Description:

Dragonball is a manga series created by Japanese artist Akira Toriyama and had originally been published in a manga magazine. 42 manga books emerged from the original serials. Today, more than 250 million books have been sold worldwide, 6 million in Germany alone.

Later, the stories have been adopted for an anime TV series. The great worldwide success resulted in three TV series, 17 theatrical films, two TV films and numerous video games. Toei Animations, world-market leader for anime shows, produced all shows and films.

The TV series:
Dragon Ball (1986 – 1989)

• 153 episodes x 20 minutes,
• Airing in Germany since 1999 on RTL 2 and since 2007 also on Animax,
• Widely successful TV series, numerous re-runs and re-launches,
• Several feature films add to the series,
• DVDs, CDs and countless licensed products accompany the series.

Dragon Ball Z (1989 – 1996)

• 291 episodes x 20 minutes,
• TV debut in Germany 2001 – 2002 on RTL2 at prime time with numerous re-runs,
• Re-launch 2006 on Tele 5,
• Up to 1.3 million viewers each episode,
• Large-scale licensing programme,
• A total of 13 theatre films, mostly released on DVD.

Dragon Ball GT

• 64 episodes x 20 minutes,
• Airing in Germany on RTL2 since 2006, several re-runs,
• Numerous TV specials and a feature-length film (launched in Germany on DVD),
• Large-scale licensing programme.