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A selection of Dragon Ball ' s extensive cast of characters at the conclusion of the manga. Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, Dr. Slump.
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 in 42 tankōbon volumes by its publisher Shueisha.
A retelling of the original Dragon Ball merging elements from the Pilaf and Red Ribbon sagas. 18: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (Doragon Bōru Zetto: Kami to Kami; ドラゴンボールZ 神と神) Masahiro Hosoda Storyboarded by : Kimitoshi Chioka, Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Kazuhisa Takenouchi & Masahiro Hosoda Yusuke Watanabe
Beerus, the God of Destruction (Japanese: 破壊神ビルス, Hepburn: Hakaishin Birusu) is a fictional character from the Dragon Ball franchise created by Akira Toriyama.He made his debut appearance in the 2013 film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods serving as the main antagonist and returned in the 2015 sequel Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' in a supporting roles, as well as in Dragon Ball Super.
It also announced the Dragon Ball Z Festival at Toei Kyoto Studio Park from March 16 to September 8 in celebration of Battle of the Gods. [16] Starting on March 30, Beerus appeared in the Dragon Ball arcade game Zenkai Battle Royale. Beerus, Whis, and Goku's Super Saiyan God form are all playable characters in the video game Battle of Z. [35]
Son Goku [nb 20] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama.He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Gokū in Japan and the Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with influences from the Hong Kong action cinema of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.
DVD home video releases of the Dragon Ball anime series have topped Japan's sales charts on several occasions. [18] [19] In the United States, the Dragon Ball Z anime series sold over 25 million DVD units by January 2012. [20] As of 2017, the Dragon Ball anime franchise has sold more than 30 million DVD and Blu-ray units in the United States. [1]
Shueisha began publishing colored versions of the Dragon Ball Super tankōbon digitally on April 3, 2020. Viz Media began posting free English translations of the chapters to their website on June 24, 2016, [3] with a print release of the first volume following on May 2, 2017. They have published 22 volumes in North America as of December 2024.