Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters colle ...

'' is the first of two anime adaptations of the ''

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series by

Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for his highly successful manga series ''Dr. Slump'', before going on to create ''Dragon Ball'' (his best-known work) and acting as a character design ...

. Produced by Toei Animation, the anime series premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on February 26, 1986, and ran until April 19, 1989. Spanning 153 episodes it covers the first 194 chapters of the 519 chapter-long manga series. It is followed by ''

Dragon Ball Z ''Dragon Ball Z'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the ''Dragon Ball'' media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 '' Dragon Ball'' anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original ...

'', which covers the remainder of the manga.

Sagas overview

Episode list

Season 1: Emperor Pilaf Saga (1986)

Season 2: Tournament Saga (1986)

Season 3: Red Ribbon Army Saga (1986–87)

Season 4: General Blue Saga (1987)

Season 5: Commander Red Saga (1987)

Season 6: Fortuneteller Baba Saga (1987)

Season 7: Tien Shinhan Saga (1987–88)

Season 8: King Piccolo Saga (1988)

Season 9: Piccolo Jr. Saga (1988–89)

TV specials

Notes

References

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