"Dragon Ball" (1986/I) TV series

Director:

Daisuke Nishio

Writers:

Rob Gerein (writer)
Takao Koyama (writer)

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)

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:

Commander Silver: What have you got in here?
Goku: None of your business.
Commander Silver: Okay then I'll give you one last chance give me that dragon ball.
Goku: No. I need those dragon balls.

Movie Connections:

Alternate language version of "Dragon Ball: Doragon bôru" (1986)

Dragonball is the best one in the Dragonball animated series.

Rated TV-PG for Fantasy Violence and Some Sexual Content. Quebec Rating:G Canadian Home Video Rating:PG Canadian TV Rating:C8 or PG

Dragonball is a very funny and good show.I used to like DragonBall Z but now I don't find it good.I saw this show when I was 3 also but never payed attention to it.DragonBall is actually pretty funny and good.The YTV version censores lots of scenes.I find they should keep the violence intact but if they want the show to be for kids they should cut out sex,nudity and just the harsh language.DragonBall has a way better story than Dragonball Z as well.I have not seen DragonBall GT yet.The beginning of the series is about a young boy searching for the DragonBalls and getting into many misadventures.Also there are To Be Continued's in every episode.If you want to see a good Dragonball show don't watch Z or GT watch this one.Also try to read the graphic novel's but unfortunately they have only been in translated into the french language in Canada.Anyway a pretty good show.

Runtime:30min

8/10