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Dragon Ball is a shounen manga and anime about the adventures of Son Goku and his companions, who use martial arts to defend Earth against all kinds of villains: intergalactic space fighters and conquerors, unnaturally powerful androids and near-indestructible magical creatures.

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Bulma is a girl in search of the mystical Dragonballs that when brought together grant any wish. In her search she bumps into the owner of one of these balls, a strange boy named Goku. The two then set off together, Bulma in search of the Dragonballs and Goku on a quest to become stronger.

Dragon Ball follows the adventures of Son Goku who, along with his companions, defends the earth against an assortment of villains ranging from intergalactic space fighters and conquerors, unnaturally powerful androids and near-indestructible magical creatures.

This tag should be used for questions that concern only the Dragon Ball anime (The first 153 episodes of the Dragon Ball series) and the corresponding part of the manga. If the question concerns Dragon Ball Z, tag should be used since it was released as a different season or if it concerns Dragonball GT, should be used since it is anime-original content not and from the Dragon Ball manga.

For more information about Dragon Ball, please read:

The Wikipedia Entry about Dragon Ball

Wikipedia:- List of all Dragon Ball Episodes

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Dragon Ball Volume 1 colored and uncensored?

I would like to buy for my collection a copy of Dragon Ball Volume 1 colored and uncensored or the closest thing. Browsing I have found so far: Regular Volume 1 is uncensored but no color pages. Collectors edition has some colored pages but is…
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Is there an explanation to the "exponential" growth of power levels in Z fighters?

I haven't watched Dragon Ball in detail, but I think something like this has never been explained and it doesn't make sense to me at all. It took all Dragon Ball for Goku to go from power level of 10 to a maximum of 950 in his fight against Raditz.…
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What would have happened if Dende could have made new Dragon Balls?

This is of coarse a hypothetical question cause I do know that he needed to make the old ones reappear in order to do the thing with Cell. But this is only part of the question if Dende created new balls would the seven Dragons appear? I think not…
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Why couldn't Goku use the Nimbus to rescue the Ox King from the fire?

At the end of Dragon Ball, when the Ox King was trapped, Goku flew into the fire on the Nimbus and had an extended conversation with the Ox King. Goku's previous demonstrations of strength also implied that he would have no problem lifting and…
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Why didn't Krillin and Gohan store the Dragon balls in a capsule?

I'm watching Dragon Ball Z Kai and never really thought about it - If Bulma was able to pack up her cave back into capsules, why couldn't she put the Dragon ball(s) in the house, then pack up the house? The resulting capsule would be small enough…
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Why doesn't Trunks sense Cell when Cell uses Solar Flare just before absorbing android 18?

After Vegeta lets the incomplete Cell go to absorb Android 18, Trunks attempts to stop Cell. When trying to escape Trunks' onslaught and get closer to Android 18, the incomplete Cell used the Solar Flare technique to blind Trunks and the…
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How did Piccolo meet his bird partner?

After Goku attended his second World Martial Arts Tournament, Krillin been killed. When Piccolo then appears on screen, he has a partner (a bird) with him on the ship. How did Piccolo meet him?
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Does Toriyama keep increasing Beerus’ power?

In BoG it was stated that Beerus was using 70% of his power against the Super Saiyan God. Then we saw Super Saipan Blue being weaker than Beerus (while technically, regardless if it is a 50x multiplier or not, it should have overpowered the…
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What card game are the gang playing in the hotel in "Rivals and Arrivals"?

The players appear to pick cards from each other hands, hoping to match them together and stick the other players with the joker. Apparently if you're stuck with the joker you lose. What game is this?
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What song is playing in DBS episode 130 at 4:22? (UI Goku vs Jiren)

I've been searching for that legendary guitar rift for a while now and can't seem to find it in any OST. (starts at exactly 4:22 in ep 130) I used Shazam, it kinda worked but not really. The result I got was:…
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Is a double fusion possible?

We know that there are 2 possible ways of performing a fusion. Potara earrings Fusion dance Is it possible to combine these 2? For example we have 4 individuals. They form 2 pairs which are perfectly synced with each other for the fusion dance.…
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Is there a difference between Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Kai and Dragon Ball Z Kai?

After doing a little research, I saw that Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Kai are the same and that they are just remakes of Dragon Ball Z. Is this correct? I know that Dragon Ball Z has around 300 episodes and that Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon…
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Why was the nudity not censored in Dragon Ball?

In the beginning of Dragon Ball (not DBZ), Goku was shown quite often either partially or completely naked. Some may make the argument that this was necessary to showcase his tail in the beginning of the series. However, according to Toriyama,…
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Is Goku the First Super Saiyan?

As stated in the question, is Goku the first Super Saiyan? If not, who was the first Super Saiyan? Was it: Goku Broly Bardock (according to the Episode of Bardock) Someone else
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Who's the girl on the cover of chapter 67?

Who's the girl on the cover of the Dragon Ball manga, chapter 67? Is it just random art? It is not featured in the chapter!
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