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Three anime adaptations have been created for Akira Toriyama's the highly popular Dragon Ball manga series. All three were produced by Toei Animation. The first, titled simply Dragon Ball spanned 153 episodes, covering the first 16 volumes of the 42 volume manga series.[1] It was originally licensed for an English release in North America by Harmony Gold USA who released a heavily edited version of the series in the late 1980s. Ill-received, it was quickly canceled. Dragon Ball returned to the North American audiences in 1995 when it was licensed by Funimation Entertainment. Funmation initially only aired thirteen episodes, also heavily edited, before dropping the project due to pr reception. In March 2001, Funimation announced the return of Dragon Ball to American television, featuring a new English audio track produced in house and less editing.[2][3] The redubbed episodes began airing on Cartoon Network on August 20, 2001[4] and aired on Colours TV and the Funimation Channel in 2006.[5] Funimation began releasing the uncut episodes of the first series to Region 1 DVD box sets in March 18, 2003, except for the first part of the series, the Emperor Pilaf Saga, due it still being licensed for distribution by Harmony Gold.
The second Dragon Ball anime series, Dragon Ball Z, picked up where the first series left off and covers the final twenty-six volumes of the manga series. 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.[6] Funimation Entertainment also licensed Dragon Ball Z, premiering its edited dubbed episodes on WB in September 1996. In May 1998, the broadcast was canceled and Funimation stopped production of the dubbed episodes. Three months later, the series began airing on Cartoon Network as part of the channel's new Toonami programming block. In 1999, Funimation started dubbing the series again, now using their own in-house voice actors and with a new musical score. The series completed its run in April 2003. Later that year, Funimation redubbed the first 67 episodes of the series, restoring the removed content and replacing the Ocean Group dubbing with the same voice cast used in the later episodes. These redubbed episodes were released to DVD in uncut box sets, starting in April 2005.
Dragon Ball GT is the third, and final, anime television series for the Dragon Ball franchise. A direct sequel to Dragon Ball Z, the 64 episode series ran in Japan from February 2, 1996 until November 19, 1997.[7][8] Unlike first two series, Dragon Ball GT is not directly based on the manga series written by Akira Toriyama, though he was involved in its production. Funimation's English dub of this final series premiered on Cartoon Network on November 7, 2003. Funimation created a composition episode entitled "A Grand Problem", using material from the first 16 episodes to summarize the story. This episode aired as the initial first episode of the series. The 16 skipped episodes were aired after the remaining episodes of the series had been broadcast.[8]
Episode listing
Dragon Ball
List of Dragon Ball episodes (series)
Dragon Ball Z
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Dragon Ball GT
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DVD releases
North America
Funimation Entertainment began releasing Dragon Ball to DVD Funimation originally began releasing Dragon Ball in "Ultimate Uncut" DVD releases
In 2006, FUNimation canceled the Ultimate Uncut DVD releases and moved to remaster all 291 episodes of Dragon Ball Z on DVD season boxsets. These contain remastered footage in widescreen format and also the choice between the English dialogue with either the American BGM or the original Japanese BGM. Also some of the FUNimation voice cast re-dubbed themselves in the episodes that they originally started from in order to keep consistency with the new dub. Some of the current voice actors, who were not present during the dubbing of these early episodes, have also re-dubbed themselves over the old voices. In 2007, Season 1 (39 episodes) was released on February 6, Season 2 (35 episodes) was released on May 25, and Season 3 (33 episodes) was released on September 18. In 2008, Season 4 (32 episodes) was released on February 19, as well as the two DBZ specials in a remastered form, Season 5 (26 episodes) was released on May 27, as well as the first two DBZ movies in a remastered form, and Season 6 and the third and fourth movies will be released on September 16, 2008. Season 7 and the fifth and sixth movies will be released on November 11, 2008. Dragon Ball GT Season 1 will also be released on November 11, 2008.
Season Box Sets
- Dragon Ball
| Season | Release Date | Episode Number | Sagas |
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| Dragon Ball - Season One | TBA | 28, (1-28) Template:Fact | Emperor Pilaf and Tournament Sagas |
| Dragon Ball - Season Two | TBA | 29, (29-57) Template:Fact | Red Ribbon Army and General Blue Sagas |
| Dragon Ball - Season Three | TBA | 26, (58-83) Template:Fact | Commander Red and Fortuneteller Baba Sagas |
| Dragon Ball - Season Four | TBA | 39, (84-122) Template:Fact | Tien Shinhan and King Piccolo Sagas |
| Dragon Ball - Season Five | TBA | 31, (123-153) Template:Fact | Piccolo Jr Saga |
- Dragon Ball Z
| Season | Release Date | Episode Number | Sagas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 1 | February 6, 2007 | 39, (1-39) | Vegeta Saga |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 2 | May 22, 2007 | 35, (40-74) | Namek & Captain Ginyu Sagas |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 3 | September 18, 2007 | 33, (75-107) | Frieza Saga |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 4 | February 19, 2008 | 32, (108-139) | Garlic Jr, Trunks, & Android Sagas |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 5 | May 27, 2008 | 26, (140-165) | Imperfect & Perfect Cell Sagas |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 6 | September 16, 2008 | 29, (166-194) | Cell Games Saga |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 7 | November 11, 2008 [1] | 25, (195-219) | Great Saiyaman & World Tournament Sagas |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 8 | TBA | 33, (220-252) Template:Fact | Babidi & Majin Buu Sagas |
| Dragon Ball Z-Season 9 | TBA | 39, (253-291) Template:Fact | Fusion & Kid Buu Sagas |
- Dragon Ball GT
| Season | Release Date | Episode Number | Sagas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Ball GT- Season One | November 11, 2008 [2] | 32, (1-32) | Black Star Dragon Ball and Baby (Pt. 1) Sagas |
| Dragon Ball GT- Season Two | TBA | 32, (33-64) Template:Fact | Baby (Pt. 2), Super 17, and Shadow Dragon Sagas |
References
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