Portal:Dragon Ball

Template:/box-header gold Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール, Doragon Bōru^?), created by Akira Toriyama in 1984, is an internationally famous media franchise. It consists primarily of one manga series, three different anime, eighteen animated feature films, an unofficial live-action Chinese movie, a collectible trading card game, a large number of electronic games, as well as other collectibles like action figures. Dragon Ball has an extensive online fanbase and, as of 2005^[update], is consistently one of the most frequently searched-for terms on Google, Yahoo!, Lycos, and YouTube.

The narrative of Dragon Ball received some of its inspiration and various characters from the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West, though it diverges from the novel very quickly. It follows the adventures of its lead character, Son Goku (based on the Monkey King of the folk legend, Sun Wukong) from his childhood into old age. Dragon Ball originally included action and comedy elements, as well a significant amount of science fiction, though the story became more sci-fi oriented over time. Template:/box-footer

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Artificial Human 18 (人造人間18号, Jinzō'ningen Jūhachigō^?, known also as #18, Jinzoningen [#]18, Jinzō-ningen Jūhachi-gō, Jūhachi-gō, name given as Android 18, Cyborg-18 or C-18 in most other Latin-related translations) is a fictional character who first appears in the Dragon Ball manga created by Akira Toriyama, as well as Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. Her seiyū is Miki Itō. In the FUNimation dub, she is voiced by Meredith McCoy.

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This is the Toriyama bot or "Tori" bot, seen mostly in Dr. Slump and some of Dragon Ball. The creator of the two series, Akira Toriyama, based it on himself.

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As part of his self parody, the main character Neko Majin actually has a transformation that is similar to the Super Saiyan, where he becomes "Super Neko Majin".

Super Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog series is often viewed as a tribute to the Super Saiyans of Dragon Ball by fans. Although Yuji Naka stated that Super Sonic was originally meant to be unlocked in the scrapped version of Hidden Palace Zone in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 after collecting all seven Chaos Emeralds which are also often viewed as a tribute to the seven Dragon Balls.

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