Dragon Ball (Japanese: ??????? , Hepburn : Doragon B? ru ) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. This is an adaptation of the first 194 chapters of the manga of the same name made by Akira Toriyama, published in Weekly Sh? Nen Jump from 1984 to 1988. The anime consisted of 153 episodes aired on Fuji TV from 26 February 1986 to 12 April 1989.
Dragon Ball follows the adventure of protagonist Goku, a powerful naïve boy who, after meeting Bulma, plans to collect seven Dragon Ball awarded. After becoming a student of martial arts master Kame-Sennin, he and his disciple Kuririn enter a tournament that attracts the most powerful fighters in the world. He then sets out on his own and the wind faces up and destroys the Red Ribbon Army by himself. When Kuririn was later killed after another tournament, Goku took revenge on his killer Piccolo Daimao. Three years later, Goku, now a young adult, had to fight Piccolo Daimao, a cucolo boy. The remaining 325 manga chapters are adapted into the Dragon Ball Z anime.
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Plot
The series begins with a monkey-tailed boy named Goku who befriends a teenage girl named Bulma. Together they went on a quest to find the seven Dragon Balls ( ??????? ) , which summoned the Shenron dragon to give the user one request. The journey leads to a confrontation with the transformed Oolong pig, as well as the desert bandit named Yamucha and his friend Pu'ar, with all then being allies; Chi-Chi, which Goku unwittingly agrees to get married; and Pilaf, an evil man who sought a Dragon Ball to fulfill his desire to rule the world. After Oolong stops Pilaf from using the Dragon Ball hoping for a pair of underwear, Goku experiences a strict training regime under Kame-Sennin martial artist to fight in Tenkaichi Bud? Kai ( ?????? , "Ultimate Martial Arts Tournament Under the Heavens") that attracts the world's strongest fighters. A monk named Kuririn became his training partner and rival, but they soon became good friends. After the tournament, Goku sets out on his own to recover the Dragon Ball that his grandfather left behind and meets the Red Ribbon Army, whose leader wants to collect the Dragon Ball for himself. He almost alone defeated the army, including their hitman Taopaipai, whom he initially lost, but after practicing under the Karin hermit, is now easily defeated. Goku reunited with his friends to defeat the fortune teller Baba Uranai and make him find the last Dragon Ball to revive a friend who was killed by Taopaipai.
They all reunited in Tenkaichi Bud? Kai three years later and meet rival Kame-Sennin and brother Taopaipai, Tsuru-Sennin, and his students Tenshinhan and Chaozu, who swore revenge. Kuririn was killed after the tournament and Goku tracked down and was defeated by his killer, Piccolo Daimao. Samurai Yajirobe brings Goku to Karin, where he receives healing and power encouragement. Meanwhile, Piccolo fights Kame-Sennin and Chaozu, causing both their deaths, and using Dragon Balls to regain his youth before destroying Shenlong. As Piccolo Daimao prepares to destroy West City, Tenshinhan tries to defeat him, but is beaten and almost killed. Goku arrives in time to rescue him, then begins his battle with Piccolo Daimao, who, just before death, grows his son/Piccolo reincarnation. Karin informs Goku that We (God), the original creator of Dragon Ball, may be able to restore Shenlong so that he can expect his friends back to life, which he did. He also lived and practiced under Us for the next three years, once again reunited with his friends at Tenkaichi Bud? Kai. Piccolo Jr. also entered the tournament to avenge his father, leading to the final fight between him and Goku. After Goku wins and defeats Piccolo, he goes with Chi-Chi and keeps his promise to marry her.
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Production
Kazuhiko Torishima, editor of Toriyama for Dr. Slumped and the first half of Dragon Ball , said it was because Dr. Slump anime unsuccessful in his opinion, he and Shueisha had more hands for the Dragon Ball anime. Before production begins, they create a big "bible" for the series detailing the merchandise. He himself learned the best way to present the anime and his business side, discussing it with the Shogakukan team for Doraemon .
Toriyama has some involvement in the production of anime. When it started he mentioned to the staff that they seemed to make it too colorful by forcing the color palette Dr. Slump on it. He also listened to a voice actor audition tape before choosing Masako Nozawa to play Goku. He will declare that he will hear Nozawa's voice in his head while writing the manga. Toriyama will determine Kuririn's voice actress to Mayumi Tanaka after his work as the main character Giovanni on Night on the Galactic Railroad. T? Ru Furuya says that there are not many auditions for the characters because the cast consists of veteran voice actors. The performance of the role is not without difficulty, Toshio Furukawa, Piccolo's voice, says it is difficult to keep appearing in a low voice because his lighter voice will break if he violates his concentration.
Shunsuke Kikuchi composed a score for Dragon Ball . The opening theme song for all episodes is "Makafushigi Adventure!" ( ????????????! , Makafushigi Adobench ?! , " Mystical Adventures! ") by Hiroki Takahashi. The closing theme is "Romantic Ageru yo" ( ??????????? , Romantikku Ageru yo , "I'll Gave You Romantic") done by Ushio Hashimoto.
Feeling that the anime ranking of Dragon Ball is gradually declining because it has the same producer working on Dr. Slumped , which has "cutesy and cute" images linked to Toriyama's work and loses a more serious tone, Torishima asks the studio to replace the producer. Impressed with their work at Saint Seiya , he asked his director K? Z? Morishita and writer Takao Koyama to help "reboot" Dragon Ball ; which coincided with the beginning of Dragon Ball Z .
English Localization and Broadcasting English
Harmony Gold USA licensed the series for an English-language release in North America in 1989. In the sound dubbing of the series, Harmony Gold changed the names of almost all characters, including the protagonist Goku, who was named "Zero". This girl consists of 5 episodes and one movie (an 80-minute feature featuring 1 and 3 edited movie trailers together) was canceled immediately after the test was marketed in several US cities and never broadcasted to the general public, thus getting the term coined "The Lost Dub. "
In 1995 Funimation acquired a license for the distribution of Dragon Ball in the United States. They signed Josanne B. Lovick Productions and voice actors from Ocean Productions to create an English version of the anime and first film in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Repeatable episodes are edited for content, and contain different music. Thirteen episodes aired in a first-run syndicate during the fall of 1995 before Funimation canceled the project due to low ratings.
In March 2001 Funimation announced the return of Dragon Ball to American television, featuring a new in-house version produced in-house with little editing for the broadcast (though the episode remained uncut for a home-based video release), and they mainly leave the original background music intact. The re-dubed episodes were aired on Cartoon Network from August 20, 2001 to December 1, 2003. Funimation also broadcast their own Color TV and Funimation Channel series starting in 2006. This English rank is also broadcast in Australia and New Zealand. In Canada and Europe, an alternate version dub produced by AB Groupe (in collaboration with Blue Water Studios) and aired in the region instead of the Funimation version.
Content editing
The US version of Dragon Ball airs on Cartoon Network with many digital cosmetic changes, done to remove nudity and blood, and edit the dialogue, such as when Puar says why Oolong was expelled from school to change shape. he steals the teacher's pants, it turns into he steals the teacher's paper. Some scenes are deleted altogether, either to save time or remove strong violence. Nudity is also covered; for Goku's shower scene, Funimation pulled a chair to cover his cock where he was not censored before. References to alcohol and drugs are removed, for example, when Jackie Chun (Kame-Sennin) uses Drunken Fist Kung Fu on the 21st of Tenkaichi Budokai, Funimation calls it "Mad Cow Attack." Also, "No Balls!" The famous. the scene is removed from episode 2, and when Bulma places the pants on the hook to get Oolong (in fish), they digitally paint the pants and replace them with money.
Changes also lead to a confusing context and content of the scene; like when Bulma helped Goku bathe. In the Japanese version, the two characters do not cover their privacy because Goku is innocent about gender differences and Bulma believes Goku will become a little boy. When bathing Bulma asks Goku about his age and only when Goku reveals himself to be fourteen, Bulma throws something into Goku before kicking him out of the tub. In the Funimation version, the dialog is changed; with Goku commenting that Bulma has no tail and it's definitely not comfortable for him when bathing.
Other media
Home release
In Japan, Dragon Ball did not receive video releases at home until July 7, 2004, fifteen years after its broadcast. This is the remastering of the series in a set of 26-disc, made-to-order DVD box, referred to as the "Dragon Box". The content of this collection began to be released on DVD 6 episodes of individuals mass-produced on April 4, 2007 and finished with volume 26 on December 5, 2007.
The early liberation of VHS Dragon Ball for North America was never completed. Funimation released their first rank, the first thirteen censored episode, on six recordings from September 24, 1996 to July 28, 1998 along with Trimark Pictures. This episode and the first film were later released in a VHS or DVD box set on October 24, 2000. Funimation began releasing their in-house dub starting with episode 14 alone on June 5, 2001 in an unedited and unedited format, before confiscating VHS releases the following year. Including early 1996-1998 releases with Trimark, 86 episodes of Dragon Ball in 28 volumes were produced at VHS for North America.
Funimation released their in-house nicknames to ten sets of two dwikutu DVD boxes between January 28, 2003 and August 19, 2003. Each set of boxes, covering the entire "saga" of the series, including English and Japanese audio tracks with optional English subtitles, and video and uncut audio. However, they were unable to release the first thirteen episodes at the time, as Lions Gate Entertainment held the home video rights to the previous dub of the same episode, after getting it from Trimark after the company went dead. After the Lions Gate license to the thirteen first episodes ended in 2009, Funimation merimbastkan and re-releases the Dragon Ball series into DVD in five sets of individual cut season boxes, with the first set released on September 15, 2009 and the final on July 27, 2010.
The Funimation English Charter of Dragon Ball has been distributed in other countries by third parties. Madman Entertainment released the first thirteen episodes of Dragon Ball and the first film to be cut in Australasia on a DVD set on March 10, 2004. They produced two sets of boxes containing the entire series in 2006 and 2007. Manga Entertainment began releasing five remasterers from Funimation in the UK in 2014.
Movies
During the anime broadcast, three animated Dragon Ball movies were produced. The first was The Legend of Shenlong in 1986, followed by Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle in 1987, and finally Great Mystical Adventure 1988. 1996, The Path to Power is produced to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the anime.
Video game
Some video games based on Dragon Ball have been created, starting with Dragon Daihiky? in 1986. Shenlong no Nazo , produced in the same year, was the first released outside of Japan. The 1988 North American version is titled Dragon Power and is highly americanized with all references to Dragon Ball removed; name and character appearance changed. Additional games by series include Advanced Adventure , Dragon Ball: Origins , the sequel, and The Piccolo King's Revenge .
Soundtracks
Dragon Ball has hosted for several soundtrack releases, the first Dragon Ball: Music Collection in 1986. Dragon Ball: Saiky? e no Michi Original Soundtrack composed entirely of music from the tenth anniversary film. In 1995, Dragon Ball: Original USA TV Soundtrack Recording was released featuring music from Funimation/Ocean American broadcasts.
Reception
In 2000, the Animax satellite TV channel along with Brutus, the men's lifestyle magazine, and Tsutaya, Japan's largest video rental network, voted among 200,000 fans in the top anime series, with Dragon Ball came in fourth. Asahi TV conducted two polls in 2005 on the Top 100 Anime, Dragon Ball was ranked second in a nationwide survey conducted among various age groups and third in online polls. On several occasions, the Dragon Ball anime has occupied Japanese DVD sales.
otaku USA ' Joseph Luster called Dragon Ball "one of the most memorable animated action/comedy series of all time." He cites comedy as a key component to the show, noting that this might surprise those who are only familiar with Z . Todd Douglass of DVD Talk calls it "classic among the classics [standing] as the genre that determines the type of show." and wrote that "It's iconic in many ways and should be the standard for otaku to appreciate Akira Toriyama's genius." He has strong praise for his character "deep, insightful, and well developed", writes "Some shows can claim to have players like Dragon Ball, and that is proof of Toriyama's creative genius."
T.H.E.M Anime 'Review Team Jones delivers four shows from five stars, referring to it as a pioneer for modern anime battles and still one of the best. He also stated that he has more development character than his successor Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT . Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network concluded Dragon Ball as "an action-packed story narrated with rare humor and something rarer - true adventure." Kimlinger and Theron Martin, also from the Anime News Network, recorded Funimation's reputation for a drastic change from the script, but praised the nickname.
The positive impact of the Dragon Ball character has manifested itself in Masako Nozawa's personal message sent to the children as a message recorded in the voice of Goku, Gohan and Goten. Nozawa takes pride in his role and sends words of encouragement that has resulted in children in coma responding to the voice of character.
References
External links
- Toei Dragon Ball website The
- Funimation Dragon Ball site
- Dragon Ball Madman Site
- Dragon Ball (anime) in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
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