They also undergo rigorous training regimes and educational programs in order to fight in the Tenka-ichi Budōkai, a tournament in which the most powerful fighters in the world compete. Along the way, they meet and befriend many other martial artists. One day Goku meets a girl called Bulma and together they go on a quest to retrieve the seven Dragon Balls, mythical objects that can summon a dragon who will grant any wish. Plot See also: List of Dragon Ball charactersĪ monkey-tailed boy named Goku is found by an old martial arts expert who raises him as his grandson. Other manga artists have acknowledged that Dragon Ball was an inspiration for their own works. The initial Dragon Ball anime was ranked number twelve in a list of the top one-hundred series in Japan. By 2000, more than 126 million copies of the manga series had been sold in Japan and by 2007, this number had grown to pass 150 million.

An American live-action film began production in 2002 and is slated for release on April 10, 2009.ĭragon Ball is one of the most popular manga series of its time, and continues to enjoy high readership today. Dragon Ball was adapted into three animeseries, seventeen animated feature films, three television specials, a collectible trading card game, and a large number of video games. It is 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 manga was serialized in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 1984 through 1995, and its 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha.

Inspired by the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West, the series follows the adventures of Son Goku from his childhood through old age as he goes through several trainings and the research for seven mystical objects known as the Dragon Balls, which are supposed to grant any wish. Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyanĭragon Ball is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama.First tankōbon volume, released in Japan on November 10, 1985Ĭartoon Network, CoLours TV, Toonami Jetstream, KIKU

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