Dragon Ball (1986– )

Follows the adventures of an extraordinarily strong young boy named Goku as he searches for the seven dragon balls. These balls, when combined, can grant the owner any one wish he desires. ... See full summary »

Stars:

Victor Atelevich, Andrea Kwan, Brice Armstrong

Cast

Series cast summary:
Victor Atelevich	...	Additional Voices (153 episodes, 2001-2003)
Andrea Kwan	...	Son Goku (Animax Asia dub) (153 episodes, 2001-2003)
Brice Armstrong	...	Narrator (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Masako Nozawa	...	Son Goku (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Jôji Yanami	...	Narrator (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Stephanie Nadolny	...	Goku (131 episodes, 2001-2003)
Christopher Sabat	...	Yamcha (126 episodes, 2001-2003)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Bulma (120 episodes, 2001-2003)
Tiffany Vollmer	...	Bulma (119 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mike McFarland	...	Master Roshi (112 episodes, 2001-2003)
Naoko Watanabe	...	Puar (110 episodes, 2001-2003)
Tôru Furuya	...	Yamcha (107 episodes, 2001-2003)
Monika Antonelli	...	Puar (105 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Kuririn (103 episodes, 2001-2003)
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Oolong (100 episodes, 2001-2003)
Bradford Jackson	...	Oolong (97 episodes, 2001-2003)
Kôhei Miyauchi	...	Kamesennin Muten Roshi (94 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mami Koyama	...	Lunch (86 episodes, 2001-2003)
Meredith McCoy	...	Launch (85 episodes, 2001-2003)
Laurie Steele	...	Krillin (84 episodes, 2001-2003)
Kenji Utsumi	...	World Tournament Announcer (73 episodes, 2001-2003)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Tenshinhan (67 episodes, 2002-2003)
John Burgmeier	...	Tien (65 episodes, 2002-2003)

Storyline

Follows the adventures of an extraordinarily strong young boy named Goku as he searches for the seven dragon balls. These balls, when combined, can grant the owner any one wish he desires. Along the way he makes many new friends, and enemies, and he trains to become the strongest fighter in the world.

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Plot Keywords:

martial arts | child hero | bald | saving the world | cult tv | 

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Taglines:

The big showdown with Piccolo!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Website

Country:

USA Japan Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 June 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

As bólas máxicas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Water Studios, FUNimation Entertainment, Harmony Gold

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 25 min (153 episodes) 30 min (153 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the original English dub for the episode The Kamehameha wave, Kamehameha is misspelled as Kamehameah on the title screen.

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Quotes

General Blue: This boy has laid waste to two of our best regiments and I will not be the third! He may possess some skill, but there is one thing I know for certain and that is... nothing lasts forever!

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Crazy Credits

When FUNimation redubbed the original Dragon Ball in 2000, they kept the Japanese intro/outro credit songs, and had English speakers sing them. This was the first time FUNimation kept music from the Japanese version of a Dragon Ball series.

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Connections

Followed by Dragon Ball Z (1989)

User Reviews

So Much Better than Z, & Yet No Love

There are no fights with people staring at each other for an entire episode, & 10 minutes turns into half of a saga as in the last half of the Frieza series. nor are there any ridiculous power levels.. No huge inaccuracies in the plot-lines, & lame filler that has you scratching your head.

Since when was Mercenary Tao a General? Since when did Dr. Gero lead the red ribbon army? He didn't.. It was Commander Red. Goku never met Dr.Gero, because he never existed.

I think the whole power level thing is great for video games, but makes for a "yaaawn" of a series.

Dragonball is actually believable, but fantastical all at once. You are never sitting & waiting & waiting for what you know is going to happen, because you simply don't know.

Always new characters, adventures, & twists in the stories that actually make for a fun series. Awesome humor, & magical places. Tests of strength & purity of character, & friendships built on realistic type events.

You see how Goku wins over the most evil of hearts & minds, From Yamacha, to Tien to Piccolo. All the characters are involved & help to solve the crisis at hand.

Do yourself a big favor if you're a fan of Goku & the crew, & make sure you watch this series from the very beginning. Don't just pick it up in the middle from seeing one episode & say yuck!!!

I did exactly that. Then when i saw how god-awful GT was, I decided to start here instead. Was well worth it. It really is so much better than Z hands down..