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| Dragon Ball Z | |
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| Genre | Martial arts, Science fiction |
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| Anime | |
| Directed by | Daisuke Nishio |
| Studio | Toei Animation |
| Released | April 26, 1989 – January 31, 1996 |
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| Original Video Animation (OVA) | |
Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ, Doragon Bōru Zetto, commonly abbreviated as DBZ) is an anime series produced by Toei Doga (now Toei Animation). Dragon Ball Z is the sequel to the Dragon Ball anime, which covers the first 16 volumes of a 42 volume Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama, while Dragon Ball Z adapts the last 26 volumes of the original manga.
The anime first aired in Japan from April 26, 1989, to January 31, 1996, and was dubbed in several countries around the world, including Latin America and in the United States.
Plot
See also: Lists of Dragon Ball charactersThe series continues the adventures of Son Goku who, along with his companions, defend the Earth and other fictional planets against various supervillains. While the original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, Dragon Ball Z parallels his adult life with the maturation of his first child, Son Gohan. The series also gives focus to the evolution of his rivals, Piccolo and Vegeta, from evil to good, with the former's evolution occurring early in the series and latter's spanning across the entire series. The separation between the series is also significant as the later series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone, with a number of villains either threatening or committing acts of mass murder or outright genocide.
Akira Toriyama's self-parody manga series Neko Majin satirizes many concepts introduced in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z.
Media
Anime
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Dragon Ball Z premiered in Japan on April 26, 1989 and ran for 291 episodes until its conclusion on January 31, 1996.
Funimation Entertainment created an English language dub of the episodes using Ocean Group for the voice acting. The dubbed episodes premiered in the United States on WB in September 1996. Due to US censorship laws, the episodes were heavily edited, with blood, nudity, profanity, and character deaths removed. In May 1998, the broadcast was canceled and Funimation stopped production of the dubbed episodes. Three months later, the series began airing on Cartoon Network as part of the channel's new Toonami programming block. In 1999, Funimation started dubbing the series again, now using their own in-house voice actors and with a new musical score. The series completed its run in April 2003. In 2003, Funimation redubbed the first 67 episodes of the series, restoring the removed content and replacing the Ocean Group dubbing with the same voice cast used in the later episodes. These reduns were released to Region 1 DVD in Uncut box sets, starting in April 2005. The Funimation dubbed episodes also aired in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Republic of Ireland.
In the United Kingdom, the Funimation dubs of episodes 168 through the final episode were replaced with a new dubbed version. This version used a dub language track produced by Blue Water studios, but continued using most of Funimation's English language scripts.
Reception
In September 2002, Dragon Ball Z was the number one cable television series for boys 9-14.
References
- Dragon Ball Z manga, volumes 1-26
- "Anime News Network Dragon Ball Z episode list". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
External links
- Official English Website
- Dragon Ball Z at the Dragon Ball wiki
- Dragon Ball Z World Map
- Dragon Ball Z ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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