List of Dragon Ball chapters (series) explained

Dragon Ball is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. The story follows the adventures of Son Goku, a child who goes on a lifelong journey beginning with a quest for the seven mystical Dragon Balls. Along the way, he goes through many rigorous martial arts training regimens and educational programs, defeats a series of increasingly powerful martial artists, and becomes the top martial artist in the universe. The series was published in individual chapters in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. These chapters were collected by Shueisha in a series of 42 tankōbon volumes; the first was released on September 10, 1985, while the last one was released on August 4, 1995.[1] [2] In 2002, the manga was re-released in a collection of 34 kanzenban volumes, which included a slightly rewritten ending, new covers, and color artwork from its Weekly Shōnen Jump run. There have also been two anime adaptations, both produced by Toei Animation; the first, also named Dragon Ball, adapted the first 16 volumes of the manga, while the second is titled Dragon Ball Z and adapted the remaining 26.

The North American distributing company Viz Media has released all 42 volumes in English, with their version of volumes seventeen through forty-two split into a separate series named Dragon Ball Z. Both began being published in March 1998 (with a re-release of the first 10 volumes of both parts in 2003); the last volume of the first part was released on August 3, 2004, while the last one of the second part was released on June 6, 2006.[3] The first 120 chapters of Dragon Ball were also released in individual comic book format, with the remaining chapters exclusive to the graphic novel format. In June 2008, Viz began re-releasing both "series" in a wideban format called "Viz Big Edition", which is a collection of three volumes in one.[4] A "Collector's Edition" of volume one including a hardcover was released on November 4, 2008.[5] In June 2013, they began releasing new 3-in-1 volumes of Dragon Ball, utilizing the Japanese kanzenban covers.[6]

__TOC__

Volume list

Re-releases

Kanzenban

[7]
No.ChaptersRelease dateISBN
1-14
2
December 4, 2002
3
December 28, 2002
4
December 28, 2002
5
February 4, 2003
6
February 4, 2003
7
March 4, 2003
8
March 4, 2003
9
April 4, 2003
10
April 4, 2003
11
May 1, 2003
12
May 1, 2003
13
June 4, 2003
VolumeChaptersRelease date
Son Goku Training Arc
1-13February 4, 2013[8]
14-26
27-40
41-54
Red Ribbon Army Arc
55-66
67-78
79-89
90-100
101-112
Piccolo Daimaō Arc
113-123
124-134
135-146
147-158
159-170
171-182
183-194

Full color

[9]Piccolo Daimaō Arc
VolumeChaptersRelease dateISBN
Boyhood Arc
1-16
2
January 4, 2016
3
January 4, 2016
4
January 4, 2016
5
February 5, 2016
6
February 5, 2016
7
February 5, 2016
8
February 5, 2016
135-149
150-164
165-179
180-194

Notes

  1. Web site: DRAGON BALL 1. Shueisha. 2008-06-02. ja.
  2. Web site: DRAGON BALL 42. Shueisha. 2008-06-02. ja.
  3. Web site: Dragon Ball Vol. 16. Viz Media. 2008-06-02. dead. https://archive.today/20061018201117/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=2236. 2006-10-18.
  4. Web site: Dragon Ball, Vol. 1 (VIZBIG Edition). Viz Media. 2008-06-08. dead. https://archive.today/20080315093242/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7409. 2008-03-15.
  5. Web site: Dragon Ball, Vol. 1 (Collector's Edition). Viz Media. 2013-03-19.
  6. Web site: Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1. Amazon.com. 2014-01-15.
  7. Web site: DRAGON BALL 完全版 . Shueisha . 15 July 2020.
  8. Web site: DRAGON BALL: デジタル . Shueisha . 15 July 2020.
  9. Web site: ドラゴンボール フルカラーコミック . CDJapan . 15 July 2020 . ja.