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In ''Dragon Ball'', Goku and a huge cast of friends and enemies search for the magical Dragon Balls that they could use to make a wish come true. Of course, no sooner had someone gathered and used the Dragon Balls than they would have to be sought out again. On top of all this Goku was training up to fight in the periodic "Strongest Under the Heavens" tournament. The series is generally broken down into the following sagas: Emperor Pilaf, the first World Martial Arts Tournament, the Red Ribbon Army, Tienshinhan, King Piccolo and Piccolo Jr, with minor filler plots. After defeating these major threats to the world, Goku finally won the tournament on his third attempt and went off to get married.

After that, the anime (and the American version of the manga from that point) experienced a name change to ''Dragon Ball Z,'' while it continued uninterrupted as ''Dragon Ball'' in the Japanese manga. The reason was the ''Dragon Ball Z'' period had a change in focus from martial arts comedy to more serious epic battles. At the start it revealed that Goku was not simply a boy with a tail but one of the last of the alien race, the Saiyans. He was sent into space shortly before the Saiyan planet was destroyed (shades of ''[[Superman]]''). Goku and his friends, reinforced by former enemies (a recurring theme) had to fight [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil|progressively more powerful]] villains. Although Goku and his martial arts skills (which let him and his friends fly, throw energy blasts and read minds) dominated the battles, the story was mostly about Goku's son Gohan and how he faces the challenges. Running seven years and nearly 300 episodes, the series can be broken down into the four primary [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of the series: Vegeta, Frieza, Cell and Majin Buu. Both ''Dragon Ball'' the manga and ''Dragon Ball Z'' the anime came to a triumphant conclusion after Gohan is married and his own daughter Pan enters the "Strongest Under the Heavens" tournament.

 

 

After several years of no new media beyond video games repeating the history, Dragon Ball was brought into a new generation with the announcement of a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, simply titled ''[[Dragon Ball Online]]''. While it has, as of yet, only been released in Asia, it should be noted for one important reason: ''Dragon Ball Online'' takes place on Earth, 216 years after the events at the conclusion of the manga series, and [[Word of God|according to Akira Toriyama, who has been one of the hands-on lead designers of the game]], ''[[Canon|is considered canon]]'' to the world of ''Dragon Ball''. So far, three playable races have been announced: Human, Namekian, and Majin.

There were many [[Non-Serial Movie|Non Serial Movies]] (only a few could be wedged into the series' timeline) released at least once a year, three set in the ''Dragon Ball'' timeline and thirteen for ''Dragon Ball Z''. Two made-for-TV movies were made for ''Dragon Ball Z'', which are technically in [[Canon]]. There was also a seventeenth feature film based on the original series produced to commemorate the [[Milestone Celebration|tenth anniversary]] of the franchise, as well as a web special in 2008 produced to commemorating the 40th anniversary of ''[[Shonen Jump]]''.

 

 

In the early 2000s, the manga was re-released in Japan as the "Kanzenban" or "Perfect Edition," with brand-new covers drawn by Toriyama. This condensed the original 42 volumes down to 34, included all of the original color pages, and every other issue included a booklet with a drawing by current, popular Shueisha artists, talking about how much Dragon Ball had influenced them. The final volume in 2004 included a new, adjusted ending written and drawn by Akira Toriyama.

From 2009-2011, Toei aired ''[[Dragon Ball Kai]]'' (''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' outside Japan), a "[[Re Cut|refreshing]]" of DBZ from the Saiyan to the Cell Games arcs with almost no [[Filler]] or [[Padding]].

 

 

 

 

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