Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’s Opening is A Gorgeous Trip Through Memory Lane

Looks so good, ya almost want them to redo OG Dragon Ball in this style.

Movies Justin Carter Jun 25

The Next Dragon Ball Movie Will Release Outside of Japan This Summer

Dragon Ball Super: Superhero will mark the first time Crunchyroll internationally distributes an anime movie beyond a U.S. release.

Movies James Whitbrook May 10

Crunchyroll and Funimation’s Fusion Is Kicking Off With the Arrival of Dragon Ball

Three iconic series are making their debuts on the platform, but not without some caveats.

Television James Whitbrook Mar 15

RIP Chris Ayers, Voice of Dragon Ball‘s Frieza

The longtime Funimation voice actor and ADR director died Monday after years of health issues.

Television Rob Bricken Oct 20

Netflix’s Wish Dragon Trailer Looks a Lot Like Aladdin Ball Z

Finding a wish-granting dragon in a teapot seems a lot easier than summoning a wish-granting dragon by collecting seven Dragon Balls. Or so it seems in Wish Dragon, a new animated movie from Netflix about a young man who stumbles upon his own extremely genie-esque dragon. Wish Dragon is the first film for the newly…

Trailers Rob Bricken May 12

A New Dragon Ball Super Movie Is on the Way

It’s been three years since Dragon Ball Super: Broly hit, kicked, and kamehameha-ed its way into theaters, raking in $120 million around the world. Now, a sequel movie is gearing up for a rematch. Other than it’s scheduled to premiere in 2022, we know virtually nothing about this second Dragon Ball Super movie, of course.…

Movies Rob Bricken May 10

10 Manga Series to Start Reading on the Shonen Jump App, One of the Best Deals in Digital Comics [Updated]

Digital comics have been big for years at this point, yet somehow it still feels like, when it comes to the big publishers, subscription access to their biggest hits is kind of weirdly compromised. On DC’s side, it’s tied into DC Universe, which is great, unless you just want some comics. On the Marvel side,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Apr 17

One of Anime’s Biggest Voices Accused of Sexual Harassment

Stories about Mignogna have been circulating online for over a decade.

Television Beth Elderkin Feb 19

A New Dragon Ball Spinoff Imagines a World Where Yamcha Doesn’t Totally Suck

Poor Yamcha, the butt of 90 percent of all Dragon Ball jokes. The poor guy has had his ass kicked time and time again—and hell, infamously got killed off by a nameless grunt—and can’t really keep up with his friends. But a new official manga spinoff imagines a world where Yamcha is the greatest hero…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 12

A Legion of Animators Remade a Classic Dragon Ball Episode Frame for Frame [Update]

Especially if you grew up watching it, Dragon Ball is hard not to love, with its rich landscapes, totally unexplained animal people, and of course, Goku, the gifted but naive fighter at the center of it. Where formative experiences with anime are concerned, this show holds a special place in a lot of people’s hearts.…

io9 Avery Ellis Jun 8

The Only Cool Way to Ride a Hoverboard is to Turn It into the Flying Cloud from Dragon Ball

Hoverboards ruined Christmas, burst into flames, look foolish, are widely banned, and don’t hover. Lame all around. Except when you turn one of them into a famous magical item from one of the world’s most beloved anime series. That’s what this guy did when he dressed up as Goku from Dragon Ball and motored around…

io9 Bryan Lufkin Feb 9

Dragon Ball villains drawn realistically are genuinely petrifying

Akira Toriyama’s iconic style has defined Dragon Ball and its various spinoff properties for years – but these incredible takes on some of the series most nefarious villains by Chinese artist Angus Yi eschew Toriyama’s style in favour of some chilling realism. Angus drew the pictures last year, but the pictures have recently been getting…

Tech News James Whitbrook Nov 29

Dubbing Dragon Ball’s fights is as intense as the actual fights

When Sean Schemmel and Jason Douglas record the English voices for a Dragon Ball Z fight, they get so much in character that I was expecting them to get covered in yellow flames too. The energy they display is as interesting to watch as the fight itself. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi Oct 7

Real Estate Experts Value Goku’s House At Way Over 9,000

So, how much would the home of Dragon Ball’s hero be worth on today’s market? It’s got nothing to do with power levels. As this infographic reveals, as with all houses, it’s about size and location. Over at the Movoto Blog (“The Lighter Side of Real Estate”), David Cross applied some creative thinking to determine…

io9 Mark Strauss May 9

What is Dragon Ball?

In its original form, Dragon Ball is a manga (Japanese comic) written and drawn by Akira Toriyama from 1984 to 1995. Published by Shueisha, one of the three biggest Japanese publishers, it was the most popular series in Weekly Shônen Jump, a 400+ page comic anthology which features about 20 ongoing serials by different artists.…

io9 Jason.thompson Apr 8

What is Dragon Ball Z/Dragon Ball GT/Dragon Ball Kai/etc.?

In Japan, the original manga is, and always has been, Dragon Ball. (The original Japanese title is the phonetic English words “Dragon Ball,.”) However, when the series was optioned for TV, things got complicated. The original Japanese anime series, based on the manga, was also called Dragon Ball. It ran from 1986 to 1989, and…

io9 Jason.thompson Apr 8

So is it Science Fiction or Fantasy or What?

The quick answer is: (1) yes, (2) both and (3) as long as your definition of “science fiction” isn’t too particular. The world of Dragon Ball is full of high technology, most notably the convenient pocket-sized capsules (as seen in the trailer) which pop open into motorcycles, houses, guns or what have you. Several of…

io9 Jason.thompson Apr 8

Isn’t Dragon Ball just a bunch of speedlines and ripped dudes with bad hair screaming “It’s over 9,000!”

Yes. No. Sort of. Many of the stereotypes about Dragon Ball come not from the original manga but rather from the anime adaptations, particularly Dragon Ball Z. The anime, like many popular anime TV shows including Bleach and Naruto, was not produced in “seasons” like American shows; it was produced continuously, one episode a week,…

io9 Jason.thompson Apr 8

Dragon Ball 101

The movie Dragonball: Evolution opens Friday, and complaints among fans make the arguments about Watchmen look like nitpicks about Dr. Manhattan’s genitals. What’s the story on this flick, and the manga phenomenon that inspired it? Dragonball: Evolution is the live action adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s manga Dragon Ball. Fans of the original manga and anime…

Movies Jason.thompson Apr 8

Bulma, Goku, Piccolo, Chichi – what’s up with the names?

Silly names, usually involving foreign words, are a trademark of Japanese manga for children. It’s sometimes easy to forget that Dragon Ball was originally printed in a magazine for junior high students (the average age of Weekly Shônen Jump readers is approximately 12-14). Furthermore, Toriyama had his comedy background to consider. Here’s a few of…

Movies Jason.thompson Apr 8

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’s Opening is A Gorgeous Trip Through Memory Lane

The Next Dragon Ball Movie Will Release Outside of Japan This Summer

Crunchyroll and Funimation’s Fusion Is Kicking Off With the Arrival of Dragon Ball

RIP Chris Ayers, Voice of Dragon Ball‘s Frieza

Netflix’s Wish Dragon Trailer Looks a Lot Like Aladdin Ball Z

A New Dragon Ball Super Movie Is on the Way

10 Manga Series to Start Reading on the Shonen Jump App, One of the Best Deals in Digital Comics [Updated]

One of Anime’s Biggest Voices Accused of Sexual Harassment

A New Dragon Ball Spinoff Imagines a World Where Yamcha Doesn’t Totally Suck

A Legion of Animators Remade a Classic Dragon Ball Episode Frame for Frame [Update]

The Only Cool Way to Ride a Hoverboard is to Turn It into the Flying Cloud from Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball villains drawn realistically are genuinely petrifying

Dubbing Dragon Ball’s fights is as intense as the actual fights

Real Estate Experts Value Goku’s House At Way Over 9,000

What is Dragon Ball?

What is Dragon Ball Z/Dragon Ball GT/Dragon Ball Kai/etc.?

So is it Science Fiction or Fantasy or What?

Isn’t Dragon Ball just a bunch of speedlines and ripped dudes with bad hair screaming “It’s over 9,000!”

Dragon Ball 101

Bulma, Goku, Piccolo, Chichi – what’s up with the names?

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