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Dragon Ball (manga)

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[ serialized in [Shonen Jump Japan], serialized in [Shonen Jump USA] ]

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Alternative title:
Dragonball
ドラゴンボール (Japanese)
七龍珠 (Chinese (Taiwan))
七龙珠 (Chinese (PRC))
龍珠 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
드래곤 볼 완전판 (Korean)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, science fiction, supernatural
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Bulma is a girl in search of the seven mystical Dragonballs who is told that that, when brought together, can grant any wish. Son Goku is a strange boy with a tail who lives in the woods and is the owner of one of the Dragonballs. The two cross paths and a grand adventure begins, on the way meeting a cast of characters such as a desert bandit, Yamucha; the transforming pig, Oolong; and the great martial master of Kame-Sennin, Muten Roshi. The story starts off based on the traditional Chinese folktale 'Journey to the West.' This series also includes what is known in the United States as 'Dragonball Z.'
User Ratings: 507 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 64 votes (sub:21, English:17, dub:14, raw:2, raw:2, ?:2, Spa.dub:1, Portuguese:1, Italian:1, German:1, Ger.dub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:0, Fre.dub:0, edit.dub:0)
 Excellent: 123 votes (English:44, sub:30, dub:18, raw:6, ?:5, French:3, Por.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, Spa.sub:2, raw:2, German:2, Dutch:1, Portuguese:1, Italian:1, edit.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Swedish:1)
 Very good: 116 votes (English:50, sub:22, ?:12, dub:12, raw:4, Swe.dub:2, Por.sub:2, French:2, Swe.sub:1, Korean:1, Ger.dub:1, Por.dub:1, Danish:1, Dutch:1, edit.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, raw:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Good: 100 votes (English:45, sub:20, dub:11, ?:6, Swe.sub:2, French:2, Por.sub:2, Danish:2, edit.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Swe.dub:1, Swedish:1, German:1, raw:1, Spanish:1)
 Decent: 53 votes (English:17, dub:11, sub:9, ?:4, French:2, Swe.sub:2, Swe.dub:2, Danish:1, Fre.sub:1, Portuguese:1, Dutch:1, Swedish:1, Ger.dub:1)
 So-so: 26 votes (English:9, sub:4, ?:4, dub:4, Swedish:2, Dutch:1, Ger.sub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Not really good: 11 votes (?:3, English:2, Swedish:1, dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, sub:1, Danish:1)
 Weak: 8 votes (English:3, sub:3, Swedish:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (English:1, sub:1, ?:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:1, Swedish:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (dub:1, raw:0, sub:0)
Seen in part or in whole by 1277 users, rank: #18
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.6853 (Very good-.31), std. dev.: 1.8347, rank: #1259
Weighted mean: 7.5717 (Very good-.42), rank: #1205
Bayesian estimate: 7.57385 (Very good-.42), rank: #796
Number of tankoubon: 42
Number of pages: 180
Volumes:
#01. Son Goku and Friends
#02. Critical Moment for the Dragon Balls
#03. The Tenkaichi Budoukai Begins!!
#04. The Grand Finals
#04. The Red Ribbon Army
#05. The Terror of Muscle Tower
#06. Bulma's Big Mistake!!
#07. General Blue's Pursuit!!
#08. Son Goku's Assault
#09. When Worried, See Uranai Baba
#10. The Twenty-Second Tenkaichi Budoukai
#11. The World's Greatest Super Battle!!
#12. The Terror of Piccolo Daimaou!
#13. Son Goku's Counterattack!?
#14. Actions Like Always
#15. A Herd of Superpowers Standing Their Ground
#16. Dragon and Tiger Mutually Strike!
#16. Goku vs. Piccolo
#17. A Never Before Seen Terror
#17. Worlds Greatest Team
#18. Son Gohan and Piccolo Daimaou
#19. Earth vs. The Saiyans
#19. Hurry, Son Goku!
#20. A Fateful Super Decisive Battle!!
#20. Goku vs. Vegeta
#21. Dragon Balls In Space
#21. Go For It! The Planet Namek
#22. The Namekians' Resistance
#23. The Terrible Ginyu Special-Squad
#24. Goku or Ginyu!?
#25. Freeza's Super Transformation!!
#26. Son Goku...Revived!!
#27. The Legendary Super Saiyan
#28. The Boy From the Future
#29. Goku, Defeated!
#30. Evil Premonition
#31. Cell Creeps Along
#32. Cell's Perfect Form Achieved!!
#33. The Cell Games Begin
#34. The Warrior Who Surpassed Goku
#35. Goodbye, Warriors
#36. Birth of a New Hero!!
#37. The Plan Begins Moving
#38. The Fated Showdown: Son Goku vs Vegeta
#39. Farewell, Prideful Warrior
#40. The Earthlings' Last Secret Weapon!!
#41. Do Your Best, Super Gotenks
#42. Bye Bye Dragon World
Vintage:
1984 to 1995 (Shonen Jump Japan 1984 No.51 to 1995 No.25)
2000-06-15 to 2003-09-10 (Sweden)
2000-09 to 2006-06-06 (North America)
2001 to 2003-05 (Polish Volumes 1 - 42)
2001 to 2003-06-11 (México)
2002-12-03 to 2005-03-01 (Serialization in Shonen Jump USA)
2003-04-01 to 2007-02-03 (Finland)
2005 (Brazil - Kanzenban)
Releases: We have 503
Official website:
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Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 5
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Comment:
On December 4, 2002 Shueisha and Bird Studios commenced the release of the first two volumes of Dragon Ball "Kanzenban". A re-release of the series which would feature new cover art by Akira Toriyama, more chapters per volume (resulting in only 34 volumes as opposed to the original 42), and a new ending by Akira Toriyama.
One of the greatest Manga franchises ever created, Dragonball has had an Anime TV series daptation (and sequels) and several movie adaptations. It has also been translated into many languages and is extremely popular around the world.
Unlike the North American adaptation and the Anime, there was never a Dragonball Z Manga. The events of the Dragonball Z TV series follow the events of the Manga as of aproximately volume 17 (Dragonball GT and the movies are original stories that do not follow the Manga).
The North American Serialization of "Dragon Ball Z" in the US version of Shonen Jump started in the middle of the series, at the Cyborg Saga.
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Japanese staff 
Japanese companies 

Story & Art: Akira Toriyama

 

Production: Bird Studio

Publisher: Shueisha

Japanese cast 
(none)
English staff 
English cast 

Translation:
Lillian Olsen
Mari Morimoto

Associate Managing Editor: Albert Totten

Cover Design:
Hidemi Sahara
Sean Lee

Director of Sales and Marketing:
Dallas Middaugh
Satoru Fujii

Editing: Trish Ledoux

Editor-in-Chief: Hyoe Narita

Editorial Assistant: Robert McCarthy

English Adaptation: Gerard Jones

Graphic Design: Sean Lee

Lettering: Wayne Truman

Managing Editor: Annette Roman

Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi

Senior Editor: Jason Thompson

Touch-up Art: Wayne Truman

Vice-president Of Sales & Marketing: Rick Bauer

 (none)
English companies 

Licensed by: Viz Media

Publisher: Gollancz Manga (UK)

French staff 
French companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Glenat (France)

French cast 
(none)
Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

Translation:
Brenda Nava (Mexico)
Geni Bigas (Spain, 2006)
Helena Jürgens (Catalan ed.)

Assistant: Salvador Santacruz (Spain, 2006)

Correction:
Julia Esther Espinoza (Mexico)
Lucero Bladinières (Mexico)
Toni Guiral (Spain, 2006)
Verónica Bellver (Mexico)

Digital Edition:
América Zarazúa (Mexico)
Guillermina Salazar (Mexico)
Leonel Montoya (Mexico)
Olivia Melesio (Mexico)
Oralia Cortés (Mexico)
Paulina Villada (Mexico)
Salvador Sánchez (Mexico)
Sergio Gutiérrez (Mexico)

Editing:
Annabel Espada (Spain, 2006)
Cristina De Avilés (Spain, 2006)
Encarna Castillo (Spain, 2006)

Editorial Director: Jaime Rodriguez (Spain, 2006)

Graphic Design:
Gerard F. Muntó (Spain, 2006)
Rut Serrano (Spain, 2006)

Graphics: Rosa Rigau (Spain, 2006)

Lettering: Eduard Solé (Spain, 2006)

Production Assistant:
Carlo Angie Núñez (Mexico)
Erick Salomón Animas Pérez (Mexico)
Pedro A. Infante Román (Mexico)

 (none)
Spanish companies 

Publisher:
Grupo Editorial Vid (Mexico)
Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)

Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 

Publisher: Editions Star Comics

Italian cast 
(none)

German cast 
German staff 

Translation:
Junko Iwamoto-Seebeck
Jürgen Seebeck

(none)
German companies 

Publisher: Carlsen Comics

Dutch staff 
Dutch cast 

Translation:
Peter de Raaf
Pieter van Oudheusden

Adaptation: Paul Herman

Publisher: Dominique Leblan

 (none)
Dutch companies 

Publisher: Glénat Benelux

Translation: Studio de Raaf

Danish staff 
Danish cast 

Translation: John Lysmand

 (none)
Danish companies 

Publisher: Carlsen

Polish staff 
(none)
Polish companies 

Publisher: Japonica Polonica Fantastica (JPF) "

Polish cast 
(none)
Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Translation:
Drik Sada (vol 1, 4 + / kanzenban)
Suara Bastos (vol 2 / kanzenban)
Vinícius Chamas (vol 2 and 3 / kanzenban)
Yumi Garcia dos Santos (vol 3 ~ 5 / kanzenban)

Cover:
Diego Aguilar (vol 12 / kanzenban)
Vítor Novaes (vol 1 ~ 11 / kanzenban)

Edition:
Jae HW (vol 8 + / kanzenban)
Lucas Carrasco (vol 8 / kanzenban)

Editor-in-Chief:
Cassius Medauar (DB and DBZ start only)
Sidney Gusman (DB and DBZ start only)

Lettering:
Ayala Junior (vol 7 and 8 / kanzenban)
Evandro Pimentel (vol 10 and 11 / kanzenban)
Lilian Mitsunaga (vol 1, 4, 6 / kanzenban)
Luciano Marques (vol 2 and 3 / kanzenban)
Nei Oliveira (vol 5, 7 / kanzenban)
Roberto Freitas (vol 12 / kanzenban)

 (none)
Portuguese companies 

Publisher: Conrad (Brazil)

Swedish cast 
Swedish staff 

Translation:
Morgan Holm
Vibeke Edmond

(none)
Swedish companies 

Publisher: Bonnier Carlsen

Chinese (PRC) staff 
Chinese (PRC) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: China Children Press & Publication Group

Chinese (PRC) cast 
(none)
 
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