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| name = Majin Buu
| name = Majin Buu
| series = [[Dragon Ball]]
| series = [[Dragon Ball]]
| image = [[File:MajinBuuDaizenshuu.png|230px]]
| image = [[File:MajinBooDaizenshuu.png|230px]]
| caption = Three different appearances of Majin Buu, drawn by Akira Toriyama.
| caption = Three different appearances of Majin Buu, drawn by Akira Toriyama.
| first = ''Dragon Ball'' chapter #460: "Majin Buu Appears?!" (1994)
| first = ''Dragon Ball'' chapter #460: "Majin Buu Appears?!" (1994)

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Majin Buu
Dragon Ball character
Three different appearances of Majin Buu, drawn by Akira Toriyama.
First appearanceDragon Ball chapter #460: "Majin Buu Appears?!" (1994)
Created byAkira Toriyama
In-universe information
RelativesBibbidi (creator)
Uub (reincarnation)

Majin Buu (Japanese: 魔人ブウ, Hepburn: Majin Bū), spelled "Majin Buu" in the Funimation anime dub and translated as "Djinn-Buu" in the Viz Media manga, is a fictional character and the final antagonist in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He is introduced in chapter #460 Majin Buu Appears?! (魔人ブウ出現か!?, Majin Bū Shutsugen ka!?) first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on March 1, 1994.[1] Majin Buu is a magical life form created by the evil warlock Bibbidi that terrorized galaxies by destroying entire planets, millions of years before the events of Dragon Ball take place. He was temporarily sealed away and brought to Earth, however, Bibbidi was killed and Buu remained hidden. During the series, he is revived by Bibbidi's son Bobbidi in order to carry on his father's plan to conquer the entire universe.

Description

Majin Buu has several different forms, each with a different appearance and personality, however, all are pink creatures with an antenna on their head and several holes/pores on both sides of their heads and on their arms. They have a rubbery body that can regenerate instantly from any wound,[2] separate parts of it from themselves and control them independently,[3] and can even completely restore themselves from vapor.[4] Buu can also heal damaged beings,[5] and can absorb other organisms by enveloping them with his body or eating them,[6] the latter done by using his signature attack that turns people into food such as candy.[7]

When first introduced he is overweight and wears gloves, boots, a vest and a cape. He is very naive and childlike, taking joy in fighting and scaring people. Throughout the series, he is always referred to by either Majin Buu or simply Buu, no matter what form he is in. However, each form has been given their own names in guidebooks, video games or by fans, in order to distinguish between them. When Buu expels the evil inside him, it takes on a taller and much skinnier, frail form referred to as "Pure Evil Majin Buu" (魔人ブウ 純粋悪, Majin Bū Junsui Aku).[8]: 61  When this Buu absorbs the fat one, they become what is referred to as "Evil Majin Buu" (魔人ブウ 悪, Majin Bū Aku).[8]: 61  This form is much more muscular and he loses the vest and gloves, but now wears long-legged pants. Personality-wise, he is more intelligent than the other forms and is described as "pure rage".[9] This intelligence allows him to plan ahead for the opportunity to absorb Gotenks and Piccolo, and later Gohan. After absorbing the first two, his antennae grows, he forms five full-fingers and wears the vest typical of all "fused" characters, when he absorbs Gohan, he wears his dōgi top and undershirt. The last form shown, referred to as "Pure Majin Buu" (魔人ブウ 純粋, Majin Bū Junsui),[8]: 61  is actually Buu's original form. He appears when Gohan, Gotenks, Piccolo and the fat Buu are removed from his body. Appearance-wise, he is the same as the first Evil Majin Buu form only smaller, however he is the most reckless, living only to destroy and is called "evil incarnate" and "the most difficult one".[10] Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide refers to him as the "strongest enemy in the universe."[11] Even after Pure Majin Buu is killed, the fat Majin Buu lives on Earth now completely-kindhearted and known as Mr. Buu (ミスター・ブウ, Misutā Bū). In the anime, Buu's "Evil" and "Pure" forms' designs differ from the manga in that they both always have five fingers.

Buu, Bibbidi and Bobbidi take their names from the song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Buu" in the Walt Disney movie Cinderella.[12]

The Shenlong Times issue #2, a bonus pamphlet given to some Daizenshuu 2 buyers, says that Majin Buu was modeled after Toriyama's editor at the time, Fuyuto Takeda.[13]

Appearances

In Dragon Ball

Before the events of Dragon Ball, the evil warlock Bibbidi created Majin Buu; a being that existed "solely to slaughter and destroy" and within a few years they destroyed hundreds of planets.[14] Buu even killed four of the five Kaiō-shin, whom govern the universe, however, Buu was too ferocious even for Bibbidi to control, so he sealed Buu temporarily and moved him to their next target, Earth.[14] But, seeing an opportunity, the last surviving Kaiō-shin killed Bibbidi and left Buu sealed away on Earth.[14] In present-day, Bibbidi's son Bobbidi makes it his goal to revive Buu, which Kaiō-shin plans to prevent by killing him. However, Kaiō-shin underestimates the power of Goku and Vegeta, and their spent energy results in Majin Buu's quick revival.[15] When Bobbidi threatens to re-seal him, Buu begins to obey his orders and destroys and kills everything and everyone in sight in-order to get Piccolo, Trunks and Goten to come out of hiding.[16] That is until Goku asks him why he lets Bobbidi boss him around, leading to Buu killing him, however he continues his mischief and destruction, unaware that what he is doing is wrong.[17]

File:Majin-Buu.jpg
Majin Buu in the anime, in the first form
he is introduced in.

Majin Buu attacks humans, destroying nearly all of the world's population, then builds a house by converting people into clay. He is resting in his house when Mr. Satan befriends him while waiting for an opening to kill him.[18] The friendship coupled with the affection from a dog he healed, has Buu resolve not to kill anymore, when two civilians shoot the dog and then Mr. Satan.[17] Buu heals them, however, his anger expels his evil side, which manifests into a taller and much skinnier Buu, whom attacks fat Buu.[17] The skinny Buu reflects the other's attack, turning fat Buu into chocolate and eating him, which results in another new Majin Buu.[17] This new form is muscular and more intelligent; he quickly senses Piccolo, Trunks and Goten and goes to them, demanding Gotenks fight him.[19] Gohan then arrives and clearly has the upper-hand over Buu, but Buu absorbs Gotenks and later Piccolo. Now stronger than Gohan, Buu, knowing that there is a time-limit on Gotenk's fusion, planned ahead and is able to absorb Gohan as well.[19] However, Goku and Vegeta fuse together into Vegetto, but, despite being powerful enough to defeat him, they purposefully get absorbed by Buu in-order to enter his body.[20] There they separate from each other and retrieve Gohan, Piccolo, Goten, Trunks, and fat Majin Buu, and escape his body.[20]

This results in the Majin Buu that they entered reverting to his original child-sized form, who is obsessed with chaos and destruction and immediately destroys the Earth.[20] Buu then follows Goku and Vegeta to the Kaiō-shin planet, where, after a battle with Goku, he is stalled by Vegeta and then fat Buu, so that Goku can gather energy.[20] Majin Buu is killed by Goku's giant Genki-Dama technique, made with energy from the people on the newly resurrected Earth.[20] The good fat Majin Buu goes on to live with Mr. Satan on Earth as Mr. Buu, after the Dragon Balls erase the people of Earth's memories about him.[20] While the evil buu is reincarnated into a child named Uub, whom, ten years later, Goku meets at the Tenka'ichi Budōkai martial arts tournament and leaves with to train as his successor.[20]

In other media

In Dragon Ball GT, an anime-only sequel to the series, both Mr. Buu and Uub participate in battles against foes such as Baby, Super Android #17 and Super One-Star Dragon. They also fuse together, creating a character referred to as "Majuub" or Super Uub (スーパーウーブ, Sūpā Ūbu). Buu is also seen in the 2008 short film Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! and plays a small role in the 2013 theatrical Dragon Ball Z film, Battle of Gods. Majin Buu will appear in 2015's Dragon Ball Super anime.[21]

Majin Buu briefly appears in an episode of the 1997 anime remake of Toriyama's Dr. Slump, and makes a brief cameo appearance in Toriyama's manga series Neko Majin Z. He also appears in chapter four of the Saikyō Jump manga Dragon Ball SD, a super deformed spin-off of Dragon Ball written by Naho Ōishi, which depicts a comedic alternate retelling of him being released.[22] Ōishi drew a special chapter focusing on Buu for the July 2014 issue, titled Dragon Ball SD Majin Buu Extra Story (ドラゴンボールSD 魔人ブウ番外編, Doragonbōru SD Majin Bū Bangai-hen) it also features Toriyama's Neko Majin.[23]

He is a playable character in the franchise's video games, the first being Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 in 1994, but also in most of the more recent games such as the Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! series. He is also playable in the Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover games Battle Stadium D.O.N and Jump Ultimate Stars.

He is also referenced in the song "Pink Matter" by Frank Ocean featuring André 3000 in the lyrics "That soft pink matter, Cotton candy Majin Buu".

Voice actors

In the original Japanese, Buu and all his forms are voiced by Kōzō Shioya in all media.[21] In the English dub by Ocean Productions, Scott McNeil voices Fat Buu, and Brian Dobson voices Evil, Super and Kid Buu. McNeil also voiced Mr. Buu in the Blue Water dub.[citation needed] In the Funimation dub Josh Martin voices Fat and Kid Buu, and Justin Cook voices Evil and Super Buu. Martin and Cook voice Buu in English for all the video games, with the exception of Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout where Kid Buu is voiced by Dougary Grant.

Reception

Majin Buu is a popular character in the Dragon Ball series, in 2004 Japanese fans voted him the eighth most popular character.[24] He was rated by Wizard magazine as the 40th greatest villain of all time, the only anime or manga character from Japan to make the list.[25] IGN's David F. Smith states that although he is tough, Majin Buu's pink complexion prevents anybody from taking him as a serious threat.[26] Theron Martin of Anime News Network claims Buu's "childlike demeanor actually gives his malicious smiles and mad faces a surprisingly chilling effect," claiming it sets him apart from the "hyper-evil badasses" of the series.[12] He called Josh Martin's English vocal performance far more childish than Kōzō Shioya's, but also felt that Shioya's voice does not fit Buu's behavior.[12] According to Dennis Amith of J!-ENT, seeing him "kill people for the sake of hunger or for enjoyment to hear things go “boom”" makes Buu the deadliest villain of the series.[27] Toriyama stated that the fight between Buu and Gotenks was fun to draw because he was able to come up with odd techniques in "the spirit of gag manga."[8]: 167 

References

  1. ^ Weekly Shōnen Jump #13 March 1, 1994
  2. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 465". Dragon Ball, Volume 39 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 23). Viz Media. pp. 75–87. ISBN 978-1-4215-0148-2.
  3. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 466". Dragon Ball, Volume 39 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 23). Viz Media. pp. 89–101. ISBN 978-1-4215-0148-2.
  4. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 460". Dragon Ball, Volume 39 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 23). Viz Media. pp. 7–19. ISBN 978-1-4215-0148-2.
  5. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 468". Dragon Ball, Volume 39 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 23). Viz Media. pp. 115–127. ISBN 978-1-4215-0148-2.
  6. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2006). "Chapter 485". Dragon Ball, Volume 40 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 24). Viz Media. pp. 170–181. ISBN 978-1-4215-0273-1.
  7. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 464". Dragon Ball, Volume 39 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 23). Viz Media. pp. 61–73. ISBN 978-1-4215-0148-2.
  8. ^ a b c d DRAGON BALL 大全集 4: WORLD GUIDE (in Japanese). Shueisha. 1995. ISBN 4-08-782754-2.
  9. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2006). "Chapter 486". Dragon Ball, Volume 41 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 25). Viz Media. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-4215-0404-9. Now his body is perfectly suited to battle... and his soul is pure rage...
  10. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2006). "Chapter 508". Dragon Ball, Volume 42 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 26). Viz Media. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4215-0636-4. This Buu... is evil incarnate...
  11. ^ DRAGON BALL 大全集 2: STORY GUIDE (in Japanese). Shueisha. 1995. p. 242. ISBN 4-08-782752-6.
  12. ^ a b c Theron, Martin (2008-06-16). "Dragon Ball Z Season 8 DVD Set - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  13. ^ "Shenlong Times 2". DRAGON BALL 大全集 2: STORY GUIDE (in Japanese). Shueisha: 6. 1995.
  14. ^ a b c Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 445". Dragon Ball, Volume 37 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 21). Viz Media. pp. 189–191. ISBN 1-59116-873-2. This Djinn possesses neither reason nor emotion. He exists solely to slaughter and destroy. To strike fear into the hearts of all living things. In just a few years, hundreds of planets were wiped out.
  15. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 459". Dragon Ball, Volume 38 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 22). Viz Media. pp. 179–191. ISBN 978-1-4215-0051-5.
  16. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2005). "Chapter 471". Dragon Ball, Volume 39 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 23). Viz Media. pp. 155–160. ISBN 978-1-4215-0148-2.
  17. ^ a b c d Toriyama, Akira (2006). "Chapters 473–485". Dragon Ball, Volume 40 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 24). Viz Media. pp. 7–181. ISBN 978-1-4215-0273-1.
  18. ^ Toriyama, Akira (2006). "Chapter 481". Dragon Ball, Volume 40 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 24). Viz Media. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4215-0273-1. In just one day, 80% of the world's population has been decimated.
  19. ^ a b Toriyama, Akira (2006). "Chapters 486–487, 497–502". Dragon Ball, Volume 41 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 25). Viz Media. pp. 7–33, 156–235. ISBN 978-1-4215-0404-9.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g Toriyama, Akira (2006). "Chapters 503–519". Dragon Ball, Volume 42 (Dragon Ball Z, Volume 26). Viz Media. pp. 7–243. ISBN 1-4215-0636-X.
  21. ^ a b "Dragon Ball Super Main Visual Reveals 2 New Characters". Anime News Network. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  22. ^ Ōishi, Naho (October 2011). "Chapter 4". Saikyō Jump. Dragon Ball SD (in Japanese). 4. Shueisha.
  23. ^ Ōishi, Naho (June 2014). "Dragon Ball SD Majin Buu Extra Story". Saikyō Jump. Dragon Ball SD (in Japanese). Shueisha.
  24. ^ Dragon Ball Forever (in Japanese). Shueisha. 2004. ISBN 4-08-873702-4.
  25. ^ The Wizard Staff (July 2006). "The 100 Greatest Villains of All Time". Wizard Magazine (177): 90.
  26. ^ Smith, David (2008-06-16). "Dragon Ball Z: Season Five DVD Review, You probably know the drill by now, as we plow into the long Cell Saga". IGN. Retrieved 2013-05-25. Let's be honest with ourselves – Majin Buu was pretty tough, but he was just a little too pink to take seriously as a threat most of the time.
  27. ^ Amith, Dennis (2011-07-07). "Dragon Ball Z – Dragon Box Z Vol. 6 (a J!-ENT Anime DVD Review)". J!-ENT. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
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