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Z
(Doragon Bru Zetto)
Action, Comedy, Martial arts,
Science fantasy
Anime television series
Daisuke Nishio (episodes 1199)
Directed by
Not Credited (episodes 200291)
Kozo Morishita
Produced by
Kenji Shimizu
Koji Kaneda (episodes 118 291)
Written by
Takao Koyama
Music by
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio
Toei Animation
Genre

AUS

Madman Entertainment
Licensed by

NA

Funimation Entertainment
UK

Network
English
network

Manga Entertainment
Fuji TV (19891996), Animax,
Tokyo MX
AUS

Cartoon Network (Toonami)

AU

Network Ten
CA

YTV
NZ

TV3
UK

Cartoon Network (Toonami)

US

First-run syndication (1996 1998)

International Channel (1997-2002)

Cartoon Network (Toonami) (1998
2003)
ZA

SABC 2
Original run
April 26, 1989 January 31, 1996
Episodes
291 (List of episodes)
Anime film series
Studio
Toei Animation
Released
July 15, 1989 ongoing
16 (14 released in theaters, 2 direct
Films
to TV) (List of films)
Original video animation
Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Directed by
Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Produced by
Kozo Morishita
Written by
Takao Koyama
Music by
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio
Toei Animation, Bird Studio
Released
September 6, 1993
Runtime
26 minutes (each)
Episodes
2
Original video animation
Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
Directed by
Yoshihiro Ueda
Tomoaki Imanishi
Produced by
Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Written by
Hitoshi Tanaka
Music by
Hiroshi Takaki
Studio
Toei Animation, Bird Studio
Released
November 11, 2010
Runtime
30 minutes
Anime television series
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Directed by
Yasuhiro Nowatari
Kenji Yamamoto (195)
Music by
Shunsuke Kikuchi (9698)
Norihito Sumitomo (99present)
Studio
Toei Animation
AUS

Licensed by

Madman Entertainment
NA

Funimation Entertainment

Network

Fuji TV
AUS

Cartoon Network
UK

Kix!
US

English
network

Nicktoons (20102013)
The CW (Toonzai) (20102012)
The CW (Vortexx) (20122014)
Adult Swim (Toonami) (2014)
ZA

SABC 2
April 5, 2009 March 27, 2011
Original run
Continued run:
April 6, 2014 ongoing
Episodes
167 (List of episodes)
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Dragon Ball Z (Japanese: Z Hepburn: Doragon Bru Zetto?, commonly

abbreviated as DBZ) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Dragon
Ball Z is the sequel to the Dragon Ball anime and adapts the last 325 chapters of the original
519-chapter Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama, that were published from
1988 to 1995 in Weekly Shnen Jump. Dragon Ball Z first aired in Japan on Fuji TV from April
25, 1989 to January 31, 1996, before being dubbed in several territories around the world,
including the United States, Australia, Europe, India, and Latin America.
Dragon Ball Z follows the adventures of the protagonist Goku who, along with his companions,
defends the Earth against an assortment of villains ranging from intergalactic space fighters and
conquerors, unnaturally powerful androids and near indestructible magical creatures. While the
original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku from his childhood into adulthood, Dragon Ball Z is
a continuation of his adult life, but at the same time parallels the maturation of his son, Gohan, as
well as the evolution of his rivals Piccolo and Vegeta from enemies into allies.
Due to the success of the anime in America, the manga chapters comprising its story were
released by Viz Media under the title Dragon Ball Z. Additional works called animanga were
released, which adapt the animation to manga form. Dragon Ball Z's popularity has spawned
numerous releases which have come to represent the majority of content in the Dragon Ball
universe; including 14 movies and 148 video games, many of them being only released in Japan,
and a host of soundtracks stemming from this material. Dragon Ball Z remains a cultural icon
through numerous adaptations, including a remastered broadcast as Dragon Ball Kai (


Doragon Bru Kai?, lit. "Dragon Ball Revised") from 2009 to 2011 and from 2014
onwards.

Contents

1 Plot
2 Production and broadcasting
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2.1 English production and broadcasting

2.2 Dragon Ball Kai

2.2.1 English production and broadcasting

2.3 Censorship

3 Music

4 Related media
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4.1 Home releases

4.1.1 Kai

4.2 Manga

4.3 Films

4.4 Television specials and original video animations

4.5 Video games

4.6 Soundtracks

5 Reception
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5.1 Cultural impact and legacy

5.2 Ratings

6 Merchandising

7 Notes

8 References

9 External links

Plot

Dragon Ball Z picks up five years after the end of the Dragon Ball anime, with Goku as a young
adult and father to his son Gohan. A humanoid alien named Raditz arrives on Earth in a
spacecraft and tracks down Goku, revealing to him that he is his long-lost big brother and that
they are members of a nearly extinct extraterrestrial race called the Saiyans ( Saiyajin?). The Saiyans had sent Goku (originally named "Kakarot") to Earth as an infant to conquer
the planet for them, but he suffered a severe head injury soon after his arrival and lost all
memory of his mission, as well as his blood-thirsty Saiyan nature. Goku refuses to help Raditz
continue the mission, which results in Raditz kidnapping Gohan. Goku decides to team up with
Piccolo in order to defeat Raditz and save his son, while sacrificing his own life in the process. In
the afterlife, Goku trains under King Kai until he is revived by the Dragon Balls a year later in
order to save the Earth from Raditz' comrades; Nappa and the Saiyan prince Vegeta. During the
battle Piccolo is killed, along with Goku's allies Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu, and the
Dragon Balls cease to exist because of Piccolo's death. Goku arrives at the battlefield late, but
avenges his fallen friends by defeating Nappa with his new level of power. Vegeta himself enters
into the battle with Goku and after numerous clashes Goku manages to defeat him as well, with
the help of Gohan and his best friend Krillin. At Goku's request, they spare Vegeta's life and
allow him to escape Earth.
During the battle, Krillin overhears Vegeta mentioning the original set of Dragon Balls from
Piccolo's home planet Namek ( Namekku-sei?). While Goku recovers from his
injuries at the hospital, Gohan, Krillin and Goku's oldest friend Bulma depart for Namek in order
to use these Dragon Balls to revive their dead friends. However, they discover that Vegeta's
superior, the galactic tyrant Lord Frieza, is already there, seeking the Dragon Balls to be granted
eternal life. A fully healed Vegeta arrives on Namek as well, seeking the Dragon Balls for
himself, which leads to several battles between him and Frieza's henchmen. Realizing he's
overpowered, Vegeta teams up with Gohan and Krillin to fight the Ginyu Force, a team of
mercenaries summoned by Frieza. After Goku finally arrives on Namek, the epic battle with
Frieza himself comes to a close when Goku transforms into a fabled Super Saiyan (
Sp Saiya-jin?) and defeats him.
Upon his return to Earth a year later, Goku encounters a time traveler named Trunks, the future
son of Bulma and Vegeta, who warns Goku that a group of Androids ( Jinzningen?,
"Artificial Humans") will appear three years later, seeking revenge against Goku for destroying
the Red Ribbon Army when he was a child. During this time, an evil life form called Cell
emerges and after absorbing two of the Androids to achieve his "perfect form," holds his own
fighting tournament to decide the fate of the Earth. After Goku sacrifices his own life a second
time, to no avail, Gohan avenges his father by defeating Cell after ascending to the second level
of Super Saiyan.
Seven years later Goku, who has been briefly revived for one day, and his allies are drawn into a
fight against a magical being named Majin Buu. After numerous battles resulting in the
destruction and recreation of the Earth, Goku (whose life is permanently restored by the Elder
Kai) destroys Buu with a "Spirit Bomb" attack containing the energy of everyone on Earth. Goku
makes a wish for Majin Buu to be reincarnated as a good person and ten years later, at another
martial arts tournament, Goku meets Buu's human reincarnation, Uub. Leaving the match
between them unfinished, Goku departs with Uub to train him to become Earth's new guardian.

Production and broadcasting

Further information: List of Dragon Ball Z episodes
The title "Dragon Ball Z" was chosen by Akira Toriyama because Z is the last letter of the
alphabet and he wanted to finish the series because he was running out of ideas for Dragon Ball.
[1]
Conventional knowledge in Japan used the "Z" only for the anime to separate Goku's
childhood and adult life. Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final 325 chapters of the manga
series which were published in Weekly Shnen Jump from 1988 to 1995, it premiered in Japan on
Fuji Television on April 26, 1989, taking over its predecessor's time slot, and ran for 291
episodes until its conclusion on January 31, 1996.[2]
Because Toriyama was writing the manga during the production of the anime,[3] Dragon Ball Z
added original material not adapted from the Dragon Ball manga. Additional original material
included lengthening scenes or adding new ones, including new attacks and characters not
present in the manga.
Throughout the production, the voice actors were tasked with playing different characters and
performing their lines on cue, switching between roles as necessary.[4] The voice actors were
unable to record the lines separately because of the close dialogue timing. When asked if
juggling the different voices of Goku, Gohan and Goten was difficult, Masako Nozawa said that
it was not, and that she was able to switch roles upon seeing the character's picture.[4]
Series Director Daisuke Nishio left the series after personally directing Episode #202. Nishio left
the series to become series director of Aoki Densetsu Shoot!. The role of series director was not
officially filled for Episodes #200-291, despite Nishio's directing of Episode #202.[citation needed]

English production and broadcasting

In 1995, Funimation Productions licensed Dragon Ball Z for an English-language release in
North America. They contracted Saban Entertainment to help finance and distribute the series to
television, and Pioneer Entertainment to handle home video distribution. Saban hired the
Vancouver-based Ocean Studios to dub the anime, and Shuki Levy (Saban's in-house musician)
to compose an American background score and theme song (also known as "Rock the Dragon!").
This dub of Dragon Ball Z had mandated cuts to content and length, which reduced the first 67
episodes to 53.[5][6] The series premiered in the U.S. on September 13, 1996 in first-run
syndication, but was cancelled after two seasons due to a lack of interest from syndication
companies.[5] Pioneer also ceased its home video release of the series at volume 17 (the end of
this dub) and retained the rights to produce an uncut subtitled version,[5] but did not do so.
Instead, Pioneer produced a bilingual uncut home video release of the series' first three movies,
also dubbed by Ocean Studios.
On August 31, 1998, re-runs of the cancelled dub began airing on Cartoon Network as part of the
channel's weekday afternoon programming block Toonami. Due to the success of these re-runs
on Toonami, Funimation resumed production on the series' English dub by themselves, but could
no longer afford the services of Ocean Studios without Saban's financial assistance. This led to

Funimation creating its own in-house voice cast at their Texas-based studio, as well as a new
background score composed by Bruce Faulconer. This new dub featured less censorship (due to
fewer restrictions on cable programming) and premiered on Cartoon Network's Toonami from
September 13, 1999 to April 7, 2003, continuing in re-runs through 2008. KidsWB briefly ran
Dragon Ball Z in 2001 on its short-lived Toonami block.[7]
In 2004, Pioneer lost its distribution rights to the first 53/67 episodes of Dragon Ball Z (as well
as the first three movies), allowing Funimation to re-dub them with their in-house voice cast and
restore the removed content.[8] This dub's background score was composed by Nathan Johnson.
Funimation's new uncut dub of these episodes aired on Cartoon Network during the summer of
2005 (in late night, due to the unedited content).[9][10][11] Funimation's later remastered DVDs of
the series saw minor changes made to their in-house dub for quality and consistency, mostly after
the episode 67 gap, and had the option to play the entire series' dub with both the American and
Japanese background music.
In January 2011, Funimation and Toei announced that they would stream Dragon Ball Z within
30 minutes before their simulcast of One Piece.[12] As of 2013, Dragon Ball Z is being streamed
on Hulu, containing the English dub with the Japanese music and uncut footage, as well as
subtitled Japanese episodes.
The Funimation dubbed episodes also aired in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. However, beginning with episode 108 (123
uncut), AB Groupe and Westwood Media (in association with Ocean Studios) produced an
alternate English dub to comply with Canadian broadcasting standards. The alternate dub was
broadcast in the UK, the Netherlands, Ireland and Canada, while Funimation's dub continued to
air in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. Dragon Ball Z originally aired on the British
Comedy Network in Fall 1998.[13] This production used some of the same voices from the
original short lived dub syndicated in the U.S. (that was later on Toonami), was edited for
content, featured another alternate background score, and used much of the same script from
Funimation's in-house dub.

Dragon Ball Kai

Further information: List of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes
In February 2009, Toei Animation announced that it would begin broadcasting a revised version
of Dragon Ball Z as part of the series' 20th anniversary celebrations. The series premiered on
Fuji TV in Japan on April 5, 2009, under the name Dragon Ball Kai. The ending suffix Kai (
?) in the name means "updated" or "altered" and reflects the improvements and
corrections of the original work.[14] The original footage was remastered for HDTV, featuring
updated opening and ending sequences, new music, and a rerecording of the vocal tracks.[14][15]
The original material and any damaged frames were removed to more closely follow the manga,
resulting in a faster-moving story.[16] The series concluded with the finale of the Cell arc as
opposed to including the Majin Buu arc. It was originally planned to run 98 episodes, however
due to the Thoku offshore earthquake and tsunami, the final episode of Dragon Ball Kai was
not aired and the series ended on its 97th episode in Japan on March 27, 2011.

In November 2012, Mayumi Tanaka, the Japanese voice of Krillin, announced that she and the
rest of the cast were recording more episodes of Dragon Ball Kai.[17] In February 2014, the Kai
adaptation of the final Majin Buu arc was officially confirmed. The series, which is said by Toei's
European branch to be titled Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters and will run for 69
episodes, began airing in Japan on Fuji TV on April 6, 2014.[18][19]
English production and broadcasting
Funimation licensed Dragon Ball Kai for an English-language release in North America, under
the title Dragon Ball Z Kai. The series was broadcast on Nicktoons from May 24, 2010 to
February 8, 2013.[20][21] In addition to Nicktoons, the series also began airing on The CW's
Saturday morning programming block Toonzai on August 14, 2010,[22] then on its successor,
Vortexx, which began on August 25, 2012.[18] Both the Nicktoons and Toonzai/Vortexx airings
have been edited for content, though the Toonzai/Vortexx version is censored even more so than
Nicktoons, most likely due to The CW being a broadcast network. Kai began airing on Adult
Swim's Toonami block in fall 2014.[23] CSC Media Group acquired the broadcast rights to
Dragon Ball Z Kai in the United Kingdom and began airing it on Kix! in early 2013.[24][25][26]
Despite Kai's continuation not being officially confirmed at the time, Sean Schemmel and Kyle
Hebert, the Funimation dub voice actors of Goku and Gohan, announced in April 2013 that they
had started recording an English dub for new episodes.[27] In November 2013, Kai's Australasian
distributor Madman Entertainment revealed that the Majin Buu arc of Kai would be released in
2014 and that they were waiting on dubs to be finished.[28]

Censorship
Dragon Ball Z's original North American release was the subject of heavy censorship which
resulted in a large amounts of removed content and alterations that greatly changed the original
work. Funimation CEO Gen Fukunaga is often criticized for his role in the censorship; but it was
the distributor Saban which required such changes or they would not air the work, as was the
case with the episode "Orphans".[29][Note 1] These changes included altering every aspect of the
show from character names, clothing, scenes and dialogue of the show. The character Mr. Satan
was renamed Hercule and this change has been retained in other English media such as Viz's
Dragon Ball Z manga and video games, which includes referring to his name, erroneously, as
"Hercule Satan" in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22.[30] The dialogue changes would sometimes
contradict the scenes itself; after the apparent fatal explosion of a helicopter, one of the
characters said, "It's okay, I can see their parachutes!"[29] Funimation's redub for the 2005 release
would address many of the censorship issues that were required by Saban, with the uncut
releases preserving the integrity of the original Japanese release.
During the original Japanese TV airing of Dragon Ball Kai, scenes involving blood and brief
nudity were censored. A rumor that Cartoon Network would be airing Kai uncut was met with an
official statement to debunk the rumor in June 2010.[31] Nicktoons would also censor Kai; it
released a preview showcasing these changes which included removing blood and cheek scar
from Bardock and altering the color of Roshi's alcohol.[32] The show was further edited for its

broadcast on Toonzai and Vortexx, but the show's DVD and Blu-ray releases only contained the
edits present in the original Japanese version.
Steven Simmons, who did the subtitling for Funimation's home video releases, offered
commentary on the subtitling from a project and technical stand point, addressing several
concerns.[33][Note 2] Simmons said that Gen Fukunaga did not want any swearing on the discs, but
because there was no taboo word list Simmons would substitute a variation in the strength of the
words by situation with the changes starting in episode 21.[34] The typographical errors in the
script were caused by dashes () and double-quotes (") failing to appear, which resulted in
confusing dialogue.[34]

Music
"Cha-La Head-Cha-La"

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Shunsuke Kikuchi composed the score for Dragon Ball Z. The opening theme for the first 199
episodes is "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" performed by Hironobu Kageyama. The opening theme used
for the series up until its finale at episode 291 is "We Gotta Power" also performed by
Kageyama. The ending theme used for the first 194 episodes is "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai
Power!" ( ZENKAI ! Detekoi Tobikiri ZENKAI Paw!?, "Come Out,
Incredible Full Power!") performed by MANNA. The ending theme used for the remaining
episodes is "Boku-tachi wa Tenshi datta" (?, "We Used to be Angels")
performed by Kageyama.
Kenji Yamamoto composed the score for Dragon Ball Kai. "Dragon Soul" by Takayoshi
Tanimoto and Takafumi Iwasaki, performing under the name "Dragon Soul", is used as the
series' opening theme song. Dragon Soul's "Yeah! Break! Care! Break!" is the ending theme for
the first 54 episodes, with "Kokoro no Hane" (?, "Wing's of Heart") by "Team Dragon
from AKB48", a unit composed of seven members from AKB48, used for the remaining. On
March 9, 2011, Toei announced that due to Yamamoto's score infringing on the rights of an
unknown third party or parties, the music for remaining episodes and reruns of previous episodes
would be replaced.[35] Later reports from Toei stated that with the exception of the series' opening
and closing songs, as well as eyecatch music, Yamamoto's score was replaced with Shunsuke

Kikuchi's original from Dragon Ball Z. The music for the Majin Buu arc of Kai is composed by
Norihito Sumitomo.[36] The opening theme is "KuuZenZetsuGo" (?) by Dragon
Soul, while the first ending song is "Haikei, Tsuratsusutora" (?, "Dear
Zarathustra") by Japanese rock band Good Morning America, the second "Junj" (?, "Pure
Heart") by Leo Ieiri from episode 112 to 124 and the third "Oh Yeah!!!!!!!" by Czecho No
Republic from 125 onwards.

Related media
Home releases
In Japan, Dragon Ball Z did not receive a home video release until 2003, seven years after its
broadcast. This was a remastering of the series in two 26-disc DVD box sets, that were made-toorder only, released on March 19 and September 18 and referred to as "Dragon Boxes." The
content of these sets began being released on mass-produced individual 6-episode DVDs on
November 2, 2005 and finished with the 49th volume released on February 7, 2007.[37][38]
The international home release structure of Dragon Ball Z is complicated by the licensing and
release of the companies involved in producing and distributing the work. Releases of the media
occurred on both VHS and DVD with separate edited and uncut versions being released
simultaneously. Both versions of the edited and uncut material are treated as different entries and
would frequently make Billboard rankings as separate entries. Home release sales were featured
prominently on the Nielsen VideoScan charts.[8] Further complicating the release of the material
was Funimation itself; which was known to release "DVDs out of sequence in order to get them
out as fast as possible"; as in the case of their third season.[39] Pioneer Entertainment distributed
the Funimation/Saban edited-only dub of 53 episodes on seventeen VHS between 1997 and
1999,[40][41] and seventeen DVDs throughout 1999.[42][43] Two box sets separating them into the
Saiyan and Namek arcs were also released on VHS in 1999,[44][45] and on DVD in 2001.[46][47]
Funimation's own distribution of their initial in-house dub, which began with episode 54, in
edited or uncut VHS ran between 2000 and 2003.[48][49][50] A DVD version was produced
alongside these, although they were only produced uncut and contained the option to watch the
original Japanese with subtitles.[51][52]
In 2005, Funimation began releasing their in-house dub of the beginning of Dragon Ball Z on
DVD, marking the first time the episodes were seen uncut in North America.[53] However, only
nine volumes were released, leaving it incomplete.[54] Instead, Funimation remastered and
cropped the entire series into 16:9 widescreen format and began re-releasing it to DVD in nine
individual "season" box sets; the first set released on February 6, 2007 and the final on May 19,
2009.[55][56] In July 2009, Funimation announced that they would be releasing the Japanese frameby-frame "Dragon Box" restoration of Dragon Ball Z in North America. These seven limited
edition DVD box sets were released uncut in the show's original 4:3 fullscreen format between
November 10, 2009 and October 11, 2011.[57]
In July 2011, Funimation announced plans to release Dragon Ball Z in Blu-ray Disc format, with
the first set released on November 8, 2011.[58][59][60] However, production of these 4:3 sets was
suspended after the second volume, citing concerns over restoring the original film material

frame by frame.[61] Only a year later, the company began producing a cropped 16:9 remastered
Blu-ray release in 2013, with nine sets released in total.[62] On August 13, 2013, Funimation
released all 53 episodes and the three movies from their first Dragon Ball Z dub created with
Saban and Ocean Studios in a collector's DVD box set.[63]
Kai
In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai was released in wide-screen on 33 DVDs and in fullscreen on a single
Blu-ray and eight four-disc Blu-ray sets from September 18, 2009 to August 2, 2011.
Funimation released eight DVD and Blu-ray box sets of Dragon Ball Z Kai from May 18, 2010
to June 5, 2012.[64][65] These sets contain the original Japanese audio track with English subtitles,
as well as the uncut version of the English dub, which does not contain any of the edits made for
the TV airings. Before the final volume was even published, Funimation began re-releasing the
series in four DVD and Blu-ray "season" sets between May 22, 2012 and March 12, 2013.[66][67]

Manga
Main articles: Dragon Ball and List of Dragon Ball Z chapters
While the manga was all titled Dragon Ball in Japan, due to the popularity of the Dragon Ball Z
anime in the west, Viz Media changed the title of the last 26 volumes of the manga to "Dragon
Ball Z" to avoid confusion. The volumes were originally published in Japan between 1989 and
1995. It began serialization in the American Shonen Jump, beginning in the middle of the series
with the Cyborg Saga; the tankbon volumes of both Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball were
released simultaneously by Viz Media in the United States.[68][69] In March 2001, Viz continued
this separation by re-shipping the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z titles starting with the first
volumes of each work.[70] Viz's marketing for the manga made distinct the differences between
Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z tone. Viz billed Dragon Ball Z: "More action-packed than the
stories of Goku's youth, Dragon Ball Z is pure adrenaline, with battles of truly Earth-shaking
proportions!"[71]

Films
Further information: List of Dragon Ball Z films
The Dragon Ball Z films will comprise a total of 15 entries by 2015. The films are typically
released in March and July in accordance with the spring and summer vacations of Japanese
schools. They were typically double features paired up with other anime films, and were thus,
usually an hour or less in length. The films themselves offer contradictions in both chronology
and design that make them incompatible with a single continuity. All 14 films were licensed in
North America by Funimation, and all have received in-house dubs by the company. Prior to
Funimation, the third film was a part of the short-lived Saban syndication, being split into three
episodes, and the first three films received uncut English dubs in 1998 produced by Funimation
with Ocean Studios and released by Pioneer. Several of the films have been broadcast on Cartoon
Network and Nicktoons in the United States, Toonami UK in the United Kingdom (some

featuring alternate English dubs produced with an unknown cast by AB Groupe), and Cartoon
Network in Australia.

Television specials and original video animations

Three TV specials based on Dragon Ball Z were produced and broadcast on Fuji TV. The first
two were Dragon Ball Z: Bardock The Father of Goku in 1990 and Dragon Ball Z: The
History of Trunks in 1993, the later being based on a special chapter of the original manga. Both
were licensed by Funimation in North America and AB Groupe in Europe. In 2013, a two-part
hour-long crossover with One Piece and Toriko, titled Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon
Ball Z Ch Collaboration Special!!, was created and aired.
Additionally, two original video animations (OVAs) bearing the Dragon Ball Z title have been
made. The first is Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans, which was originally
released in 1993 in two parts as "Official Visual Guides" for the video game of the same title.
Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans was a 2010 remake of this OVA. None of the
OVAs have been dubbed into English, and the only one to see a release in North America is the
2010 remake, which was subtitled and included as a bonus feature in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast
2.

Video games
Further information: List of Dragon Ball video games
There are over 57 video game releases bearing the name Dragon Ball Z across a range of
platforms from the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom to the current generation consoles.
Also included are arcade games like Super Dragon Ball Z, which would eventually be ported to
consoles.
In North America, licensing rights had been given to both Namco Bandai and Atari. In 1999,
Atari acquired exclusive rights to the video games through Funimation, a deal which was
extended for five more years in 2005.[72] A 2007 dispute would end with Atari paying Funimation
$3.5 million.[73] In July 2009, Namco Bandai was reported to have obtained exclusive rights to
release the games for a period of five years.[74] This presumably would have taken effect after
Atari's licensing rights expired at the end of January 2010.[73]

Soundtracks
Main article: List of Dragon Ball soundtracks
Dragon Ball Z has been host to numerous soundtrack releases with works like "Cha-La HeadCha-La" and a series of 21 soundtracks released as part of the Dragon Ball Z Hit Song
Collection Series. In total, dozens of releases exist for Dragon Ball Z which includes Japanese
and foreign adapted releases of the anime themes and video game soundtracks.

Reception
Cultural impact and legacy
Dragon Ball Z was listed as the 78th best animated show in IGN's "Top 100 Animated Series",[75]
and was also listed as the 50th greatest cartoon in Wizard magazine's "Top 100 Greatest
Cartoons" list.[76] The film ranked #5 on Wizard's Anime Magazine on their "Top 50 Anime
released in North America".[77]
Dragon Ball Z's popularity is reflected through a variety of data through online interactions
which show the popularity of the media. In 2001, it was reported that the official website of
Dragon Ball Z records 4.7 million hits per day and included 500,000+ registered fans.[78] The
term "Dragonball Z", ranked 4th in 1999 and 2nd in 2000 by Lycos' web search engine.[79][80] For
2001, "Dragonball" was the most popular search on Lycos and "Dragonball Z" was fifth on
Yahoo!.[81]

Ratings
Dragon Ball Z's Japanese run was very popular with an average viewer ratings of 20.5% across
the series. Dragon Ball Z also proved to be a rating success in the United States, as the premiere
of Season Three of Dragon Ball Z in 1999, done by Funimation's in-house dub, was the highestrated program ever at the time on Cartoon Network.[82] In 2002, in the week ending September
22nd, Dragon Ball Z was the #1 program of the week on all of television with tweens 9-14, boys
9-14 and men 12-24, with the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday telecasts of Dragon Ball Z
ranked as the top three programs in all of television, broadcast or cable, for delivery of boys 914.[83] In 2001, Cartoon Network obtained licensing to run 96 more episodes and air the original
Dragon Ball anime and was the top rated show in the Toonami block of Cartoon network.[84]
Beginning March 26, 2001, Cartoon Network ran a 12-week special promotion "Toonami
Reactor" which included a focus on Dragon Ball Z, which would stream episodes online to highspeed internet users.[85] Many home video releases were met with both the edited and unedited
versions placing on in the top 10 video charts of Billboard. For example, "The Dark Prince
Returns" (containing episodes 226-228) and "Rivals" (containing episodes 229-231) edited and
unedited, made the Billboard magazine top video list for October 20, 2001.[86][Note 3]
The first episode of Dragon Ball Kai earned a viewer ratings percentage of 11.3, ahead of One
Piece and behind Crayon Shin-chan.[87] Although following episodes had lower ratings, Kai was
among the top 10 anime in viewer ratings every week in Japan for most of its run.[88][89] Towards
the end of the original run the ratings hovered around 9%-10%.[90][91] Dragon Ball Z Kai
premiered on Nicktoons in May 2010 and set the record for the highest-rated premiere in total
viewers, and in tweens and boys ages 914.[92] Nielsen Mega Manila viewer ratings ranked
Dragon Ball Kai with a viewer ratings with a high of 18.4% for October 30 November 4 in
2012.[93] At the end of April 2013, Dragon Ball Kai would trail just behind One Piece at 14.2%.
[94]
Broadcasters' Audience Research Board ranked Dragon Ball Z Kai as the second most viewed
show in the week it debuted on Kix.[95] On its debut on Vortexx, Dragon Ball Z Kai was the third
highest rated show on the Saturday morning block with 841,000 viewers and a 0.5 household
rating.[96]

Merchandising
Further information: Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game
Dragon Ball Z merchandise was a success prior to its peak American interest, with more than $3
billion in sales from 1986-2000.[97] Though the merchandising of Dragon Ball Z would be a hit
even into the holiday season.[98]
In 1998, Animage-ine Entertainment, a division of Simitar, announced the sale of Chroma-Cels,
mock animation cels to capitalize on the popularity of Dragon Ball Z.[99] The original sale was
forecasted for late 1998, but were pushed back to January 12, 1999.[100]
In 2000, MGA Entertainment released more than twenty toys, consisting of table-top games and
walkie-talkies.[101] Irwin Toy released more than 72 figures consisting of 2-inch and 5 inch action
figures, which became top-selling toys in a market dominated by the Pokmon Trading Card
Game.[102] Irwin Toys would release other unique Dragon Ball Z toys including a battery powered
Flying Nimbus Cloud which hovered without touching the ground and a die-cast line of vehicles
with collector capsules.[103] In June 2000, Burger King had a toy promotion which would see 20
million figurines; Burger King bore the cost of the promotion which provided free marketing for
Funimation.[97] The Halloween Association found Dragon Ball Z costumes to be the fourth most
popular costumes in their nationwide survey.[104]
In December 2002, Jakks Pacific signed a three-year deal for licensing Dragon Ball Z toys,
which was possible because of the bankruptcy of Irwin Toy.[105] JAKKS Pacific's Dragon Ball Z
5-inch figures were cited as impressive for their painting and articulation.[106]
In 2010, Toei closed deals in Central and South American countries which included Algazarra,
Richtex, Pil Andina, DTM, Doobalo and Bondy Fiesta.[107] In 2012, Brazil's Abr-Art Bag Rio
Comercio Importacao e Exportacao closed a deal with Toei.[108]

Notes
1.
The original interview was conducted by Steve Harmon with Funimation CEO Gen
Fukunaga in 1999 and was hosted on Harmon's personal website "The Vault". A record of the
website exists on Archive.org, but the original interview itself was lost. The record was kept by
Chris Psaros who provided a copy for the website "The Dragon Ball Z Otaku Alliance" which
republished the original interview for this source.
Steven Simmons, who uses the nickname "Daimao" in websites like Toriyama.org, wrote
the original scripts for the Funimation subtitles and was involved in the localization process. His
comments are included as a primary source, but also definitively illustrate concerns with the
subtitles, from its creator. This connection and background is noted at the accompanying Anime
News Network reference.

3.

The releases for both The Dark Prince Returns and Babidi: Showdown were
released on September 25, 2001. The title "Showdown" was replaced with "Rivals" and
contains episodes 229231, titled "Vegeta's Pride", "The Long Awaited Flight", and
"Magic Ball of Buu". Prior to the release, Billboard and news outlets including the Anime
News Network and Anime Nation were using the title "Showdown"; but the UPC codes
match, indicating a re-titling for this release, "Rivals", also has a September 25, 2001,
release date for the uncut material.

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