Eye Shield 21

Plot

Main article: List of Eyeshield 21 characters

The plot of Eyeshield 21 revolves around a physically unassuming and non-assertive boy named Sena Kobayakawa who enters the high school of his choice, Deimon Private Senior High School, where his childhood friend Mamori Anezaki who attended the year before. His only remarkable physical abilities are his running speed, and intense agility; The result of a school life spent complying with the demands of bullies, it was revealed later a friend taught him how to run quickly as a base. His abilities quickly catches the eye of the high school’s American football team captain Yoichi Hiruma who forces Sena to join the Deimon Devil Bats as its running back.

To protect his identity to prevent other teams in the school to recruit him for his speed, Sena is forced to publicly assume the role of team secretary, and enter the field wearing a helmet equipped with a green-tinted eyeshield in order to hide his features under the pseudonym of “Eyeshield 21.” The makeshift team initially takes part in the Spring football tournament hoping to win with through the strength of their new “secret weapon.” However, the extremely weak team is eliminated early on by the Ojo White Knights, a powerhouse football team that focuses on defense. It is in this game that Sena meets the man he will acknowledge as his ultimate rival, Seijuro Shin, a talented linebacker.

After Deimon’s defeat, the Spring tournament is revealed as a secondary in importance to the Fall tournament, where the teams compete for the chance to play in the “Christmas Bowl“, the high school football league championship. Hiruma, Kurita and Sena regroup and slowly build a real team from other misfits and students looking to define themselves, such as Tarou Raimon a baseball player who can only catch, The Three Ha-Ha Brothers. Other characters slowly join the team as the series follows the building and growth of the Deimon Devil Bats and its members as well as various rival teams as they all strive to achieve their goal of playing in the Christmas Bowl.

Setting

Inagaki said that Eyeshield 21 is in Tokyo, specifically, “but perhaps not in the center of the city — more in the suburbs.” He added that this is “not very significant” and that aspects of the hometowns of the two creators are reflected in the setting.^[4]

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Yu-gi-oh trading card game

Character Structure Decks

There are also eight character-based Structure Decks released in Japan. They are similar to their U.S. counterparts except that they contain different cards and are called Structure Decks. These decks tend to be more powerful than the Starter Decks and have been notable among fans as being “playable from the box”.^{[citation needed]} The Structure Decks are:

• Yugi Structure Deck (YU): features Dark Magician Girl, the Dark Magician family, and other cards used by Yugi in early parts of the Battle City arc of the anime.
• Jonouchi (“Joey”) Structure Deck (JY): features Jinzo, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, some luck based cards, and other cards used by Jonouchi in early parts of the Battle City arc. Also includes two dice, one red and one blue, based on his cards, Skull Dice and Graceful Dice, respectfully.
• Kaiba Structure Deck (KA): features the Vampire Lord, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Blue-Eyes White Dragon (three in the deck, one with Japanese writing, one with Chinese writing, and one with English writing, referencing the Manga, which mentioned the previous owners of the BEWD’s were from those countries^{[citation needed]}), and other cards used by Kaiba in early Battle City arc of anime. Also includes a coin with the Millennium Puzzle printed on it.
• Pegasus Structure Deck (PE): features cards that are used by Pegasus in the Duelist Kingdom arc of the anime. Examples include the “toon” monsters and Relinquished. Also includes the three (non-playable) “invitation” cards that were sent to Yugi before the Duelist Kingdom.
• Yugi Volume 2 Structure Deck (SY2): features cards used by Yugi later in the Battle City arc in the anime. Some examples are Dark Paladin and Dimensional Magic.
• Kaiba Volume 2 Structure Deck (SK2): features cards used by Kaiba later in the Battle City arc in the anime. Some examples are XYZ Dragon Cannon and Shrink.
• Jonouchi (“Joey”) Volume 2 Structure Deck (SJ2): features cards used by Jonouchi later in the Battle City arc in the anime. Some examples are Gilford the Lightning and Foolish Burial.
• Marik Structure Deck (SDM): features cards used by Marik in the Battle City arc in the anime. Some examples are Lava Golem, Magic Shard Excavation, and Unholy Calamity.

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Pokémon Trading Card Game

Main article: Pokémon Trading Card Game

Palkia, the Spacial Pokémon Trading Card Game card from Pokémon TCG Diamond and Pearl.

The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectible card game similar in goal to a Pokémon battle in the video game series. Players use Pokémon cards, with individual strengths and weaknesses, in an attempt to defeat their opponent by “knocking out” his or her Pokémon cards.^[17] The game was first published in North America by Wizards of the Coast in 1999.^[18] However, with the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Game Boy Advance video games, Nintendo USA took back the card game from Wizards of the Coast and started publishing the cards themselves.^[18] The Expedition expansion introduced the Pokémon-e Trading Card Game, the cards in which (for the most part) were compatible with the Nintendo e-Reader. Nintendo discontinued its production of e-Reader compatible cards with the release of EX FireRed & LeafGreen. In 1998, Nintendo released a Game Boy Color version of the trading card game in Japan. It was also released in the US and Europe in 2000. This game included digital versions cards from the original set of cards and the first two expansions (Jungle and Fossil), but also included several cards exclusive to the game. A sequel was released in Japan only in 2001.^[19]

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List of Dragon Ball Characters

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This is a list of characters who appear in the [[anime]] and [[manga]] [[fictional universe]] of ”[[Dragon Ball]]”.

==Main characters==
===Goku===
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===Gohan===
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===Vegeta===
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===Piccolo===
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===Krillin===
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===Bulma===
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===Trunks===
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===Yamcha===
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===Tien Shinhan===
{{nihongo|Tien Shinhan|天津飯|Tenshinhan|[[nickname]]d Ten}}, known as Shinto in the [[Harmony Gold USA|Harmony Gold]] dub, is first introduced in chapter 113 of the manga series.”Dragon Ball” manga, volume 10, chapter 113 Initially an enemy of [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]] who was trained by [[Master Roshi]]’s rival [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Crane Hermit|Crane Hermit]], Tien soon makes peace with Goku and becomes a Z Fighter. Accompanied by his friend [[#Chiaotzu|Chiaotzu]], Tien enters the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament”Dragon Ball” manga, Volume 10 — ISBN 1-56931-848-4 and faces Goku, who proves to be a more than a worthy opponent. Eventually, after Goku survives any attack thrown at him, Tien destroys the arena with his ”Kikohou”, but Goku jumps into the air and uses his ”Kamehameha” to slam himself into Tien. Both fighters fall down to the ground, but Goku is hit by a passing car, causing him to land on the ground first, which makes Tien the winner. Afterwards, Tien and Chiaotzu decide to become Roshi’s new students and allies of Goku. He participated in the battle against the Saiyans in ”Dragon Ball Z”, in which he is killed by [[#Nappa|Nappa]], along with Chiaotzu, Yamcha and Piccolo. The four of them are trained by [[#King Kai|King Kai]] and later revived by [[#Shenron|Shenron]]. Tien also participated in the battles against [[#Cell|Cell]] and [[Majin Buu]].

Tien is bald and has three eyes, the third placed on his forehead. The third eye is from becoming enlightened.{{cite book |title=The Best of DragonBall Z |last=Brewer |first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Brewer |coauthors= Doug Kale |year= 2002|publisher= Claire B. Amano |location=Beverly Hills , California |isbn= |pages=2-6 }} When Toriyama began creating the ”Dragon Ball” series, he used [[Wu Cheng’en]]’s ”[[Journey to the West]]” as a prototype for his own work.{{cite web|url=http://www.unrivaled.info/anime/dragonball/toriyama/index.htm|title=All about Akira Toriyama|accessdate=2008-06-15}} Tien’s three eyed physical characteristic resembles the story character [[Erlang Shen]], and both are warriors who were originally adversaries of the main character.{{citeweb|url=http://www.dbzsc.com/?dbzsc=xiyouji|title=Saiyan Chronicles on Journey to the West|accessdate=2008-06-15}} His outfits change consistently as the series goes on, and he usually doesn’t wear a shirt when fighting.

===Goten===
{{nihongo|Goten|孫 悟天|Son Goten}} is the second and final child of [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]], the series’ [[protagonist]]. First introduced in the 230 chapter of the manga,”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 20, chapter 230 Goten resembles his father in appearance, with the same hair-style and similar clothing. In chapter 324, Toriyama changes his appearance to avoid confusion with Goku to include a shirt bearing his name, and a longer, shaggier hairstyle.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 26, chapter 324 Goten is trained by his older brother [[Son Gohan]] in preparation for the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, which their father would be attending. During the training, Gohan discovered Goten could become a [[Super Saiyan]].”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 20, chapter 233 He also possesses the ”Kamehameha”, a technique that concentrates ”[[Qi|chi]]” energy and is released into a powerful beam.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 21, chapter 240

In order to save the world from the villain [[Majin Buu]], Goku and Piccolo teach Goten and Trunks the “Fusion” technique, which allows them to transform into a single powerful warrior, [[List of Saiyans in Dragon Ball#Gotenks|Gotenks]]. Gotenks battles Buu multiple times but even when he transforms into a [[Super Saiyan#Super Saiyan 3|Super Saiyan 3]] he is unable to defeat Buu. Buu temporarily absorbs Gotenks, increasing his own power, but [[Vegeta]] and Goku are able to retrieve them from Buu. When Buu destroys the Earth in the 312 chapter, Goten and Trunks are killed.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 26, chapters 312 and 314 The [[Dragon Ball (artifact)|Dragon Balls]] later bring Goten back to life along with the rest of the Earth in order to give energy to Goku’s Super Spirit Bomb attack, which defeats Buu.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 26, chapters 320 and 322 Goten then returns to a normal life on Earth. In ”[[Dragon Ball GT]]”, Goten participates in battles against other fictional [[supervillain]]s such as the space parasite [[Baby (Dragon Ball)|Baby]], the android [[No. 17|Super 17]] and the evil dragon, [[#Evil Dragons|Omega Shenron]].

===Frieza===
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===Cell===
[[Image:Potential-cell.jpg|thumb|200px|Early concept art of Cell]]
{{nihongo|Cell|セル|Seru}} is the ultimate creation of [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Dr. Gero|Dr. Gero]]. He is an [[Synthetic life|artificial life form]] created using the [[Cell (biology)|cells]] of several characters from the series, including Goku, [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]] and [[Frieza]]. As a result, Cell is able to perform techniques such as the ”Kamehameha”, a powerful energy blast which he gains from the cells of Goku.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 15, chapter 169 In creating the character of Cell, Toriyama tried many different designs before finally settling on the one used in the series. Cell evolves several times throughout his appearances. He originally evolves from a cocoon-like form into his first “Imperfect Form”, which is [[insect]]-like in appearance. Both his first form and his second “Semi-Perfect Form” have a tail that ends in a stinger-like appendage and allows it to absorb other organisms.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 14, chapter 167 The tail recedes under his wings in his final “Perfect Form”, and he can use it to spawn {{nihongo|Cell Jr.|セルジュニア|Seru Junia}}, which are minuscule child-like versions of himself.

Requiring androids #17 and #18 to evolve, he finds out that they are already dead in his time line, so he defeats the Trunks of his time line and uses Trunks’ time machine to travel back in time. He eventually absorbs both after many battles and ascends to his final form.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 15, chapter 178”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 16, chapters 186 and 187 He decides to hold the “Cell Games”, a tournament in which he fights against the Earth’s fighters until there are none left, resulting in Earth’s destruction.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 17, chapter 195 Cell manages to defeat Goku, but he is eventually killed by a [[Super Saiyan 2]] Gohan.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 19, chapter 222 Cell appears in [[Hell]] in ”Dragon Ball Z”, and makes a few appearances in ”Dragon Ball GT”. [[Norio Wakamoto]] [[seiyū|voices]] him in the original Japanese anime adaptation, [[Dameon Clarke]] in the [[Funimation Entertainment|Funimation]] English dub and [[Dale Wilson]] in the Canadian English dub.

===Majin Buu===
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==Secondary characters==
=== Android #17 ===
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{{nihongo|Android #17|人造人間17号|Jinzōningen Jū Nana Gō|Artificial Human #17}} is a human forcefully turned into a [[cyborg]] by Gero along with his sister, #18. The two are released by Gero as a last resort, but they turn on their creator and quickly kill him instead. They begin to travel in order to find and kill Goku, coming into contact with the Z Fighters several times. In [[Future Trunks]]’ timeline, he is a mass murderer who is later killed by Trunks. #17 returns one last time in ”Dragon Ball GT”, when he fuses with a new #17 created by Doctors [[#Dr. Gero|Gero]] and [[#Dr. Myu|Myu]] in order to become the Super Android #17, who is finally defeated by Goku and #18. He is voiced by [[Shigeru Nakahara]] in Japan, [[Chuck Huber]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Ted Cole]] in the [[The Ocean Group|Ocean Group]] dub.

===Android #18===
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{{nihongo|Android #18|人造人間18号|Jinzōningen Jū Hachi Gō|Artificial Human #18}} is a human forcefully turned into a [[cyborg]] along with her brother, #17.Stated by #17 (”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 14, chapter 157, pages 31-32) — ISBN 1-59116-180-0) After being released by Gero, she travels with #16 and #17 in order to kill Goku, though they are interrupted by [[Cell (Dragon Ball)|Cell]] and the Z Fighters several times. She and #17 are eventually absorbed by Cell, but later during the Cell Games, a hard blow from Gohan causes Cell to regurgitate her. Though Krillin is unable to wish for her to be turned into a human, he is able to have her self destruct device removed. Shen Long states that their power is “too great and strange” to be affected (”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 19, chapter 224, page 138 — ISBN 1-59116-751-5) Krillin later pursues #18 and, at some point, they marry and have a daughter named {{nihongo|Marron|マーロン|Māron}}.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, vol. 21-26, page 4 respectively In Future Trunks’ timeline, she is a mass murderer who is later killed by Trunks. She is voiced by [[Miki Itō]] in Japan, [[Meredith McCoy]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Enuka Okuma]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Babidi===
{{nihongo|Babidi|バビディ|Babidi}} is the son of Bibidi, the creator of [[Majin Buu]]. After Buu is sealed and his father is killed, he sets out to resurrect Buu to help him conquer the universe. Babidi manages to take over the minds of many strong warriors in order to help him achieve his goal, including demon king Dabura, alien warrior Pui Pui, light-devouring monster named Yakon, and two muscle-bound humans, Yamu and Spopovitch. Babidi uses them to collect energy for Buu’s revival, and later enlists Vegeta to help him, though Vegeta is able to ignore his orders. After Buu is revived, Babidi manages to control him with the threat of resealing him, though after being manipulated by Goku, Buu decides to kill him and then in ”Dragon Ball GT” he appears briefly when various villains escape from Hell. He is voiced [[Jōji Yanami]] in Japan, [[Duncan Brannan]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Terry Klassen]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Baby===
{{nihongo|Baby|ベビー|Bebī}} is a parasitic [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] [[supervillain]] that first appears in the 22nd episode of ”Dragon Ball GT”. Baby was created by combining the DNA of the king of the Tuffles, a race destroyed by the Saiyans, with a cybernetic body. The last known survivor of the race, Baby desires to destroy all of the Saiyans to avenge his people. Baby is first reactivated from a sleep state by his creator, [[#Dr. Myu|Dr. Myu]]. He attempts to fight Son Goku, Trunks, and Pan, but is easily defeated. To boost his power, Baby infects various people with his DNA and begins gathering energy from them. After a second defeat at the hands of the three Saiyans, Baby infects Trunks and then goes to Earth. On Earth he battles Son Goten and Son Gohan, infects them both, and is able to infect Vegeta and make him his primary host. Goku, Trunks, and Pan return to Earth to find the entire population is now under Baby’s control. Baby is able to defeat Goku, then he begins using the Black Star Dragon Balls to restore the Planet Plant and transport the Earth population to it. During this time, Baby evolves into an even more powerful form and defeats Goku again. This causes Goku to transform into a [[Super Saiyan 4]]. In this new form, Goku is able to defeat Baby-Vegeta. He has Bulma, also under his control, fire a radiation beam at him from her Blutz Wave Generator which enables him to transform into a Golden Oozaru. After a lengthy battle, Baby separates from Vegeta and attempts to escape in a spaceship, vowing to return to destroy the Saiyans. Goku blasts the spaceship with a ”10x Kamehameha” attack, sending it into the sun. The ship is destroyed and Baby is obliterated.

His ”[[seiyū]]” is [[Yusuke Numata]] and he is [[Voice acting|voiced]] by [[Mike McFarland]] in the English dub by Funimation.

===Chiaotzu===
{{nihongo|Chiaotzu|餃子|Chaozu}} is a small human that resembles a doll with white skin, red cheeks, and one hair under his hat. Though he is not physically strong, he is skilled with [[psychokinesis]] and [[telepathy]]. He first studies under the Crane Hermit with his close friend, [[#Tien Shinhan|Tien Shinhan]]. After Tien realizes that the Crane Hermit’s teachings are wrong, the two leave him and join with Goku and his companions. He continues to support Tien throughout the series, even going as far as self-destructing on [[#Nappa|Nappa]] in order to attempt to save him. After the battle with the Saiyans, Chiaotzu doesn’t involve himself in any more battles at Tien’s request. He is voiced by [[Hiroko Emori]] in Japan, [[Cathy Weseluck]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Monika Antonelli]] in the Funimation dub.

===Chi Chi===
{{nihongo|Chi Chi|チチ}}, known as Chi-Chi in the [[Viz Media|Viz]] manga, Chichi in Japanese versions, and Milk in Latin-American TV, is the wife of Goku and the mother of Gohan and [[Son Goten]]. She is very protective over the well being of her family, and wishes to remove them from Goku’s lifestyle of fighting and constant conflict. She attempts to have Gohan focus on studying during his childhood, but this is interrupted by the constant threats to Earth. She later relaxes with Goten, even training him herself. As the daughter of the Ox-King, she is very strong in her own right, having easily made it to the quarter-finals of the 23rd ”Tenkaichi Budokai”. She and Goku first meet as children, and Goku promises to marry her, thinking marriage is a kind of food. She later confronts him to have him fulfill the promise, despite the misunderstanding. She is voiced by [[Mayumi Shō]] and [[Naoko Watanabe]] in Japan, and [[Laura Bailey (voice actress)|Laura Bailey]] and [[Cynthia Cranz]] in the Funimation dub. She will be played by [[Jamie Chung]] in the upcoming live-action film ”[[Dragonball (film)|Dragonball]]”.

===Dende===
{{nihongo|Dende|デンデ|Dende}} is a [[Namekian]] child saved from Dodoria by [[Son Gohan]] and [[Krillin]].”Dragon Ball Z” manga, Volume 6, chapter 61 He later gains the power to heal after having his power unlocked, which he uses to aid the warriors fighting Frieza until he is killed by the tyrant. After being revived, he lives on New Namek until he is asked by Goku to replace [[#Kami|Kami]] as Earth’s guardian and revive the [[Dragon Ball (artifact)|Dragon Balls]]. He accepts and continues to serve as the guardian throughout the rest of the series. He is very close to Piccolo, who fused with his friend Nail on Namek. He is voiced by [[Tomiko Suzuki]] in Japan and [[Ceyli Delgadillo]], [[Laura Bailey (actress)|Laura Bailey]] and [[Justin Cook]] in the Funimation dub.

===Hercule===

Hercule, known as {{nihongo|Mr. Satan|ミスター・サタン|Misutā Satan}} in Japanese versions and other adaptations, is a flamboyant martial artist that becomes a world renowned hero after the Cell Games. After Goku and his companions stop attending the World Tournaments, Hercule starts winning them and becomes the reigning champion for many years. During the Cell Games, he attempts to fight Cell, but even after being swatted away, he is given credit for Cell’s death by the media. He is soon called a world hero, gaining great wealth and a city named after him. Though Goku and his companions find his inflated ego and arrogance very annoying, he becomes close to them after befriending the good Majin Buu, helping defeat Kid Buu by using his appeal to get energy for the Spirit Bomb, and his daughter, Videl, marries Gohan. He is voiced by [[Daisuke Gouri]] Japan, [[Chris Rager]] in the Funimation dub, [[Don Brown]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Kami===
{{nihongo|Kami|神様|Kami Sama}} is the guardian residing over the Earth for much of the series. He is the good half of an unnamed Namekian that had to split himself in order to become guardian. The evil half, [[#Piccolo Daimao|Piccolo Daimao]] was later sealed away by humans. After Piccolo Daimao is unleashed and killed by Goku, he spawns a much stronger reincarnation, [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]]. Seeing a threat, Kami decides to attempt to seal away the new Piccolo in the World Martial Arts Tournament, possessing a human named ”’Shen”’ (dubbed ”’Hero”’ in the English anime) as a guise, but the plan backfires on him. After Goku defeats Piccolo, he eventually reforms, and much later during the Cell saga, Kami agrees to merge and rejoin Piccolo to stand a chance against Cell and the Androids. He is voiced by [[Takeshi Aono]] in Japan, [[Michael Dobson]] and [[Dale Wilson]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Chris Sabat]] in the Funimation dub.

===King Kai===
King Kai, also known as {{nihongo|North Kai|北の界王|Kita no Kaiō}}, is the Kai of the northern quadrant of the galaxy. His companion is a pet monkey named Bubbles and in the anime he also has a flying grasshopper companion named Gregory. King Kai trains fighters allowed to keep their bodies if they manage to reach his small planet at the end of Snake Way. Before training any students, he forces them to appeal to his strange sense of humor, catch Bubbles, and hit Gregory with a mallet.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, Volume 2, chapter 16 He provides Goku with martial arts training and two of his own techniques, the ”Genki Dama” and the ”Kaio-ken”, which King Kai was never able to master. He continues to help Goku and his friends throughout the series, lending his planet locating and telecommunicating abilites for their use. When Goku brings a self-destructing Cell to his planet, the explosion kills King Kai and destroys his planet. As he is already in the Other World, he only gains a halo and in the anime he appears to settle down on Grand Kai’s planet. He is voiced by [[Joji Yanami]] in Japan, [[Don Brown]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Sean Schemmel]] in the Funimation dub.

===Master Roshi===
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===Oolong===
{{nihongo|Oolong|ウーロン|Ūron}} is a [[shapeshifting]] [[Anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] pig that uses his abilities for his own greedy desires. He was expelled from shapeshifting training for stealing the teacher’s underwear, so he lacks the ability to change his form for more than five minutes at a time without a break. He joins with Goku to search for the Dragon Balls and eventually steal them, but he abandons his plans. In ”Dragon Ball Z”, he is often in the company of Roshi. He is voiced by [[Naoki Tatsuta]] in Japan, [[Doug Parker]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Mark Britten]] and [[Bradford Jackson]] in the Funimation dub.

===Pan===
{{nihongo|Pan|パン}} the granddaughter of [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]]. Pan’s ancestry comes from both humans, and the extraterrestrials called the [[Saiyan]]s, which becomes the primary race throughout the ”Dragon Ball” galaxies. Pan is the daughter of the first Saiyan Human hybrid to appear in the series, [[Son Gohan|Gohan]], and his full human wife named [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Videl|Videl]]. In the original Japanese anime, she was voiced by [[Yuko Minaguchi]]. In the English versions of ”DBZ”, she is voiced by [[Kate Bristol]] in the Funimation dub and [[Brenna O’Brien]] in the Ocean Group dub. In the English versions of ”Dragon Ball GT”, she is voiced by [[Elise Baughman]] in the Funimation dub and [[Caitlynne Medrek]] in the Blue Water dub.

===Piccolo Daimao===
{{nihongo|Piccolo Daimao|ピッコロ大魔王|Pikkoro Daimaō}}, known as King Piccolo in the English dubs and Demon King Piccolo in the Viz manga, is the the evil half of the Namekian that removed his evil in order to become the guardian of the Earth; this negative energy took on a physical form, becoming a cast-off being. He and the good half, [[#Kami|Kami]], are linked, so if one dies, the other also will die. After being formed, he designates himself as the Great Demon King and begins to terrorize the world. He is eventually imprisoned by Mutaito, the master of Roshi, in a rice cooker for centuries by the suicidal Evil Containment Wave. After being released by [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Pilaf|Pilaf]], he attempts to kill anyone that could possibly seal him again, uses the Dragon Balls to restore his youth, and takes over the Earth before being killed by Goku. Before dying, he regurgitates the egg containing his reincarnation, [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo Jr.]], in order to pursue his revenge. He is voiced by [[Takeshi Aono]] in Japan, [[Christopher Sabat]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Scott McNeil]] in the Ocean Group dub. He will be played by [[James Marsters]] in the upcoming live-action film ”Dragonball”.

Besides Piccolo Jr., Piccolo Daimao creates several offspring in order to help him with his plans. His first offspring, Piano, helps Piccolo formulate his plan until his death. He also creates Tambourine to hunt down the contenders of the World Martial Arts Tournament to keep the sealing technique from resurfacing. Tambourine kills Krillin and beats a weakened Goku, but eventually Goku’s ”Kamehameha” vaporizes him. The third, Cymbal, is created to find Dragon Balls, but he is killed and eaten by Yajirobe. The fourth, Drum, is created to battle Tien, who he easily defeats until Goku appears and kills him in one blow. Tambourine is voiced by [[Ryūsei Nakao]] in Japan and [[Dameon Clarke]] in the English dub.

===Puar===
{{nihongo|Puar|プーアル|Pūaru}}, known as Pu’ar in the Viz manga and Pu-erh in Japanese versions, is a soft-spoken [[shapeshifting]] blue creature and the constant companion of [[Yamcha]]. The name is revealed to be a pun on [[Pu-erh tea]].”Dragon Ball” manga, Volume 2, Akira Toriyama’s “Ask Me Anything!” Corner, page 194 — ISBN 1-56931-921-9 He was designed to slightly resemble a cat.”Dragon Ball” manga, Volume 2, Akira Toriyama’s “Ask Me Anything!” Corner, page 196 — ISBN 1-56931-921-9 He uses his abilities to shapshift into anything to help Yamcha rob passersby in the desert. Afterwards, he travels with Yamcha and Goku during Dragon Ball, and continues to live with Yamcha afterwards. He is voiced by [[Naoko Watanabe]] in Japan, [[Cathy Weseluck]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Monika Antonelli]] in the Funimation dub.

===Shenron===
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{{nihongo|Shenron|神龍||lit. “Divine Dragon”}}, also known as the Eternal Dragon in the Ocean Group and Funimation dubs, Shenlong in the Viz manga, Shen Long in Japanese versions, and the Dragon God in the Harmony Gold dub,http://templeotrunks.com/media/lost_dub/index.html is the wish granting dragon summoned when all of Earth’s Dragon Balls are gathered. Shenron can bestow any wish as long as it does not exceed the power of his creator, who must be still alive. Shenron cannot bring back a person from the dead more than once. Shenron can originally only grant one wish, but after being revived by Dende, he is able to grant two at a time. Shenron often threatens to kill the summoner if they do not quickly make their wish, but never follows through with it. He is voiced by [[Kenji Utsumi]] and [[Masaharu Satō]] in Japan, [[Don Brown]] in the Ocean Group dub and [[Christopher R. Sabat]] in the Funimation dub and upcoming live action film ”Dragonball”.

”[[Dragon Ball GT]]” introduces the Black Star Shenron, a much larger red Shenron made by [[#Kami|Kami]] when he and [[#Piccolo Daimao|Piccolo Daimao]] were still one entity. He is summoned when the Black Star Dragon Balls are gathered, and can grant any single wish, regardless of any restrictions placed on the other dragons. He is voiced by [[Daisuke Gori]] in Japanese versions, and Chris Sabat in the English dub.

===Supreme Kai===
The Supreme Kai are the top-tier gods of the ”Dragon Ball” universe. Like the lower-level [[#Kai|Kai]], there are five Supreme Kai. However, rather than each overseeing one quadrant of the main galaxy, the Supreme Kai each administer one quadrant of the entire universe. The fifth Supreme Kai is the Grand Supreme Kai, who supervises the whole universe.

Shin, the {{nihongo|Supreme Kai|東の界王神|Higashi no Kaiōshin}}, also known as the Eastern Supreme Kai, is the supreme ruler of the Eastern Quadrant of the Universe along with his comrades, the North, West, and South Supreme Kai, and their leader the Grand Supreme Kai. After Buu’s assault on the four Supreme Kai five million years before the events of ”[[Dragon Ball Z]]”, he is the only survivor, and continues to watch over the universe. He is always found with his bodyguard, Kibito, who has the ability to heal any injury. He attempts to stop Buu from reviving with the help of Goku and his companions, but ends up failing. He is later permanently fused with Kibito, Kibitoshin. He is voiced by [[Yūji Mitsuya]] in Japan and [[Kent Williams]] in the Funimation dub.

===Uub===
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{{nihongo|Uub|ウーブ|Ūbu}}, known as Oob in the Viz manga and Ubu in Japanese versions, is the reincarnation of the evil [[Majin Buu]]. After Buu is destroyed, Goku asks him to be reincarnated as a good person, so they may battle again. King Yemma overhears the request and complies with it. Goku eventually senses Uub’s hidden power, and seeks him out when Uub attends the tournament to gain money for his village. Goku ends up deciding to train him to be Earth’s new guardian and as an opponent that he can battle. In ”Dragon Ball GT”, Buu merges with Uub to become “Majuub”, to face threats such as Baby, Super #17, and the Shadow Dragons. He is voiced by [[Megumi Urawa]] in Japan and [[Sean Teague]] in the Funimation dub.

===Videl===
{{nihongo|Videl|ビーデル|Bīderu}} is the daughter of Hercule. Like her father, she trains in martial arts, even surpassing him in strength.”Dragon Ball Z” manga, volume 20, page 130 She uses her abilities to fight crime in the city, and after Gohan appears as the Great Saiyaman, she quickly figures out his identity. She uses that to blackmail him into showing her how to fly. After Buu is fully defeated, the two form a relationship, eventually become married, and have a child named Pan. When the two fight crime together afterwards, she takes on the role of the “Great Saiyaman 2 or Great Saiyawoman”. She is voiced by [[Yuko Minaguchi]] in Japan, [[Kara Edwards]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Moneca Stori]] in the Ocean dub. Her name is an anagram of Devil, a play on words with her father’s Japanese name (Mr. Satan).

===Yajirobe===
{{nihongo|Yajirobe|ヤジロベー|Yajirobē}} is an overweight [[samurai]] that Goku meets in Dragon Ball. He is often considered to be rude, unmannered, timid, lazy, and cowardly. He helps Goku prepare for the battle against Piccolo Daimao, and continues to support Goku and his companions, though often from the sidelines. He trains under Kami with the others in order to prepare for the Saiyans, and helps in their victory by cutting off Vegeta’s tail. During Dragon Ball, he is a wanderer that lives off the land, but after meeting Korin and discovering the Senzu Beans, which provide the nutrients of ten days worth of meals, restores energy and heals wounds, he decides to live with Korin. He begins growing the beans with him, and often delivers them to Goku and his companions. He is voiced by [[Mayumi Tanaka]] in Japan, [[Brian Drummond]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Mike McFarland]] in the Funimation dub.

==Minor characters==
===Akkuman===
Akkuman, known as The Blue Demon, Spike the Devil Man (Spike), or the Devilman in other English adaptations, is Uranai Baba’s strongest fighter, though [[List of Earthlings in Dragon Ball#Grandpa Gohan|Grandpa Gohan]] later bumps him down a rank. He appears along with Dracula Man, the kickboxing vampire, Suke, the invisible man, and Mirra, a large mummy. If all five are defeated, Baba provides a prophecy for free rather than the ten million zeni it usually costs. Along with having won the ”Tenkaichi Budokai” twice in the past, Akkuman has the ability to launch his “Devilmite Beam”, which expands any evil within a person, causing them to explode. He fights [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]], but he is defeated after Goku’s pure heart is immune to his technique. He is voiced [[Michihiro Ikemizu]] in Japan, [[Justin Cook]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Adam Henderson]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Android #8===
{{nihongo|Android #8|人造人間8号|Jinzōningen Hachi Gō|Artificial Human #8}} is the first android seen in the series, and the eighth in the series of androids built by [[#Dr. Gero|Dr. Gero]]. He is originally used as a last resort by the Red Ribbon Army’s Muscle Tower, but when he is ordered to fight Goku, he refuses and states that he hates violence. Goku quickly befriends him, nicknaming him “Eighter”, and the two repel the army from Jingle Village. He later takes up residence with a young girl named {{nihongo|Snow|スノ|Suno}}, who Goku had saved from the army earlier. He is voiced by [[Shozo Iizuka]] in Japan and [[Mike McFarland]] in the Funimation dub.

===Android #16===
{{nihongo|Android #16|人造人間16号|Jinzōningen Jū Roku Gō|Artificial Human #16}} is a large [[android]] developed by Gero. He is deemed a failure because of his gentle nature, and sealed up by Gero. He is later released, and determined to complete his mission of hunting down Goku. While failing to protect [[#Android #17|#17]] and [[#Android #18|#18]] from Cell, he is greatly damaged, though [[Bulma]] and her father repair him. Afterwards, he gives up his old orders and helps in the fight against Cell. He is later destroyed by Cell, which pushes [[Son Gohan]] over the edge to [[Super Saiyan#Super Saiyan 2|Super Saiyan 2]]. He is voiced [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] in Japan, [[Jeremy Inman]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Scott McNeil]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Android #19===
{{nihongo|Android #19|人造人間19号|Jinzōningen Jū Kyū Gō}} is a rather fat android created by Dr. Gero. With pale skin and a mechanized voice, he is the most loyal of Gero’s creations and even helped the doctor become an android himself. He is an energy absorbing model, equipped with the ability to drain the life force from his enemies. After successfully draining Goku of his energy, 19 is brutally executed by Vegeta.

===Announcer===
The {{nihongo|Announcer|アナウンサー|Anaunsā}} is active for every ”Tenkaichi Budokai” from the beginning of ”[[Dragon Ball (franchise)|Dragon Ball]]” to ”[[Dragon Ball GT]]”. He announces the fights, decisions by the judges, and provides commentary. He eventually becomes acquainted with [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Son Goku]] and his companions, witnessing [[Krillin]]’s death, personally watching the fight between Goku and [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]], and knowing the truth of the events of the Cell Games. Though he knows that [[#Hercule|Hercule]] is not a true hero, he still praises him anyway to provide happiness to the crowds. He is voiced by [[Kenji Utsumi]] in Japan, [[Eric Vale]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Michael Dobson (actor)|Michael Dobson]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Bardock===
{{nihongo|Bardock|バーダック|Bādakku}} is first introduced in the animated [[television special]], ”[[Dragon Ball Z: Bardock – The Father of Goku|Bardock – The Father of Goku]]”. It was only after its airing in Japan that Bardock was later shown in two panels of the ”Dragon Ball” manga by Toriyama, who helped design the character for Toei Doga’s television production.[http://www.daizex.com/general/tidbits/bardock.shtml Bardock and his crew’s character designs] at http://www.daizex.com/ While the Viz manga and Funimation’s Japanese-language English-subtitled anime both use “Burdock”, Funimation’s English anime dubs use “Bardock”, and some Japanese merchandise even use “Barduck”.

The biological father of [[#Raditz|Raditz]] and [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Goku]], Bardock is a Saiyan who is given the gift of [[precognition]] during one of his battles. In several of his recurring visions, he witnesses the destruction of his home planet by the hand of Frieza. After escaping certain death from [[#Dodoria|Dodoria]], he tries desperately to change his planet’s grim future by attempting to combat Frieza and his legion of men head on. Bardock ultimately fails on ceasing Frieza’s attack on the planet and is killed in the process. Moments before his death, he receives a vision of his son facing Frieza. In the special, Bardock was estimated a power level of 10,000 by observant doctors while recovering from his last mission. He is voiced by [[Masako Nozawa]] in the Japanese version and [[Sonny Strait]] in the Funimation dub.

===Broly===
{{nihongo|Broly|ブロリー|Burorī}}, is the featured [[supervillain]] in the [[Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan|eighth]], [[Dragon Ball Z: Broly Second Coming|tenth]], and [[Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly|eleventh]] [[List of Dragon Ball films|movies]] of the series. He is born with a level of power greater than most elite [[Saiyan]] warriors, and he is mentally unsettled as an adult, partially due to the crying of the infant Goku in the incubator next to him. He eventually becomes the “Legendary Super Saiyan” and his destructive tendencies are quelled by a special control device created by scientists for his father, Paragus. After Paragus lures Vegeta, Goku, and their companions to another planet, Broly recalls Goku and goes into a rage. He is eventually defeated, and manages to make his way into an escape pod. He later lands on Earth and goes into a frozen state until the crying of Goku’s son, Goten, awakens him. He is killed by Goku, Gohan and Goten, though blood samples make their way into the hands of a industrialist who creates cloned warriors. The clone eventually awakes and becomes mixed with bio-liquid, transforming him into Bio-Broly. He is killed by Goten, Trunks, and Krillin after seawater solidifies his body. He was voiced by [[Vic Mignogna]] in the Funimation dub.

===Bulla===
Bulla, known as {{nihongo|Bra|ブラ|Bura}} in Japanese versions, is the daughter of [[Bulma]] and Vegeta. She avoids the fighting lifestyle of her father and brother, though she does know how to fly. She is close to both of her parents, and Vegeta is very protective of her. She is voiced by [[Hiromi Tsuru]] in Japan, [[Parisa Fakhri]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Brina Palencia]] in ”[[Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (series)#Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2|Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2]]”.

===Cooler===
[[Image:Double Coola Mugshots.png|thumb|150px|Cooler in his final form (above) and Meta-Cooler (below)]]
{{nihongo|Cooler|クウラ|Kuura}} is the [[Supervillain|main villain]] in the fifth and sixth [[List of Dragon Ball films|Dragon Ball Z films]]. He is the brother of [[Frieza]] who travels to Earth in [[Dragon Ball Z: Cooler’s Revenge|”Cooler’s Revenge”]] to seek revenge on [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)| Goku]], who had ruined Cooler’s family honor by killing Frieza. Despite transforming into his final form, he is defeated by [[Super Saiyan]] Goku. He returns in ”[[Dragon Ball Z: Return of Cooler|Return of Cooler]]”, his remains having combined with the Big Gete Star, a sentient planet-sized machine. This gives him the ability to create an indefinite amount of Meta-Coolers, which have the ability to constantly repair and improve upon themselves. He tries to consume the planet New Namek, but he is eventually destroyed by the efforts of Goku and Vegeta. He is voiced by [[Ryūsei Nakao]] in the Japanese films and [[Andrew Chandler]] in the English versions. The character was designed by [[Akira Toriyama]], the original manga author, for [[Toei Animation|Toei Doga]]’s theatrical productions.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}

===Crane Hermit===
The {{nihongo|Crane Hermit|鶴仙人|Tsuru Sennin}} is the master of the Crane School. Having trained under Mutaito with [[Master Roshi]], the two are rivals, though the death of Mutaito drastically changed his personality. He trains Tien and Chiaotzu and teaches them techniques such as flight and the Dodonpa. He wishes for the two to become ruthless killers, though they eventually learn the errors of his teachings and leave him. He later attempts to take revenge along with his cyborg brother, Tao, but Tien manages to defeat him and demand that they leave him forever. He is voiced by [[Ichirō Nagai]] in Japan, and [[Chuck Huber]] in the Funimation dub.

===Cui===
{{nihongo|Cui|キュイ|Kyui}}, known as Kiwi in the Viz manga, is a high-ranking henchman of Frieza. He is the rival of Vegeta, and bears much ill-will towards him. After learning of Vegeta’s plans to obtain the Dragonballs, Cui sets out to kill him. Initially, it appears as if Cui is much stronger than his rival, but it soon becomes apparent that Vegeta was hiding his true power (a skill that he obtained during his time on Earth). Despite Cui’s efforts, Vegeta easily dispatches of him. He is voiced by [[Kōji Totani]] in Japan, [[Jason Gray-Stanford]] in the Ocean Group dub and Bill Townsley in the Funimation dub.

===Dabura===
{{nihongo|Dabura|ダーブラ|Dābura}}, known as Dabra in the English manga, is the king of the Demon Realm, being placed under Babidi’s control by a spell. Dabura has the special power of turning his enemies to stone, simply by spitting on them. He fights Gohan to a standstill inside Babidi’s ship, but retreats after noticing that Vegeta still has traces of evil within his heart. After Majin Buu is released, Dabura mocks him due to his childish behavior and non-threatening appearance, which eventually leads to Dabura’s death after being turned into a cookie and devoured by Buu. Upon his death, King Yemma decides that Dabura would enjoy Hell, so he sends him to the most peaceful region of Heaven. In the anime, Dabura is later shown as a “good-spirited” soul consumed with love. He is voiced by [[Ryūzaburō Ōtomo]] in Japan, Rick Robertson in the Funimation dub, and [[Scott McNeil]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Dodoria===
{{nihongo|Dodoria|ドドリア|Dodoria}} is one of Frieza’s top two henchmen. He is a large, pink alien with short spikes on his head and forearms. He travels with Frieza and Zarbon to planet Namek in search of the Dragon Balls. While interrogating villagers, they are interrupted as [[Krillin]] and [[Son Gohan|Gohan]] save [[Dende]] from being killed. Dodoria pursues them, but he soon encounters Vegeta. After being outmatched, he tells the truth about the destruction of Planet Vegeta, hoping it would aid in sparing his life, but he is still killed by Vegeta. He is voiced by [[Yukitoshi Hori]] in Japan, [[Ward Perry]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Chris Forbis]] in the Funimation dub.

===Dr. Briefs===
{{nihongo|Dr. Briefs|ブリーフ博士|Burīfu-hakase}} is an eccentric engineer and founder of the Capsule Corporation. He is the creator of the Dynocaps, which allow any object to be shrunken into a small capsule. Along with his daughter, [[Bulma]], and his wife, Mrs. Briefs, they live in a large building full of a variety of animals that they keep as pets. They refuse to leave their animals even in the face of death. His favorite pet is Scratch, known as Tama in the Japanese versions of anime filler, a small black cat that sits on his shoulder. Dr. Briefs aids Goku, Bulma, and their companions several times throughout the series by building a spaceship allowing Goku to reach Namek, restoring [[#Android #16|Android #16]] with Bulma, and creating a gravity room for Vegeta. He is voiced by [[Jōji Yanami]] in Japan, [[Mark Hildreth]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Chris Forbis]] in the Funimation dub.

===Dr. Gero===
{{nihongo|Dr. Gero|ドクター・ゲロ|Dokutā Gero}} is the former chief scientist of the [[Red Ribbon Army]]. After the destruction of the organization, he begins using his development of androids to aid in destroying Goku for revenge. While creating a series of androids, he eventually implants his own brain into an exact replica of his body, becoming Android #20. Both he and Android #19, a round, pale android, are able to absorb the energy of others using small devices on their hands. The two eventually attack Goku and his friends. #19 manages to defeat Goku while he is being affected by his heart virus, but he is easily killed by Vegeta afterwards. Gero flees, attempting to release #17 and #18 as a last resort, though #17 quickly kills him. Gero appears once more in ”Dragon Ball GT”, planning to return to Earth along with Dr. Myu by creating another Android #17. They succeed, though Myu betrays Gero and has the newly formed Super 17 kill him once again. He is voiced by [[Koji Yada]] in Japan, [[Kent Williams (actor)|Kent Williams]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Brian Dobson]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Dr. Myu===
{{nihongo|Dr. Myu|ミュー|Dr. Myū}}, is a scientist who desires nothing more than total control of the galaxy. He was programmed by Baby in order to recreate himself as the ultimate machine mutant. He creates various mutants on M2, his base of operations, including [[#General Rilldo|General Rilldo]], and attempts to obtain the [[Dragon Ball (artifact)#Black Star Dragon Balls|Black Star Dragon Balls]] to complete Baby. His plans are eventually foiled by [[Son Goku (Dragon Ball)|Goku]] and his companions, so Myu escapes, only to be killed when Baby emerges from his body. He later joins forces with Dr. Gero in Hell to create another [[Artificial Human 17|#17]] using Myu’s machine mutant technology. After they escape to Earth, the two #17s fuse into Super 17. Myu has Super 17 kill Gero, and eventually Super 17 decides to kill him as well. He is voiced by [[Kazuyuki Sogabe]] in Japan and [[Duncan Brannan]] in the Funimation dub.

===Elder Kai===
The {{nihongo|Elder Kai|老界王神|Rō Kaiōshin}}, also known as the Old Kai is a Supreme Kai sealed in the Z Sword for many generations. He resembles the East Supreme Kai, but with an older, wrinkled face, and a small mustache. He was originally youthful, but he accidentally became fused with a witch that stole one of his Potara Fusion Earrings. This granted him the ability to unleash a being’s full potential through a long and tedious ceremony. He uses this to make Gohan stronger after Gohan releases him from the Z Sword. He later sacrifices his life to revive Goku, though as he is already in the afterlife, he only gains a halo. His life is later restored by the Namekian Dragon Balls. During ”[[Dragon Ball GT]]”, he helps Goku become much stronger by helping him regrow his tail. He is voiced by [[Reizô Nomoto]] in Japan, [[Kent Williams]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Scott McNeil]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Emperor Pilaf===
{{nihongo|Emperor Pilaf|ピラフ|Pirafu}} is a small, impish man who dreams of ruling the world. Though he proclaims himself an emperor, he actually only has a crown and a castle. Along with his two minions, {{nihongo|Mai|マイ|Mai}}, a woman that wears a trench coat, and {{nihongo|Shu|シュウ|Shū}}, a humanoid dog in a ninja outfit, he seeks out the Dragon Balls to wish for world domination. After obtaining the Dragon Balls once, he is foiled by Goku and his companions after another wish is granted just before he can speak his fully. He continues to antagonize Goku throughout the rest of ”Dragon Ball”, and while attempting to obtain the Dragon Balls, releases Piccolo Daimao from his confinement. They appear again in ”Dragon Ball GT”, where they obtain the Black Star Dragon Balls and accidentally wish Goku to be a child again. Pilaf is voiced by [[Shigeru Chiba]] in Japan and [[Chuck Huber]] in English dub. Shu is voiced by [[Tesshō Genda]] in Japan and [[Chris Cason]] in the English dub. Mai is voiced by [[Eiko Yamada]] in Japan and [[Julie Franklin]] in the Funimation dub. She will be played by [[Eriko Tamura]] in the upcoming film ”Dragonball”.[http://blogs.ign.com/McKlyde/ Live-Action DBZ info.], ”McKlde’s Live-Action DBZ movie blog”, December 14, 2007.

===Evil Dragons===
The Evil Dragons, known as the Shadow Dragons in the English versions, are a group of evil beings born from the evil energy caused by overuse of the [[Dragon Ball (artifact)|Dragon Balls]]. When attempting to repair the damage caused by [[Super 17|Super Android 17]], the cigar-smoking Evil Shenron is summoned from the Dragon Balls instead of the regular Shenron. He splits into seven dragons, each containing a Dragon Ball. They are known as the One-Star through Seven-Star Dragons in Japan, and Syn Shenron, Haze Shenron, Eis Shenron, Nuova Shenron, Rage Shenron, Oceanus Shenron, and Naturon Shenron in the English versions.

Goku and Pan kill all of the dragons besides the One-Star, Four-Star, and Three-Star Dragons, and collect their Dragon Balls. Goku soon fights the Four-Star Dragon, voiced by [[Ken Yamaguchi]] in Japan and [[John Burgmeier]] in the English dub, who is fire-based and much more honorable than his siblings. The fight is soon interrupted by the Three-Star Dragon, who blinds Goku in an attempt to kill him. Goku eventually manages to kill the dragon, and when the Four-Star Dragon attempts to help Goku with his eyes, he is killed by One-Star Dragon, voiced by [[Hidekatsu Shibata]] in Japan and [[Bob Carter]] and [[Christopher R. Sabat]] in the English dub. The dragon absorbs the Dragon Balls, transforming into Omega Shenron. After a long battle, he is killed by Goku’s Super Genki Dama, and the Dragon Balls are purified.

===Fortuneteller Baba===
{{nihongo|Fortuneteller Baba|占いババ|Uranai Baba}} is an old witch that has been [[fortune-telling]] for more than 500 years. She is Roshi’s older sister, whom he often bickers with. With her unique [[Clairvoyance|clairvoyant]] capabilities, she is able to [[Precognition|see into the future]] and view any location using her [[crystal ball]]. She is more than happy to tell anyone what their future holds for them, although, the price is very costly at a payment of ”'{{Unicode|Ƶ}}”’10,000,000,000 [[zeni]]. However, the alternative way of gaining one’s fortune is to defeat her five “other-worldly” martial arts experts. She can also travel to the “Other World” and back, allowing her to transport the dead. She is voiced by [[Junpei Takiguchi]] and [[Mayumi Tanaka]] in Japan, [[Ellen Kennedy]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Linda Young]] in the Funimation dub.

===Garlic Jr.===
{{nihongo|Garlic Jr.|ガーリック・ジュニア|Gārikku Junia}} is a Makyoan that appears in ”[[Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone]]” and the [[List of Dragon Ball Z episodes#Garlic Junior Saga|Garlic Jr. Saga]] of the anime. His father was imprisoned by Kami in the realm of darkness, leaving Garlic Jr. with a deep feeling of resentment and desire for revenge. In the Dead Zone, he manages to obtain the seven Dragon Balls, wish for immortality, and begin his quest for revenge. He is defeated when faced with an angry Gohan, who pushes Garlic Jr. into the Dead Zone, an alternate dimension he can freely open. He later breaks free using his power source, the Makyo world, in the Garlic Jr. saga. After attempting to brainwash the world with the Black Water Mist, he is once again trapped in the Dead Zone after the destruction of the Makyo World. In the original Japanese version, Garlic Jr. is voiced by [[Akira Kamiya]] in ”[[Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone]]” and [[Shigeru Chiba]] in the anime. He is voiced by [[Don Brown]] in the Ocean Group dub of the film and [[Dave Ward]] in the Ocean Group dub of the anime. [[Chuck Huber]] voices Garlic Jr. in the Funimation dub of the film and anime.

===Gotenks===
{{nihongo|Gotenks|ゴテンクス|Gotenkusu}} is the result of the Fusion Dance when performed by [[Son Goten]] and [[Trunks (Dragon Ball)|Trunks]]. Expanding on the negative aspects of the two characters he’s comprised of, Gotenks is arrogant and easily distracted. At the start of his appearance, Gotenks is rebellious, however, he later learns to follow the advice of his mentor Piccolo. During his training, he reveals the ability to transform into a Super Saiyan 3, where he nearly defeats the villain [[Majin Buu]]. The immense ”chi” required for Super Saiyan 3 limits the time that Gotenks can stay fused, and he is later absorbed by Buu.

===General Rilldo===
{{nihongo|General Rilldo|リルド|Rirudo}}, is a machine mutant created by [[#Dr. Myu|Dr. Myu]] in charge of security on his planet. He has the ability to transmute any object into metal, which he uses to capture intruders on the planet. He manages to capture Trunks when Goku’s group first arrives, and he eventually fights Goku. After being overwhelmed by Goku’s Super Saiyan powers, he fuses with the Sigma Force, becoming Meta Rilldo, and after that fails, he becomes Hyper Meta Rilldo, allowing him to merge with any metal on the planet. After being defeated, he is possessed and killed by Baby. He is voiced by [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]] in the Japan and [[Andrew Chandler]] in the Funimation dub.

===Ginyu Force===
[[Image:Ginyu Group.jpg|thumb|200px|The Ginyu Force. Left to right: Recoome (top left), Guldo, Jeice, Burter (top right), and Captain Ginyu]]
The {{nihongo|Ginyu Force|ギニュー特戦隊|Ginyū Tokusentai}} is a team of five mercenaries who are hired by Frieza. Though physically some of the strongest individuals in the universe, the Ginyu Force’s members delight in coming up with strange poses, betting candy on fights, and playing [[Janken]]. They are led by {{nihongo|Captain Ginyu|ギニュー隊長|Ginyū Taichō}}, who has a unique technique that allows him to switch bodies with his opponents. {{nihongo|Jeice|ジース|Jīsu}}, a flamboyant and showy mutant, and {{nihongo|Burter|バータ|Bāta}}, the self proclaimed fastest being in the universe, are two beings nicknamed the “Red Magma” and “Blue Hurricane” that utilise various combination attacks in battle. {{nihongo|Recoome|リクーム|Rikūmu}} is a large humanoid that likes to toy with his opponents. {{nihongo|Guldo|グルド|Gurudo}}, although physically the weakest, has various psychic abilities, including being able to freeze time when he holds his breath.

They are called upon by Frieza to assist in the defeat of Vegeta and help obtain the Dragon Balls on Planet Namek. After many continuous battles, all of the members besides Ginyu are killed by Vegeta, though Recoome and Burter are defeated by Goku first before Vegeta finishes them off. Ginyu manages to steal Goku’s body, but he is unable to utilise its full power. He decides to steal Vegeta’s body after Goku’s can no longer be used, but he inadvertently switches bodies with a frog instead. He is allowed to flee, and ends up on Earth after Namek explodes.

In the anime, they appear at King Kai’s planet in the afterlife and battle Tien, Yamcha and Chiaotzu, who defeat and banish them to Hell. Tien defeats Jeice and Burter, Yamcha defeats Recoome, and Chiaotzu defeats Guldo.

===Giru===
{{nihongo|Giru|ギル|Giru}} is a machine mutant that accompanies Goku, Pan, and Trunks on their quest to find the Black Star Dragon Balls in ”Dragon Ball GT”. He meets the group in a desert planet in a near death state. He integrates their Dragon Radar in order to survive, so they utilize him instead. Once they reach his home planet, he and Trunks form a plan to have Gear to pretend betray the group in order to uncover Dr. Myu’s plans. He continues to travel with the group and eventually helps track the Shadow Dragons. He is voiced by [[Shinobu Satouchi]] in Japan and [[Sonny Strait]] in the Funimation dub.

=== Grandpa Gohan ===
{{nihongo|Grandpa Gohan|孫悟飯じいさん|Son Gohan jiisan}} is the adoptive grandfather of Goku, who he found in a crashed spaceship. He teaches Goku martial arts, having originally studied under Roshi, and he even knows Roshi’s ”Kamehameha”.”Dragon Ball” manga, vol. 9, chapter 106, page 146. ISBN 1-56931-928-6. He is killed by Goku as a rampaging Oozaru on a night with a full moon, though Goku does not realize it for many years. He is allowed to return to life for one day by Baba in order to fight Goku and anticipate his growth, and he later appears as an assistant to Annin, the ruler of the “magical furnace”. He is only shown in flashbacks afterwards. He is voiced by [[Osamu Saka]] in Japan, and [[Christopher Sabat]] in the Funimation dub. He will be portrayed by [[Randall Duk Kim]] in the upcoming film ”Dragonball”.

===Guru===
{{nihongo|Guru|最長老|Saichōrō}} is the oldest and wisest remaining Namek in existence. He has at least 108 children, and all current Nameks alive on the planet are descended from him. He is in control of the Dragon Balls on Namek. He has the ability to unleash hidden power within individuals, which he does with Gohan, Krillin, and Dende. He is close to death, but the chaos on Namek leads to him dying of depression, but he is eventually revived with the Dragon Balls and transported to Earth. Before his natural death, he passes on his title and the responsibility of the Dragon Balls to Muri. He is voiced by [[Junpei Takiguchi]] and [[Masaharu Satō]] in Japan, [[Lee Tockar]] in the Ocean Group dub and [[Chris Sabat]] in the Funimation dub.

===Kai===
[[Image:Kais.jpg|thumb|The Kai (Clockwise from left: [[#King Kai|North Kai]], South Kai, East Kai, and West Kai)]]
The {{nihongo|Kai|界王|Kaiō}} are upper-level gods of the ”[[Dragon Ball (franchise)|Dragon Ball]]” universe. There are five at a time that rule over the main galaxy of the universe, with one presiding over each of the four quadrants in a galaxy, and the last overseeing them all. The Kai are responsible for the lower-level gods, who rule over individual planets. The Kai reside in the heavens, with each having their own small planet. There is a sense of competition among the Kai over whose quadrant has the best fighters. [[#King Kai|King Kai]], the Northern Kai, trains Goku after his self-sacrifice to defeat [[#Raditz|Raditz]].

The Grand Kai rules over the [[#King Kai|North]], South, East, and West Kai. He is portrayed as an aged hipster, wearing jeans and a denim jacket and constantly listening to rock music on his boom box. His characterization in the anime was suggested to the production staff by Toriyama himself.http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4088735463

These Kai are less powerful than the [[#Supreme Kai|Supreme Kai]], who each oversee a quadrant of the entire universe, and are ruled by the Grand Supreme Kai.

===King Cold===
{{nihongo|King Cold|コルド大王|Korudo Daiō}} is the father of Frieza and Cooler, appearing briefly at the start of the Trunks Saga along with his now cyber-organic son. After saving Frieza from death, the two travel to Earth in order to eliminate the threat of the Super Saiyan. After Frieza is killed by Trunks, Cold realizes he is highly outclassed and offers Trunks the opportunity to take Freiza’s place to rule the galaxy. Trunks refuses and quickly kills him. He is voiced by [[Daisuke Gōri]] in Japan and [[Bradford Jackson]] in the Funimation dub.

===King Yemma===
{{nihongo|King Yemma|閻魔大王|Enma Daiō}} is a giant red [[Oni (folklore)|oni]] who judges whether the dead go to [[Heaven]] or Hell. He also has the authority to allow worthy beings to keep their bodies, as he does with Goku. Until Goku arrives, he is the only being to have successfully trained under King Kai. He is voiced by [[Daisuke Gōri]] in Japan and [[Chris Rager]] in the Funimation dub.

===Korin===
{{nihongo|Korin|カリン|Karin}}, known as Whiskers the Wonder Cat in the Harmony Gold dub, is an immortal cat that lives at the top of Korin Tower below Kami’s Lookout. He is the being that trained Roshi, and later trains Goku after his defeat to Mercenary Tao. He continues to help Goku and his friends throughout the series by growing Senzu beans, which heal injuries and fatigue. He is later joined by Yajirobe who is initially lured by the beans. He is voiced by [[Ichirō Nagai]] and [[Naoki Tatsuta]] in Japan, [[Doug Parker]] and [[Ted Cole]] in the Ocean dub, and [[Mark Britten]] and [[Chris Sabat]] in the Funimation dub.

===Launch===
{{nihongo|Launch|ランチ|Ranchi}}, known as Marilynn in the Harmony Gold dub and Lunch in the Viz manga and Japanese versions, is Roshi’s house maid retrieved by Goku and Krillin in order to receive martial arts training from him. She has a [[dissociative identity disorder]]; whenever she gets her sensitive nose tickled to the point of sneezing, she switches between a sweet, innocent girl with [[indigo]] hair to a blonde woman who commits crimes for fun. Their memories are not shared, though both sides are aware of each other. She attempts to form a relationship with Tien, but his constant training makes it fail. She makes very few appearances after Dragon Ball. She is voiced by [[Mami Koyama]] in Japan, and [[Monika Antonelli]], as the good girl side, and [[Meredith McCoy]], as the bad girl side in the Funimation dub.

===Mercenary Tao===
{{nihongo|Mercenary Tao|桃白白|Tao Pai Pai}} is a highly skilled [[Contract killing|assassin-for-hire]]. He is hired by the [[#Red Ribbon Army|Red Ribbon Army]] in order to retrieve several Dragon Balls from Goku and kill him. He easily defeats Goku and leaves him for dead after firing a Dodonpa at his heart, but the four-star Dragon Ball protects him. He returns afterwards to collect the last Dragon Ball, but Goku, having received training from Korin, easily defeats Tao. In desperation, Tao attempts to use a grenade on Goku, but Goku deflects it back at Tao, seemingly killing him. He later arrives at the 23rd ”Tenkaichi Budokai” with much of his body replaced with cybernetic implants and attempts to take his revenge with his brother, the Crane Hermit, but he is defeated by Tien.
Much later in the series, he reappears during the Cell Saga as a bodyguard for a man trying to protect himself against Cell. After Gohan arrives and tells Tao that he is the son of Goku, Tao flees. He later attempts to outsmart Goku using puzzle rings and tricking him out of several Dragon Balls. However, Goku manages to untangle the puzzle rings, and reclaims the balls.
He is voiced by [[Chikao Ōtsuka]] in Japan, [[Kent Williams (actor)|Kent Williams]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Scott McNeil]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Mr. Popo===
{{nihongo|Mr. Popo|ミスター・ポポ|Misutā Popo}} is a [[Genie|djinn]] who lives with [[#Kami|Kami]] in Kami’s Lookout. He acts as the caretaker, paying special attention to the gardens. He has served every other guardian of the Earth since the beginning of time. He was trained by Kami himself and later trains Goku to prepare for the battle against [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]]. After Kami fuses with Piccolo, he is initially very depressed, but he eventually forms a new friendship with the new guardian, [[Dende]]. He is voiced by [[Toku Nishio]] in Japan, [[French Tickner]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Chris Cason]] and [[Chris Sabat|Christopher R. Sabat]] in the Funimation dub.

===Muri===
{{nihongo|Muri|ムーリ|Mūri}} is the elder of a Namekian village that is the home of Dende. While being interrogated by Frieza’s group, he manages to destroy all of Frieza’s scouters, which causes Frieza’s collection of the Dragon Balls to be delayed. He is killed soon afterwards. After being revived by Dragon Balls, he is named the new grand elder, giving him the ability to return the Dragon Balls to life. After traveling to the New Namek, he powers up the Dragon Balls, giving Porunga the ability to bring multiple people back to life with one wish. He is voiced by [[Kinpei Azusa]] in Japan, [[Robert O. Smith]] in the Ocean Group dub and [[Mark Britten]] and [[Chris Sabat]] in the Funimation dub.

===Mutaito===
Mutaito is the teacher of Roshi and the Crane Hermit. Many years before the series, he and his students face [[List of supernatural beings in Dragon Ball#Piccolo Daimao|Piccolo Daimao]] in battle. Many of his students are slaughtered and he is greatly injured, so he soon develops a technique to seal Piccolo away instead of facing him in combat. He then uses the new ”Evil Containment Wave” to seal Piccolo at the cost of his own life. He appears in the anime after Goku uses a time traveling room to visit the time period. He will be played by [[Ernie Hudson]] in the upcoming film ”Dragonball”.

===Nail===
{{nihongo|Nail|ネイル|Neiru}} is a Namekian warrior who looks exactly like [[Piccolo (Dragon Ball)|Piccolo]], apart from the attire. He is described as the last fighter-class Namekian left. He is the personal bodyguard to Saichoro (Guru), and was the strongest Namekian left on the planet, being many times stronger than the rest of the fighting Namekians. Nail manages to stall Frieza to prevent him from using the Dragon Balls, though he is left near death. After Piccolo is revived on Namek, he comes across Nail, who requests to fuse with Piccolo. This increases Piccolo’s strength dramatically, gives him Nail’s memories and some personality traits, and allows him to fight Frieza’s second form on even ground. Nail is voiced by [[Katsuji Mori]] in Japan, [[Michael Dobson]] in the Ocean Group dub and [[Sean Schemmel]] in the Funimation dub.

===Nappa===
{{nihongo|Nappa|ナッパ}} is an elite Saiyan warrior that accompanied Vegeta to Earth in search of the Dragon Balls. He has a somewhat violent nature. He survived the attacks of Tien and Chiaotzu which drained their lives. He put Piccolo to death with his incredible might, but fell powerless to Son Goku who had returned to Earth with new training from North Kaio. Vegeta ordered Nappa to stop fighting due to Goku’s clear dominance over him. He was then executed by Vegeta when defeated by Goku. He returned briefly as one of the escapees from Hell in ”Dragon Ball GT”, only to be killed by Vegeta once more.

===Ox King===
{{nihongo|Ox King|牛魔王|Gyūmaō}}, known as Gyū-Maō the Ox King in the Viz manga and Gyumao in Japanese versions, is a former pupil of Roshi. There are various violent legends about him, though they are false. He is very wealthy, owning multiple large castles, among other riches. He supports his daughter Chi Chi constantly, and teaches her to fight as a child. After she marries Goku, he often visits her and supplies them with income. He is voiced by [[Daisuke Gōri]] in Japan, [[Dave Ward]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Mark Britten]] and [[Kyle Hebert]] in the Funimation dub.

===Pikkon===
{{nihongo|Pikkon|パイクーハン|Paikūhan}} is a deceased inhabitant of the West Galaxy and is the [[List of Deities in Dragon Ball#West Kaiō|West Kai’s]] best student. Pikkon meets Goku in the afterlife and defeats Cell, Frieza and King Cold during an uprising in Hell with relative ease. He fights Goku in the final match of the Other World Tournament, and upon having the match result in a draw, strikes up a friendship with Goku. He appears again in the ”[[Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn]]” helping Goku defeat [[Janemba]], eventually holding off Janemba by himself to give Goku and [[Vegeta]] time to become [[List of Saiyans in Dragon Ball#Gogeta|Gogeta]]. He is voiced by [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] in Japan, [[Kyle Hebert]] in the Funimation dub and [[Brian Drummond]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Porunga===
{{nihongo|Porunga|ポルンガ}} is the wish granting dragon summoned when all of Namek’s Dragon Balls are gathered. Unlike [[#Shenron|Shenron]], he has a large, muscular upper body and various Namekian traits. He can grant three wishes, so long as they don’t exceed his creator’s power, his creator is still alive, and each request is delivered in the Namekian dialect. Initially, Porunga had the ability to bring only one person back to life at a time, but could bring that same person back multiple times if requested. This as compared to Shenron, who can bring back an unspecified number of people as long as they died under similar circumstances, but could only bring each specific individual back once, and as long as their deaths weren’t of natural causes. Later, Porunga’s power is strengthened to bring back as many lives as needed. He is voiced by [[Junpei Takiguchi]] and [[Daisuke Gōri]] in Japan, [[Christopher Sabat]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Don Brown]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Raditz===
{{nihongo|Raditz|ラディッツ|Radittsu}} is the biological brother of Son Goku and the eldest son of Bardock. Raditz went to Earth to help in the planet’s invasion, and to persuade his younger brother Goku to join the Saiyans in their conquest. However, disappointed to discover that Goku had lost his memories and adjusted to life on Earth, Raditz kidnapped Gohan and tried to force Goku to become an ally. During his battle with Goku and Piccolo, Gohan seeing his father in danger explodes with rage and delivers a massive amount of damage to Raditz in a single blow. Taking advantage of the situation, Goku puts Raditz in a full nelson and demands Piccolo to kill them both with the special beam canon. Just before his death, he sneered that two more powerful Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa, would be coming to Earth in one year’s time. He is voiced by [[Shigeru Chiba]] in Japan, [[Jason Gray-Stanford]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Justin Cook]] in the Funimation dub

===Red Ribbon Army===
The {{nihongo|Red Ribbon Army|レッドリボン軍|Reddo Ribon Gun}} is a military organization bent on total world domination. Originally a technological cooperation, they lost out to the Capsule Corporation, and focused their technology on military weapons. They plan on obtaining the Dragon Balls to help with their goal, using any means necessary including raiding towns, hiring the mercenary, [[#Mercenary Tao|Mercenary Tao]] to attack Goku, among others. Despite this, Goku is able to wipe out the entire army. The quest for world domination turns out to be ruse by their leader Commander Red. He is a short man, who really plans on using them to become taller, even if the whole army has to be sacrificed. The second in command is {{nihongo|Adjutant Black|ブラック参謀}}, who loyally obeys Red until hearing of his plan, at which point, he kills Red and attempts to take over, only to be killed by Goku.

General Blue is a high-ranking official of the army. He comes into contact with Goku and his companions multiple times, often using a special psionic ability that allows him to paralyze other individuals. He manages to steal the Dragon Radar during their final encounter, but after returning, he is set to be executed for not obtaining any of the Dragon Balls after multiple failures. He is allowed to fight Tao to redeem himself, though Tao easily kills Blue only using his tongue. Blue is voiced by [[Toshio Furukawa]] in Japan and [[Sonny Strait]] in the Funimation dub.

===Saibamen===
{{nihongo|Saibamen|栽培マン|Saibai-man}}, known as Cultivars in the Viz manga, are small humanoid plant-beings used by the [[Saiyan]]s for the purpose of training. They are grown from seeds, have the unique ability to shoot a stream of acid from the top of their heads, and if forced, can self-destruct as a last resort. They are used by Nappa and Vegeta to test the group of fighters during the Saiyan Saga. One manages to kill Yamcha with its self-destruction, and the rest are killed by Krillin. According to Nappa and Vegeta, their power levels are 1200, equivalent to Raditzs’. Their voice effects were done by [[Terry Klassen]] and [[Don Brown]] in the Ocean Group dub and by [[Chris Cason]], [[Mike McFarland]], and [[John Burgmeier]] in the Funimation re-dub.

===Spopovich===
{{nihongo|Spopovich|スポポビッチ|Supopobicchi}} is a human, made into [[Babidi]]’s minion to obtain energy for Buu’s resurrection. He and his partner, Yamu, enter the 25th World Martials Arts Tournament to find people with high energy. Having been humiliated by Hercule in past tournaments, Spopovich nearly beats his daughter, Videl, to death before being stopped by Yamu, and the two later collect energy from Gohan. After delivering the energy, the two are killed because Babidi no longer requires them. Spopovich is voiced by [[Hisao Egawa]] in Japan, [[Andrew Chandler]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Michael Dobson]] in the Ocean dub. Yamu is voiced by [[Naoki Tatsuta]] in Japan, [[John Burgmeier]] in the Funimation dub, and [[Brian Drummond]] in the Ocean Group dub.

===Turtle===
{{nihongo|Turtle|海亀|Umigame|lit. “sea turtle”}} is Roshi’s friend and long-time companion, the good-natured lovable turtle lives in the Kame House with the elderly hermit. He constantly berates Roshi’s lecherous and self-interested actions. He is voiced by [[Daisuke Gōri]] in Japan, [[Scott McNeil]] in the Ocean Group dub, and [[Christopher Sabat]] in the Funimation dub.

===Zarbon===
[[Image:ZarbonForms.jpg|thumb|150px|Zarbon (above) and Zarbon transformed (below)]]
{{nihongo|Zarbon|ザーボン|Zābon}} is [[Frieza]]’s most powerful henchman. He has the ability to transform into a powerful reptilian beast, but only does so when it is absolutely necessary. Zarbon travels to Namek alongside Frieza and Dodoria to help collect the Dragon Balls. He helps search for the Dragon Balls, and eventually comes into contact with Vegeta, whom Zarbon manages to easily defeat and capture after transforming. After Vegeta escapes, Zarbon sets out to find him once again, but Vegeta, having become stronger after healing, kills Zarbon. Zarbon also appears in ”Bardock – The Father of Goku”, where he advises Frieza to destroy the Saiyan planet and briefly appears in ”Dragon Ball GT” when he escapes from Hell with other villains. [[Sho Hayami]] voices Zarbon in Japan, [[Paul Dobson]] voices him in the Ocean Group dub and [[Christopher Sabat]] in the Funimation dub.

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Japanese Anime – Dragon Ball

Plot

A monkey-tailed boy named Goku is found by an old martial arts expert who raises him as his grandson. One day Goku meets a girl named Bulma and together they go on a quest to retrieve the seven Dragon Balls, mythical objects that can summon a dragon who will grant any wish. Along the way, they meet and befriend a plethora of martial artists. They also undergo rigorous training regimes and educational programs in order to fight in the World Martial Arts Tournament, a tournament in which the most powerful fighters in the world compete. Outside the tournaments, Goku faces diverse villains such as Emperor Pilaf, the Red Ribbon Army, a demon known as Piccolo Daimao and his offspring.

As a young adult, Goku meets his older brother, Raditz, who tells him that they come from a fictional race of extraterrestrials called Saiyans. The Saiyans had sent Goku to Earth to destroy it, but his ship crashes upon arrival. Goku fell into a deep ravine and lost all memory of his mission. Goku refuses to help Raditz continue the mission, after which he begins to encounter others who want to battle him, such as the Saiyan prince Vegeta. He also encounters Frieza, who is considered to be one of the strongest beings in the universe, after which Goku begins training his first child, Son Gohan, to be his successor. Years later, a group of soldiers from the Red Ribbon army known as androids appear to kill Goku. Another android, Cell, absorbs Androids #17 and #18 from the Red Ribbon army to increase his power, then fights Goku and Gohan, resulting in the former’s death. Goku is capable of returning to life, but decides to stay dead for seven years to train in the Other World. When he returns, he is drawn into a battle for the universe against an extraterrestrial named Majin Buu. Joined by Vegeta and Gohan, Buu is destroyed. Ten years later at a martial arts tournament, Goku meets Buu’s human reincarnation, Uub. At the end of the manga, Goku takes Uub away on a journey to train him as another successor.

Anime sequel

In the anime Dragon Ball GT, which is not directly based on the manga, Goku is turned back into a child by the Black-Star Dragon Balls and is forced to travel across the universe to retrieve them. While in space, he encounters the evil artificial Tuffle, Baby, who wants to destroy the Saiyan race. Goku fights him, but is defeated and his tail destroyed. After his tail is regenerated, he achieves the level of Super Saiyan 4 and destroys Baby, propelling him into the sun with a Kamehameha. After Baby’s defeat, Dr. Myuu, a combination of machine and human, creates a replica of Android 17, fuses it with the original Android 17, creating Super 17. Super 17 seems impervious to Goku’s attacks, but when Android 18 attacks him for killing Krillin, Goku is able to take advantage of the distraction to find a way to penetrate Super 17 and destroy it.

Due to overuse of the Dragon Balls, seven Evil Dragons were created. All but the most powerful, Syn Shenron, are defeated. When Shenron appears to be losing, he absorbs the Dragon Balls and gains enough power to become Omega Shenron, overwhelming Goku. Eventually, using the energy of every living being in the universe, Goku makes a Spirit Bomb powerful enough to destroy Omega Shenron.

Themes

At its core, Dragon Ball maintains the central tenets of the Weekly Shōnen Jump core philosophy of “friendship, struggle, and victory.” As the series shifts from a “heart warming” story into a more action-oriented piece, the protagonists go through an unending cycle of fighting, winning, losing, learning important lessons, then returning to the fight. As the series progresses, the heroes continue this cycle by using miraculous devices to achieve life after death while continuing their on-going battles with the dead heroes who continue to learn lessons as they defeat their challengers.^[1]

Production

“Dragon Boy” redirects here. For the Canadian mini-series, see Dragon Boys.

Wanting to break from the Western influences common in his other series, when Akira Toriyama began work on Dragon Ball he decided to loosely model it on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.^[2][3] He also redeveloped one of his earlier one shot manga series, Dragon Boy, which was initially serialized in Fresh Jump and released in a single tankōbon volume in 1983.^[3] This short work combined the comedic style of Toriyama’s successful six-year series Dr. Slump with a more action-oriented plot and paid homage to famous martial art actor Jackie Chan.^[4][3] Toriyama notes that his goal for the series was to tell an “unconventional and contradictory” story.^[5]

In the early concept of the series, Goku and Piccolo were from Earth. With the introduction of Kami, the idea of having fights from other planets was established and Goku and Piccolo were changed to alien species.^[6] For the female characters, Toriyama felt it was not fun to draw “weak females” so he created women that he felt were not only “beautiful and sexy”, but also “strong”.^[5] Going against the normal convention that the strongest characters should be the largest in terms of physical size, he designed many of Dragon Ball‘s most powerful characters with small statures, including the protagonist, Goku.^[5]

The Earth of Dragon Ball^[7]

The fighting techniques were initially unnamed, but the series editor felt it would be better to name them all. Toriyama proceeded to create names for all of the techniques, except for the Kamehameha which his wife named when Toriyama was indecisive about what it should be called.^[6] When creating the fictional world of the series, Toriyama decided to create basing it from his own imagination to avoid referencing popular culture. However the island where the World Martial Arts Tournament is held is modeled after Bali. When having fights in the manga, Toriyama had the characters go to a place where nobody lived to avoid difficulties in drawing destroyed buildings. In order to advance the story quickly, he also gave most fighters the ability to fly so they could travel to other parts of the world without inconvenience. This was also the reasoning behind Goku learning to teletransport (thus allowing characters to move to any planet in a second).^[6]

After the first chapters were released, readers commented that Goku seemed rather plain, so his appearance was changed. More characters (such as Master Roshi and Krillin) and martial arts tournaments were added to give the manga a greater emphasis on fighting. Knowing readers would expect Goku to win the tournaments, Toriyama had him lose the first two while continuing his initial goal of having Goku be the champion and hero. At the end of the Cell arc, he intended for Gohan to replace Goku as the series protagonist, but then felt the character was not suited for the role and changed his mind.^[8]

Toriyama based the Red Ribbon Army from a video game he had played named Spartan X in which enemies tended to appear very fast. After the second tournament concluded, Toriyama wanted to have a villain who would be a true “bad guy.” After creating Piccolo as the new villain, he noted that it was one of the most interesting parts of the stories and that he, and his son, became one of the favorite characters of the series. With Goku established as the strongest fighter on Earth, Toriyama decided to increase the number of villains that came from outer space. Finding the escalating enemies to be a pain to work with feeling it was too simple, he created the Ginyu squad to add more balance to the series.^[8] During this period of the series, Toriyama placed less emphasis on the series art work, simplifying the lines and sometimes making things “too square.” He found himself having problems determining the colors for characters and sometimes ended up changing them unintentionally mid-story.^[4] In later accounts, Toriyama noted that he didn’t plan out the details of the story, resulting in strange occurrences and discrepancies later in the series.^[9]

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Japanese Anime – Rurounni Khensin

Plot

The story of Rurouni Kenshin takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan. It tells the story of a peaceful wanderer named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the assassin Hitokiri Battōsai. After participating during the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin wanders the countryside of Japan offering protection and aid to those in need as atonement for the murders he once committed as an assassin. When arriving in Tokyo, he meets a young woman named Kamiya Kaoru, who was in the middle of a fight with a murderer who claims to be the Hitokiri Battōsai from her swordmanship school. Kenshin decides to help her and defeats the fake Battōsai. After discovering that Kenshin is the real Battōsai, she offers him a place stay at her dojo as she notes Kenshin is a gentle person instead. Kenshin accepts and begins to establish lifelong relationships with many people, including ex-enemies, while dealing with his fair share of enemies, new and old.

After three months of living in the dojo, Kenshin discovers that his successor as assassin of the shadows, Shishio Makoto, plans to conquer Japan by destroying the Meiji Government, starting with Kyoto. Feeling that his friends may be attacked by Shishio’s faction, Kenshin goes to meet Shishio alone in order to defeat him. However, many of his friends decide to travel to Kyoto to help him in his fight. He decides to accept their help and defeats Shishio in a fight, whom dies in the process due to the rise in body temperature caused by his burns.

When Kenshin and his friends return to Tokyo, Kenshin finds Yukishiro Enishi, who plans to take revenge by killing his friends. At this point it is revealed that, during the Bakumatsu, Kenshin used to be married to a woman called Yukishiro Tomoe, who initially wanted to avenge the death of her fiancé, whom Kenshin had killed, but instead both fell in love and got married. When it was discovered that Tomoe was part of a group of assassins that wanted to kill Kenshin, Kenshin blindly swings his sword, killing both his assailant and Tomoe, who jumps in at the last minute to save Kenshin from a fatal attack. Wanting to take revenge for the death of his sister, Enishi kidnaps Kaoru and leaves behind a tortured figure bearing a stunning resemblance of the girl for Kenshin to find and momentarily grieve over. Once discovering that Kaoru is alive, Kenshin and his friends set to rescue her. A battle between Kenshin and Enishi follows and when Kenshin wins, he and Kaoru return home. Five years later, Kenshin has found true peace; he is married to Kaoru and has a son named Himura Kenji.

Characters

Main article: List of Rurouni Kenshin characters

Usage note: Character names are given in Japanese order with the given name after the family name. This is keeping with the English language release of the manga. The English release of the anime series, however, uses the Western order (family name after the given name).

• Himura Kenshin (緋村 剣心, Himura Kenshin^?) is an ex-hitokiri with the title “Hitokiri Battōsai. During the story Kenshin wanders around Japan to help those in need in order to atone for the murders he committed during the Bakumatsu. When he arrives in Tokyo, Kenshin meets a young woman named Kamiya Kaoru who invites him to live in her dojo despite finding out that Kenshin is a hitokiri. Significant instances transpire from that point, and Kenshin establishes lifelong relationships with many people, including ex-enemies.
• Kamiya Kaoru (神谷 薫, Kamiya Kaoru^?) is the teacher from a kendo school from Tokyo called Kamiya Kasshin-Ryū. The school starts to lose all its students when a thief from the city starts killing a large number of people and claims to be the “Hitokiri Battōsai from the Kamiya Kasshin-Ryū“. Kaoru encounters him but before being killed by him she is saved by the real Hitokiri Battōsai, now a wanderer, Himura Kenshin, to whom she offers to stay in her dojo.
• Sagara Sanosuke (相楽 左之助, Sagara Sanosuke^?) is a former member of the Sekihotai who becomes a fighter-for-hire after its destruction. During his introduction he encounters Kenshin, who defeats him easily and makes him note he was just fighting to release his anger. Since that moment, Sanosuke becomes a friend of Kenshin and also his partner.
• Myōjin Yahiko (明神 弥彦, Myōjin Yahiko^?) is an orphan from a samurai family and was forced to work as a thief to repay the debt that he had supposedly owed due to his parents death before they could pay it back. When he meets Kenshin, he is saved by Kenshin and decides that he would grow up to be just like his savior. But due to Kenshin’s strong beliefs in not teaching anyone else the sword style he had obtained, he enlisted Yahiko to be trained by Kaoru at the Kamiya Kasshin-Ryū. As the series progressess, Yahiko becomes skilled at the swordsmanship and comes to face many opponents.

source; http://www.wikipedia.org

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