Dragon Ball Dragon Ball Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明 Toriyama Akira, born on April 5, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Akira Toriyama"
CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA is the first opening theme for Dragonball Z. It was used for episodes 1-199, movies 1-9 and Dragonball Z: Budokai. It was replaced starting at episode 200 by WE GOTTA POWER. Originally performed by Hironobu Kageyama, it has been done in several re-mixes and even performed by Kageyama in English. The song itself captures the flavor of Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump/Dragonball World. The lyrics take a childish bent but denote the adventurous nature of the Dragonball Z TV series itself and reference one of the signature attacks for the series, the Genki Dama. The song was remade by Kageyama in 2005 and also covered by Japanese band Animetal in the same year. ...more on Wikipedia about "CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA"
DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete ’ku is a song that was used as the opening theme for the Dragon Ball GT anime series. It was the opening in all 64 episodes and used as the ending in the fourth Dragon Ball movie and the last episode of Dragon Ball GT (in a montage made up of clips from all three series). The song was performed by Japanese Pop group FIELD OF VIEW and was released as a single with another song by the band, Dear Old Days. ...more on Wikipedia about "DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete ’ku"
:This is about the Dragon Ball manga series. For the microprocessor used in Palm Pilot PDAs, see Motorola DragonBall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Ball"
Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール), created by Akira Toriyama in 1984, is a internationally popular teen and young adult franchise, though it is also popular in the United States among younger children. It consists primarily of one manga series, three anime series, seventeen animated feature films, a live-action Chinese feature film, a collectible card game, and a large number of video games, collectible products, and action figures. Dragon Ball has an extensive online fanbase and ( as of 2005) is consistently one of the most frequently searched-for terms on Google, Yahoo!, and Lycos. As of 2005, the franchise has made over 3 billion in merchandising revenue worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Ball (franchise)"
Dragon Ball is the first part of the anime adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga written by Akira Toriyama and published in Japan in the Weekly Shonen Jump manga anthology comic. The second (and larger) portion of the manga was adapted into Dragon Ball Z. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Ball (original series)"
Dragon Ball AF is a non-existent anime or manga series that has been rumored to exist by many fans of the Dragon Ball manga and anime series. It is not only fictional, but a complete fabrication in itself, and a source of confusion and frustration to many fans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Ball AF"
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Dragon Ball canon is a term used to describe the various levels of "truth" in the fictional Dragon Ball universe of Akira Toriyama. These levels of canon are closely stacked: there are almost no instances of events in the manga not appearing in the anime, for example. This article presents, in descending order of "truth", the various sources of information about the Dragon Ball universe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Ball canon"
Dragon Ball GT ( Japanese: ドラゴンボールGT Doragon Bōru Jī Tī) is the sequel to the anime Dragon Ball Z, but is the only series that is not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama. It is said to stand for Grand Tour in the American adaptation by FUNimation, but may also be interpreted as Galaxy Touring, Great Touring, or Gran Turismo, depending on the Japanese source. This is because the anime was originally envisioned as a "road trip" of sorts, with the main characters off in space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Ball GT"
Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールゼット), is the long-running sequel to the popular anime Dragon Ball. The series is a close adaptation of the second half of the Dragon Ball manga (in the United States, the manga's second half is also titled Dragon Ball Z to prevent confusion), but also features characters, situations and backstories not present in the original. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dragon Ball Z"
Makafushigi Adobenchâ is the song that was used as the opening for the Dragon Ball television series. It is used in all 153 episodes and three of the four movies ( DAN DAN Kokoro Hikarete ’ku was used for the fourth). ...more on Wikipedia about "Makafushigi Adobenchâ"
Neko Majin (ネコマジン) is a short series of one-shot manga chapters by Akira Toriyama, spanning eight total installments released from 1999-2005. It is most notable for its later portion, Neko Majin Z, which is a self- parody of Dragon Ball, the author's most famous work. ...more on Wikipedia about "Neko Majin"
Planet Namek (formerly at planetnamek.com) was a Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT fansite founded in the late 1990s by "Mr. E" (James Guillochon). (The name was derived from Planet Namek, one of the main planets in Dragon Ball Z.) He was soon joined by "SkullMac" (Brad Smith) and later by "Kaio" (Reid Sheridan), and while these three teenagers were working on the site it reached its apex of popularity (late 1999 and early 2000), receiving approximately 40,000 hits per day. The GameFan network, which was hosting Planet Namek, soon began to collapse, and the site jumped around to various servers which Mr. E paid for out of pocket. The expenses quickly overwhelmed him, however, and the site was shut down in February 2002. Planet Namek gained notoriety among Dragon Ball fans through its wide selection of media, series information, expansive forums, and daily news updates. ...more on Wikipedia about "Planet Namek (website)"
(Tenkaichi Budokai) The Tenka'ichi Budōkai ( ja:天下一武道会, literally Strongest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament), also known as the World Martial Arts Tournament, refers to an event in the fictional manga Dragon Ball/ Dragon Ball Z, and anime Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tenkaichi Budokai"
WE GOTTA POWER is the second opening theme for Dragon Ball Z. It was used as the opening for episodes 200-291, movies 10-12 and the game Dragon Ball Z: Sparking!. It is performed by Hironobu Kageyama, who also performed the original opening CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA. It is commonly believed that the previous opening theme was replaced because the producers felt that with the shift of character focus (from Son Goku to Son Gohan) a new theme was needed. This took place during the Buu Saga, so Gohan's role may be taken over by Goku again, because it was Goku who defeated Kid Buu in the end. Kageyama also performed an English language version of the song and made a new version titled "WE GOTTA POWER 2005" in September 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "WE GOTTA POWER"
The Z Sword, in the fictional universe of Dragon Ball Z, is an Excalibur-like sword on the Planet of the Kais. Son Gohan, one of the strongest characters in the series, is able to pull the sword out of the stone. (He still finds it unbearably heavy however.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Z Sword"
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