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Dragonball Z

Dragon Ball Z
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Cover of the first Dragon Ball Z compilation soundtrack, featuring Goku (left) and most of the other heroes of the series
ドラゴンボールZ
(Doragon Bōru Zetto)
Genre Martial arts, Comedy, Science fantasy
Anime television series
Directed by Daisuke Nishio (episodes 1–199)
Produced by Kōzō Morishita
Kenji Shimizu
Koji Kaneda
Written by Takao Koyama
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by
Original network Fuji TV
English network
Cartoon Network (2001–2010, 2016–present)
First-run syndication (1996–1998)
International Channel (1997–2002)
Cartoon Network (Toonami) (1998–2003, 2005–2008)
Original run April 26, 1989 – January 31, 1996
Episodes 291 (List of episodes)
Anime film series
Studio Toei Animation
Released July 15, 1989 – April 18, 2015
Films 17 (15 released in theaters, 2 direct 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
Produced by Tomoaki Imanishi
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
Music by Kenji Yamamoto (1–95)
Shunsuke Kikuchi (96–98; re-aired 1–95)
Norihito Sumitomo (99–159~167)
Studio Toei Animation
Licensed by
Original network Fuji TV
English network
Cartoon Network
Nicktoons (2010–2012)
The CW (Toonzai, Vortexx) (2010–2014)
Adult Swim (Toonami) (2014–present)
SABC 2
Original run April 5, 2009 – March 27, 2011
Continued run:
April 6, 2014 – June 28, 2015
Episodes 159 (Japan)
167 (International)(List of episodes)
Dragon Ball franchise
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Dragon Ball Z (Japanese: ドラゴンボールZ(ゼット) Hepburn: Doragon Bōru 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 latter 325 chapters of the original 519-chapter Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama, that were published from 1988 to 1995 in Weekly Shōnen 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 nearly indestructible 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 sons, Gohan and Goten, as well as the evolution of his rivals Piccolo and Vegeta from enemies into allies.

Due to the success of the anime in the United States, the manga chapters comprising its story were initially 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 15 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 more-recent remastered broadcast titled Dragon Ball Kai (ドラゴンボール改(カイ) Doragon Bōru Kai?, lit. "Dragon Ball Revised", retitled Dragon Ball Z Kai in most international releases). There have also been two sequel series; Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997) and Dragon Ball Super (2015–present).


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