit. Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku), while the second was a Taiwanese film titled Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (新七龍珠; Xīn qī lóng zhū), which was also dubbed in English.[170][171] The film was directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow, it was released in the United States on April 10, 2009.[171][172] The film was meant to lead into sequels,[173][174] which were cancelled, after the film flopped at the box office and became universally heralded as one of the worst adaptations of all time, being considered by the fans as being unfaithful to the source material.[175] Franchise creator Akira Toriyama also criticized the film adding he was completely left out of the creative process, despite having himself offered to help, going as far as saying: "the result was a movie, I couldn't even call Dragon Ball".[176] Years after its release, the writer of the film, Ben Ramsey, released a public apology in which he admitted to have written the film "chasing for a payday" instead of "as a fan of the franchise".[177][178]

With the news of 20th Century Fox selling itself, its assets; which include the film rights to the Dragon Ball franchise, will now be owned by its purchaser, The Walt Disney Company.[179] Jackie Chan had openly expressed interest in adapting the series into a live action movie.[180]

Theme park attractions

"Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4D" debuted at Universal Studios Japan in the summer of 2016. It features a battle between Goku and Freeza. Unlike most Dragon Ball animation, the attraction is animated with CGI. A second attraction titled "Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai" debuted at Universal Studios Japan in the summer of 2017, which featured a battle between the heroes and Broly.

Video games

See also: List of Dragon Ball video games
 
A Dragon Ball Z arcade conversion kit that includes the PCB, instructions and operator's manual

The Dragon Ball franchise has spawned multiple video games across various genres and platforms. Earlier games of the series included a system of card battling and were released for the Famicom following the storyline of the series.[181] Starting with the Super Famicom and Mega Drive, most of the games were from the fighting genre or RPG (Role Playing Game), such as the Super Butoden series.[182] The first Dragon Ball game to be released in the United States was Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout for the PlayStation in 1997.[183] For the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable games the characters were redone in 3D cel-shaded graphics. These games included the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series and the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi series.[184][185] Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit was the first game of the franchise developed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[186] Dragon Ball Xenoverse was the first game of the franchise developed for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[187][188] A massively multiplayer online role-playing game called Dragon Ball Online was available in Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan until the servers were shut down in 2013.[189] A few years later fans started recreating the game. Today, "Dragon Ball Online Global" is a new, European version of Dragon Ball Online and it is being developed, while open beta server is running.[190]

The mobile game Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle (2015) has received over 350 million downloads worldwide, as of 2021.[191] A notable recent release is Dragon Ball FighterZ (2018), a fighting game developed by Arc System Works. The game received massive fan and critical acclaim for its fast paced frantic 3v3 battles and great visuals, also winning Best Fighting Game of 2018 at The Game Awards[192] and many other awards and other nominations. It also has a large eSports scene, where it is one of the most popular fighting games.[147] It also did very well commercially, selling 4 million units across all platforms.[193]

Merchandise

Dragon Ball merchandise sales
Period Retail sales Notes Ref
1989 to 2011 $5 billion Dragon Ball Z merchandise [194]
January 2012 to March 2012 ¥2.7 billion ($34 million) Bandai Namco toys only [195][196]
April 2012 to March 2013 ¥4.8 billion ($60 million) Bandai Namco toys only [197]
April 2013 to March 2014 ¥6.4 billion ($66 million)
April 2014 to March 2015 ¥5.8 billion ($55 million) Bandai Namco toys only [198]
April 2015 to March 2017 ¥21.9 billion ($201 million) Bandai Namco toys only [199][200]
April 2017 to December 2018 ¥29.7 billion ($269 million) Bandai Namco toys only [201][196]
2019 $1.95 billion+ Licensed merchandise [202]
January 2020 to December 2020 ¥15 billion ($146 million) Bandai Namco toys only [196][203]
Total known sales $7.781 billion+

In 1994, the licensee Bandai earned $140 million annually from sales of licensed Dragon Ball toys, video games and other character goods in Japan.[204] In 1996, Dragon Ball Z grossed $2.95 billion in merchandise sales worldwide.[205] As of early 1996, more than 100 companies outside Japan applied for character goods .[206]Bandai sold over 2 billion Dragon Ball Carddass cards in Japan by 1998,[207] and over 1 million Dragon Stars figurines in the Americas and Europe as of 2018.[208] In 2000, Burger King sponsored a toy promotion to distribute 20 million Dragon Ball Z figurines across North America.[209] By 2011, the franchise had generated $5 billion in merchandise sales.[194] In 2012, the franchise grossed ¥7.67 billion ($96.13 million) from licensed merchandise sales in Japan.[210]

Soundtracks

See also: List of Dragon Ball soundtracks

Myriad soundtracks were released in the anime, movies and the games. The music for the first two anime Dragon Ball and Z and its films was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi, while the music from GT was composed by Akihito Tokunaga and the music from Kai was composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Norihito Sumitomo. For the first anime, the soundtracks released were Dragon Ball: Music Collection in 1985 and Dragon Ball: Complete Song Collection in 1991, although they were reissued in 2007 and 2003, respectively.[211] For the second anime, the soundtrack series released were Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection Series. It was produced and released by Columbia Records of Japan from July 21, 1989 to March 20, 1996 the show's entire lifespan. On September 20, 2006 Columbia re-released the Hit Song Collection on their Animex 1300 series.[212][213] Other CDs released are compilations, video games and films soundtracks as well as music from the English versions.[214]

Companion books

 
Cover of Dragon Ball: The Complete Illustrations

There have been numerous companion books to the Dragon Ball franchise. Chief among these are the Daizenshuu (大全集) series, comprising seven hardback main volumes and three supplemental softcover volumes, covering the manga and the first two anime series and their theatrical films. The first of these, Dragon Ball: The Complete Illustrations (Daizenshuu volume 1), first published in Japan in 1995, is the only one that was released in English, being printed in 2008 by Viz Media.[215] It contains all 264 colored illustrations Akira Toriyama drew for the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazines' covers, bonus giveaways and specials, and all the covers for the 42 tankōbon. It also includes an interview with Toriyama on his work process. The remainder have never been released in English, and all are now out of print in Japan. From February 4 to May 9, 2013, condensed versions of the Daizenshuu with some updated information were released as the four-volume Chōzenshū (超全集) series.[38] For Dragon Ball GT, the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files were released in May and December 1997 by Shueisha's Jump Comics Selection imprint. They include series information, illustration galleries, behind-the-scenes information, and more. They were out of print for many years, but were re-released in April 2006 (accompanying the Japanese DVD release of Dragon Ball GT) and this edition is still in print.[216][217]

Coinciding with the 34-volume kanzenban re-release of the manga, and the release of the entire series on DVD for the first time in Japan, four new guidebooks were released in 2003 and 2004. Dragon Ball Landmark and Dragon Ball Forever cover the manga, using volume numbers for story points that reference the kanzenban release,[218][219] while Dragon Ball: Tenkaichi Densetsu (ドラゴンボール 天下一伝説) and Dragon Ball Z: Son Goku Densetsu (ドラゴンボールZ 孫悟空伝説) cover the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime, respectively.[220][221] Much of the material in these books is reused from the earlier Daizenshuu volumes, but they include new textual material including substantial interviews with the creator, cast and production staff of the series. Son Goku Densetsu in particular showcases previously-unpublished design sketches of Goku's father Bardock, drawn by character designer Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru prior to creator Akira Toriyama's revisions that resulted in the final version.

Following the release of Dragon Ball Kai in Japan, four new guidebooks were released: the two-volume Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide (ドラゴンボール 超エキサイティングガイド) in 2009, covering the manga,[222][223] and two-volume Dragon Ball: Extreme Battle Collection (ドラゴンボール　極限バトルコレクション) in 2010, covering the anime series.[224][225] Despite the TV series airing during this time being Kai, the Extreme Battle Collection books reference the earlier Z series in content and episode numbers. These books also include new question-and-answer sessions with Akira Toriyama, revealing a few new details about the world and characters of the series. 2010 also saw the release of a new artbook, Dragon Ball: Anime Illustrations Guide – The Golden Warrior (ドラゴンボール アニメイラスト集 「黄金の戦士」); a sort of anime-counterpart to the manga-oriented Complete Illustrations, it showcases anime-original illustrations and includes interviews with the three principal character designers for the anime. Each of the Japanese "Dragon Box" DVD releases of the series and movies, which were released from 2003 to 2006, as well as the Blu-ray boxed sets of Dragon Ball Kai, released 2009 to 2011, come with a Dragon Book guide that contains details about the content therein. Each also contains a new interview with a member of the cast or staff of the series. These books have been reproduced textually for Funimation's release of the Dragon Ball Z Dragon Box sets from 2009 to 2011.

Collectible cards

See also: Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game

Collectible cards based on the Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT series have been released by Bandai. These cards feature various scenes from the manga and anime stills, plus exclusive artwork from all three series. Bandai released the first set in the United States in July 2008.[226]

Tabletop role-playing game

Cultural impact

Since its debut, Dragon Ball has had a considerable impact on global popular culture.[147][229] In 2015, the Japan Anniversary Association officially declared May 9 as "Goku Day" (悟空の日, Gokū no Hi); in Japanese, the numbers five and nine can be pronounced as "Go" and "Ku".[230] It is similarly influential in international popular culture across other parts of the world.[147] In the Philippines, a children's musical titled Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z: Myth, Magic, Music, was staged in June 1996.[231] Dragon Ball is widely referenced in American popular culture, from television and music to celebrities and athletes, and the show has been celebrated with Goku making an appearance at the 2018, 2019, and 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parades, and with Dragon Ball murals appearing in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Kansas City and Denver.[229]

Dragon Ball is also immensely popular in other regions of the world, such as Latin America, where public screenings of the Dragon Ball Super finale in 2018 filled public spaces and stadiums in cities across the region, including stadiums holding tens of thousands of spectators.[147] Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier or "Knight" of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in May 2019 for his contributions to the arts, particularly for Dragon Ball which has been credited with popularizing manga in France.[232][233]

Vegeta's quote "It's Over 9000!" from the Saiyan Saga in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z is a popular internet meme.[234] Goku has been identified as a superhero,[235][236] as well as Gohan with his Great Saiyaman persona.[237] Motorola's Freescale DragonBall and DragonBall EZ/VZ microcontroller processors, released in 1995, are named after Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, respectively.[238]

Comics and animation

Further information: Dragon Ball (manga) § Legacy and cultural impact

Dragon Ball has been cited as inspiration across various different media. Dragon Ball is credited with setting trends for popular shōnen manga and anime since the 1980s, with manga critic Jason Thompson in 2011 calling it "by far the most influential shōnen manga of the last 30 years." Successful shōnen manga authors such as Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), Tite Kubo (Bleach), Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail) and Kentaro Yabuki (Black Cat) have cited Dragon Ball as an influence on their own now popular works. According to Thompson, "almost every Shonen Jump artist lists it as one of their favorites and lifts from it in various ways."[104]

Ian Jones-Quartey, a producer of the American animated series Steven Universe, is a fan of Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump, and uses Toriyama's vehicle designs as a reference for his own. He also stated that "We're all big Toriyama fans on [Steven Universe], which kind of shows a bit."[239] Comic book artist André Lima Araújo cited Dragon Ball, along with several other manga and anime, as a major influence on his work, which includes Marvel comics such as Age of Ultron, Avengers A.I., Spider-Verse and The Inhumans.[240] Filipino comic artist Dexter Soy, who has worked on Marvel and DC comics such as Captain America, cited Dragon Ball as a major inspiration.[241] Tony Stark: Iron Man #11 (2019) makes references to Dragon Ball Z, including Miles Morales as Spider-Man referencing the Super Saiyan transformation.[242]

Film and television

In December 1990, an unofficial live-action Korean film adaptation Dragon Ball: Ssawora Son Goku, Igyeora Son Goku was released.[243][244] Another unofficial live-action film adaptation of the series, Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins, was released in Taiwan in November 1991,[10] and was later released in 2007 as an "Ultimate Edition," with new effects added à la Star Wars.

Action film star Jackie Chan is a fan of the franchise, and said Goku is his favorite Dragon Ball character. In 1995, Chan had expressed some interest in adapting Dragon Ball into a film, but said it would require "a lot of amazing special effects and an enormous budget."[245] Later in 2013, Toriyama said his ideal live-action Goku would have been a young Jackie Chan, stating that "nobody could play Goku but him."[246]

The Matrix franchise echoes Dragon Ball Z in several action scenes, including the climactic fights of the 2003 films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.[247] Filipino-American film storyboard artist Jay Oliva has cited Dragon Ball as a major inspiration on his work, particularly the action scenes of 2013 Superman film Man of Steel, which launched the DC Extended Universe.[248] Several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have also been visually influenced by Dragon Ball Z. Erik Killmonger's battle armour in Black Panther (2018) bears a resemblance to Vegeta's battle armour,[249][250] which actor Michael B. Jordan (himself a Dragon Ball fan) said may have inspired Killmonger's battle armor.[251] The fiery look of Carol Danvers' Binary powers in Captain Marvel (2019) also drew some influence from Dragon Ball Z.[252] In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Katy refers to one of Shang-Chi's techniques as a "Kamehameha fireball";[253] the film's director Destin Daniel Cretton cited Dragon Ball Z as an inspiration behind the film's climactic fight scene.[254]

A key characteristic that set Dragon Ball Z (and later other anime shows) apart from American television shows at the time was a serialization format, where a continuous story arc stretches over multiple episodes or seasons. Traditional American television had an episodic format, with each episode typically consisting of a self-contained story, whereas Dragon Ball Z and later anime shows had a serialization format where continuous story arcs stretch over multiple episodes or seasons. Serialization has since also become a common characteristic of American streaming television shows during the "Peak TV" era.[255]

Music and sports

Dragon Ball has been channeled and referenced by numerous musicians. It is popular in the hip hop community, and has been referenced in numerous hip hop songs by rappers and artists such as Chris Brown, Chance the Rapper, Big Sean, Lil Uzi Vert, G-Mo Skee, The Weeknd, Childish Gambino,[229] Denzel Curry, Thundercat, B.o.B, Soulja Boy,[256] Drake,[257] Frank Ocean, and Sese.[258] Mark Sammut of TheGamer notes that Gohan occasionally performs the dab move (as The Great Saiyaman), decades before it became a popular hip-hop dance move in American popular culture.[259]

Numerous athletes have also channeled and referenced Dragon Ball, including NBA basketball players such as Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox, Chicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen, Golden State Warriors player Jordan Bell, and Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, American football NFL stars such as Cleveland Browns players Darren Fells and David Njoku, mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey,[229] and WWE wrestlers such as The New Day.[260][261] Japanese kickboxer Panchan Rina took her nickname from the Dragon Ball character Pan.[262] Japanese mixed martial artist Itsuki Hirata is nicknamed "Android 18" due to her resembling the Dragon Ball character.[263] Canadian mixed martial artist Carlos Newton dubbed his fighting style "Dragon Ball Jiu-Jitsu" in tribute to the series.[264] Other mixed martial artists inspired by Dragon Ball include Kana Watanabe, Yushin Okami, Yoshihiro Akiyama and Yuya Wakamatsu.[265][266] The French group Yamakasi cited Dragon Ball as an influence on their development of parkour, inspired by how the heroes attain extraordinary abilities through hard work.[267]

Video games

The producer of the Tekken video game series, Katsuhiro Harada, said that Dragon Ball was one of the first works to visually depict chi and thereby influenced numerous Japanese video games, especially fighting games such as Tekken and Street Fighter.[268] Masaaki Ishikawa, art director of the video game Arms, said that its art style was largely influenced by Dragon Ball and Akira.[269] French video game designer Éric Chahi also cited Dragon Ball as an influence on his 1991 cinematic platformer Another World.[270] Other video game industry veterans who were inspired by Dragon Ball include Suda51, SWERY, Insomniac Games, Nina Freeman, Heart Machine, Iron Galaxy, and Mega64.[268]

Notes

  1. ^ Tankōbon volume sales/circulation of original Dragon Ball manga.
  2. ^ a b c d Additionally, more than 100 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in China, as of 2005.[65]
  3. ^ a b c d Additionally, more than 30 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in South Korea, as of 2014.[60]
  4. ^ Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies. When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea,[b][c] an estimated total of approximately 250 million official and unofficial copies have been sold overseas.
  5. ^ Does not include pirated copies
  6. ^ 60,000 copies sold annually in Vietnam, as of 2009.[80]
  7. ^ Some sources say that Dragon Ball has sold 350 million copies and that it has been translated in over 40 countries.
  8. ^ a b Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies. When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea,[b][c] an estimated total of more than 470 million official and unofficial copies have been sold worldwide.
  9. ^ a b See Weekly Shōnen Jump § Circulation figures

Footnotes

  1. ^ Originally there were eighteen universes, but six of them were since erased by Zeno, a supreme deity.

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dragon, ball, this, article, about, media, franchise, general, other, uses, disambiguation, japanese, ドラゴンボール, hepburn, doragon, bōru, japanese, media, franchise, created, akira, toriyama, 1984, initial, manga, written, illustrated, toriyama, serialized, weekl. This article is about the media franchise in general For other uses see Dragon Ball disambiguation Dragon Ball Japanese ドラゴンボール Hepburn Doragon Bōru is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984 The initial manga written and illustrated by Toriyama was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995 with the 519 individual chapters collected into 42 tankōbon volumes by its publisher Shueisha Dragon Ball was originally inspired by the classical 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West combined with elements of Hong Kong martial arts films The series follows the adventures of protagonist Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts He spends his childhood far from civilization until he meets a teen girl named Bulma who encourages him to join her quest in exploring the world in search of the seven orbs known as the Dragon Balls which summon a wish granting dragon when gathered Along his journey Goku makes several other friends becomes a family man discovers his alien heritage and battles a wide variety of villains many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls Dragon BallCreated byAkira ToriyamaOriginal workDragon Ball 1984 1995 OwnerBird Studio ShueishaYears1984 presentPrint publicationsBook s Companion booksComicsMangaFilms and televisionFilm s List of filmsShort film s Yo Son Goku and His Friends Return 2008 Episode of Bardock 2011 Animated seriesList of anime Dragon Ball 1986 1989 Dragon Ball Z 1989 1996 Dragon Ball GT 1996 1997 Dragon Ball Z Kai 2009 2011 2014 2015 Dragon Ball Super 2015 2018 Super Dragon Ball Heroes 2018 present Television special s Bardock The Father of Goku 1990 The History of Trunks 1993 A Hero s Legacy 1997 Direct to videoPlan to Eradicate the Saiyans 1993 Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans 2010 GamesTraditionalCarddass Dragon Ball Z The Anime Adventure Game Dragon Ball Collectible Card GameVideo game s List of video gamesAudioSoundtrack s List of soundtracksOfficial websitehttps en dragon ball official com Toriyama s manga was adapted and divided into two anime series produced by Toei Animation Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z which together were broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1996 Additionally the studio has developed 21 animated feature films and three television specials as well as two anime sequel series titled Dragon Ball GT 1996 1997 and Dragon Ball Super 2015 2018 From 2009 to 2015 a revised version of Dragon Ball Z aired in Japan under the title Dragon Ball Kai as a recut that follows the manga s story more faithfully by removing most of the material featured exclusively in the anime Several companies have developed various types of merchandising based on the series leading to a large media franchise that includes films both animated and live action collectible trading card games numerous action figures along with several collections of soundtracks and numerous video games Dragon Ball has become one of the highest grossing media franchises of all time Since its release Dragon Ball has become one of the most successful manga and anime series of all time with the manga sold in over 40 countries and the anime broadcast in more than 80 countries The manga s 42 collected tankōbon volumes have over 160 million copies sold in Japan and 350 million copies sold worldwide 1 2 3 4 5 making it one of the best selling manga series Reviewers have praised the art characterization and humor of the story It is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential manga series ever made with many manga artists citing Dragon Ball as a source of inspiration for their own now popular works The anime particularly Dragon Ball Z is also highly popular around the world and is considered one of the most influential in boosting the popularity of Japanese animation in Western culture It has had a considerable impact on global popular culture referenced by and inspiring numerous artists athletes celebrities filmmakers musicians and writers around the world Contents 1 Setting 2 Production 3 Manga 3 1 Spin offs 3 2 Crossovers 3 3 Reception 4 Anime 4 1 Dragon Ball 4 2 Dragon Ball Z 4 3 Dragon Ball GT 4 4 Dragon Ball Z Kai 4 5 Dragon Ball Super 4 6 Super Dragon Ball Heroes 4 7 Other installments 4 8 Reception 5 Other media 5 1 Anime films 5 2 Live action film 5 3 Theme park attractions 5 4 Video games 6 Merchandise 6 1 Soundtracks 6 2 Companion books 7 Cultural impact 7 1 Comics and animation 7 2 Film and television 7 3 Music and sports 7 4 Video games 8 Notes 8 1 Footnotes 9 References 10 External linksSetting EditSee also List of Dragon Ball characters Earth known as the Dragon World ドラゴンワールド and designated as Planet 4032 877 by the celestial hierarchy is the main setting for the entire Dragon Ball series as well as related media such as Dr Slump Nekomajin and Jaco the Galactic Patrolman It is mainly inhabited by Earthlings 地球人 Chikyujin a term used inclusively to refer to all of the intelligent races native to the planet including humans anthropomorphic beings and monsters Starting from the Dragon Ball Z series various extraterrestrial species such as the Saiyans サイヤ人 Saiya jin and Namekians ナメック星人 Namekku seijin have played a more prominent role in franchise media The narrative of Dragon Ball predominantly follows the adventures of the Saiyan Son Goku upon meeting Bulma at the beginning of the series the two embark on an adventure to gather the seven Dragon Balls a set of orbs that summon the wish granting dragon Shenlong ch 1 Goku later receives martial arts training from Kame Sen nin meets his lifelong friend Kuririn and enters the Strongest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament to fight the world s strongest warriors When the Demon King Piccolo and later his offspring Piccolo tries to conquer the planet Goku receives training from Earth s deities to defeat them Goku later sacrifices his life to save the planet from his estranged brother Raditz ch 205 but is revived after training in the afterlife under the tutelage of North Kaio to combat the other incoming Saiyans Nappa and Vegeta He later becomes a Super Saiyan and defeats the powerful alien tyrant Freeza this sets the tone of the rest of the series with each enemy the characters face becoming stronger than the last requiring them to attain further training Dragon Ball Super establishes that the franchise is set in a multiverse 6 composed of twelve N 1 numbered universes with the majority of the Dragon Ball series taking place in Universe 7 第７宇宙 Dai Nana Uchu lit Number Seven Universe Each universe is ruled by a number of benevolent and malevolent deities respectively called Kaioshin and Gods of Destruction who are appointed by a higher being called the Grand Zeno who watches over the multiverse Production EditSee also List of Dragon Ball characters and Dragon Ball manga Production Akira Toriyama the creator of Dragon Ball Akira Toriyama was a fan of Hong Kong martial arts films particularly Bruce Lee films such as Enter the Dragon 1973 and Jackie Chan films such as Drunken Master 1978 and wanted to create a manga inspired by martial arts films 7 8 9 This led to Toriyama creating the 1983 one shot manga Dragon Boy which he later redeveloped into Dragon Ball 10 Toriyama loosely modeled the plot and characters of Dragon Ball on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West 11 10 with Goku being Sun Wukong Son Goku in Japanese Bulma as Tang Sanzang Oolong as Zhu Bajie and Yamcha being Sha Wujing 12 Toriyama wanted to create a story with the basic theme of Journey to the West but with a little kung fu 13 by combining the novel with elements from the kung fu films of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee 14 The title Dragon Ball was inspired by Enter the Dragon and later Bruceploitation knockoff kung fu films which frequently had the word Dragon in the title 7 and the fighting scenes were influenced by Jackie Chan movies 15 12 Since it was serialized in a shōnen manga magazine he added the idea of the Dragon Balls to give it a game like activity of gathering something without thinking of what the characters would wish for 13 His concept of the Dragon Balls was inspired by the epic Japanese novel Nansō Satomi Hakkenden 1814 1842 which involves the heroes collecting eight Buddhist prayer beads which Toriyama adapted into collecting seven Dragon Balls 16 17 He originally thought it would last about a year or end once the Dragon Balls were collected 18 Toriyama stated that although the stories are purposefully easy to understand he specifically aimed Dragon Ball at readers older than those of his previous serial Dr Slump 19 He also wanted to break from the Western influences common in Dr Slump deliberately going for Chinese scenery referencing Chinese buildings and photographs of China his wife had bought 20 Toriyama wanted to set Dragon Ball in a fictional world largely based on Asia taking inspiration from several Asian cultures including Japanese Chinese South Asian Central Asian Arabic and Indonesian cultures 21 The island where the Tenkaichi Budōkai 天下一武道会 lit Strongest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament is held is modeled after Bali in Indonesia which he his wife and assistant visited in mid 1985 and for the area around Bobbidi s spaceship he consulted photos of Africa 20 Toriyama was also inspired by the jinn genies from The Arabian Nights 22 The Earth of Dragon Ball as published in Daizenshuu 4 World Guide During the early chapters of the manga Toriyama s editor Kazuhiko Torishima commented that Goku looked rather plain so to combat this he added several characters like Kame Sen nin and Kuririn and created the Tenkaichi Budōkai martial arts tournament to focus the storyline on fighting It was when the first Tenkaichi Budōkai began that Dragon Ball truly became popular having recalled the races and tournaments in Dr Slump 12 Anticipating that readers would expect Goku to win the tournaments Toriyama had him lose the first two while planning an eventual victory This allowed for more character growth as the manga progressed He said that Muscle Tower in the Red Ribbon Army storyline was inspired by the video game Spartan X called Kung Fu Master in the West in which enemies appear very fast as the player ascends a tower the game was in turn inspired by Jackie Chan s Wheels on Meals and Bruce Lee s Game of Death He then created Piccolo Daimao as a truly evil villain and as a result called that arc the most interesting to draw 12 Once Goku and company had become the strongest on Earth they turned to extraterrestrial opponents including the Saiyans サイヤ人 Saiya jin and Goku himself was retconned from an Earthling to a Saiyan who was sent to Earth as a baby 23 Freeza who forcibly took over planets to resell them was created around the time of the Japanese economic bubble and was inspired by real estate speculators whom Toriyama called the worst kind of people 12 Finding the escalating enemies difficult he created the Ginyu Force to add more balance to the series When Toriyama created the Super Saiyan 超 スーパー サイヤ人 Supa Saiya jin transformation during the Freeza arc he was initially concerned that Goku s facial expressions as a Super Saiyan made him look like a villain but decided it was acceptable since the transformation was brought about by anger 24 Goku s Super Saiyan form has blonde hair because it was easier to draw for Toriyama s assistant who spent a lot of time blacking in Goku s hair and has piercing eyes based on Bruce Lee s paralyzing glare 25 Dragon Ball Z anime character designer Tadayoshi Yamamuro also used Bruce Lee as a reference for Goku s Super Saiyan form stating that when he first becomes a Super Saiyan his slanting pose with that scowling look in his eyes is all Bruce Lee 26 Toriyama later added time travel during the Cell arc but said he had a hard time with it only thinking of what to do that week and having to discuss it with his second editor Yu Kondo 12 After Cell s death Toriyama intended for Gohan to replace Goku as the series protagonist but later felt the character was not suited for the role and changed his mind 12 Going against the normal convention that the strongest characters should be the largest in terms of physical size he designed many of Dragon Ball s most powerful characters with small statures including the protagonist Goku 27 Toriyama later explained that he had Goku grow up as a means to make drawing fight scenes easier even though his first editor Kazuhiko Torishima was initially against it because it was rare to have the main character of a manga series change drastically 28 When including fights in the manga Toriyama had the characters go to uninhabited locations to avoid difficulties in drawing residents and destroyed buildings 20 Toriyama said that he did not plan the details of the story resulting in strange occurrences and discrepancies later in the series including changing the colors of the characters mid story and few characters having screentone because he found it difficult to use 15 13 18 29 Since the completion of Dragon Ball Toriyama has continued to add to its story mostly background information on its universe through guidebooks published by Shueisha During the second half of the series Toriyama has said that he had become more interested in coming up with the story than actually drawing it and that the battles became more intense with him simplifying the lines 15 In 2013 he stated that because Dragon Ball is an action manga the most important aspect is the sense of speed so he did not draw very elaborate going so far as to suggest one could say that he was not interested in the art 28 He also once said that his goal for the series was to tell an unconventional and contradictory story 27 In 2013 commenting on Dragon Ball s global success Toriyama said Frankly I don t quite understand why it happened While the manga was being serialized the only thing I wanted as I kept drawing was to make Japanese boys happy The role of my manga is to be a work of entertainment through and through I dare say I don t care even if my works have left nothing behind as long as they have entertained their readers 30 Manga EditMain article Dragon Ball manga Dragon Ball debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No 51 on December 3 1984 which is also considered to be highly sought after among fans and collectors Written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama Dragon Ball was serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 3 1984 to June 5 1995 31 32 when Toriyama grew exhausted and felt he needed a break from drawing The 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha from September 10 1985 through August 4 1995 33 34 35 Between December 4 2002 and April 2 2004 the chapters were re released in a collection of 34 kanzenban volumes which included a slightly rewritten ending new covers and color artwork from its Weekly Shōnen Jump run 36 37 The February 2013 issue of V Jump which was released in December 2012 announced that parts of the manga will be fully colored and re released in 2013 38 Twenty volumes beginning from chapter 195 and grouped by story arcs were released between February 4 2013 and July 4 2014 39 40 Twelve volumes covering the first 194 chapters were published between January 4 and March 4 2016 41 42 A sōshuhen edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump with color pages promotional text and next chapter previews was published in eighteen volumes between May 13 2016 and January 13 2017 43 44 Spin offs Edit Another manga penned by Ōishi the three chapter Dragon Ball Episode of Bardock that revolves around Bardock Goku s father was published in the monthly magazine V Jump from August and October 2011 45 The final chapter of Toriyama s 2013 manga series Jaco the Galactic Patrolman revealed that it is set before Dragon Ball with several characters making appearances 46 Jaco s collected volumes contain a bonus Dragon Ball chapter depicting Goku s mother 47 In December 2016 a spin off manga titled Dragon Ball Side Story The Case of Being Reincarnated as Yamcha began in Shueisha s Shōnen Jump digital magazine Written and illustrated by Dragon Garow Lee it is about a high school boy who after an accident wakes up in the body of Yamcha in the Dragon Ball manga 48 Crossovers Edit Toriyama also created a short series Neko Majin 1999 2005 that became a self parody of Dragon Ball 49 In 2006 a crossover between Kochira Katsushika ku Kameari Kōen mae Hashutsujo or Kochikame and Dragon Ball by Toriyama and Kochikame author Osamu Akimoto appeared in the Super Kochikame 超こち亀 Chō Kochikame manga 50 That same year Toriyama teamed up with Eiichiro Oda to create a crossover chapter of Dragon Ball and One Piece titled Cross Epoch 51 Reception Edit Dragon Ball manga tankōbon volume estimated sales circulation a Market s Publisher Volume sales circulation As of RefJapan Shueisha 160 000 000 2016 52 53 Overseas 40 countries 190 000 000 d 54 55 56 57 58 France Glenat Editions 35 000 000 2019 59 South Korea Seoul Cultural Publishers 22 400 000 c 2009 61 Spain Planeta deAgostini 20 000 000 2013 62 Italy Star Comics 16 000 000 2017 63 Hong Kong Culturecom 14 700 000 2022 64 China China Children s Press amp Publication Group 10 000 000 b 2013 66 67 Taiwan Tong Li Publishing 10 000 000 e 2009 68 Germany Carlsen Verlag 8 000 000 2015 69 70 71 Brazil Conrad Editora 6 000 000 2002 72 United States Viz Media 2 185 000 2016 73 Denmark Carlsen Verlag 1 500 000 2007 74 75 Sweden Bonnier Carlsen 1 300 000 2006 75 Finland Sangatsu Manga 500 000 2009 76 77 Poland Japonica Polonica Fantastica 420 000 2008 78 United Kingdom Gollancz Viz Media 78 554 2010 79 Vietnam Kim Đồng Publishing House 60 000 f 2009 80 Other Countries 24 countries 41 856 446 g 81 82 83 84 85 Worldwide 350 000 000 h Further information Dragon Ball manga Reception See also Weekly Shōnen Jump Circulation figures Dragon Ball is one of the most popular manga series of all time and it continues to enjoy high readership today Dragon Ball is credited as one of the main reasons manga circulation was at its highest between the mid 1980s and mid 1990s 86 87 During Dragon Ball s initial run in Weekly Shōnen Jump the manga magazine reached an average circulation of 6 53 million weekly sales the highest in its history 86 87 88 During Dragon Ball s serialisation between 1984 and 1995 Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine had a total circulation of over 2 9 billion copies 89 i with those issues generating an estimated 554 billion 6 9 billion in sales revenue i Dragon Ball also sold a record number of collected tankōbon volumes for its time By 2000 more than 126 million tankōbon copies had been sold in Japan alone 90 It sold over 150 million copies in Japan by 2008 making it the best selling manga ever at the time 91 By 2012 its sales in Japan had grown to pass 156 million making it the second best selling Weekly Shōnen Jump manga of all time behind One Piece 92 Dragon Ball s tankobon volumes sold 159 5 million copies in Japan by February 2014 93 and have sold over 160 million copies in Japan as of 2016 53 The manga is similarly popular overseas having been translated and released in over 40 countries worldwide 94 The total number of tankōbon volumes sold have reached 350 million copies worldwide 95 96 97 98 99 not including unofficial pirated copies when including pirated copies an estimated total of more than 400 million official and unofficial copies have been sold worldwide h b c For the 10th anniversary of the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 Japanese fans voted Dragon Ball the third greatest manga of all time 100 In a survey conducted by Oricon in 2007 among 1 000 people Son Goku the main character of the franchise ranked first place as the Strongest Manga Character of All Time 101 Goku s journey and his ever growing strength resulted in the character winning the admiration of young boys everywhere 11 Manga artists such as One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda and Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto have stated that Goku inspired their series main protagonists as well as series structure 102 103 Manga critic Jason Thompson stated in 2011 that Dragon Ball is by far the most influential shonen manga of the last 30 years and today almost every Shonen Jump artist lists it as one of their favorites and lifts from it in various ways 104 He says the series turns from a gag adventure manga to an nearly pure fighting manga 104 and its basic formula of lots of martial arts lots of training sequences a few jokes became the model for other shōnen series such as Naruto 105 Thompson also called Toriyama s art influential and cited it as a reason for the series popularity 104 James S Yadao author of The Rough Guide to Manga claims that the first several chapters of Dragon Ball play out much like Saiyuki with Dr Slump like humour built in and that Dr Slump Toriyama s previous manga has a clear early influence on the series 106 He feels the series established its unique identity after the first occasion when Goku s group disbands and he trains under Kame sen nin when the story develops a far more action packed sinister tone with wilder battles with aerial and spiritual elements and an increased death count while humor still makes an occasional appearance 106 Yadao claims that an art shift occurs when the characters lose the rounded innocent look that he established in Dr Slump and gain sharper angles that leap off the page with their energy and intensity 107 Animerica felt the series had worldwide appeal using dramatic pacing and over the top martial arts action to maintain tension levels and keep a crippler crossface hold on the audience s attention spans 108 In Little Boy The Art of Japan s Exploding Subculture Takashi Murakami commented that Dragon Ball s never ending cyclical narrative moves forward plausibly seamlessly and with great finesse 90 Ridwan Khan from Animefringe com commented that the manga had a chubby art style but as the series continued the characters got more refined leaner and more muscular Khan prefers the manga over the slow pacing of the anime counterparts 109 Allen Divers of Anime News Network praised the story and humor of the manga as being very good at conveying all of the characters personalities Divers also called Viz s translation one of the best of all the English editions of the series due to its faithfulness to the original Japanese 110 D Aviva Rothschild of Rationalmagic com remarked the first manga volume as a superior humor title They praised Goku s innocence and Bulma s insistence as one of the funniest parts of the series 111 The content of the manga has been controversial in the United States In November 1999 Toys R Us removed Viz s Dragon Ball from their stores nationwide when a Dallas parent complained the series had borderline soft porn after he bought them for his four year old son 112 Commenting on the issue Susan J Napier explained it as a difference in culture 112 After the ban Viz reluctantly began to censor the series to keep wide distribution 113 However in 2001 after releasing three volumes censored Viz announced Dragon Ball would be uncensored and reprinted due to fan reactions 113 In October 2009 Wicomico County Public Schools in Maryland banned the Dragon Ball manga from their school district because it depicts nudity sexual contact between children and sexual innuendo among adults and children 112 Anime EditMain article List of Dragon Ball anime Additionally Dragon Ball is an anime television metaseries Dragon Ball 1986 89 Dragon Ball Z 1989 96 and Dragon Ball Super 2015 18 are set in a uniform main continuity while Dragon Ball GT 1996 97 and Super Dragon Ball Heroes since 2018 explore several alternate continuities Dragon Ball Edit Main article Dragon Ball TV series Further information List of Dragon Ball episodes Toei Animation produced an anime television series based on the first 194 manga chapters also titled Dragon Ball The series premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on February 26 1986 and ran until April 19 1989 lasting 153 episodes 10 It is broadcast in 81 countries worldwide 114 Dragon Ball Z Edit Main article Dragon Ball Z Further information List of Dragon Ball Z episodes Instead of continuing the anime as Dragon Ball Toei Animation decided to carry on with their adaptation under a new name and asked Akira Toriyama to come up with the title Dragon Ball Z ドラゴンボールZ ゼット Doragon Bōru Zetto commonly abbreviated as DBZ picks up five years after the first series left off and adapts the final 325 chapters of the manga It premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on April 26 1989 taking over its predecessor s time slot and ran for 291 episodes until its conclusion on January 31 1996 10 Two television specials based on the Z series were aired on Fuji TV in Japan The first The One True Final Battle The Z Warrior Who Challenged Frieza Son Goku s Father renamed Bardock The Father of Goku by Funimation was shown on October 17 1990 The second special Defiance in the Face of Despair The Remaining Super Warriors Gohan and Trunks renamed The History of Trunks by Funimation is based on a special chapter of the original manga and aired on February 24 1993 Dragon Ball GT Edit Main article Dragon Ball GT Further information List of Dragon Ball GT episodes Dragon Ball GT ドラゴンボールGT ジーティー Doragon Bōru Ji Ti G rand T ouring 115 premiered on Fuji TV on February 7 1996 and ran until November 19 1997 for 64 episodes 10 Unlike the first two anime series it is not based on Akira Toriyama s original Dragon Ball manga 116 being created by Toei Animation as a sequel to the series or as Toriyama called it a grand side story of the original Dragon Ball 115 Toriyama designed the main cast the spaceship used in the show the design of three planets and came up with the title and logo In addition to this Toriyama also oversaw production of the series just as he had for the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime The television special episode Goku s Side Story The Proof of his Courage is the Four Star Ball or A Hero s Legacy as Funimation titled it for their dub aired on March 26 1997 between episodes 41 and 42 serving as a kind of precursor to the epilogue to the series shown at the end of episode 64 Dragon Ball Z Kai Edit Main article List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes In February 2009 Dragon Ball Z celebrated its 20th anniversary with Toei Animation announcing that it would broadcast a re edited and remastered version of the Dragon Ball Z anime under the name Dragon Ball Kai ドラゴンボール改 Doragon Bōru Kai lit Dragon Ball Revised The footage would be re edited to follow the manga more closely eliminating scenes and episodes which were not featured in the original manga resulting in a more faithful adaptation as well as in a faster moving and more focused story 117 The episodes were remastered for HDTV with rerecording of the vocal tracks by most of the original cast and featuring updated opening and ending sequences On April 5 2009 the series premiered in Japan airing in Fuji TV 118 119 Dragon Ball Z Kai reduced the episode count to 159 episodes 167 episodes internationally from the original footage of 291 episodes Damaged frames were removed resulting in some minor shots being remade from scratch in order to fix cropping and others to address continuity issues 120 The majority of the international versions including Funimation Entertainment s English dub are titled Dragon Ball Z Kai 121 122 Dragon Ball Super Edit Main article Dragon Ball Super Further information List of Dragon Ball Super episodes On April 28 2015 Toei Animation announced Dragon Ball Super ドラゴンボール超 Doragon Bōru Supa the first all new Dragon Ball television series to be released in 18 years It debuted on July 5 and ran as a weekly series at 9 00 am on Fuji TV on Sundays until its series finale on March 25 2018 after 131 episodes 123 Masako Nozawa reprises her roles as Goku Gohan and Goten Most of the original cast reprise their roles as well 124 125 Koichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita also reprise their roles as Beerus and Whis respectively 125 The story of the anime is set four years after the defeat of Majin Buu when the Earth has become peaceful once again Akira Toriyama is credited as the original creator as well for original story amp character design concepts 126 It is also being adapted into a parallel manga 127 Super Dragon Ball Heroes Edit Main article Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime Further information List of Super Dragon Ball Heroes episodes and Dragon Ball HeroesIn 2018 an anime to promote the Super Dragon Ball Heroes card and video game series was announced with a July 1 premiere 128 The series announcement included a brief synopsis Trunks returns from the future to train with Goku and Vegeta However he abruptly vanishes The mysterious man Fu suddenly appears telling them that Trunks has been locked up on the Prison Planet a mysterious facility in an unknown location between universes The group searches for the Dragon Balls to free Trunks but an unending super battle awaits them Will Goku and the others manage to rescue Trunks and escape the Prison Planet Other installments Edit The short film Dragon Ball Yo Son Goku and His Friends Return was created for the Jump Super Anime Tour 129 which celebrated Weekly Shōnen Jump s 40th anniversary and debuted on September 21 2008 A short animated adaptation of Naho Ōishi s Bardock spinoff manga Dragon Ball Episode of Bardock was shown on December 17 18 2011 at the Jump Festa 2012 event 130 A two episode original video animation OVA titled Dragon Ball Z Side Story Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans was created in 1993 as strategy guides for the Famicom video game of the same name 131 A remake titled Dragon Ball Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans was created as a bonus feature for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 video game Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 which was released on November 11 2010 132 A two part hour long crossover special between Dragon Ball Z One Piece and Toriko referred to as Dream 9 Toriko amp One Piece amp Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special aired on April 7 2013 133 Reception Edit The anime adaptations have also been very well received and are better known in the Western world than the manga with Anime News Network saying Few anime series have mainstreamed it the way Dragon Ball Z has To a certain generation of television consumers its characters are as well known as any in the animated realm and for many it was the first step into the wilderness of anime fandom 134 In a survey conducted by Oricon Japanese anime that I think is world class and world class Manga amp Anime Dragon Ball was selected as No 1 with an overwhelming number of votes in both surveys 135 136 In 2000 satellite TV channel Animax together with Brutus a men s lifestyle magazine and Tsutaya Japan s largest video rental chain conducted a poll among 200 000 fans on the top anime series with Dragon Ball coming in fourth 137 Dragon Ball won first place in the 100 Best Anime in Japan that has advanced to the world questionnaire on TV Asahi s Decision This is Japan s Best 138 TV Asahi conducted two polls in 2005 on the Top 100 Anime Dragon Ball came in second in the nationwide survey conducted with multiple age groups and in third in the online poll 139 140 Dragon Ball is one of the most successful franchises in animation history 141 The anime series is broadcast in more than 80 countries worldwide 114 In Japan the first sixteen anime films up until Dragon Ball Z Wrath of the Dragon 1995 sold 50 million tickets and grossed over 40 billion 501 million at the box office in addition to selling over 500 000 home video units by 1996 142 143 Later DVD releases of the Dragon Ball anime series have topped Japan s sales charts on several occasions 144 145 In the United States the anime series sold over 25 million DVD units by January 2012 146 and has sold more than 30 million DVD and Blu ray units as of 2017 141 In Latin America public screenings of the Dragon Ball Super finale in 2018 filled public spaces and stadiums in cities across the region including stadiums holding tens of thousands of spectators 147 Dragon Ball Z also proved to be a rating success in the United States outperforming top shows such as Friends and The X Files in some parts of the country in sweeps ratings during its first season 148 The premiere of season three of Dragon Ball Z in 1999 done by Funimation s in house dub was the highest rated program ever at the time on Cartoon Network 149 In 2002 in the week ending September 22 Dragon Ball Z was the 1 program of the week on all of television with tweens 9 14 boys 9 14 and men 12 24 with the Monday Tuesday and Wednesday telecasts of Dragon Ball Z ranked as the top three programs in all of television broadcast or cable for delivery of boys 9 14 150 Dragon ball GT has also had high ratings 151 In 2001 it was reported that the official website of Dragon Ball Z recorded 4 7 million hits per day and included 500 000 registered fans 152 Dragon Ball Z topped the Lycos 50 list of most searched items for the second consecutive year the first time that any topic has ever been able to repeat its dominance over a two year period 153 Dragon Ball ranked second overall in the search number ranking for the past 10 years released by LYCOS in 2005 154 and ranked 3rd in Yahoo in 2002 with Playstation 2 topping the list 155 Even after it ended the Dragon Ball series continues to maintain a high level of popularity surpassing that of new anime and is also often being rebroadcast making the Dragon Ball series Funimation s most important anime license 156 The audience rating of the first Dragon ball Kai episode on Nicktoons is the highest since the station opened 157 Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network summed up Dragon Ball as an action packed tale told with rare humor and something even rarer a genuine sense of adventure 158 Both Kimlinger and colleague Theron Martin noted Funimation s reputation for drastic alterations of the script but praised the dub 158 159 However some critics and most fans of the Japanese version have been more critical with Funimation s English dub and script of Dragon Ball Z over the years Jeffrey Harris of IGN criticized the voices including how Freeza s appearance combined with the feminine English voice left fans confused about Freeza s gender 160 Carlos Ross of T H E M Anime Reviews considered the series characters to be different from stereotypical stock characters and noted that they undergo much more development 161 Despite praising Dragon Ball Z for its cast of characters they criticized it for having long and repetitive fights 162 Dragon Ball Z is well known and often criticized for its long repetitive dragged out fights that span several episodes with Martin commenting DBZ practically turned drawing out fights into an art form 163 However Jason Thompson of io9 explained that this comes from the fact that the anime was being created alongside the manga 164 Dragon Ball Z was listed as the 78th best animated show in IGN s Top 100 Animated Series 165 and was also listed as the 50th greatest cartoon in Wizard magazine s Top 100 Greatest Cartoons list 166 Harris commented that Dragon Ball GT is downright repellent mentioning that the material and characters had lost their novelty and fun He also criticized the GT character designs of Trunks and Vegeta as being goofy 160 Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network also gave negative comments about GT mentioning that the fights from the series were a very simple childish exercise and that many other anime were superior The plot of Dragon Ball GT has also been criticized for giving a formula that was already used in its predecessors 167 Other media EditSee also List of Dragon Ball films Anime films Edit Twenty animated theatrical films based on the Dragon Ball series have been released in Japan The most recent films Dragon Ball Z Battle of Gods 2013 Dragon Ball Z Resurrection F 2015 Dragon Ball Super Broly 2018 and Dragon Ball Super Super Hero 2022 were produced as full length feature films and were given stand alone theatrical releases in Japan as well as limited theatrical releases in the U S They ve also been the first movies to have original creator Akira Toriyama deeply involved in their production Battle of Gods and Resurrection F were remade into the first and second arcs of the Dragon Ball Super anime which told the same stories as the two films in expanded detail 168 169 The 1996 feature film Dragon Ball The Path to Power was also a full length theatrical release with a running time of 80 minutes and was produced to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the anime as a re imagining of the first few arcs of the series All previous films were mostly below feature length around 45 60 minutes each making them only slightly longer than one or two episodes of the TV series this is due to them being originally shown as back to back presentations alongside other Toei film productions These films are also mostly alternate re tellings of certain story arcs like The Path to Power or extra side stories that do not correlate with the continuity of the series The first three films along with The Path to Power are based on the original Dragon Ball anime series The remaining thirteen older films are based on Dragon Ball Z The first five films were shown at the Toei Manga Festival 東映まんがまつり Tōei Manga Matsuri while the sixth through seventeenth films were shown at the Toei Anime Fair 東映アニメフェア Toei Anime Fea Live action film Edit An American live action film titled Dragonball Evolution was produced by 20th Century Fox after it acquired the feature film rights to the Dragon Ball franchise in March 2002 Previous to the film two unofficial live action films had been produced decades prior The first was a Korean film titled Dragon Ball Ssawora Son Goku Igyeora Son Goku 드래곤볼 싸워라 손오공 이겨라 손오공 Deulaegonbol Ssawola Son Ogong Igyeola Son Ogong lit Dragon Ball Fight Son Goku Win Son Goku while the second was a Taiwanese film titled Dragon Ball The Magic Begins 新七龍珠 Xin qi long zhu which was also dubbed in English 170 171 The film was directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow it was released in the United States on April 10 2009 171 172 The film was meant to lead into sequels 173 174 which were cancelled after the film flopped at the box office and became universally heralded as one of the worst adaptations of all time being considered by the fans as being unfaithful to the source material 175 Franchise creator Akira Toriyama also criticized the film adding he was completely left out of the creative process despite having himself offered to help going as far as saying the result was a movie I couldn t even call Dragon Ball 176 Years after its release the writer of the film Ben Ramsey released a public apology in which he admitted to have written the film chasing for a payday instead of as a fan of the franchise 177 178 With the news of 20th Century Fox selling itself its assets which include the film rights to the Dragon Ball franchise will now be owned by its purchaser The Walt Disney Company 179 Jackie Chan had openly expressed interest in adapting the series into a live action movie 180 Theme park attractions Edit Dragon Ball Z The Real 4D debuted at Universal Studios Japan in the summer of 2016 It features a battle between Goku and Freeza Unlike most Dragon Ball animation the attraction is animated with CGI A second attraction titled Dragon Ball Z The Real 4 D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai debuted at Universal Studios Japan in the summer of 2017 which featured a battle between the heroes and Broly Video games Edit See also List of Dragon Ball video games A Dragon Ball Z arcade conversion kit that includes the PCB instructions and operator s manual The Dragon Ball franchise has spawned multiple video games across various genres and platforms Earlier games of the series included a system of card battling and were released for the Famicom following the storyline of the series 181 Starting with the Super Famicom and Mega Drive most of the games were from the fighting genre or RPG Role Playing Game such as the Super Butoden series 182 The first Dragon Ball game to be released in the United States was Dragon Ball GT Final Bout for the PlayStation in 1997 183 For the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable games the characters were redone in 3D cel shaded graphics These games included the Dragon Ball Z Budokai series and the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi series 184 185 Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit was the first game of the franchise developed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 186 Dragon Ball Xenoverse was the first game of the franchise developed for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One 187 188 A massively multiplayer online role playing game called Dragon Ball Online was available in Korea Hong Kong and Taiwan until the servers were shut down in 2013 189 A few years later fans started recreating the game Today Dragon Ball Online Global is a new European version of Dragon Ball Online and it is being developed while open beta server is running 190 The mobile game Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle 2015 has received over 350 million downloads worldwide as of 2021 update 191 A notable recent release is Dragon Ball FighterZ 2018 a fighting game developed by Arc System Works The game received massive fan and critical acclaim for its fast paced frantic 3v3 battles and great visuals also winning Best Fighting Game of 2018 at The Game Awards 192 and many other awards and other nominations It also has a large eSports scene where it is one of the most popular fighting games 147 It also did very well commercially selling 4 million units across all platforms 193 Merchandise EditDragon Ball merchandise sales Period Retail sales Notes Ref1989 to 2011 5 billion Dragon Ball Z merchandise 194 January 2012 to March 2012 2 7 billion 34 million Bandai Namco toys only 195 196 April 2012 to March 2013 4 8 billion 60 million Bandai Namco toys only 197 April 2013 to March 2014 6 4 billion 66 million April 2014 to March 2015 5 8 billion 55 million Bandai Namco toys only 198 April 2015 to March 2017 21 9 billion 201 million Bandai Namco toys only 199 200 April 2017 to December 2018 29 7 billion 269 million Bandai Namco toys only 201 196 2019 1 95 billion Licensed merchandise 202 January 2020 to December 2020 15 billion 146 million Bandai Namco toys only 196 203 Total known sales 7 781 billion In 1994 the licensee Bandai earned 140 million annually from sales of licensed Dragon Ball toys video games and other character goods in Japan 204 In 1996 Dragon Ball Z grossed 2 95 billion in merchandise sales worldwide 205 As of early 1996 more than 100 companies outside Japan applied for character goods 206 Bandai sold over 2 billion Dragon Ball Carddass cards in Japan by 1998 207 and over 1 million Dragon Stars figurines in the Americas and Europe as of 2018 208 In 2000 Burger King sponsored a toy promotion to distribute 20 million Dragon Ball Z figurines across North America 209 By 2011 the franchise had generated 5 billion in merchandise sales 194 In 2012 the franchise grossed 7 67 billion 96 13 million from licensed merchandise sales in Japan 210 Soundtracks Edit See also List of Dragon Ball soundtracks Myriad soundtracks were released in the anime movies and the games The music for the first two anime Dragon Ball and Z and its films was composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi while the music from GT was composed by Akihito Tokunaga and the music from Kai was composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Norihito Sumitomo For the first anime the soundtracks released were Dragon Ball Music Collection in 1985 and Dragon Ball Complete Song Collection in 1991 although they were reissued in 2007 and 2003 respectively 211 For the second anime the soundtrack series released were Dragon Ball Z Hit Song Collection Series It was produced and released by Columbia Records of Japan from July 21 1989 to March 20 1996 the show s entire lifespan On September 20 2006 Columbia re released the Hit Song Collection on their Animex 1300 series 212 213 Other CDs released are compilations video games and films soundtracks as well as music from the English versions 214 Companion books Edit Cover of Dragon Ball The Complete Illustrations There have been numerous companion books to the Dragon Ball franchise Chief among these are the Daizenshuu 大全集 series comprising seven hardback main volumes and three supplemental softcover volumes covering the manga and the first two anime series and their theatrical films The first of these Dragon Ball The Complete Illustrations Daizenshuu volume 1 first published in Japan in 1995 is the only one that was released in English being printed in 2008 by Viz Media 215 It contains all 264 colored illustrations Akira Toriyama drew for the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazines covers bonus giveaways and specials and all the covers for the 42 tankōbon It also includes an interview with Toriyama on his work process The remainder have never been released in English and all are now out of print in Japan From February 4 to May 9 2013 condensed versions of the Daizenshuu with some updated information were released as the four volume Chōzenshu 超全集 series 38 For Dragon Ball GT the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files were released in May and December 1997 by Shueisha s Jump Comics Selection imprint They include series information illustration galleries behind the scenes information and more They were out of print for many years but were re released in April 2006 accompanying the Japanese DVD release of Dragon Ball GT and this edition is still in print 216 217 Coinciding with the 34 volume kanzenban re release of the manga and the release of the entire series on DVD for the first time in Japan four new guidebooks were released in 2003 and 2004 Dragon Ball Landmark and Dragon Ball Forever cover the manga using volume numbers for story points that reference the kanzenban release 218 219 while Dragon Ball Tenkaichi Densetsu ドラゴンボール 天下一伝説 and Dragon Ball Z Son Goku Densetsu ドラゴンボールZ 孫悟空伝説 cover the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime respectively 220 221 Much of the material in these books is reused from the earlier Daizenshuu volumes but they include new textual material including substantial interviews with the creator cast and production staff of the series Son Goku Densetsu in particular showcases previously unpublished design sketches of Goku s father Bardock drawn by character designer Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru prior to creator Akira Toriyama s revisions that resulted in the final version Following the release of Dragon Ball Kai in Japan four new guidebooks were released the two volume Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide ドラゴンボール 超エキサイティングガイド in 2009 covering the manga 222 223 and two volume Dragon Ball Extreme Battle Collection ドラゴンボール 極限バトルコレクション in 2010 covering the anime series 224 225 Despite the TV series airing during this time being Kai the Extreme Battle Collection books reference the earlier Z series in content and episode numbers These books also include new question and answer sessions with Akira Toriyama revealing a few new details about the world and characters of the series 2010 also saw the release of a new artbook Dragon Ball Anime Illustrations Guide The Golden Warrior ドラゴンボール アニメイラスト集 黄金の戦士 a sort of anime counterpart to the manga oriented Complete Illustrations it showcases anime original illustrations and includes interviews with the three principal character designers for the anime Each of the Japanese Dragon Box DVD releases of the series and movies which were released from 2003 to 2006 as well as the Blu ray boxed sets of Dragon Ball Kai released 2009 to 2011 come with a Dragon Book guide that contains details about the content therein Each also contains a new interview with a member of the cast or staff of the series These books have been reproduced textually for Funimation s release of the Dragon Ball Z Dragon Box sets from 2009 to 2011 Collectible cards See also Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game Collectible cards based on the Dragon Ball Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT series have been released by Bandai These cards feature various scenes from the manga and anime stills plus exclusive artwork from all three series Bandai released the first set in the United States in July 2008 226 Tabletop role playing game Dragon Ball Z The Anime Adventure Game a tabletop role playing game produced by R Talsorian Games 227 228 Cultural impact EditSince its debut Dragon Ball has had a considerable impact on global popular culture 147 229 In 2015 the Japan Anniversary Association officially declared May 9 as Goku Day 悟空の日 Goku no Hi in Japanese the numbers five and nine can be pronounced as Go and Ku 230 It is similarly influential in international popular culture across other parts of the world 147 In the Philippines a children s musical titled Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z Myth Magic Music was staged in June 1996 231 Dragon Ball is widely referenced in American popular culture from television and music to celebrities and athletes and the show has been celebrated with Goku making an appearance at the 2018 2019 and 2021 Macy s Thanksgiving Day Parades and with Dragon Ball murals appearing in cities such as Los Angeles Chicago Kansas City and Denver 229 Dragon Ball is also immensely popular in other regions of the world such as Latin America where public screenings of the Dragon Ball Super finale in 2018 filled public spaces and stadiums in cities across the region including stadiums holding tens of thousands of spectators 147 Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier or Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government in May 2019 for his contributions to the arts particularly for Dragon Ball which has been credited with popularizing manga in France 232 233 Vegeta s quote It s Over 9000 from the Saiyan Saga in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z is a popular internet meme 234 Goku has been identified as a superhero 235 236 as well as Gohan with his Great Saiyaman persona 237 Motorola s Freescale DragonBall and DragonBall EZ VZ microcontroller processors released in 1995 are named after Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z respectively 238 Comics and animation Edit Further information Dragon Ball manga Legacy and cultural impact Dragon Ball has been cited as inspiration across various different media Dragon Ball is credited with setting trends for popular shōnen manga and anime since the 1980s with manga critic Jason Thompson in 2011 calling it by far the most influential shōnen manga of the last 30 years Successful shōnen manga authors such as Eiichiro Oda One Piece Masashi Kishimoto Naruto Tite Kubo Bleach Hiro Mashima Fairy Tail and Kentaro Yabuki Black Cat have cited Dragon Ball as an influence on their own now popular works According to Thompson almost every Shonen Jump artist lists it as one of their favorites and lifts from it in various ways 104 Ian Jones Quartey a producer of the American animated series Steven Universe is a fan of Dragon Ball and Dr Slump and uses Toriyama s vehicle designs as a reference for his own He also stated that We re all big Toriyama fans on Steven Universe which kind of shows a bit 239 Comic book artist Andre Lima Araujo cited Dragon Ball along with several other manga and anime as a major influence on his work which includes Marvel comics such as Age of Ultron Avengers A I Spider Verse and The Inhumans 240 Filipino comic artist Dexter Soy who has worked on Marvel and DC comics such as Captain America cited Dragon Ball as a major inspiration 241 Tony Stark Iron Man 11 2019 makes references to Dragon Ball Z including Miles Morales as Spider Man referencing the Super Saiyan transformation 242 Film and television Edit In December 1990 an unofficial live action Korean film adaptation Dragon Ball Ssawora Son Goku Igyeora Son Goku was released 243 244 Another unofficial live action film adaptation of the series Dragon Ball The Magic Begins was released in Taiwan in November 1991 10 and was later released in 2007 as an Ultimate Edition with new effects added a la Star Wars Action film star Jackie Chan is a fan of the franchise and said Goku is his favorite Dragon Ball character In 1995 Chan had expressed some interest in adapting Dragon Ball into a film but said it would require a lot of amazing special effects and an enormous budget 245 Later in 2013 Toriyama said his ideal live action Goku would have been a young Jackie Chan stating that nobody could play Goku but him 246 The Matrix franchise echoes Dragon Ball Z in several action scenes including the climactic fights of the 2003 films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions 247 Filipino American film storyboard artist Jay Oliva has cited Dragon Ball as a major inspiration on his work particularly the action scenes of 2013 Superman film Man of Steel which launched the DC Extended Universe 248 Several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have also been visually influenced by Dragon Ball Z Erik Killmonger s battle armour in Black Panther 2018 bears a resemblance to Vegeta s battle armour 249 250 which actor Michael B Jordan himself a Dragon Ball fan said may have inspired Killmonger s battle armor 251 The fiery look of Carol Danvers Binary powers in Captain Marvel 2019 also drew some influence from Dragon Ball Z 252 In Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021 Katy refers to one of Shang Chi s techniques as a Kamehameha fireball 253 the film s director Destin Daniel Cretton cited Dragon Ball Z as an inspiration behind the film s climactic fight scene 254 A key characteristic that set Dragon Ball Z and later other anime shows apart from American television shows at the time was a serialization format where a continuous story arc stretches over multiple episodes or seasons Traditional American television had an episodic format with each episode typically consisting of a self contained story whereas Dragon Ball Z and later anime shows had a serialization format where continuous story arcs stretch over multiple episodes or seasons Serialization has since also become a common characteristic of American streaming television shows during the Peak TV era 255 Music and sports Edit Dragon Ball has been channeled and referenced by numerous musicians It is popular in the hip hop community and has been referenced in numerous hip hop songs by rappers and artists such as Chris Brown Chance the Rapper Big Sean Lil Uzi Vert G Mo Skee The Weeknd Childish Gambino 229 Denzel Curry Thundercat B o B Soulja Boy 256 Drake 257 Frank Ocean and Sese 258 Mark Sammut of TheGamer notes that Gohan occasionally performs the dab move as The Great Saiyaman decades before it became a popular hip hop dance move in American popular culture 259 Numerous athletes have also channeled and referenced Dragon Ball including NBA basketball players such as Sacramento Kings guard De Aaron Fox Chicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen Golden State Warriors player Jordan Bell and Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball American football NFL stars such as Cleveland Browns players Darren Fells and David Njoku mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey 229 and WWE wrestlers such as The New Day 260 261 Japanese kickboxer Panchan Rina took her nickname from the Dragon Ball character Pan 262 Japanese mixed martial artist Itsuki Hirata is nicknamed Android 18 due to her resembling the Dragon Ball character 263 Canadian mixed martial artist Carlos Newton dubbed his fighting style Dragon Ball Jiu Jitsu in tribute to the series 264 Other mixed martial artists inspired by Dragon Ball include Kana Watanabe Yushin Okami Yoshihiro Akiyama and Yuya Wakamatsu 265 266 The French group Yamakasi cited Dragon Ball as an influence on their development of parkour inspired by how the heroes attain extraordinary abilities through hard work 267 Video games Edit The producer of the Tekken video game series Katsuhiro Harada said that Dragon Ball was one of the first works to visually depict chi and thereby influenced numerous Japanese video games especially fighting games such as Tekken and Street Fighter 268 Masaaki Ishikawa art director of the video game Arms said that its art style was largely influenced by Dragon Ball and Akira 269 French video game designer Eric Chahi also cited Dragon Ball as an influence on his 1991 cinematic platformer Another World 270 Other video game industry veterans who were inspired by Dragon Ball include Suda51 SWERY Insomniac Games Nina Freeman Heart Machine Iron Galaxy and Mega64 268 Notes Edit Tankōbon volume sales circulation of original Dragon Ball manga a b c d Additionally more than 100 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in China as of 2005 65 a b c d Additionally more than 30 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in South Korea as of 2014 60 Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea b c an estimated total of approximately 250 million official and unofficial copies have been sold overseas Does not include pirated copies 60 000 copies sold annually in Vietnam as of 2009 80 Some sources say that Dragon Ball has sold 350 million copies and that it has been translated in over 40 countries a b Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea b c an estimated total of more than 470 million official and unofficial copies have been sold worldwide a b See Weekly Shōnen Jump Circulation figures Footnotes Edit Originally there were eighteen universes but six of them were since erased by Zeno a supreme deity References Edit Shueisha said in 2009 that Dragon Ball was at 350 million copies in circulation in Japanese January 17 2022 映画 ドラゴンボールZ 神と神 公開記念 出でよ神龍 鳥山明先生 アンケート答えておくれーーーっ SP in Japanese March 14 2013 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