Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls. The story follows the adventures of Son Goku, from childhood to adulthood, as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the Dragon Balls, seven magical orbs which summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. It initially had a comedy focus but later became an action-packed fighting series. Dragon Ball was inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West and Hong Kong martial arts films. Originally serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995, the 519 individual chapters were printed in 42 tankōbon volumes. The anime series, which premiered on Tokyo Broadcasting System on Octoand ran until September 28, 2002, was also licensed by Tokyopop for release and broadcast in North America.Īs of October 3, 2017, Kodansha has digitally re-released all 35 volumes of the series.Dragon Ball ( Japanese: ドラゴンボール, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. The first twelve volumes of the manga series were adapted into a fifty-one episode anime series by Studio Deen. Rave Master was one of the first manga series released in Spanish in North America by Public Square Books. Egmont Manga & Anime licensed Rave Master for a German release, including serializing it in their monthly anthology Manga Power. The series was licensed for regional language releases in French by Glenat, in Spanish by Norma Editorial, and in Italian by Editions Star Comics. Del Rey has not announced plans to re-release earlier volumes. The last three volumes were published in a single omnibus volume. The next month, it was announced that Del Rey Manga had acquired the license and would begin publishing the remaining volumes in November 2010. On August 31, 2009, Tokyopop announced that they would not be completing the series as their license with Kodansha expired and the company required that they immediately stop publication of Rave Master. Rave Master was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop, which released 32 volumes of the series. The 296 individual chapters were collected and published in thirty-five Tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, with the first volume released in November 1999 and the final volume released in September 2005.

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