DRAGON BALL Dragon Ball	DRAGON BALL Z Dragon Ball Z	DRAGON BALL GT Dragon Ball GT

Author: Akira Toriyama

Director: Daisuke Nishio (DB & DBZ), Osamu Kasai(DBGT)

Script Writer: Takao Koyama (DB & DBZ); Aya Matsui, Iun Maekawa (DBGT)

Character Design: Minoru Maeda (DB & DBZ), Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (DBZ & DBGT)

Backgrounds: Yuuji Ikeda (DB), Ken Tokushige(DB & DBZ), Takashi Yoshike (DBGT)

Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi (DB & DBZ); Akihito Tokunaga, Keiju Ishikawa (DBGT)

Company: Toei

Year: 1986 to 1989 (DB), 1989 to 1996 (DBZ), 1996/7 (DBGT)

Charas:
San Goku the hero
San Gohan (later on in the series) his son

Story: DB really is more a Universe than just a punctual story.

• Dragon Ball: Vaguely based on the monkey tale (flying cloud, alongating stick), it is the story of young San Goku who wants to become a stronger fighter
• Dragon Ball Z: Little Goku has grown a lot. Now a race of alien is coming to invade Earth ... can they be stopped? (very centered on fights)
• Dragon Ball GT: 10 years after DBZ, Pilaf has reunited the 7 crystal ball and wishes for San Goku to become a kid again. Ensues a quest from our hero to find the balls and get his normal size back.

Type: fight/action

Number of Episodes: 153 TV eps + 3 OAVs (DB); 291 TV eps + 13 films (DBZ); 64 TV eps (DBGT)

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What we thought:

• Dragon Ball: after some time it eventually grew on me, the story is original and the plot on going; the characters are cute. It's funny and full of action
• Dragon Ball Z: Blah! Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, fight! Not my cup of tea. But then everybodt else likes it so I guess it deserves watching (if only to make up your own mind!)
• Dragon Ball GT: Not seen!