Shunsuke Kikuchi composed the score for Dragon Ball. Performing the roles was not without its difficulties, Toshio Furukawa, the voice of Piccolo, said it was difficult to constantly perform with a low voice because his normal lighter voice would break through if he broke concentration. Tōru Furuya remarked that there were not many auditions for the characters because the cast was made up of veteran voice actors. Toriyama specified Kuririn's voice actress be Mayumi Tanaka after hearing her work as the main character Giovanni in Night on the Galactic Railroad. He would go on to state that he would hear Nozawa's voice in his head when writing the manga. He also listened to the voice actors' audition tapes before choosing Masako Nozawa to play Goku. When it began he did mention to the staff that they seemed to be making it too colorful by forcing the color palette of Dr. Toriyama had some involvement in the production of the anime. He himself studied the best way to present anime and its business side, discussing it with the Shogakukan team for Doraemon.
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Before production even began, they created a huge "bible" for the series detailing even merchandise. Slump anime was not successful in his opinion, he and Shueisha were a lot more hands on for the Dragon Ball anime. Slump and the first half of Dragon Ball, said that because the Dr. Kazuhiko Torishima, Toriyama's editor for Dr. Problems playing this file? See media help. Sample of "Makafushigi Adventure!" performed by Hiroki Takahashi, the opening theme song for the show. After Goku narrowly wins and defeats Piccolo Junior, he leaves with Chi-Chi and they get married, leading to the events of Dragon Ball Z. Piccolo Junior also enters the tournament to avenge his father's death, leading to the final battle between him and Goku. He also stays and trains under Kami for the next three years, once again reuniting with his friends at the Martial Arts Tournament, as well as a now-teenaged Chi-Chi and the revived Mercenary Tao. Korin informs Goku that Kami, the original creator of the Dragon Balls, might be able to restore Shenron and the Dragon Balls so that Goku can wish his fallen friends back to life, which he does.
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Just before he dies, King Piccolo spawns his final son, Piccolo Junior. Goku arrives in time to save Tien and then kills King Piccolo by blasting a hole through his chest. As King Piccolo prepares to destroy West City as a show of force, Tien Shinhan arrives to confront him, but is defeated and nearly killed. Meanwhile, Piccolo kills both Master Roshi and Chiaotzu, and uses the Dragon Balls to give himself eternal youth before destroying Shenron, which results in the Dragon Balls' destruction. The overweight samurai Yajirobe takes Goku to Korin, where he receives healing and a power boost. Krillin is murdered after the tournament and Goku tracks down and is defeated by his killer, Tambourine, and the Demon King Piccolo. They all reunite at the World Martial Arts Tournament three years later and meet Master Roshi's rival and Tao's brother, Master Shen, and his students Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu, who vow to exact revenge for Tao's apparent death at the hands of Goku. Goku reunites with his friends to defeat Fortuneteller Baba's fighters and have her locate the last Dragon Ball in order to revive a friend killed by Tao. He almost single-handedly defeats the army, including their hired assassin Mercenary Tao, whom he originally loses to, but after training under the hermit Korin, easily beats. A monk named Krillin becomes his training partner and rival, but they soon become best friends.Īfter the tournament, Goku sets out on his own to recover the Dragon Ball his deceased grandfather left him and encounters a terrorist organization known as the Red Ribbon Army, whose diminutive leader, Commander Red, wants to collect the Dragon Balls so that he can use them to become taller.
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Goku undergoes rigorous training regimes under the martial artist Master Roshi in order to fight in the World Martial Arts Tournament ( 天下一武道会, "Tenkaichi Budōkai") that attracts the most powerful fighters in the world. Oolong stops Pilaf from using the Dragon Balls by wishing for a pair of panties.
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The journey leads to a confrontation with the shape-shifting pig Oolong, as well as a desert bandit named Yamcha and his companion Pu'ar, who all later become allies Chi-Chi, whom Goku unknowingly agrees to marry and Emperor Pilaf, a blue-skinned imp who seeks the Dragon Balls to fulfill his desire of becoming ruler of the world. Together, they go on an adventure to find the seven mystical Dragon Balls ( ドラゴンボール), which have the ability to summon the powerful dragon Shenron, who can grant whoever summoned him their greatest desire. The series begins with a young monkey-tailed boy named Goku befriending a teenage girl named Bulma. See also: List of Dragon Ball episodes Hunt for the Dragon Balls Saga