Dragon Ball Z (Japanese: ???????
Dragon Ball Z follows Goku's adventure which, together with his friends, defends the Earth against villains ranging from conquerors (Vegeta, Frieza), android (Cell) and other creatures (Majin Buu). While the original Dragon Ball anime follows Goku from childhood to early adulthood, Dragon Ball Z is a continuation of his adult life, but at the same time parallel to the lives of his children. his children, Gohan and Goten, as well as the development of his rival Piccolo and Vegeta from enemies to allies.
Due to the success of anime in the United States, the manga chapters comprising the story were originally released by Viz Media under the title Dragon Ball Z . Additional work called animanga was released in Japan, which adapted animation to manga form. The popularity of Dragon Ball Z has spawned many releases coming to represent most of the content in the Dragon Ball universe; including 17 films and 148 video games, many of them only released in Japan, and a number of soundtracks derived from this material. Dragon Ball Z remains a cultural icon through many adaptations, including a newer remastered broadcast titled Dragon Ball Kai. There are also two sequel series; Dragon Ball GT (1996-1997) and Dragon Ball Super (2015-2018).
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Dragon Ball Z took five years after the end of the Dragon Ball anime, with Goku as a young adult and father to his son Gohan. A humanoid alien named Raditz arrives on Earth in a spaceship and tracks Goku, revealing to him that he is his long-lost brother and that they are members of an endangered extraterrestrial race called Saiyans ( ???? , Saiya-jin ) . The Saiyan had sent Goku (originally named "Kakarot") to Earth as an infant to conquer the planet for them, but he suffered a traumatic brain injury soon after his arrival and lost all his mission memory, as well as a bloodthirsty Saiyan nature. Goku refuses to help Raditz continue the mission, which resulted in Raditz kidnapping Gohan. Goku decides to work with his former enemy, Piccolo, to defeat Raditz and save his son, while sacrificing his own life in the process. In the afterlife, Goku trained under King Kai until he was revived by Dragon Balls a year later to save the Earth from Raditz's friends; Nappa and princes Saiyan Vegeta. During the battle, Piccolo was killed, along with Goku's allies, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu (with Chiaotzu sacrificing himself to save Tien), and Dragon Ball stopped because of Piccolo's death. Goku arrives on the battlefield late, but takes revenge of his fallen friends by defeating Nappa with his new level of strength. Vegeta himself goes into battle with Goku, but ultimately also loses thanks to Gohan's and Goku's surviving efforts by other allies Krillin and Yajirobe. At Goku's request, they save Vegeta's life and allow her to escape from Earth. During the battle, Krillin overhears Vegeta mentioning the original Dragon Ball collection from the home planet Piccolo Namek ( ????? , My Namek -sei ) . While Goku recovers from his injuries in the hospital, Gohan, an old friend of Krillin and Goku, Bulma goes to Namek to use this Dragon Ball to revive their dead friends. However, they found that Vegeta's superiors, the tyrant of Lord Frieza's galaxy, were already there, looking for the Dragon Balls to be given eternal life. The fully healed Vegeta arrives at Namek as well, searching for the Dragon Balls for himself, leading to several battles between him and Frieza's henchmen. Realizing that he was overpowered, Vegeta teamed up with Gohan and Krillin to fight Ginyu Force, a mercenary team summoned by Frieza. After Goku finally arrives at Namek, the epic battle with Frieza itself will end when Goku turns into Dong Sai Sai super dong ( ????? , S? p? Saiya-jin ) and defeat it.
Upon returning to Earth a year later, Goku meets a time traveler named Trunks, the prospective son of Bulma and Vegeta, who warns Goku that two Android ( ???? , Jinz ningen , lit. "Artificial Man") will appear three years later, seeking revenge against Goku for destroying Red Ribbon Army when he is a child. During this time, the evil life form called Cell emerges and after absorbing two Artificial Man to achieve its "perfect form", holds its own fighting tournament to determine the fate of the Earth, called "Cell Games". After Goku sacrificed his own life for the second time, without result, Gohan avenged his father by defeating Cell after rising to the second level of Super Saiyan. Seven years later Goku, who has been revived for a day and met his youngest son, Goten, and his allies are drawn to a bout by Kai Agung against a magical creature named Majin Buu. After many battles that resulted in Earth's destruction and recreation, Goku (whose life was permanently restored by Elder Supreme Kai) destroyed Majin Buu with a "Spirit Bomb" attack containing the energy of everyone on Earth. Goku makes an appeal to Buu to be reincarnated as a good person and ten years later, in another martial arts tournament, Goku meets the reincarnation of Buu man, Uub. Leaving the game between the unfinished, Goku departs with Uub to train him to become the new defender of Earth.
The important element in this series is "ki", which is an internal strength that every Fighter has. Being strong means adding one's "ki". Raditz introduced the Scouter, which is an electronic device that measures the "power level" of an opponent. Goku, in his first Super Saiyan form, has a power level of 150,000,000.
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Goku as a great example
The main character, Goku, hardly ever kills his opponent. The ultimate goal is to paralyze them, and show them that he is strong, so they will not try to destroy the planet Earth and his friends and family. This kind-hearted war approach has made some enemies turn to the good side: Tien Shinhan, Piccolo and Vegeta are the most prominent. This is in stark contrast to the evil character, who kills other beings to achieve their own goals. Frieza is a prime example of this.
Production and broadcasting
Kazuhiko Torishima, editor of Akira Toriyama for Dr. Slumped and the first half of Dragon Ball , felt that the anime ranking of Dragon Ball gradually declined as it had the same producer working on Dr. Degenerate . Torishima says the producer has a "cute and funny" image that relates to Toriyama's work and loses a more serious tone in the newer series, and therefore asks the studio to change the producer. Impressed with their work at Saint Seiya , he asked his director K? Z? Morishita and writer Takao Koyama to help "reboot" Dragon Ball , which coincides with Goku growing up. The new producer explains that ending the first anime and creating a new one will generate more promotional money, and the result is the beginning of Dragon Ball Z. The title was suggested by Toriyama because Z is the last letter of the alphabet and he wants to finish the series because he runs out of ideas for it.
Dragon Ball Z was adapted from the last 325 chapters of the manga series published in Weekly Sh? nen Jump from 1988 to 1995. It premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on April 26, 1989, took over the time slot of its predecessor, and ran for 291 episodes until completion on January 31, 1996. Because Toriyama was writing manga during anime production, Dragon Ball Z adds original material unadjusted from the manga, including lengthening scenes or adding new ones, and adding new attacks and characters that are not in the manga. For example, Toriyama was asked to create additional characters for Goku training with King Kai, producing Gregory cricket.
Throughout production, voice actors are assigned to play different characters and do their lines on cues, switching between the roles required. The voice actor can not record the line separately due to the time of the adjacent dialog. When asked whether juggling different sounds from Goku, Gohan and Goten was difficult, Masako Nozawa said that it was not, and that she can switch roles only when viewing a character image. He admits that when they produce two films a year and television specials in addition to the regular series, there are times when they only have a line of art to look at during a recording, which makes fine detail in its appearance difficult.
Series Director Daisuke Nishio left the series after personally directing Episode # 202. Nishio left the series to become the director of the series Aoki Densetsu Shoot! . The series director's role was not officially filled for Episode # 200-291, despite Nishio's directorial of Episode # 202.
English production and broadcasting
In 1996, Funimation Productions licensed Dragon Ball Z for an English-language release in North America. They contracted Saban Entertainment to help distribute the series to television, and Pioneer Entertainment to handle home video distribution. Vancouver-based Ocean Studios were employed by Funimation to dub anime (Funimation previously used a Vancouver-based sound casting similar in 1995 dubbed the Dragon Ball ). Saban musicians Ron Wasserman and Jeremy Sweet, known for their work in the Power Rangers franchise, compiled a new background score and theme song (dubbed "Rock the Dragon"). The initial English language funimation of Dragon Ball Z has a cutting mandate for content and length, which reduced the first 67 episodes to 53. It premiered in the United States on 13 September 1996 in a first-run syndication, but stopped production in 1998 after two seasons. This is because Saban reduced syndication operations, to focus on producing original material for the Fox Kids Block. Pioneer also stopped the launch of home videos from the series on volume 17 (end of the rank) and retained the right to produce an uncut version of subtitle, but did not do so.
On August 31, 1998, reruns of this canceled dub started airing on Cartoon Network as part of a daytime event block on Today's channel, Toonami. Due to the success of this repetition in Toonami, Funimation continued production on the series' English rank without the help of Saban, but could no longer pay for Ocean voting services due to financial constraints. This caused Funimation to form their own casting voices in their Texas-based studio. Saban's production soundtrack of the first two seasons was replaced with a new background score compiled by Bruce Faulconer and a team of musicians, used throughout the rest of the Dragonim Z's Funimation draw. . This updated debut featured less censorship (due to fewer restrictions on cable programming) and was broadcast on the Toonami Cartoon Network block from September 13, 1999 to April 7, 2003; continue running back through 2008. WB Kids' briefly ran Dragon Ball Z in 2001 on the short-lived Toonami block.
In 2004, Pioneer lost its distribution rights to the first episode 53/67 Dragon Ball Z , allowing Funimation to re-dub them with internal voice cast and restore deleted content. The rank background score is composed by Nathan M. Johnson. The new funimation cropped this episode episode aired on Cartoon Network during the summer of 2005 (late at night, due to unedited content). Funimation's then remastered DVDs of the series saw little changes made to their dub at home for quality and consistency, mostly after the 67th episode break, and had the option to play the series' entire ranks with both American and Japanese background music.
In January 2011, Funimation and Toei announced that they will be streaming Dragon Ball Z within 30 minutes before they simulcast on One Piece. In 2017, Dragon Ball Z is no longer streamed in Hulu.
Funimation dubbed episodes also aired in Canada, Ireland, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia and New Zealand. However, starting with episode 108 (123 cut), AB Groupe and Westwood Media (in association with Ocean Studios) produced an alternative English ranks. Alternative Dubles were made for broadcast in the UK, the Netherlands and Ireland, although later aired in Canada. The Funimation charter houses continue to air in the US, Australia and New Zealand. The production of Westwood Media uses the same sound from the original short dub that is syndicated in the United States (later broadcast in Toonami), it features an alternative soundtrack by Tom Keenlyside and John Mitchell, and it uses the same script and editing as the Funimation Anal Funnation TV at -home (although the English and European versions are slightly edited from this). In Australia, Dragon Ball Z was broadcast by a free-to-air commercial network, Network Ten during the children's program that morning, Cheez TV, initially using funimation/Saban anal which was censored before switching to Funimation in- home dub. Dragon Ball Z originally aired on the British Comedy Network in Autumn 1998.
Dragon Ball Z Kai
In February 2009, Toei Animation announced that it will begin broadcasting the revised version of Dragon Ball Z as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations. The series aired on Fuji TV in Japan on April 5, 2009, under the name of Dragon Ball Kai . Suffix suffix Kai ( ????? ) in its name means "updated" or "changed" and reflects the corrections and corrections of the original work. Original recording is remastered for HDTV, featuring updated opening and end sequences, new music, and re-recording of vocal tracks. The original material and the broken skeleton are removed to more closely follow the manga, resulting in a faster moving story. Torishima then explains the origins of Kai ; Bandai had trouble boosting their sales and asked if a new Dragon Ball anime could be created. But Toriyama refused to make a new story. Realizing that anime-exclusive scenes were added to increase the distance between the original anime and the manga hurt paced series, Torishima thought to cut it so faithfully follow the manga. He said reception for Kai is positive and Bandai gets hit with the card game, so it all works.
The series was originally concluded with the Cell arc final, as opposed to including the Maju Buu arc. Originally planned to run 98 episodes, however, due to the quake and tsunami offshore T 'hoku, the last episode of Dragon Ball Kai was not aired and the series ended in the 97th episode in Japan on March 27, 2011. Episode 98th was then released live-to-video in Japan on August 2, 2011.
In November 2012, Mayumi Tanaka, the Japanese voice of Krillin, announced that he and other players recorded more episodes of Dragon Ball Kai . In February 2014, the Kai adaptation of the Majin Buu arc was officially confirmed. The new series of this series, titled Dragon Ball Z Kai: Final Chapter internationally, began airing in Japan on Fuji TV on April 6, 2014 and concludes its operation on June 28, 2015. The final arc Kai was originally produced for the last 69 episodes (as most of the international versions are running), but the Japanese broadcast cut it to 61 episodes.
English production and broadcasting
Funimation licensed Dragon Ball Kai for an English-language release in North America, under the title Dragon Ball Z Kai . The series is broadcast on Nicktoons from May 24, 2010 to January 1, 2012. In addition to Nicktoons, the series also began airing on Saturday's 4Kids Toonzai programming block on The CW in August 2010, then on its successor, Saban's Vortexx, which began in August 2012 until the block ends in September 2014. Both Nicktoons and Toonzai/Vortexx are edited for content, though the Toonzai/Vortexx version is more often censored than Nicktoons (perhaps the most famous, Mr. Popo is blue), most likely because The CW is a broadcast network , although it is possible, though unlikely, that 4Kids is at least partially involved, given their fame for such severe censorship. Kai began airing cut on the Toonami Adult Swim block in November 2014, and a re-run of the previous week's episodes aired early in Adult Swim from February 2015 to June 2016. CSC Media Group obtained the rights broadcast for < i> Dragon Ball Z Kai in the UK and start airing it on Kix! in early 2013.
Although the continuity of Kai ' was not officially confirmed at the time even in Japan, Sean Schemmel and Kyle Hebert, Funimation dub voice actors Goku and Gohan, it was announced in April 2013 that they had started recording the English rank for a new episode. In November 2013, the Australasia Distributor of Kai ', Madman Entertainment revealed that Majin Buu Kai bows will be released in 2014 and that they are waiting for the note to be completed. However, in February 2014, Funimation officially stated that they did not record the last bow Kai . On December 6, 2016, Funimation announces the continuation of Kai to start airing on the Toonami Adult Swim block from January 7, 2017.
Editing
Dragon Ball Z 'The original North American original release was a subject of heavy editing that resulted in large amounts of deleted content and changes that greatly changed the original work. Funimation CEO Gen Fukunaga is often criticized for his role in editing; but it is a Saban distributor that requires such a change or they will not broadcast the work, as is the episode that deals with orphans. This change includes changing every aspect of the event from the name of the character, clothing, scene and event dialogue. Mr. Character Satan was renamed Hercule and this change has been preserved in other English media such as Viz's Dragon Ball Z manga and video games. The change of dialogue is sometimes contrary to the scene itself; after a fatal explosion from a helicopter, one of the characters (most likely Tien) said, "I can see their parachute; they're fine!" Redub Funimation for the 2005 release will address many of the issues raised by Saban, with an uncut release keeping the integrity of the original Japanese release.
During the original Japanese TV show Dragon Ball Kai , a scene involving blood and short nudity was removed. Rumors that Cartoon Network will be aired Kai cut unfinished with official statements to dispel rumors rumors in June 2010. Nicktoons will also change Kai ; it released a preview showing this change which included removing blood and Bardock's cheek scars and changing the color of Roshi's alcohol. The event was further edited for its broadcasts in Toonzai and Vortexx, but the DVD and Blu-ray show contained only the edits that were in the original Japanese version.
Steven Simmons, who did the subtitling for the Funimation home video release, commented on the subtitles of the project and the technical point of view, which addressed several issues. Simmons says that Gen Fukunaga does not want an oath on the disc, but because no Simmons taboo list will replace variations in the power of words with situations with changes beginning in episode 21. The typographical error in the script is caused by a hyphen (-) and double quotes (") fail to appear, resulting in a confusing dialogue.
Music
Shunsuke Kikuchi composed a score for Dragon Ball Z . The opening theme for the first 199 episodes was "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" by Hironobu Kageyama. The second opening theme used until the end of the series in episode 291 is "We Gotta Power" also performed by Kageyama. The cover theme used for the first 199 episodes is "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!" ( ???????? ZENKAI ???! , "Come Out, Incredible Full Power!") done by MANNA. The second closing theme used for the remaining episodes is "Bokutachi wa Tenshi Datta" ( ???????? , "We Were Angels") Performed by Kageyama.
Kenji Yamamoto composed a score for Dragon Ball Kai . The opening theme, "Dragon Soul", and the first cover theme used for the first 54 episodes, "Yeah! Break! Care! Break!", Both by Takayoshi Tanimoto. The second closing theme, used from episode 55-98, is "Kokoro no Hane" ???? , "Wings of the Heart") by Team Dragon, a unit of the idol girl group AKB48. On March 9, 2011, Toei announced that due to a Yamamoto score that violates the rights of a third party or an unknown party, the music for the remaining episodes and reruns of the previous episode will be replaced. Then a report from Toei states that with the exclusion of the opening and closing songs of the series, as well as eyecatch music, Yamamoto's score is replaced with the original Shunsuke Kikuchi from Dragon Ball Z. Music for Majin Buu Saga from Kai was composed by Norihito Sumitomo. The opening theme is "KuuoZenoZetsuoGo" (? O? O? O? ) by Dragon Soul, while the first cover song is "Haikei, Tsuratsusutora" ( ????????? , "Dear Zarathustra") by Japanese rock band Good Morning America, and the second "Junj?" ( ?? , "Pure Heart") by Leo Ieiri from episodes 112 through 123. The third closing song is "Oh Yeah !!!!!! ! "by Czecho No Republic from episodes 124 to 136, the fourth" Galaxy "by Ky? so Nekokami from 137 to 146, and the fifth is "Do not Let Me Down" by Gacharic Spin from 147 to 159. The international broadcast has two pieces of theme music. The opening theme, titled "Fight It Out", was performed by rock singer Masatoshi Ono, while the ending song "Never Give Up !!!", was performed by blues and blues vocalists Junear. The second OST was made for the English Funimation release created by Bruce Faulconer. It was used in the 2001-2005 event broadcast and was subsequently released as secondary to Japanese OST.
Related media
Home release
In Japan, Dragon Ball Z did not receive video releases at home until 2003, seven years after its broadcast. This is the remastering of the series in two sets of 26-disc, made-for-order DVD box, released on March 19 and September 18 and is referred to as the "Dragon Box." Content from this device began to be released on individual DVD 6 episodes that were mass-produced on November 2, 2005 and finished with the 49th volume released on February 7, 2007.
The international house release structure of Dragon Ball Z is complicated by the licenses and disposals of companies involved in producing and distributing work. The media release takes place on VHS and DVDs with separate, unedited and uncut versions released simultaneously. Both versions of edited and uncuted material are treated as different entries and often rank Billboard as separate entries. Home release sales are featured prominently on Nielsen VideoScan charts. Further complicated material release is Funimation itself; which is known to release "DVDs in sequence to remove them as quickly as possible"; as in the case of their third season. Pioneer Entertainment distributed Funimation/Saban edited-only dub from 53 episodes on 17 VHS between 1997 and 1999, and 17 DVDs during 1999. Two sets of boxes that separated it into the Saiyan and Namek bows were also released on VHS in 1999, and on DVDs 2001. The Funimation distribution itself from their initial in-house dub, beginning with episode 54, in an edited or uninterrupted VHS, runs between 2000 and 2003. DVD versions are produced together, although they are only produced without cutting and containing options to watch original Japanese with subtitles.
In 2005, Funimation began releasing their ranks at home from the beginning of Dragon Ball Z on DVD, marking the first time the episode was seen cut in North America. However, only nine volumes were released, so it is incomplete. Instead, Funimation remastered and cut the entire series into a 16: 9 widescreen format and began releasing it back to DVD in nine sets of individual "season" squares; the first set to be released on February 6, 2007 and the final on May 19, 2009. In July 2009, Funimation announced that they will be releasing Dragon Ball Z's "Dragon Box" restoration in North America. The seven sets of limited edition DVD Boxes were released without cut in the original 4: 3 full screen format between November 10, 2009 and October 11, 2011.
In July 2011, Funimation announced plans to release Dragon Ball Z in Blu-ray format, with the first set released on November 8, 2011. However, production from this 4: 3 set was suspended after both volumes, citing technical concerns over the restoration of the frame of the original film material with the frame. Just a year later, the company began producing remake of 16: 9 remastered Blu-ray in 2013, with nine sets released in total. On 13 August 2013, Funimation released the 53 episodes and three films from their first drama "Dragon Ball Z" nicknames made with Saban and Ocean Studios in a collector DVD set box, titled Rock the Dragon Edition .
Kai
In Japan, Dragon Ball Kai was released on the big screen on 33 DVDs and in full screen on one Blu-ray and eight sets of four-disc Blu-ray from September 18, 2009, until August 2, 2011.
Funimation released eight DVD and Blu-ray packages set of Dragon Ball Z Kai from May 18th, 2010 to June 5th, 2012. This set contains original Japanese audio tracks with English subtitles, as well as no English-language version, which does not contain any edits made for TV viewing. Before the last volume was published, Funimation began re-releasing the series in four DVD and Blu-ray "season" sets between May 22, 2012 and March 12, 2013. Funimation released Final Chapter on three DVDs and Blu-ray volumes of 25 April to 20 June 2017.
Manga
While the manga are all titled Dragon Ball in Japan, due to the popularity of Dragon Ball Z anime in the west, Viz Media originally changed the title from the last 26 volumes. from manga to " Dragon Ball Z " to avoid confusion. Volume was originally published in Japan between 1988 and 1995. It began serialization in America Shonen Jump, beginning in the middle of the series with the appearance of Trunks; tank? bon volume of both Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball was released simultaneously by Viz Media in the United States. In March 2001, Viz resumed this separation by resubmitting the title Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z starting with the first volume of each work. Viz's marketing for manga makes the difference between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Viz bills Dragon Ball Z : "More full action than the stories of Goku's youth, Dragon Ball Z is pure adrenaline, with a battle of proportions that really rocked Earth! " Between 2008 and 2010, Viz re-released the two series in a format called "Viz Big Edition," which garnered three individual volumes into one large volume. However, in 2013, Viz began publishing a new 3-in-1 volume that collected the entire manga series, including what they previously released as Dragon Ball Z, under the name of Dragon Ball. >.
Movies
The Dragon Ball Z film consists of a total of 15 entries in 2015. The first 13 films are usually released every March and July during the original series goes according to the spring and summer holidays of Japanese schools. They are usually dual features paired with other anime films, and thus, usually an hour or less in length. These films themselves offer contradictions in chronology and design that make them incompatible with one continuity. The 15 films were licensed in North America by Funimation, and all have received corporate donations by the company. Prior to Funimation, the third film was part of the short-lived Saban syndication, divided into three episodes, and the first three films received an uncharted piece of England in 1998 produced by Funimation with Ocean Studios and released by Pioneer. Several films have been aired on Cartoon Network and Nicktoons in the United States, Toonami UK in the United Kingdom (this displays an alternative English nickname produced by players unknown to AB Groupe), and Cartoon Network in Australia.
Original original television and video animation
Three TV specials based on Dragon Ball Z are produced and broadcast on Fuji TV. The first two were Dragon Ball Z: BardockÃ, â € "The Father of Goku in 1990 and Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks in 1993, the last based on in a special chapter of the original manga. Both are licensed by Funimation in North America and Groupe AB in Europe. In 2013, an hour long one hour crossover with One Piece and Toriko , titled Dream 9 Toriko & amp; One Piece & amp; Dragon Ball Z Ch? Special Collaboration !! , created and displayed.
In addition, two original video animations (OVA) under the title Dragon Ball Z have been created. The first is Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plotting to Eradicate The Saiyans, originally released in 1993 in two parts as "Official Visual Guides" for video games of the same title. Dragon Ball: Plan to Eradicate Super Saiyan is the 2010 remake of this OVA. None of the OVAs have been dubbed into English, and the only thing to see the release in North America is the 2010 remake, which is subtitle and included as a bonus feature in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 .
Video game
There are over 57 video games under the name of Dragon Ball Z on various platforms from Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom to the current generation consoles. Also includes arcade games like Super Dragon Ball Z , which will eventually be ported to the console.
In North America, license rights have been granted to Namco Bandai and Atari. In 1999, Atari acquired exclusive rights to video games via Funimation, an agreement extended for another five years in 2005. The dispute in 2007 will end with Atari paying Funimation $ 3.5 million. In July 2009, Namco Bandai was reportedly awarded the exclusive right to release the game for a period of five years. This may take effect after Atari's license rights expire at the end of January 2010.
Soundtracks
Dragon Ball Z has hosted numerous soundtrack releases with works such as "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" and a series of 21 soundtracks released as part of the Dragon Ball Z Song Song Collection Series . In total, dozens of releases exist for Dragon Ball Z which include Japanese and foreign adaptation releases of anime themes and video game soundtracks.
Reception
In Asia, the Dragon Ball Z franchise, including anime and merchandising, earned $ 3 billion in 1999. In the United States, the series sold over 25 Ã, million DVDs as of January 2012.
Cultural and inheritance impact
Dragon Ball Z is listed as the 78th best animated show in IGN's "Top 100 Animated Series", and is also listed as the 50th largest animated show on the Wizard magazine Top 100 List of the Largest Animation event This series is ranked # 6 in the Wizard's Anime Magazine in "Top 50 Anime released in North America".
The popularity of Dragon Ball Z ' is reflected through various data through online interactions that show the popularity of the media. In 2001, it was reported that the official website of Dragon Ball Z recorded 4.7 million hits per day and included 500,000 registered fans. The term "Dragonball Z" was ranked 4th in 1999 and 2nd in 2000 by the Lycos web search engine. For 2001, "Dragonball" was the most popular search on Lycos and "Dragonball Z" was fifth on Yahoo !.
In 2005, media historian Hal Erickson wrote that "Dragon Ball may be the closest thing on American television to an animated soap opera - although this particular genre is old, established and respected in Japan, the country of origin series. "In 2015, Ford Motor Company released two commercials featuring characters from the series, Ford Fusion's first ad and the second for the Ford Focus.
Ratings
Dragon Ball Z ' in Japan is very popular with an average viewer rating of 20.5% across the series. Dragon Ball Z also proved to be a successful ranking in the United States, as the premiere of Season Three of Dragon Ball Z in 1999, performed by Funimation's in-house anal, is a program with the highest rating at that time on Cartoon Network. In 2002, in the week ending September 22, Dragon Ball Z is the # 1 program of the week on all televisions with teenagers 9-14, boys 9-14 and men 12-24, with Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday broadcast Dragon Ball Z are classified as the top three programs on all television, broadcast or cable, for delivery of boys 9-14. In 2001, Cartoon Network was licensed to run 96 other episodes and aired the original Dragon Ball anime and was the top-rated event in the Toonami block from the Cartoon network. Starting March 26, 2001, Cartoon Network runs a 12-week "Toonami Reactor" special promotion which includes a focus on Dragon Ball Z â„¢, which will stream episodes online to high-speed internet users. Many home video releases are filled with edited and unedited versions that are housed within the top 10 graphics videos Billboard . For example, "The Dark Prince Returns" (containing episodes 226-228) and "Rival" (containing episodes 229-231) were edited and unedited, made the top video list of the magazine Billboard for October 20, 2001.
The first episode of Dragon Ball Kai earned an audience percentage rating of 11.3, in front of One Piece and behind Crayon Shin-chan . Although the next episode has a lower ranking, Kai is among the top 10 anime in weekly viewer ratings in Japan for most of its escape. Toward the end of the original run the rankings range around 9% -10%. Dragon Ball Z Kai aired in Nicktoons in May 2010 and set a record for the highest-grossing view in total audiences, and in teenagers and boys ages 9-14. The Nielsen Mega Manila viewer ratings rank Dragon Ball Kai with a viewer rating of 18.4% high for October 30th - November 4th in 2012. At the end of April 2013, Dragon Ball Kai I will trail behind One Piece at 14.2%. The Research Institute of Viewers of the Dragon Ball Z Kai ranking as the second most watched show of the week made its debut in Kix. On its debut at Vortexx, Dragon Ball Z Kai was the third highest rating event on the block Saturday morning with 841,000 viewers and 0.5 household rating.
Merchandising
Dragon Ball Z merchandise succeeded before America's top interest, with over $ 3 billion in sales from 1996-2000. In 1996, Dragon Ball Z earned $ 2.95 billion in merchandise sales worldwide. In January 2012, Dragon Ball Z earned $ 5 Ã, billion in merchandise sales worldwide.
In 1998, Animage-ine Entertainment, a division of Simitar, announced the sale of Chroma-Cels, mock animation cels to capitalize on the popularity of Dragon Ball Z. The original sale was estimated for the end of 1998, but was pushed back to January 12, 1999.
In 2000, MGA Entertainment released more than twenty toys, consisting of table games and walkie-talkies. Irwin Toy released more than 72 numbers consisting of 2-inch and 5-inch numbered acts, which became the best-selling toy in the market dominated by Pokémon Trade Card Games. Irwin Toys will release another unique Dragon Ball Z toy including the battery-powered Flying Nimbus Cloud battery that hovers without touching the ground and the die-cast line of the vehicle with a collector capsule. In June 2000, Burger King held a toy promotion that would see 20 million statues; Burger King bears the promotional fee that provides free marketing for Funimation. The Halloween Association found the Dragon Ball Z costume to become the fourth most popular costume in their national survey.
In December 2002, Jakks Pacific signed a three-year agreement for the license of Dragon Ball Z toy, which was made possible by the bankruptcy of Irwin Toy. The number of Dragon Ball Z Jakks Pacific is cited as impressive for their paintings and articulations.
In 2010, Toei closes deals in Central and South American countries that include Algazarra, Richtex, Andina Pill, DTM, Doobalo, and Bondy Fiesta. In 2012, the Brazilian Abr-Art Bag Rio Comercio Importacao e Exportacao closed the deal with Toei.
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References
Further reading
- MÃÆ'nguez-LÃÆ'³pez, Xavier (March 2014). "Folk Story and Other References at Toriyama Dragon Ball Z ". Animation . 9 (1): 27-46. doi: 10.1177/1746847713519386.
External links
- Official website (in English)
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Dragon Ball Z in IMDb (in Japanese)
- Dragon Ball Z in IMDb (in English)
- Dragon Ball Z (anime) in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
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