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Dragon Ball???????Doragon B?ru is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Sh?nen Jump from 1984 through 1995, and later the 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tank?bon volumes by Shueisha. Inspired by the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West, it follows the adventures of Son Goku (Son Goku (Dragon Ball)) from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical objects known as the Dragon Balls, which can summon a wish-granting dragon (List of Dragon Ball characters#Shenron). Along his journey, Goku meets several friends and fights against several villains who also seek the Dragon Balls.
The 42 tank?bon have been adapted into three anime series produced by Toei Animation: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. Additionally, Toei has developed seventeen animated feature films and three television specials. In 2009, Toei started rebroadcasting Dragon Ball Z under the name of Dragon Ball Kai which changes the footage from the original anime. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a collectible trading card game (Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game), and a large number of video games (List of Dragon Ball video games).
The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, in the United Kingdom by Gollancz Manga, and in Australia and New Zealand by Chuang Yi. The anime series was licensed by Funimation Entertainment for an English language release worldwide, although the series has been dubbed several times by various studios. In China, a live-action film adaptation was produced in 1989. In 2002, 20th Century Fox acquired the rights to produce an American-made live-action film (Dragonball Evolution), which was released on April 10, 2009.
Since its release, Dragon Ball has become one of the most popular manga series of its time in both Japan and North America. It enjoys a high readership, with over 150 million volumes of the series sold by 2007. Several manga artists (Mangaka) have noted that the manga series was the inspiration for their own now popular works, including Naruto and One Piece. The anime is also highly popular, ranking number 12 among the best anime series of all time in 2006. Reviewers praise the art, characterization, and humor of the manga story. The anime series have had more mixed reviews, with the first also praised for its characterizations, but the second has been often criticized for its long, repetitive fights, and the third is widely considered to be completely repetitive.
Ja Kanji: ???????
Ja Romaji: Doragon B?ru
Genre: Bangsian fantasy, Martial arts (Martial arts (genre)), Science fiction Infobox animanga/Print
Type: manga
Author: Akira Toriyama
Publisher: Shueisha
Publisher En: flagiconAustralia flagiconNew Zealand Madman Entertainment, flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Viz Media, flagiconUnited Kingdom Gollancz Manga
Demographic: ''Sh?nen (Sh?nen manga)''
Magazine: Weekly Sh?nen Jump
Magazine En: flagiconUnited States Shonen Jump (Shonen Jump (magazine))
First: 1984
Last: 1995
Volumes: 42
Volume List: List of Dragon Ball chapters Infobox animanga/Video
Type: tv series
Director: Minoru Okazaki , Daisuke Nishio
Studio: Toei Animation
Licensor: flagiconUnited States FUNimation Entertainment
Network: Fuji TV (Fuji Television), Animax
Network En: flagiconCanada YTV (YTV (TV channel)), flagiconUnited Kingdom Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network (UK)), CNX, Toonami (Toonami (UK)), flagiconUnited States Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network (US)), Colours TV, Funimation Channel, Toonami Jetstream, KIKU
First: February 26, 1986
Last: April 12, 1989
Episodes: 153
Episode List: List of Dragon Ball episodes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: tv series
Title: Dragon Ball Z
Director: Daisuke Nishio
Studio: Toei Animation
Licensor: flagiconUnited States Funimation Entertainment
Network: Fuji TV (Fuji Television), Animax, Tokyo MX (Tokyo Metropolitan Television)
Network En: flagiconAustralia Network Ten, Cartoon Network, flagiconCanada YTV (YTV (TV channel)), flagiconUnited Kingdom Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network (UK)), Toonami (Toonami (UK)), flagiconUnited States Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network (US))
First: April 26, 1989
Last: January 31, 1996
Episodes: 291
Episode List: List of Dragon Ball Z episodes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: tv series
Title: Dragon Ball GT
Director: Osamu Kasai
Studio: Toei Animation
Licensor: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Funimation Entertainment
Network: Fuji TV, Animax
Network En: flagiconAustralia Network Ten, Cartoon Network, flagiconCanada YTV (YTV (TV channel)), flagiconUnited States Cartoon Network (Cartoon Network (US)), flagiconUnited Kingdom Toonami (Toonami (UK)), CNX
First: February 7, 1996
Last: November 19, 1997
Episodes: 64
Episode List: List of Dragon Ball GT episodes Infobox animanga/Video
Type: tv series
Title: Dragon Ball Z Kai
Studio: Toei Animation
Licensor: flagiconCanada flagiconUnited States Funimation Entertainment
Network: flagiconJapan Fuji TV
Network En: flagiconUnited States Nicktoons Network,,The CW
First: April 5, 2009
Episodes: 59
Episode List: List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes Infobox animanga/Other
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Content: * Films, specials, and original video animations (List of Dragon Ball films) * Video games (List of Dragon Ball video games) * Soundtracks (List of Dragon Ball soundtracks) * Collectible card games ** ''Dragon Ball (Dragon Ball Collectible Card Game)'' ** ''Dragon Ball Z (Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game)'' Infobox animanga/Footer nihongo