Dragonball Z

DragonBall Z is the first sequel to the Dragon Ball trilogy, which continues from the popular Japanese comic book titled, ’Dragon Ball’. This action adventure anime series has a ’mid-start’, when Raditz and Gokuus tour Earth to know the reason for Goku’s unaccomplished task of destroying this planet. It runs into flashback when Goku was sent to the Earth and then again to the present. The story revolves around adult Goku and Z warriors who try to protect the Earth against evil. The series reinforces the concept of good and evil. It successfully explains the importance of the concepts such as loyalty, teamwork and trust.

Writer and creator of the ’manga’, Aikra Toriyama, has also drawn many of the characters. However, the credit for writing DragonBall Z is honoured to Chris Forbis and Christopher Neel. The series has been directed by Daisuke Nishio. The key voices are given by Christopher Sabat for Piccolo, Sean Schemmel for Goku, Sonny Strait for Krillin and Kyle Hebert as the narrator.

Each episode of DragonBall Z runs for 26 minutes. With a total of eight seasons, the series has 276 episodes released till date. The popularity of the trilogy (Dragon Ball, DragonBall Z and Dragon Ball GT) can be judged by the fact that it has been released not only in Japan but also in US, Canada and various other countries including European regions too. With 500 episodes released all together, the series has also been made into 17 movies, generating a combined revenue of $3 billion from the sales of merchandises alone.