"Dragon Ball" (1986/I) TV series

Director:

Daisuke Nishio

Writers:

Rob Gerein (writer)
Takao Koyama (writer)
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

25 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

The big showdown with Piccolo!

Plot:

Follows the adventures of an extraordinarily strong young boy named Goku as he searches for the seven dragon balls...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Manga | Anime

Cast

Victor Atelevich	...	Additional Voices / ... (153 episodes, 2001-2003)
Brice Armstrong	...	Narrator (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Masako Nozawa	...	Son Goku (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Jôji Yanami	...	Narrator / ... (152 episodes, 2001-2003)
Stephanie Nadolny	...	Goku / ... (131 episodes, 2001-2003)
Christopher Sabat	...	Yamcha / ... (126 episodes, 2001-2003)
Hiromi Tsuru	...	Bulma / ... (120 episodes, 2001-2003)
Tiffany Vollmer	...	Bulma (119 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mike McFarland	...	Master Roshi / ... (112 episodes, 2001-2003)
Naoko Watanabe	...	Puar / ... (110 episodes, 2001-2003)
Tôru Furuya	...	Yamcha (107 episodes, 2001-2003)
Monika Antonelli	...	Puar / ... (105 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mayumi Tanaka	...	Kuririn / ... (103 episodes, 2001-2003)
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Oolong / ... (100 episodes, 2001-2003)
Bradford Jackson	...	Oolong / ... (97 episodes, 2001-2003)
Kôhei Miyauchi	...	Kamesennin Muten Roshi (94 episodes, 2001-2003)
Mami Koyama	...	Lunch / ... (86 episodes, 2001-2003)
Meredith McCoy	...	Launch / ... (85 episodes, 2001-2003)
Lori Steele	...	Krillin (84 episodes, 2001-2003)
Kenji Utsumi	...	World Tournament Announcer / ... (73 episodes, 2001-2003)
Hirotaka Suzuoki	...	Tenshinhan (67 episodes, 2002-2003)
John Burgmeier	...	Tien (65 episodes, 2002-2003)

Series Directed by
Daisuke Nishio		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Rob Gerein		(unknown episodes)
Takao Koyama		(unknown episodes)
Sean Teague		(unknown episodes)
Akira Toriyama		(unknown episodes)
Shin'ichi Yukimuro		(unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Shunsuke Kikuchi		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Carly Hunter		(unknown episodes)
Bryon Watson		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Yûji Ikeda		(unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Todd Araki	....	adr recordist (28 episodes, 2001)
Marcel Duperreault	....	adr recordist (28 episodes, 2001)
Christopher Bevins	....	adr looping engineer (unknown episodes)
Ryan Manning	....	recording engineer: Bluewater Dub (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
John Burgmeier	....	adr script: English dub (unknown episodes)
Ian James Corlett	....	adr script: English dub (unknown episodes)
David Stewart Cowles II	....	web consultant (unknown episodes)
Chris Forbis	....	adr script: English dub (unknown episodes)
Terry Klassen	....	adr script: English dub (unknown episodes)
Christopher Neel	....	adr script: English dub (unknown episodes)
Christopher Sabat	....	voice director (unknown episodes)
Tyler Walker	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Blue Water Studios
• FUNimation Entertainment
• Harmony Gold
• The Ocean Group (1994 version)
• Toei Animation Company

Distributors

• Cartoon Network
• Harmony Gold (198?) (USA) (TV) (episodes 1-5)
• Kidmark, a Division of Trimark Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD) (episodes 1-13)
• Pioneer Entertainment
• Sociedade Independente de Comunicação (SIC) (1995-) (Portugal) (TV)
• YTV

Other Companies

• The Ocean Group  dubbing

Also Known As:

As Bólas do dragón (Spain: Galician title) [gl]
As bólas máxicas (Spain: Galician title) [gl]
Bóla do dragón (Spain: Galician title) [gl]
Dragon Ball (Spain: Galician title) [gl]

Runtime:

Japan:25 min (153 episodes) | USA:30 min (including commercials) (153 episodes)

Country:

USA | Japan | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | USA:TV-14 (uncut DVD version) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG

Company:

Blue Water Studios

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the original English dub for the episode The Kamehameha wave, Kamehameha is misspelled as Kamehameah on the title screen.

Quotes:

Krillin: Slow down! You know if I lose my grip on you I'll fall through this cloud!
Goku: Well if you would stop thinking bad thoughts then it wouldn't be a problem!
Krillin: Fat chance.
Goku: Hey Krillin look, do you think Master Roshi would like that lady over there?
Krillin: You mean I have to look down? Goku that's a man!
Goku: Really? How can you tell? Gosh, they all look pretty much the same to me.
Krillin: Huh? You're joking, right? I mean you really can't tell the difference?
Goku: Well, usually I can figure it out. I just have to touch them first.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Followed by Doragon bôru Z 3: Chikyû marugoto chô kessen (1990)

Find the Dragon Balls!

What starts off as an unusual re-telling of a Chinese legend called "Journey to the West" immediately turns into into pure madness!! On a twisted version of earth, the amazingly strong child named Son Gokuu goes on a quest to find the magical dragon balls with his friends Bulma and Oolong. Once all 7 dragon balls are gathered and the dragon is called, the sky will darken and the dragon will grant any one wish within its power. Unfortunately, only one wish can be granted per year and after the wish is granted, the dragon balls scatter across the earth and turn into stones. Within 365 days, they will once again become magical dragon balls. Dragon Ball is the funniest anime I have ever seen. From Master Roshi and Oolong's hentai "problems" to Gokuu trying a Kamehameha for the very first time!