Dragon Ball

is a Japanese manga created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. It involves a young martial artist named Son Goku as he searches for the Dragon Balls, and becomes stronger along the way. Dragon Ball was originally serialized in the weekly anthology magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from 1984 to 1995, and originally collected into 42 individual books called tankōbon. In 2004, the manga was re-released in a 34 volume collection called Kanzenban, which included a slightly rewritten ending, new covers, and color artwork from its Weekly Shōnen Jump run. In the U.S., Viz has released all 42 volumes (nearly matching the first Japanese set) in English language. Viz titles the second part of the manga Dragon Ball Z to reduce confusion for North American audiences. The series is published in the United Kingdom by Gollancz Manga.
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