Additionally, the studio has developed 20 animated feature films and three television specials, as well as two anime sequel series titled Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997) and Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018). Toriyama's manga was adapted and divided into two anime series produced by Toei Animation: Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, which together were broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1996. Along his journey, Goku makes several other friends, becomes a family man, discovers his alien heritage, and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls. He spends his childhood far from civilization until he meets a teen girl named Bulma, who encourages him to join her quest in exploring the world in search of the seven orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. The series follows the adventures of protagonist Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts. Dragon Ball was originally inspired by the classical 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with elements of Hong Kong martial arts films. The initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters collected into 42 tankōbon volumes by its publisher Shueisha. Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Gameĭragon Ball ( Japanese: ドラゴンボール, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru) is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984.We’ve also included detailed pages for each individual episode, which includes screen shots from the original episodes, episode summaries, next episode information, complete opening and ending credits, and much more. Select a story arc to view an episode-by-episode break-down of that specific arc, with additional information pertaining to the original broadcast run, filler content, and rating shares.
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However in early-2009, Toei Animation and Fuji TV would reunite to bring the beloved franchise back to syndicated TV, creating something no one had expected - Dragon Ball Kai. The franchise would go on to see considerable reruns of all three series in Japan on various cable TV networks, even to this day. For the first time in over a decade, there was no new episode of Dragon Ball to be seen. After only 64 episodes and one feature length TV special, the Dragon Ball GT anime series came to an end when the final episode aired on 19 November 1997.
Unlike the previous two series, the TV ratings quickly dropped as series progressed and much of the overwhelming interest once seen in the franchise began to rapidly dwindle. Numerous new producers were also brought on board from both Toei Animation and Fuji TV to help determine the series’ plot and development. Veteran animator Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru entirely took over the role of character designer and Akihito Tokunaga was brought on as the series’ new musical composer. The main staff of the series also experienced some significant changes, with the majority leaving to pursue other endeavors. Taking over the Dragon Ball Z time slot at 7:00PM every Wednesday on Fuji TV, the first episode of Dragon Ball GT aired on 07 February 1996.īeyond creating the title and logo of the series, providing designs for the main characters, and drawing a few promotional illustrations, original manga author Akira Toriyama had very little involvement with the series.
This new anime original series picked up right where the previous series had left off, and was initially slated to expand Toriyama’s “Dragon World” into the far reaches of the Dragon Ball universe, with Goku as a child once again. The new series was titled Dragon Ball GT, with “GT” being short for “Grand Touring”.
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