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Dragon Ball, The Anime ♥♪

Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama. Originally started with a series of manga that was written and illustrated by Toriyama, it had its chapters serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1984 to 1995, with its 519 chapters compiled in 42 tankōbon volumes and published by the Shueisha publishing house. Dragon Ball was initially inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. The series follows the adventures of the protagonist, Son Goku, from his childhood to adulthood as he trains martial arts and explores the world in search of seven spheres known as the Dragon Spheres, which summon a dragon that grants a wish when gathered. Throughout his journey, Goku makes several friends and fights against a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls. The Dragon Ball manga was adapted into two anime series by Toei Animation: Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, which together were broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1996. In addition, the studio developed 19 animated feature films and three as well as two anime series titled Dragon Ball GT (1996-1997) and Dragon Ball Super (2015-2018). From 2009 to 2015, a remake and accelerated version of Dragon Ball Z was shown in Japan under the title Dragon Ball Kai, in which most of the scenes of the original version that did not appear in the manga were removed. Several companies have developed a number of adaptations of the manga series, making it a large and popular media franchise that includes animated and live-action movies, collectible card games, numerous action figures, plus collections of soundtracks and a large number of electronic games. Starting in November 2014, the franchise generated $ 5 billion worth of merchandise, [1] making Dragon Balluma the most commercialized manga-based media franchises of all time.

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