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Minoru Okazaki <br> Daisuke Nishio
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Toei Animation
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Fuji TV , Animax <br> Canal Caracol , Citytv <br> Cartoon Network , CoLours TV , Toonami Jetstream , KIKU )<br> YTV <br> Animax <br> TVC <br> ETB1 <br> TVG <br> GMA 7 , RPN 9 , IBC 13 <br> TF1 <br> RTL II <br> Italia 1 <br> XHGC-TV <br> Megavisión <br> Cartoon Network , CNX , Toonami <br> SIC , SIC Radical <br> SBT , Globo , Cartoon Network <br> TV9 , RTM 2 (Previously)<br> Cartoon Network <br> Antena 3 , Cuatro , Canal Sur , Cartoon Network , Telemadrid <br> RTL 7 , TVN Siedem <br> Spacetoon <br> LNK <br> Repretel 4 Telesistema Dominicano <br>
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February 26 , 1986
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April 12 , 1989
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Pony Canyon (Japan)<br/> FUNimation Entertainment ( USA )
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is the first part of the
Anime adaptation of the
''Dragon Ball'' Manga written and illustrated by
Akira Toriyama and published in
Japan in the ''
Weekly Shonen Jump ''
Manga anthology
Comic . The second and larger portion of the manga series was adapted into ''
Dragon Ball Z ''.
The ''Dragon Ball'' anime is composed of 153 half-hour episodes and ran in Japan from
February 26 ,
1986 -
April 12 1989 . It follows the early adventures of the child version of
Goku as he and his friends search the world for the seven magic
Dragon Balls . Two early attempts at releasing ''Dragon Ball'' to
American audiences failed. The first attempt was in the late
1980s by
Harmony Gold . It featured strange name changes for nearly all the characters, such as changing Goku to ''Zero'' and
Karin to ''Whiskers the Wonder Cat''. It is not well-known, and has been referred to as "The Lost Dub" by fans. The second and more well known attempt was in 1995 with only the first 13 episodes translated and aired. This release was put out by
KidMark and utilized
Ocean Group for the dubbing. These original 13 episodes are still available on DVD as ''
The Saga Of Goku ''. After ''Dragon Ball Z'' became immensely popular on
Cartoon Network , the entire series was translated by
FUNimation and released in the same scheduling block as its successor on the network. The complete series ran in the US between
August 20 ,
2001 , and late 2003. Unlike the theme songs for ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''
Dragon Ball GT '', FUNimation made English versions of the original Japanese opening (OP) and ending (ED) themes for these episodes and left in the original BGM, which was met with delight by most fans. However, some insert (IN) songs were removed or have dialogue dubbed over them.
''Dragon Ball'' is known as being a much less serious
Anime than its successor, ''
Dragon Ball Z '', though later sagas blur the lines a bit.
The US version of ''Dragon Ball'' was aired on
Cartoon Network (before that, it was aired in
Syndication ) with excessive editing. Most of the edits were digital cosmetic changes, which were done to remove nudity and blood, and dialogue edits, such as when Puar says why Oolong was expelled from school, instead of saying that he stole the teacher's panties, they say that he stole the teacher's "papers." Some scenes were deleted altogether, either to save time or remove strong violence. For example, when Goku dives into the water naked to kick a fish he catches for dinner, a digital water splash was added on his groin; on other occasions when he is naked, he has some digital underwear added. Also, references to alcohol and drugs were removed, for example, when Jackie Chun (Master Roshi) uses
Drunken Fist Kung Fu in the 21st
World Martial Arts Tournament , FUNimation called it the "Mad Cow Attack." Also, the famous "No Balls!" scene was deleted from episode 2, and when Bulma puts panties on the fishing hook to get Oolong (in fish form), they digitally painted away the panties and replaced it with some money.
While implied throughout the
General Blue saga, Blue is finally revealed to be a homosexual during a scene in which he recoils at Bulma's seductive advances as she tries to distract him. Blue is further revealed to be a pedophile upon displaying sexual interest towards a young boy on Penguin Island who stops to repair Blue's damaged car. All references to General Blue's sexual orientation were eliminated in the American TV release, and the scene involving the boy was redubbed to suggest that Blue believes to have found his long-lost younger brother.
Many of the changes were ill-received by long-time fans of the series, who believed the cable networks' censorship destroyed or diminished the original humor. The DVDs do not contain these edits.
It's an interesting note on inconsistency in censorship that a scene in ''Dragon Ball'' where young Goku charges completely through
King Piccolo , putting a hole in the villain's chest, was edited so that the hole wasn't shown for the American broadcast, but the same scene was shown uncensored on American TV, in a flashback in a ''Dragon Ball Z'' episode, with the hole in King Piccolo's chest clearly visible.
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Emperor Pilaf Saga
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Tournament Saga
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Red Ribbon Army Saga
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General Blue Saga
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Commander Red Saga
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Fortuneteller Baba Saga
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Tien Shinhan Saga
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King Piccolo Saga
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Piccolo Jr. Saga
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Curse Of The Blood Rubies ''
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Sleeping Princess In Devil's Castle ''
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Mystical Adventure ''
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The Path To Power ''
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- ''Gokū's Traffic Safety''
- ''Gokū's Fire Fighting Regiment''
The special videos "Gokū's Traffic Safety" and "Gokū's Fire Fighting Regiment" are both very rare productions designed to be educational films. They were both completed in
June 1988 .
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- In this program, this animation was used as parody. Miyake Masaharu acted as caster.
'''' is a
Live-action version of the popular Japanese animated series. An evil king has been stealing the mystical "Dragon Pearls" in an attempt to possess them all. When all but one of the pearls has been stolen, the former guardians of the magic jewels decide to band together and take action. Led by a pig-headed wizard and a half-turtle martial arts master, the team takes on the king's army in a desperate bid to stop him from gaining control of the pearls.''
Made in .
- OP
- # ''Makafushigi Adobenchā!''; ("Mystical Adventure!")
- #--- Lyrics: ''Yuriko Mori'', Music: ''Takeshi Ike'', Arrangement: ''Kōhei Tanaka'', Performance: ; he is not to be confused with the seiyu Hiroki Takahashi )
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-- Version 1: episodes 1~101
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-- Version 2: episodes 102~153 (not on FUNimation's DVDs)
- ED
- # ''Romatikku Ageru Yo''; ("I'll Give You Romance")
- #--- Lyrics: ''Takemi Yoshida'', Music: ''Takeshi Ike'', Arrangement: ''Kōhei Tanaka'', Performance: )
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-- Version 1: episodes 1~21 (not on FUNimation's DVDs)
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-- Version 2: episodes 22~101
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-- Version 3: episodes 102~132 (not on FUNimation's DVDs)
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-- Version 4: episodes 133~153) (not on FUNimation's DVDs)
