Majin Boo

Majin Boo
Dragon Ball character
Three different appearances of Majin Boo, drawn by Akira Toriyama.
First appearance	Dragon Ball chapter #460: "Majin Boo Appears?!" (1994)
Created by	Akira Toriyama
Voiced by	Japanese Kōzō Shioya English See Voice actors
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Relatives	Bibbidi (creator) Oob (reincarnation)

Majin Boo (Japanese: 魔人ブウ, Hepburn: Majin Bū^?), spelled Majin Buu in the Funimation anime dub and translated as Djinn-Boo 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 Boo Appears?! (魔人ブウ出現か!?, Majin Bū Shutsugen ka!?^?) first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on March 1, 1994. Majin Boo is a genie-like 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 Boo 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.

Toriyama stated that when creating a villain in Dragon Ball, he would try to make them different from any that had come before. Although it was difficult and he was usually not entirely pleased with the results, he thinks he did achieve this with Majin Boo. The Shenlong Times issue #2, a bonus pamphlet given to some buyers of the Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide guidebook, says that Majin Boo was modeled after Toriyama's editor at the time, Fuyuto Takeda. Boo, Bibbidi and Bobbidi take their names from the song "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" in the Walt Disney movie Cinderella.