Dragon Ball

Dragon Ball is a manga series created by Toriyama Akira. The manga series was originally published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995 with 519 chapters and was later published in 42 volumes by Shueisha, with the number of books sold more than 300 million copies. After 20 years of stopping writing, since 2015, author Toriyama Akira has continued to create the Dragon Ball Super series, with the content continuing the original series. Dragon Ball is the most famous and popular series in the world, one of the most sold manga series of all time. The story follows Goku's quest to find the Dragon Balls, which contain a secret that can summon a dragon and grant wishes to whoever possesses them. On that journey, Goku meets friends (Yamcha, Krillin, Yajirobe, Thien, Taoist, Oolong,...) and legendary gladiators as well as many demons. They go through hardships and learn special martial arts moves to compete in the annual world martial arts congress. In addition to the martial arts convention events, Goku and his friends also have to deal with evil forces such as King Pilaf, the Red Riding Hood Army of the One-Eyed General, Great Demon King Picollo, and his children.

Dragon Ball was the first serialized manga in a weekly series in Japan published in 1984. The series ended in 1995 when Toriyama became exhausted and wanted to stop drawing, 519 chapters were completed. released in 42 volumes by Shueisha from November 10, 1985, to August 4, 1995. In 2002, the chapters of the series were re-published in 34 volumes with slightly revised endings, in addition to New story covers and weekly chapters are also available with colorful pictures.