Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール, Doragon Bōru) is a Japanese media franchise by Akira Toriyama. The manga series was originally published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 1984 to 1995, and the 519 chapters put into 42 volumes. The series follows the main character Son Goku, an alien originally thought to be a human, as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the mysterious Dragon Balls. When the seven Dragon Balls are gathered, one wish will be granted by Shenlong the Dragon. Goku is accompanied by Bulma and trained by Master Roshi while he fights a wide variety of villains. Dragon Ball is separated into two anime series, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, having two sequels, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super. Spin-offs include a trading card game, several movies, and multiple video games, making the most popular anime franchise worldwide. And of course the legendary manga in which recent chapters the deuteragonist Vegeta has surpassed Goku in terms of power with his new form, Ultra Ego.

A logo sometimes used for the Dragon Ball franchise.

Plot

The series begins with Goku and Bulma finding all seven Dragon Balls, which can summon the dragon Shenlong to grant the user a wish. Their journey takes them to many people like Yamcha, Chi-Chi (Goku mistakenly agrees to marry), and Pilaf, an evil man who seeks the Dragon Balls to grant his desire to rule the world. Goku then must go through intense training by Master Roshi to fight in the Tenkaichi Budōkai, a fighting tournament. A monk named Krillin becomes Goku's best friend and training partner. After the tournament, Goku looks for the Dragon Ball his adoptive grandfather left him and almost single-handedly takes down the Red Ribbon Army and their assassin Taopaipai. Goku reunites with his friends to defeat fortuneteller Baba's fighters to locate the last Dragon Ball to revive a friend killed by Taopaipai.

Three years later, Goku and his friends oppose Master Roshi's rival Tsuru-Sen'nin, and his students Tenshinhan and Chaozu at Tenkaichi Budōkai. Krillin is killed after the tournament and Goku tracks down and is defeated by his killer, Piccolo Daimao. The samurai Yajirobe takes Goku to Karin, where he heals and gets a power boost. After the deaths of Master Roshi, Chaozu, and even Shenlong, Goku then kills Piccolo Daimao (who is young again), who, just before dying, spawns his son/reincarnation Piccolo Jr. Karin takes Goku to Kami, the original creator of the Dragon Balls, to bring back Shenlong and revive his friends. Goku trains with Kami for three years, reuniting with his friends at the next Tenkaichi Budōkai where he narrowly wins against Piccolo and leaves with Chi-Chi, marrying her.

Five years later, Goku is a young adult and father to Gohan, when Raditz arrives to Earth, and reveals to Goku that he is part of an alien race called the Saiyans who sent Goku with a mission to take over Earth for them before he suffered a head injury. Goku teams up with Piccolo to defeat Raditz but is also killed. Goku trains with King Kai in the afterlife, until he is revived to defeat Nappa and Vegeta, but Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaozu and Piccolo are killed. Krillin learns of other Dragon Balls on planet Namek and joins Bulma and Gohan to look for them to revive their friends and bring back Earth's Dragon Balls. The quest leads them to fights with the galactic tyrant Frieza's henchmen, the Ginyu Force, and Vegeta. In the battle with Frieza, Vegeta and Krillin are killed, and the fight ends when Goku transforms into the legendary Super Saiyan and defeats him.

A group of Androids created by Dr. Gero, a former Red Ribbon Army member, appear three years later looking for revenge against Goku. During this time, an evil artificial life form called Cell emerges and, after absorbing two of the Androids to transform into his perfect form, holds his own fighting tournament to challenge Goku and his friends. Gohan defeats Cell, when Goku dies again. Seven years later, Goku, revived for a day, and his friends must defeat Majin Boo. After a lot of battles, and after the re-creation of Earth, Goku destroys Boo with a Genki-Dama attack and wishes for him to be reincarnated as a good person. Ten years later, Goku meets and trains Boo's human reincarnation Oob, to have him becoming the world's protector.

Characters

Primary

• Goku: The main hero. He is a Saiyan with large, black, pointy hair. His deadly attack is the spirit bomb. His wife is Chi-Chi, and his two sons are Gohan and Goten.
• Bulma: Goku's lifelong friend, Vegeta's wife, and the mother of Trunks and Bulla.
• Gohan: He is the oldest son of Goku and Chi-Chi, and father of Pan.
• Goten: The youngest son of Goku and Chi-Chi. He is the youngest Super Saiyan in history.
• Trunks: The son of Vegeta and Bulma. Both his future (Future Trunks), and present day(Kid Trunks) characters play key roles.
• Chi-Chi: Goku's wife, and the mother of Gohan and Goten.
• Krillin (called "Kuririn" in the Japanese version): One of Goku's friends. He later marries Android 18 and has a daughter.
• Vegeta: Vegeta is the rival of Goku. He also became a Super Saiyan and is the husband of Bulma, and father to Trunks and Bra.
• Piccolo: King Piccolo's last son; he is also one of Gohan's favorite teachers; Piccolo used to be evil. His deadly attack is Makannkousappou.His body is green.He can reproduct his body if his head is not damaged.
• Bardock:is a Saiyan mercenary who married Gine and has two sons Goku and Raditz.

Secondary

• Chi-Chi: Goku's wife, and the mother of Gohan and Goten.
• Bra (also known as "Bulla"): The daughter of Vegeta and Bulma, and sister of Trunks
• Videl: Gohan's girlfriend (later wife) and Pan's mother.
• Uub: (also known as Oob) Uub is the reincarnation of Kid Buu.
• Majin Buu (also known as Majin Boo)
• Hercule (also known as Mr. Satan)
• Tenshinhan
• Chaozu
• Yamcha
• Yajirobe
• Chauzu
• Korin
• Dende
• Mr. Popo
• Master Roshi (Goku's Master)
• Marron: Daughter of Krillin and Android 18
• Androids (mainly 17, 18,8 and 16)
• Kami: The guardian of Earth before Dende
• Bardock: Goku's late father

Other Dragon Ball characters

• Janemba

Frieza's force

Frieza is the first major villain in Dragon Ball Z. He is often seen with a group of other fighters who help him.

• King Cold
• Cui
• Dodoria
• Zarbon
• Captain Ginyu: leader of the Ginyu Force, a group of mercenaries for Frieza.
• Nappa: A Saiyan and Vegeta's old partner)
• Raditz: Goku's Saiyan brother who is killed by Piccolo.
• Saibamen
• Sorbet

Androids

Androids are a group of human-machine hybrids created by Dr. Gero, appearing in the Androids and Cell sagas. A few are:

• Android 16
• Android 17
• Android 18
• Android 19
• Android 20 (Dr. Gero)
• Cell, the second major villain in Dragon Ball Z.

Saiyans

Saiyans are a race of endangered aliens. They are naturally aggressive warriors who have great powers and technology. Most Saiyans travel from planet to planet destroying the people who live there so that they can sell the planet and worked for Frieza. Most Saiyans can be easily noticed by their tail but some have lost their tails. Saiyans without tails include Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, Goten and Broly. The Saiyans lived on the planet Vegeta which was later destroyed by Frieza.

Super Saiyans

Super Saiyans Are very powerful warriors who can power up by anger. Some Saiyans can become Super Saiyans, including half-Saiyan hybrids like Gohan and Goten. A Super Saiyan is a transformation a Saiyan can go through and makes them stronger and changes their hair to blonde. Only a few Saiyans have the potential to become Super Saiyans. The legend goes, once every 1,000 years a Super Saiyan emerges. Saiyans play a very important role once it is revealed that Goku is one.

Only a few Saiyan characters have been able to become Super Saiyans:

• The Original Super Saiyan
• Son Goku
• Son Gohan
• Son Goten
• Vegeta
• Trunks
• Bardock
• Cabba
• Kale

Caulifla

• Broly

Cell also achieves the power of Super Saiyan. Kale and Caulifla are two female Saiyans. They can also transform into Super Saiyans.

Fusion warriors

Fusion warriors are warriors made out of two fighters by the means of fusion. There are three ways of fusion:the first being the Namekian fusion, which a namekian fuses with another Namekian, giving the former a power boost. There are three users of this technique

• Piccolo
• Saonel
• Pillina

The second fusion technique is the potara fusion which two warriors wear potara earrings and merge into one entity or fighter or being stronger then the two combined, is like it creates a new warrior. The earrings comes from the deities called the Kais and when a deity fuses with another deity the fusion stays permanent. The users of this are:

• Goku
• Vegeta
• Kibito
• Supreme Kai
• Goku Black/Zamasu
• Caulifla
• Kale
• Xeno Goku
• Xeno vegeta

The potara fusion warriors are:

• Vegito
• KibitoKai
• Merged Zamasu/Zamasu
• Kefla
• Xeno Vegito

The third and final technique is the metamorian fusion or fusion dance,it is similar to the potara fusion but it requires a special dance in which you and another warrior must dance the steps in perfect harmony or it you'll fuse into an incomplete and weaker form like veku. This fusion technique also creates a new warrior like the potara and the fusion warrior will be stronger then the two warriors combined. The users of this technique are:

• Goku
• Vegeta
• Goten
• Kid Trunks

The metamorian fusion warriors are:

• Gogeta
• Gotenks

Namekians

Namekians,are green slug like beings from planet Namek who possess many abilities like regeneration or creation. Most Namekiams have the ability to create dragon balls but unlike their namekian ancestor Solomon who created the Super dragon balls.There many types of nameks like: Namekian warriors They are warriors from planet Namek,some use their power to protect while others use it for their evil desires. The Namekian warriors are:

• Piccolo
• King Piccolo
• Lord Slug
• Nail
• Saonel
• Pillina

Namekian Guardians There are Namekians who look over their planet. Guru is the only one in the series who uses the same ability to release one's true strength like Elder Kai/Old Kai. The Namekian Guardians/Elders are:

• Kami(Previous Guardian of Earth)
• Guru(Previous Guardian of Namek)
• Muuri
• Dende(Current Guardian of Earth)

Other media

The series has been adapted into two anime. Dragon Ball is based the first 194 chapters of the manga, while Dragon Ball Z is based on the last 325 chapters and last 26 volumes of the Dragon Ball manga. It basically begins where ''Dragon Ball'' left off. ''Dragon Ball GT'' aired from 1996 to 1997. Dragon Ball Super, the newest series for the franchise aired from 2015 to 2018.''DRAGON Ball first Arc'' Dragon Ball: Saiyan race