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| Dragon Ball (manga) | |
 Dragon Balls tankōbon volume 1 (Japanese version) | |
| Genre | Action, Science fiction |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Akira Toriyama |
| Published by |  Shueisha |
Dragon Balls (ドラゴンボール, Doragon Bōru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama with an anime adaptation. The basis for the storyline took inspiration from two Chinese-related works, Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II and Wu Cheng'en's Journey to the West. In Japan, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z were collected into a single 42-volume series (called tankōbon) after the manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1984 to 1995.
The setting of Dragon Balls has a sort of Chinese feel to it, but it's not necessarily China. Exactly where it takes place is uncertain. The overall story is very simple, but I'd like to keep making up more details and illustrations as I go along. This way, I can draw anything I want to and enjoy the tension and excitement of figuring out what I'll draw next. — Akira Toriyama, 1985
- ^ Dragon Ball ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-11-19.
- http://www.anime3000.com/information/creators/toriyama.html
- Dragon Ball at http://www.viz.com/
- Dragon Balls manga, vol. 1, page 1 — ISBN 1-56931-920-0