Talk:Dragon Ball

External Links

I think that this section misses the official manga websites. It only covers the anime websites. I sugest you to add http://www.shonenjump.com/ (official Shonen Jump site) and http://www.s-manga.net/ (official Shueisha site). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.162.32.229 (talk) 22:35, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Over 9000

I cannot believer there is no mention fo the huge internet meme 'over 9,000' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.246.147.34 (talk) 22:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

There are not reliable sources discussing the meme. Without reliable sources, the meme should not be included in the article, or anywhere else in Wikipedia for that matter. —Farix (t | c) 01:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Tone in the Theme section

In the Theme section of this article, I cannot help but get the feeling that whoever wrote it has some sort of agenda. Reading through that section gives me a sense of sarcasm and perhaps even spite, as it is written with almost comical repetition. I do not urge anyone to correct it before it has been checked by someone adequate; considering English is not my first language, I might just have unsterstood it wrong.

DBZ Kai on The CW 4Kids

It's been announced that DBZ Kai will be on The CW 4Kids instead of Nicktoons.--72.148.3.214 (talk) 14:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

No, it has been announced that it will air on both. ZServ (talk) 17:57, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from ZServ, 11 May 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} Change "in may 2010" to on May 24th, 8:00PM EST because that is the official air date for the series in the US, which i was not able to find on Wikipedia. Just for convenience.

ZServ (talk) 17:55, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

You will need a reference to prove that, as per the rules and policies at WP:CITE. Sorry. It's just to prove that what is said in an article is true. Maybe you should try looking on official sites or something like that. Then make another edit request saying what you request to be changed again, with the web link or book as a reference. Thank you and I hope you understand. If you are unsure about anything, feel free to ask at the WP:HD (Wikipedia Help Desk). Chevymontecarlo. 18:07, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

http://blog.funimation.com/2010/05/dragon-ball-z-kai-on-nicktoons/ ZServ (talk) 03:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Bring Back The DBZ Article

I get that this has been debated a number of times on here but as the status quo is unsatisfactory to just about everyone except for a few extremist deletionist moderators, I'm going to raise the issue again. This has been a crusade by a very small minority of Wikipedia users to demolish the Dragonball family of articles and the vast majority of users I have talked to find the state the Dragonball articles are in to be quite dissatisfactory and a huge step down from how informative and useful they were a few years ago.

Dragon Ball Z is probably the most popular anime to ever air in America. It is also one of the most popular anime to ever air in Japan. Its section on here is FAR too small and offers almost no helpful information.

While it is obvious that it is based off the Dragon Ball manga, that is an asinine argument with no real legitimacy and no real precedent on any other article. People have said what I am about to say before and the moderators have never given a proper answer. Why is it that, say, the Twilight movie, has a seperate article from the Twilight book? Because both are very popular and notable and they are distinct, so they each deserve their own article. Obviously this is the case with Dragon Ball Z as well. It was a cultural phenomenon at the time it came out and there are many changes from the manga.

The other argument I have heard made was that because some of the links in the old article were to fan sites, it was best to delete the article. This is also an absurd argument with no real basis in reality. There are many many links out there on the topic of Dragon Ball Z. There are links to the official website, which is fairly informative, links to news stories about it which would supply information, links to all sorts of sources which are not fansites. It is obvious that fansites are not the only source of information on this topic, and a decent article with good sourcing could be re-created.

It is ludicrous that all of the Dragonball Z movies and video games have articles but not the actual TV show upon which they are based because it's not notable. Seriously? The spinoff media, which are much less important, are notable, but the actual show, which has been airing on television for over a decade and is tremendously more popular than any spinoff video game, is not notable? It would be like if Wikipedia had articles for individual breeds of dogs but lacked an actual page about dogs in general.J'onn J'onzz (talk) 18:32, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Does seem a bit suspicious doesn't it? Let's see how far down the rabbit hole goes. PeRshGo (talk) 02:38, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Wondering about Dragon Ball on US TV

In the article, this is said: "In 1995, Funimation Entertainment acquired the license for the distribution of Dragon Ball, as well as its sequel series Dragon Ball Z, in North America....Thirteen episodes aired in syndication before Funimation canceled the project due to low ratings, switching to working immediately on the more action-oriented Dragon Ball Z.[7] In March 2001, Funimation announced the return of Dragon Ball to American television.... The redubbed episodes aired on Cartoon Network from August 2001[26] to December 2003..."

However, I watched many more than 13 episodes in the mid-to-late 90's of the Dragon Ball series (not Z) on a local station (I think WGN, but I only remember the number on my cable service) early in the mornings (premiering before Sailor Moon). I still have about 25 episodes on tape, if not more. Anyone know if maybe some other company had the rights for it during the period? I found a couple of non-citable sources online stating it started on NA TV in 1998, which would be about the period I would have been watching and recording it. I just know it was not in 2001 on Cartoon Network, as I had watched at least a lot of the series on TV long before then. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.67.39.115 (talk) 21:44, 25 June 2010 (UTC)