History Franchise / DragonBall

And then of course came the dubs. While there have been many in all sorts of languages (and ''Z'' providing fertile ground for the fan-sub VHS market in the early 90s), the first English dub was in 1989 by Harmony Gold, who did at least the first five episodes and a combined version of the first and second movies, to middling reception due to its obscure timeslot. In 1995, Creator/{{Funimation}} would attempt to dub the first thirteen episodes using the Harmony Gold script as a starting point, which is where names such as Roshi, Power Pole and The Flying Nimbus come from. This too did not take off ([[HistoryRepeats once again due to a poor timeslot]]), so in 1995 Funimation skipped ahead to the more overtly action-focused ''Z'' portion and hoped the audience would keep up with all the new characters and plot elements showing up with little-to-no introduction. They did, and the rest is history.

In 1989, the anime experienced a name change to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', while the manga continued under ''Dragon Ball'' (including all future translations, except English). The reason is that the anime changed showrunner and some of the animation team (and the author [[WordOfGod thought it would be ending soon]], hence the Z). This part of the story continues by revealing that Goku is not simply a freakishly strong boy with a tail but one of the last of an alien race called Saiyans (and a runt of one at that). He was sent into space shortly before the Saiyan planet was destroyed (with shades of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', ''Anime/GoldenBat'', and ''[[http://www.animevice.com/prince-of-gamma/18-31482/ Prince of Gamma]]''). Goku and his friends, reinforced by former enemies have to fight progressively more powerful villains with each new adventure, with the villains now becoming a more focal point of each story. Although Goku and his martial arts skills (which let him and his friends fly, throw ki blasts, and occasionally read minds) dominate the battles, the story is also about Goku's son Gohan and how he faces these challenges. Running seven years and nearly 300 episodes, ''Z'' can be broken down into the four primary {{big bad}}s of the series: Vegeta, Freeza (Frieza in the dub), Cell, and Majin Boo (Majin Buu in the dub, or Djinn-Boo in the Creator/{{ViZ}} manga). Both ''Dragon Ball'' the manga and ''Dragon Ball Z'' the anime comes to a triumphant conclusion after 519 manga chapters and 444 anime episodes (plus two TV specials) after Gohan is married and his own daughter Pan enters the "Strongest Under the Heavens" tournament, with Goku departing to train his new pupil, Oob.

* ''Dragon Ball Z: Summer Vacation Special'' (1992)
* ''Looking Back At It All: The Dragon Ball Z Year End Show'' (1993)

''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Creator/AkiraToriyama. It began as [[Manga/DragonBall a manga]] that was serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' from [[LongRunners 1984 to 1995]], chronicling the adventures of a cheerful monkey boy named Son Goku, in a story that was originally based off the Chinese tale ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' (the character Son Goku both was based on and [[BilingualBonus literally named after]] [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]], in turn inspired by [[Literature/{{Ramayana}} Hanuman]]). The manga was soon adapted into one of the most popular {{anime}} productions ever made, starting in 1986 and ending in 1997.

There are many {{non serial movie}}s (only a few could be wedged into the series' timeline) that were released at least once a year, three set in the ''Dragon Ball'' era and thirteen for ''Dragon Ball Z''. Two made-for-TV movies were made for ''Dragon Ball Z'' as well, with a third being produced for ''GT'' (two of which don't fit comfortably in a post-Super world). Toei returned to this well in 1994 for the seventeenth movie to commemorate the [[{{milestone celebration}} tenth anniversary]] of the franchise, and they did a web special in 2008 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', the first Dragon Ball feature to be entirely digital. There have also been several TV specials and [=OVAs=] within the franchise, mostly based on the ''Dragon Ball Z'' portion of the story.

The franchise's impact on shonen manga is unparalleled, to say the very least. Although not the first to employ the vast number of tropes that it is most associated with, it became the de facto ''face'' of them (especially outside its home country where, for many, it was [[GatewaySeries the first anime anyone ever saw]] and an introduction to both the shonen battle genre and anime in general). To this day, the shonen genre, and various anime in general that use elements from it, pay homage to, or parody, this series and continue its legacy. For proof, one need only look as far as three series of [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Aughts]] which are often considered the most direct of its spiritual successors: ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/OnePiece'', and ''Franchise/{{Bleach}}''.

''Dragon Ball'' now also has a {{spinoff}} manga called ''Dragon Ball SD'' in ''Saikyo Jump'' by Naho Ooishi which began on December 3, 2010, some 26 years after the first chapter of the original series was first published in ''Shonen Jump''. As of June 21, 2011, there was another spinoff, this time a one-shot, called ''Episode of Bardock'', also by Ooishi; later in the same year the Bardock short received an {{animated adaptation}}, and Shueshia started to reprint brand new copies of the original manga, in its original 42-volume glory, although with a differently stylized logo.

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* [[/index]]''TabletopGame/{{Yahtzee}}: Dragon Ball Z'' (2017)[[index]]

* ''Dragon Ball Z The Anime Adventure Game'' (1999-2002) - A TabletopRPG published by Creator/RTalsorianGames using the Fuzion D6 system.

* ''Dragon Ball Shenron No Nazo'' (''Dragon Power'' in the US)

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* ''Neko Majin'' (1999-2005) - A {{parody}} of the main series set in the same universe
* ''Dragon Ball SD'' (2010-) - A SuperDeformed {{parody}} of the main series
* ''Manga/DragonBallThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsYamcha'' (2016-2017) - A series about a ''Dragon Ball'' fan who dies and finds himself reincarnated as Yamcha
* ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'' (2018-) - An animated adaptation of the ''Prison Planet'' saga from ''Dragon Ball Heroes'' onwards, released for promotional purposes only in Japan.

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallAdvanceAdventure''

* ''Dragon Ball: Revenge Of King Piccolo''
* ''Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of Z''

And then of course came the dubs. While there have been many in all sorts of languages (and ''Z'' providing fertile ground for the fan-sub VHS market in the early 90s), the first English dub was in 1989 by Harmony Gold, who did at least the first five episodes and a combined version of the first and second movies, to middling reception due to its obscure timeslot. In 1994, Creator/{{Funimation}} would do its own attempt with the first thirteen episodes using the Harmony Gold script as a starting point, which is where names such as Power Pole and The Flying Nimbus come from for western audiences. This too did not take off ([[HistoryRepeats once again due to a poor timeslot]]), so Funimation skipped ahead to the more overtly action-focused ''Z'' portion and hoped the audience would keep up with all the new characters and plot elements showing up with little-to-no introduction. They did, and the rest is history.

Initially covering the first 53 episodes, ''Z'' was dubbed using voice actors from Ocean Group at first, distributed by Saban Entertainment at very early syndication timeslots. After Saban parted ways, Funimation decided to run the show on [[Creator/CartoonNetwork Cartoon Network's]] Creator/{{Toonami}} block in 1998 just after school at 5pm, exposing ''Z'' to hundreds of thousands of American kids. Problem was, Funimation only dubbed those 53 episodes, which ran on endless repeat. Eventually they hired local Texas voice actors (some practically off the street) alongside newly-composed music for their first in-house dub ever in 1998. And let's be honest, ''this'' dub is probably why most of you are even here. The in-house cast would become the de-facto English cast for the franchise, with a partial cast shake-up in 2009 for the dub of ''Dragon Ball Z Kai''. The 1998 dub is infamous among those in the know for heavy alterations, ranging from the music, to voice actor choices, to writing out mystical and Main/{{Wuxia}} elements, to name changes, to "punching up" the dialogue in general, but despite this ''Z'' became a massive success all over again, with their version becoming arguably more well-known globally than the orginal in Asia. The first anime would eventually be fully dubbed in English in 2001 while the dub was in the Buu arc.

''Dragon Ball'' is a Japanese media franchise created by Creator/AkiraToriyama. It began as [[Manga/DragonBall a manga]] that was serialized in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' from [[LongRunners 1984 to 1995]], chronicling the adventures of a cheerful monkey boy named Son Goku, in a story that was originally based off the Chinese tale ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' (the character Son Goku both was based on and [[BilingualBonus literally named after]] [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest Sun Wukong]], in turn inspired by [[Literature/{{Ramayana}} Hanuman]]). The manga was soon adapted into one of the most popular {{anime}} productions ever made.

The story follows Goku and a huge cast of friends and enemies as they search for the magical Dragon Balls that can make any wish come true. Of course, no sooner has someone gathered and used the Dragon Balls than they have to be sought out again. On top of all this, Goku is training up to fight in the periodic "Strongest Under the Heavens" tournament. The series is generally broken down into several arcs, with Emperor Pilaf, the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, the Red Ribbon Army, the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, Demon King Piccolo, and the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, plus a few filler mini-arcs, comprising [[Manga/DragonBall the original]] ''Dragon Ball'' anime series, for a total of 153 episodes. After defeating these major threats to the world, Goku finally wins the tournament on his third attempt and goes off to get married.

After that, the anime (and the American version of the manga from that point) experienced a name change to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', whereas it continued uninterrupted as ''Dragon Ball'' in the Japanese (and every other version in the world) manga. The reason is that the ''Dragon Ball Z'' period featured a change in showrunner, as well as some of the animation team (and the author [[WordOfGod thought it would be ending soon]])... on top of undergoing a ''massive'' [[{{Retool}} plot realignment]] and [[DarkerAndEdgier tone shift]] that [[WhamEpisode significantly alters the arc of the story]]. At the start, it is revealed that Goku is not simply a boy with a tail but one of the last of an alien race called Saiyans. He was sent into space shortly before the Saiyan planet was destroyed (with shades of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', ''Anime/GoldenBat'', and ''[[http://www.animevice.com/prince-of-gamma/18-31482/ Prince of Gamma]]''). Goku and his friends, reinforced by former enemies (a recurring theme) have to fight [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil progressively more powerful]] villains. Although Goku and his martial arts skills (which let him and his friends fly, throw energy blasts, and occasionally read minds) dominate the battles, the story is actually mostly about Goku's son Gohan and how he faces the challenges. Running seven years and nearly 300 episodes, the series can be broken down into the four primary {{big bad}}s of the series: Vegeta, Freeza (Frieza in the dub), Cell, and Majin Boo (or Majin Buu in the dub, or Djinn-Boo in the manga). Both ''Dragon Ball'' the manga and ''Dragon Ball Z'' the anime comes to a triumphant conclusion after 519 manga chapters and 444 anime episodes (plus two TV specials) after Gohan is married and his own daughter Pan enters the "Strongest Under the Heavens" tournament.

Since the original ''Dragon Ball'' saga was a mega-hit, ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' was created as an anime-only continuation by Creator/ToeiAnimation, with some character designs and initial input by Toriyama. ''GT'' was not as well received, lasting 64 episodes before cancellation (although this was still much longer than originally intended), bringing the original era of ''Dragon Ball'' anime to an end at 508 episodes plus 3 TV specials, although the status of ''GT'' as part of the canon [[FanonDiscontinuity has been hotly debated since, with fans on the fence on where it lies]]. After the release of new material written by Toriyama himself starting in 2013, ''GT'' is now officially an AlternateContinuity.[[note]]2013 is the year ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Battle of Gods]]'' was released, and it's the first film in the franchise to be {{canon}}. Two years later, ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection [='F'=]]]'', the direct sequel to ''Battle of Gods'', was released, followed by ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', which is also canon.[[/note]]

At one point ''Dragon Ball'' was turned into an [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] by Netmarble, simply titled ''VideoGame/DragonBallOnline''. [[NoExportForYou It was only released in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Korea]]. The game had three playable races: [[UnEvenHybrid Saiyan Hybrids]] ([[CallASmeerpARabbit called "Humans" in-game]]), Namekian, and Majin. The servers and website for the game were closed in 2013.

The success of ''Dragon Ball'', and its ''overwhelming'' influence on not just Japanese but ''global'' popular culture, is impossible to dispute. It became one of the biggest hits ever in Japan, it was the series that popularized manga and anime the most in Europe, Americans always have an idea of what it is when they hear its title, most Latinos and Americans who grew up during the 1990s have watched it, it's still running on TV internationally, and merchandising is alive and well. It is sometimes derided for being simplistic and for drawn-out multi-episode fights with little story progression; however, one must keep in mind that the show is primarily aimed at [[{{Shonen}} kids and teens aged 10 to 18]], with [[PeripheryDemographic older adults not really in the picture]].

There are many {{non serial movie}}s (only a few could be wedged into the series' timeline) that were released at least once a year, three set in the ''Dragon Ball'' timeline and thirteen for ''Dragon Ball Z''. Two made-for-TV movies were made for ''Dragon Ball Z'', which are technically in canon, and until ''Super'' retconned ''GT'' out of canon, the same went for the made-for-TV ''Dragon Ball GT'' movie. They returned to this well for the seventeenth one to commemorate the [[{{milestone celebration}} tenth anniversary]] of the franchise, and they did a web special in 2008 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of ''Magazine/ShonenJump''. There have also been several TV specials and [=OVAs=] within the franchise, mostly based on the ''Dragon Ball Z'' portion of the story.

To date, there have been three [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action adaptations]]: The American-made ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', which came out in 2009 and was the only officially licensed one, the earlier, campier, Taiwanese ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins'', and the most loyal Korean-made ''Film/DragonBallFightForVictorySonGoku''.

In the early 2000-aughts, the manga was re-released in Japan as the "Kanzenban" or "Perfect Edition," with brand-new covers drawn by Toriyama. This split the 519 chapters across 34 volumes instead of the original release's 42. The Kanzenban also included all of the original color pages, and every other issue included a booklet with a drawing by current, popular Shueisha artists, talking about how much ''Dragon Ball'' had influenced them. The final volume in 2004 included a new, adjusted ending written and drawn by Toriyama.

From 2009-2011, Toei aired ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' (''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' [[MarketBasedTitle outside Japan]]), a "[[{{Recut}} refreshing]]" of ''Dragon Ball Z'' initially only covering the material from the Saiyan arc to the Cell Games arc with almost no {{filler}} or {{padding}}. In 2014, ''Kai'' resumed but on a much lower budget, with different music, and including a lot more filler than the previous run.

* ''Neko Majin'' (1999-2005) - A {{parody}} of the main series set in the same universe
* ''Dragon Ball SD'' (2010-) - A SuperDeformed {{parody}} of the main series

* ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' (manga) (2015)
* ''Manga/DragonBallThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsYamcha'' (2016-2017) - A series about a ''Dragon Ball'' fan who dies and finds himself reincarnated as Yamcha
* ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'' (2018) - An animated adaptation of the ''Prison Planet'' saga from ''Dragon Ball Heroes'' onwards, released for promotional purposes only in Japan.

* ''Neko Majin'' (1999-2005) - a {{parody}} of the main series set in the same universe
* ''Dragon Ball SD'' (2010-) - a SuperDeformed {{parody}} of the main series

* ''Manga/DragonBallThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsYamcha'' (2016-2017) - a series about a ''Dragon Ball'' fan who dies and finds himself reincarnated as Yamcha
* ''Anime/SuperDragonBallHeroes'' (2018) - an animated adaptation of the ''Prison Planet'' saga from ''Dragon Ball Heroes'' onwards, released for promotional purposes only in Japan.

* ''Dragon Ball Z The Anime Adventure Game'' (1999-2002) - a TabletopRPG published by Creator/RTalsorianGames using the Fuzion D6 system.

** ''Dragon Ball Super Card Game'' (2018): A relaunch of the original Collectible Card game, adding Super-era elements and characters.

* ''The World Of Dragon Ball Z'' (2000)

* ''The Adventures Of Tongpoo'' (1983) - one-shot that also inspired parts of the series

* ''Dragon Ball: Curse Of The Blood Rubies'' (1986)
* ''Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess In Devils Castle'' (1987)

* ''Dragon Ball Z The Anime Adventure Game'' (1999-2002) - a TabletopRPG published by R. Talsorian Games using the Fuzion D6 system.

* ''Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot''

The story follows Goku and a huge cast of friends and enemies as they search for the magical Dragon Balls that can make any wish come true. Of course, no sooner had someone gathered and used the Dragon Balls than they would have to be sought out again. On top of all this Goku was training up to fight in the periodic "Strongest Under the Heavens" tournament. The series is generally broken down into several arcs, with Emperor Pilaf, the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, the Red Ribbon Army, the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, Demon King Piccolo, and the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, plus a few filler mini-arcs, comprising [[Manga/DragonBall the original]] ''Dragon Ball'' anime series, for a total of 153 episodes. After defeating these major threats to the world, Goku finally won the tournament on his third attempt and went off to get married.

After that, the anime (and the American version of the manga from that point) experienced a name change to ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', while it continued uninterrupted as ''Dragon Ball'' in the Japanese (and every other version in the world) manga. The reason was the ''Dragon Ball Z'' period featured a change in showrunner, as well as some of the animation team (and the author [[WordOfGod thought it would be ending soon]])... on top of undergoing a ''massive'' [[{{Retool}} plot realignment]] and [[DarkerAndEdgier tone shift]] that [[WhamEpisode significantly alters the arc of the story]]. At the start, it is revealed that Goku was not simply a boy with a tail but one of the last of the alien race, the Saiyans. He was sent into space shortly before the Saiyan planet was destroyed (with shades of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', ''Anime/GoldenBat'', and ''[[http://www.animevice.com/prince-of-gamma/18-31482/ Prince of Gamma]]''). Goku and his friends, reinforced by former enemies (a recurring theme) had to fight [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil progressively more powerful]] villains. Although Goku and his martial arts skills (which let him and his friends fly, throw energy blasts and occasionally read minds) dominated the battles, the story was actually mostly about Goku's son Gohan and how he faces the challenges. Running seven years and nearly 300 episodes, the series can be broken down into the four primary {{big bad}}s of the series: Vegeta, Freeza (Frieza in the dub), Cell, and Majin Boo (or Majin Buu in the dub, or Djinn-Boo in the manga). Both ''Dragon Ball'' the manga and ''Dragon Ball Z'' the anime came to a triumphant conclusion after 519 manga chapters and 444 anime episodes (plus two TV specials) after Gohan is married and his own daughter Pan enters the "Strongest Under the Heavens" tournament.

Since the original ''Dragon Ball'' saga was a mega-hit, ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' was created as an anime-only continuation by Creator/ToeiAnimation, with some character designs and initial input by Toriyama. ''GT'' was not as well received, lasting 64 episodes before cancellation (although this was still much longer than originally intended), bringing the original era of ''Dragon Ball'' anime to an end at 508 episodes plus 3 TV specials, although the status of ''GT'' as part of the canon [[FanonDiscontinuity has been hotly debated since, with fans on the fence on where it lies]]. After the release of new material written by Toriyama himself starting in 2013, ''GT'' is now officially an AlternateContinuity.[[note]]2013 was the year ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Battle of Gods]]'' was released, and it's the first film in the franchise to be {{canon}}. Two years later, ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection [='F'=]]]'', the direct sequel to ''Battle of Gods'', was released, followed by ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', which is also canon.[[/note]]

The success of ''Dragon Ball'', and its ''overwhelming'' influence on not just Japanese but ''global'' popular culture, is impossible to dispute. It became one of the biggest hits ever in Japan, it was the series that popularized manga and anime the most in Europe, Americans always have an idea of what it is when they hear its title, most Latinos and Americans who grew up during the 1990s have watched it, it's still running on TV internationally and merchandising is alive and well. It is sometimes derided for being simplistic and for drawn-out multi-episode fights with little story progression; however, one must keep in mind that the show is primarily aimed at [[{{Shonen}} kids and teens age 10 to 18]], with [[PeripheryDemographic older adults not really in the picture]].

There were many {{non serial movie}}s (only a few could be wedged into the series' timeline) released at least once a year, three set in the ''Dragon Ball'' timeline and thirteen for ''Dragon Ball Z''. Two made-for-TV movies were made for ''Dragon Ball Z'', which are technically in canon, and until ''Super'' retconned ''GT'' out of canon, the same went for the made-for-TV ''Dragon Ball GT'' movie. They returned to this well for the seventeenth one to commemorate the [[{{milestone celebration}} tenth anniversary]] of the franchise, and they did a web special in 2008 to commemorating the 40th anniversary of ''Magazine/ShonenJump''. There have also been several TV specials and [=OVAs=] within the franchise, mostly based on the ''Dragon Ball Z'' portion of the story.

To date, there's been three [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action adaptations]]: The American-made ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', which came out in 2009 and was the only officially licensed one, the earlier, campier, Taiwanese ''Film/DragonBallTheMagicBegins'', and the most loyal Korean-made ''Film/DragonBallFightForVictorySonGoku''.

In the early 2000s, the manga was re-released in Japan as the "Kanzenban" or "Perfect Edition," with brand-new covers drawn by Toriyama. This split the 519 chapters across 34 volumes instead of the original release's 42, the Kanzenban also included all of the original color pages, and every other issue included a booklet with a drawing by current, popular Shueisha artists, talking about how much ''Dragon Ball'' had influenced them. The final volume in 2004 included a new, adjusted ending written and drawn by Toriyama.

From 2009-2011, Toei aired ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' (''Dragon Ball Z Kai'' [[MarketBasedTitle outside Japan]]), a "[[{{Recut}} refreshing]]" of ''Dragon Ball Z'' initially only covering the material from the Saiyan to the Cell Games arcs with almost no {{filler}} or {{padding}}. In 2014, ''Kai'' resumed but on a much lower budget, with different music, and including a lot more filler than the previous run.

''Dragon Ball'' now also has a {{spinoff}} manga called ''Dragon Ball SD'' in ''Saikyo Jump'' by Naho Ooishi which began on December 3, 2010, some 26 years after the first chapter of the original series was first published in ''Shonen Jump''. As of June 21, 2011, there was another spinoff, this time a one-shot, called ''Episode of Bardock'', also by Ooishi; later in the same year the Bardock short received an {{animated adaptation}}, and Shueshia started to reprint brand new copies of the original manga, in its original 42 Volume glory, although with a different stylized logo.

Needless to say, the franchise's impact on shonen manga is unparalleled to say the very least. Although not the first to employ the vast number of the tropes that it is most associated with, it became the de facto ''face'' of them (especially outside its home country where, for many, it was ''[[GatewaySeries the first anime anyone ever saw]]'' and an introduction to both the shonen battle genre and anime in general). To this day, the shonen genre, and various anime in general that use elements from it, pay homage to, or parody, this series and continue its legacy. For proof, one need only look as far as three series of [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Noughts]] which are often considered the most direct of its spiritual successors: ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/OnePiece'', and ''Franchise/{{Bleach}}''.

* ''Manga/NekoMajin'' (1999-2005) - a {{parody}} of the main series set in the same universe
* ''Manga/DragonBallSD'' (2010-) - a SuperDeformed {{parody}} of the main series

* ''Manga/DragonBoy'' (1983) - two chapter series the served as a prototype for the series
* ''Manga/TheAdventuresOfTongpoo'' (1983) - one-shot that also inspired parts of the series

** ''Manga/DragonBallMinus: The Departure of the Fated Child'' - one-shot featured in the collected volume covering the time period before Goku was sent to Earth

* ''Anime/DragonBallCurseOfTheBloodRubies'' (1986)
* ''Anime/DragonBallSleepingPrincessInDevilsCastle'' (1987)

* ''Anime/TheWorldOfDragonBallZ'' (2000)

* ''Anime/DragonBallZSummerVacationSpecial'' (1992)
* ''Anime/LookingBackAtItAllTheDragonBallZYearEndShow'' (1993)

* ''TabletopGame/DragonBallZTheAnimeAdventureGame'' (1999-2002) - a TabletopRPG published by R. Talsorian Games using the Fuzion D6 system.
* ''TabletopGame/DragonBallCollectibleCardGame'' (2008)
** ''TabletopGame/DragonBallSuperCardGame'' (2018): A relaunch of the original Collectible Card game, adding Super-era elements and characters.

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallShenronNoNazo'' (''Dragon Power'' in the US)
* ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZSuperButoden Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden Series]]''

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZHyperDimension''

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZUltimateBattle22''
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallGTFinalBout'' (1997; second ''Dragon Ball'' game to be released in the North American market, though the first game, ''Dragon Power'', was changed considerably).

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallRevengeOfKingPiccolo''
* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBattleOfZ''

* ''VideoGame/SuperDragonBallZ''
* ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai Dragon Ball Z Budokai Series]]''

* ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZShinBudokai Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai Series]]''

* ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokaiTenkaichi Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi Series]]''

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBurstLimit''

* ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallZSupersonicWarriors Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors Series]]''

* ''VideoGame/DragonBallZKakarot''

* ''VideoGame/FamicomJump & II''
* ''VideoGame/CultJump''

* ''VideoGame/BattleStadiumDON''
* ''VideoGame/DrSlumpAraleChan''
* ''VideoGame/{{Jumpland}}''
* ''VideoGame/JLegendRetsuden''

* ''Franchise/DragonBallZKakarot''

* ''Franchise/DragonBall Game: [[WorkingTitle Project Z]]''