Dragon Ball

Japanese name: Dragon Ball
Japanese name: ドラゴンボール
English name: Dragon Ball
Dates: February 26, 1986-April 12, 1989
March 1995; September 6, 2001-December 1, 2003 (United States)
Broadcast time: Wednesday, 7:00-7:30 pm (19:00-19:30)
Number of episodes: 153
Animation Studio: Toei Animation
Production Company:
Broadcaster: Fuji Television (CX)
syndicated (1996); Cartoon Network (2001-2003) (United States)
Creator(s): Akira Toriyama (manga)
Series Director: Minoru Okazaki, Daisuke Nishio
Episode Director(s):
Producer(s):
Planning:
Storyboard(s):
Layout:
Writer(s):
Art Director:
Art Design: Tadanao Tsuji
Character Designer(s): Tadanao Tsuji, Yuji Ikeda
Animator(s): Minoru Maeda
Backgrounds:
Music:
Sound:
Voice Actors
(regular characters):
Masako Nozawa (Son Goku), Hiromi Tsuru (Bulma), Naoki Tatsuta (Oolong), Toru Furuya (Yamcha), Kohei Miyauchi (Kame Sennin), Yumi Shoma (Chi Chi), Mayumi Tanaka (Krillin, Yajirobe), Hirotaka Suzuoki (Tenshin-han), Hiroki Emori (Chaozu), Shigeru Chiba (Pilaf), Kenji Utsumi (Red Ribbon Leader), Takeshi Aono (Kami-Sama, old Piccolo), Toshio Furukawa (Piccolo)
Genre(s): adventure, comedy, science fiction, alien visitors, fantasy, magical creatures, martial arts
Home Video
information:
Japan: DVD (PCBC-50482)
United States: DVD (Funimation)
Note(s): This series is continued by Dragon Ball Z. (1989)

To see what other animated programs were out at the same time as Dragon Ball go to the Chronology of Animation.

Note on finding copies of programs:
Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of anime television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States, some other countries, and one Japanese store. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, VCDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Japanese Animation Information page for links to Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this List of Anime Television Series and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.


Last update: December 22, 2007
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