From Majin Planet - Dragonball

Dragon Ball is composed of 153 half-hour episodes and ran in Japan from February 26, 1986 - April 12 1989. It is an adaptation of the first portion of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga. It was later followed by Dragon Ball Z and then Dragon Ball GT.

Contents 1 Sagas 2 Movies & TV Specials 3 Censorship 4 Season boxsets

Sagas

Toei Animation's Sagas

• Son Goku (Episodes 1~28)
• Red Ribbon Army (Episodes 29~68)
• 22nd Tenkaichi Budōkai (Episodes 69~101)
• Piccolo-Daimaō (Episodes 102~132)
• 23rd Tenkaichi Budōkai (Episodes 133~153)

FUNimation's Sagas

• Emperor Pilaf Saga (Episodes 1~13)
• Tournament Saga (Episodes 14~28)
• Red Ribbon Army Saga (Episodes 29~45)
• General Blue Saga (Episodes 46~57)
• Commander Red Saga (Episodes 58~67)
• Fortuneteller Baba Saga (Episodes 68~83)
• Tien Shinhan Saga (Episodes 84~101)
• King Piccolo Saga (Episodes 102~122)
• Piccolo Jr. Saga (Episodes 123~153)

Movies & TV Specials

FUNimation's Titles

• Curse of the Blood Rubies
• Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
• Mystical Adventure
• The Path to Power (10th Anniversary Special)

Unofficial Chinese Live Action Movie (Dragon Ball The Magic Begins)

A live-action version of the popular Japanese animated series. An evil king has been stealing the mystical "Dragon Pearls" in an attempt to possess them all. When all but one of the pearls has been stolen, the former guardians of the magic jewels decide to band together and take action. Led by a pig-headed wizard and a half-turtle martial arts master, the team takes on the king's army in a desperate bid to stop him from gaining control of the pearls.

Made in Taiwan and released in 1989, this feature has actually been released in the US as Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (originally titled Xin Qi long zhu Shen long de chuan shuo, or New Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong). While this movie does not follow Toriyama's conception exactly, it is a lot closer to it than it is to any traditional Chinese legends.

Dragonball: Evolution

Main article Dragonball Evolution

A live-action version of the series, made in the United States. The movie retains the basic notion of Dragon Ball, but there are several major changes in the story and characters. The movie depicts Goku's trainings and his confrontation with Piccolo Daimao.

Censorship

The US version of Dragon Ball that was aired on Cartoon Network had a lot of edits done to it. Most of the edits were digital cosmetic changes, which were done to remove nudity and blood, and dialogue edits. Sometimes, some scenes were deleted altogether, either to save time or cut out strong violence.

For example, when Goku dives into the water naked to kick a fish he catches for dinner, a digital water splash was added on his groin; on other occasions when he is naked, he has some digital underwear added. Also, references to alcohol and drugs were removed, for example, when Jackie Chun (Master Roshi) uses Drunken Fist Kung Fu in the 22nd Tenka'ichi Budôkai, FUNimation called it the "Mad Cow Attack." Also, the famous "No Balls!" scene was deleted from episode 2, and when Bulma puts panties on the fishing hook to get Oolong (in fish form), they digitally painted away the panties and replaced it with some money. Also, a number of creative changes were made to the dialog. For example, when Puar says why Oolong was expelled from school, instead of saying that he stole the teacher's panties, they say that he stole the teacher's "papers."

A lot of fans hated these changes, because they felt it was butchering the original show's humor and dumbing it down. These edits, however, were necessary in order to have the show aired on TV.

It's an interesting note on inconsistency in censorship that a scene in Dragon Ball where young Goku charges completely through Piccolo Daimaō, putting a hole in the villain's chest, was edited so that the hole wasn't shown for the American broadcast, but the same scene was shown on American TV later, in a flashback in a Dragon Ball Z episode, with the hole in Piccolo Daimaō's chest clearly visible. The reason for this might be due to the fact Dragon Ball was seen more for "younger viewers" as to where Dragon Ball Z was gear to the a much more Teen age group.

Season boxsets

In 2009-2010, after the release of the Dragon Ball Z season's/movie/special boxsets, and Dragon Ball GT season boxsets, Funimation has planned to remaster Dragon Ball. If so, "Season One" would contain the Emperor Pilaf and Tournament Sagas. As of right now, its unknown how the other sets will be done, its generally if following the way Dragon Ball Z was done, each season set will have at least 26 episodes across 6 disc.