.Video game(s)AudioSoundtrack(s)Official websiteDragon Ball (: ドラゴンボール,: Doragon Bōru), sometimes styled as Dragonball, is a Japanese created by in 1984. The, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters collected into 42 volumes by its publisher. Dragon Ball was initially inspired by the classical Chinese novel, as well as. The series follows the adventures of the protagonist, from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores 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 friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls.Toriyama's was adapted and divided into two series produced by: and, which together were broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1996. Additionally, the studio has developed and three television specials, as well as two anime sequel series titled (1996–1997) and (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.
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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 and a. Dragon Ball is one of the top twenty, having generated more than $20 billion in total franchise revenue as of 2018.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 sold over 160 million copies in Japan, and are estimated to have sold more 250–300 million copies worldwide, making it the second in history, behind only. Reviewers have praised the art, characterization, and humour of the story. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential manga series ever made, with many citing Dragon Ball as a source of inspiration for their own now popular works.
The anime, particularly Dragon Ball Z, is also highly popular across 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, referenced by and inspiring numerous artists, athletes, celebrities, filmmakers, musicians and writers across the world. Contents.Setting The Dragon Ball franchise is set in a composed of twelve numbered universes, each ruled by a number of benevolent and malevolent deities, respectively called Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction. Almost all of the Dragon Ball series, except for parts of Dragon Ball Super, takes place in Universe 7. Years in the timeline are called 'Ages', with most of the story occurring between Age 749 and Age 790.Universe 7 contains several planets, including a fictionalized Earth, where humans reside, and Planet Vegeta, the home world of the Saiyans, a powerful and destructive race. Many other races also inhabit Universe 7, including Angels, Demons, Androids, Tuffles and Namekians.
Humans are among the weakest races in the universe. The protagonist Goku is raised as a human on Earth but finds out that he is actually a Saiyan from Planet Vegeta., an earlier manga series by Akira Toriyama, is set on the same multiverse.Production.
The creator of Dragon Ballloosely modeled Dragon Ball on the classic Chinese novel; but also redeveloped it from his 1983 manga Dragon Boy. He has said that the fighting was influenced from movies by famous martial arts actor, and such as and, as he wanted to create a story with the basic theme of Journey to the West, but with 'a little.' Since it was serialized in a shōnen 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.
With Goku being, as, as and being, he originally thought it would last about a year or end once the Dragon Balls were collected. 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. He also wanted to break from the Western influences common in Dr.
Slump, deliberately going for Chinese scenery, referencing Chinese buildings and photographs of his wife had bought. Toriyama wanted to set Dragon Ball in a fictional world largely based on, taking inspiration from several including,. 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 (in ), which he, his wife and assistant visited in mid-1985, and for the area around 's spaceship he consulted photos of.
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The Earth of Dragon Ball, as published in Daizenshuu 4: World GuideDuring the early chapters of the manga Toriyama's editor, commented that Goku looked rather plain, so to combat this he added several characters like and, 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.
Anticipating that readers would expect Goku to win the tournaments, Toriyama had him lose the first two while planning an eventual victory. He said that Muscle Tower in the Red Ribbon Army storyline was inspired by the video game, in which enemies tended to appear very fast. He then created as a truly evil villain, and as a result called that arc the most interesting to draw.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 from an Earthling to a Saiyan who was sent to Earth as a baby., who forcibly took over planets to resell them, was created around the time of the and was inspired by, whom Toriyama called the 'worst kind of people.' Finding the escalating enemies difficult, he created the 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. He added next during the 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. After Cell's death, Toriyama intended for to replace Goku as the series', but felt the character was not suited for the role and changed his mind.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. Toriyama later explained that he had Goku grow up as a means to make drawing fight scenes easier, even though his first editor was initially against it because it was rare to have the main character of a manga series change drastically. When including fights in the manga, Toriyama had the characters go to uninhabited locations to avoid difficulties in drawing residents and destroyed buildings. 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 because he found it difficult to use.
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. 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. He also once said that his goal for the series was to tell an 'unconventional and contradictory' story. 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.'
Media Manga. Dragon Ball debuted in Weekly Shōnen Jump No. 51, on December 3, 1984.Written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball was serialized in the manga anthology from December 3, 1984 to June 5, 1995, when Toriyama grew exhausted and felt he needed a break from drawing. The 519 individual chapters were published into 42 volumes by from September 10, 1985 through August 4, 1995. Between December 4, 2002 and April 2, 2004, the chapters were re-released in a collection of 34 volumes, which included a slightly rewritten ending, new covers, and color artwork from its Weekly Shōnen Jump run. The February 2013 issue of, which was released in December 2012, announced that parts of the manga will be fully colored and re-released in 2013.
Twenty volumes, beginning from chapter 195 and grouped by story arcs, were released between February 4, 2013 and July 4, 2014. Twelve volumes covering the first 194 chapters were published between January 4 and March 4, 2016. A 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. Spin-offs Another manga penned by Ōishi, the three-chapter that revolves around, Goku's father, was published in the monthly magazine from August and October 2011.The final chapter of Toriyama's 2013 manga series revealed that it is set before Dragon Ball, with several characters making appearances. Jaco 's collected volumes contain a bonus Dragon Ball chapter depicting Goku's mother.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. Crossovers Toriyama also created a short series, (1999–2005), that became a self-parody of Dragon Ball.
In 2006, a between (or Kochikame) and Dragon Ball by Toriyama and Kochikame author appeared in the Super Kochikame ( 超こち亀, Chō Kochikame) manga. That same year, Toriyama teamed up with to create a crossover chapter of Dragon Ball and titled Cross Epoch. Main article: Direct adaptations of manga and Toriyama's plot outlines Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z are adaptations of the original Dragonball manga, with various new material added in to make extra episodes so that Toriyama would have more time to write original chapters for them to adapt. Dragon Ball Z Kai is a version of the Dragonball Z that removes most of the episodes featuring content that was not part of the original manga. The sequel to the original manga is called Dragon Ball Super, and its story is based on a plot outline by Toriyama, unlike previous anime series Super is released in parallel to (and many times ahead of) the manga of the same name; despite being based on the same outline by Toriyama, there are many slight plot differences between the manga and the anime.Dragon Ball. Further information: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. 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 Freeza - Son Goku's Father, renamed 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 by Funimation, is based on a special chapter of the original manga and aired on February 24, 1993. Dragon Ball Z Kai (Remastered Director's Cut).
Main article:In February 2009, Dragon Ball Z celebrated its 20th anniversary, with Toei Animation announcing that it would broadcast a re-edited and remastered version 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. The episodes were remastered for, 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.
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. The majority of the international versions, including 's English dub, are titled Dragon Ball Z Kai. Dragon Ball Super. Further information: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.
Reprises her roles as Goku, Gohan,. Most of the original cast reprise their roles as well. And also reprise their roles, as and, respectively.The story of the anime is set four years after the defeat of, when the Earth has become peaceful once again.
Akira Toriyama is credited as the original creator, as well for 'original story & character design concepts.' It is also being adapted into a parallel manga. Anime inspired by the manga Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Heroes are not originated from any direct source material from Toriyama, being fully created by their respective animation studios.Dragon Ball GT. Further information:Dragon Ball GT ( ドラゴンボールGT(ジーティー), Doragon Bōru Jī Tī, G(rand) T(ouring) ) premiered on Fuji TV on February 7, 1996 and ran until November 19, 1997 for 64 episodes. Unlike the first two anime series, it is not based on Akira Toriyama's original Dragon Ball manga, being created by Toei Animation as a sequel to the series or as Toriyama called it, a ' of the original Dragon Ball.'
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 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.Super Dragon Ball Heroes. Further information:In 2018, an anime to promote the card and video game series was announced with a July 1 premiere.
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 The short film was created for the Jump Super Anime Tour, 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, was shown on December 17–18, 2011 at the Jump Festa 2012 event.A two-episode titled was created in 1993 as for the video game of the. A remake titled was created as a bonus feature for the and video game, which was released on November 11, 2010.A two-part hour-long crossover special between Dragon Ball Z, and, referred to as aired on April 7, 2013.
Main article: Anime films Twenty animated theatrical films based on the Dragon Ball series have been released in Japan. The three most recent films, (2013), (2015) and (2018), 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're also the first movies to have original creator Akira Toriyama deeply involved in their production; Battle of Gods and Resurrection of '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. The 1996 feature film, 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 below (around 45–60 minutes each), making them only slightly longer than an episode 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 (, Tōei Manga Matsuri), while the sixth through seventeenth films were shown at the Toei Anime Fair (, Toei Anime Fea).Live-action film An American live-action film titled was produced by after it acquired the rights to the Dragon Ball franchise in March 2002. Previous to the film, two unofficial live-action films had been produced decades prior. The film was directed by and produced by, it was released in the United States on April 10, 2009.
The film was meant to lead into sequels,which were cancelled, after the film released 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. 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'. 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'.With the news of, its assets; which include the film rights to the Dragonball franchise, will now be owned by its purchaser,.
Theme park attractions 'Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4D' debuted at in the summer of 2016. It features a battle between Goku and Freeza. Unlike most Dragon Ball animation, the attraction is animated with. 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.Video games. A Dragon Ball Z arcade conversion kit that includes the PCB, instructions and operator's manualThe 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 following the storyline of the series. Starting with the and, most of the games were from the genre or RPG (Role Playing Game), such as the Super Butoden series. The first Dragon Ball game to be released in the United States was for the in 1997.
For the and games the characters were redone in 3D graphics. These games included the series and the series. Was the first game of the franchise developed for the. Was the first game of the franchise developed for the. A called was available in Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan until the servers were shut down in 2013. 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.
Merchandise Soundtracks. See also: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, 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 in 1985 and in 1991, although they were reissued in 2007 and 2003, respectively. For the second anime, the soundtrack series released were.
It was produced and released by 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. Other CDs released are compilations, video games and films soundtracks as well as music from the English versions. Companion books.
Cover of Dragon Ball: The Complete IllustrationsThere 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. 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.
For Dragon Ball GT, the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files were released in May and December 1997 by '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.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, 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. 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, 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. 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:Collectible cards based on the Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT series have been released. 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. Tabletop role-playing game., a produced by.Reception Manga Dragon Ball manga tankōbon volume sales Market(s)PublisherVolume salesAs ofRef160,000,000+2016(15 countries)119,603,554+30,020,000,000+200920,012,000,000+201710,000,000+20138,000,000+20157,56,02,185,000+20161,500,000+20071,35420,000+2008/ Viz Media60,000+2009Worldwide (16 countries)279,603,554+. See also: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. During Dragon Ball 's initial run in, the reached an average circulation of 6.53 million weekly sales, the highest in its history. During Dragon Ball 's serialisation between 1984 and 1995, Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine had a total circulation of over 2.9 billion copies, with those issues generating an estimated ¥554 billion ( $6.9 billion) in sales revenue.Dragon Ball also sold a record number of collected volumes for its time.
By 2000, more than 126 million tankōbon copies had been sold in Japan alone. It sold over 150 million copies in Japan by 2008, making it the ever at the time.
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. Dragon Ball 's tankobon volumes sold 159.5 million copies in Japan by February 2014, and have sold over 160 million copies in Japan as of 2016.The manga is similarly popular overseas, having been translated and released in over 40 countries worldwide. Estimates for the total number of tankōbon volumes sold worldwide range from more than 250 million copies to more than 300 million copies, not including unofficial pirated copies; when including pirated copies, an estimated total of over 400 million official and unofficial copies have been sold worldwide.For the 10th anniversary of the in 2006, Japanese fans voted Dragon Ball the third greatest manga of all time.
In a survey conducted by 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.' Goku's journey and his ever-growing strength resulted in the character winning 'the admiration of young boys everywhere'. Manga artists, such as creator and creator, have stated that Goku inspired their series' main protagonists as well as series structure.Manga critic 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.' He says the series 'turns from a gag/adventure manga to an nearly-pure fighting manga', and its basic formula of 'lots of martial arts, lots of training sequences, a few jokes' became the model for other series, such as Naruto.
Thompson also called Toriyama's art influential and cited it as a reason for the series' popularity. Yadao, author of The Rough Guide to Manga, claims that the first several chapters of Dragon Ball 'play out much like with -like humour built in' and that Dr. Slump, Toriyama's previous manga, has a clear early influence on the series. 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. 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.' 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'. 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.' 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. Allen Divers of praised the story and humor of the manga as being very good at conveying all of the characters' personalities. Divers also called 's translation one of the best of all the English editions of the series due to its faithfulness to the original Japanese.
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.The content of the manga has been controversial in the United States. In November 1999, removed Viz's Dragon Ball from their stores nationwide when a parent complained the series had 'borderline soft porn' after he bought them for his four-year-old son. Commenting on the issue, explained it as a difference in culture.
After the ban, Viz reluctantly began to censor the series to keep wide distribution. However, in 2001, after releasing three volumes censored, Viz announced Dragon Ball would be uncensored and reprinted due to fan reactions. In October 2009, in banned the Dragon Ball manga from their school district because it 'depicts nudity, sexual contact between children and sexual innuendo among adults and children.' . Tankōbon volume sales of original Dragon Ball manga, not including Dragon Ball Super.
^ Additionally, more than 100 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in China, as of 2005. ^ Additionally, more than 30 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in South Korea, as of 2014. Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies. When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea, an estimated total of approximately 250 million official and unofficial copies have been sold overseas. 60,000 copies sold annually in Vietnam, as of 2009. ^ Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies. When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea, an estimated total of over 400 million official and unofficial copies have been sold worldwide.
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