Anime Profile: Dragon Ball
Fields |
USA Info |
Japanese Info |
Image |
|---|---|---|---|
Title |
Dragon Ball | Doragon Baaru(ドラゴンボール)("Dragon Ball") |   |
· · · |
Dragonball(alternate spelling) | Dragon Ball | |
Released |
153 TV episodes, 4 movies | 153 TV episodes, 4 movies | |
Dates |
1995; Aug 21, 2001–Dec 1, 2003 | Feb 26, 1986–Apr 12, 1989 | |
Company |
Seagull Ent./FUNimation | Toei Animation/Bird Studio/Fuji TV | |
Creator |
Akira Toriyama | ||
Director |
Daisuke Nishio | ||
Genre |
Adventure, Martial Arts, Comedy | Adventure, Martial Arts, Comedy | |
Related |
-- listed below -- | -- listed below -- | |
Characters |
-- listed below -- | -- listed below -- |
Last I checked, this anime was available on DVD at Anime Nation and Amazon, and on VHS at Amazon.
Related Anime: Dragon Ball
Anime Characters: Dragon Ball
English Name |
Japanese Name |
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English Name |
Japanese Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulma | Buruma | Piccolo | Pikoro | |
| Chi-Chi | Chi-Chi | Puar | Puiaru | |
| Chiaotzu | Chiaotzu | Shenron | Shenron | |
| Emperor Pilaf | Emperor Pilaf | Tien | Tien | |
| Goku | Son Goku | Yamcha | Yamucha | |
| Grandpa Gohan | Son Gohan Jiichan | Mai(+) | Mai(+) | |
| Krillin | Kuririn | Octavio(+) | Octavio(+) | |
| Launch | Ranchi/Kushami | Ox King(+) | Ox King(+) | |
| Master Roshi | Muten Roushi | Shao(+) | Shao(+) | |
| Oolong | Uron |
Anime Description: Dragon Ball
Once upon a time, a little boy lived in the wilderness. Then, along came a young lady on a quest for seven magical balls...and the world was never the same again.
Dragon Ball is the mystical, whimsical adventure of Goku, the search for the magical Dragon balls, and the myriad people he meets in his travels: from the savvy Bulma to the shape-changing pig Oolong, from the Turtle Hermit Master Roshi to the Oxking, and so on.
The original adventure of Dragon Ball, though full of action, is also much more whimsical and light-hearted then its successors, making it more appealing to younger audiences.
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