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Budokai Tenkaichi
is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters collected in 42 ''tankōbon'' volumes by its publisher Shueisha. ''Dragon Ball'' was originally inspired by the classical 16th-century Chinese novel ''Journey to the West'', combined with elements of Hong Kong martial arts films. ''Dragon Ball'' characters also use a variety of List of martial arts#Asia, East Asian martial arts styles, including karate and Wing Chun (Kung fu (term), kung fu). The series follows the adventures of protagonist Goku, Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts. He spends his childhood far from civilization until he meets a teen girl named Bulma, who encourages him to join her quest in exploring the world in search of the seven orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Toriyama
was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He came to be regarded as one of the most influential and important authors in the history of manga, authoring highly influential and popular series, particularly Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dragon Ball''. Toriyama first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the manga series ''Dr. Slump'', for which he earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best ''shōnen manga, shōnen''/''shōjo''. Dr. Slump went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into an anime, with a second series created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. From 1984 to 1995 he wrote and illustrated the Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dragon Ball'' manga, Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. It became one of the List of best-selling manga, best-selling manga series of all time, with 260 million copies sold worldwide, and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plan To Eradicate The Saiyans
''Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans'' is a 1993 Digital collectible card game, card battle Role-playing video game, role-playing game developed by Tose Co., Ltd., Tose and published by Bandai for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer game console. Based on the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise, the player's movement and battle choices are dictated by randomly generated playing cards. The game sold 300,000 copies, and was adapted into a 1993 original video animation (OVA) series that was released in two parts as strategy guides. Footage from the OVA was reused in a 1994 Playdia video game, and the OVA was completely remade in 2010. Gameplay ''Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans'' is a Digital collectible card game, card battle Role-playing video game, role-playing game, where the player's movement and battle choices are dictated by the randomly generated playing cards. The multiplayer mode is a six player tournament using diffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
