210-455: Dragon Ball GT ( Japanese : ドラゴンボール GT , Hepburn : Doragon Bōru Jī Tī ) is a Japanese anime television series based on Akira Toriyama 's Dragon Ball manga that ran from February 1996 to November 1997. Produced by Toei Animation , the series premiered in Japan on Fuji TV and ran for 64 episodes. Unlike Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z , the previous two television adaptations in
420-471: A refrigerator . A study on sound symbolism and its effect on character names conducted by researchers at Tsuda University , Tokyo discover that out of a sample size of 118 villainous characters from Dragon Ball , the consonants /g/ and /b/ were frequently used in their names and that there was a strong tendency to link "bad & male" characters with /ɡ/, which supports the notion that "a sound-meaning association can be attested in at least some phonemes" in
630-458: A " side story of the original Dragon Ball ". Chief character designer Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru said he agonized over designing Super Saiyan 4 Goku, which was the idea of the show's producers, questioning whether it was necessary to go further with the transformations. Because Super Saiyan 4 is brought about while in a Saiyan's Great Ape ( 大猿 , Ōzaru , lit. "Great Monkey") form, he made the hair more "wild" and covered Goku's body in red fur. There
840-455: A Golden Great Ape and then into a Super Saiyan 4. Baby then 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 Great Ape as well. After a lengthy battle, Goku emerges victorious with the help of Uub, who weakens Baby from inside him, and Trunks, Gohan, and Goten, who were freed from Baby's control by Kibito Kai. Baby separates from Vegeta and attempts to escape in
1050-619: A Super Saiyan after Frieza kills Krillin. Out of anger and frustration at his inability to counter Goku's newfound power, Frieza blasts a hole into Namek's core in order to destroy the planet. Frieza is then sliced in half by his own attack and begs for mercy, with Goku giving him some of his surplus energy. After he uses that energy to attack, Goku then seemingly kills Frieza. He is later rebuilt with cybernetic body parts and travels to Earth with his father King Cold ( コルド大王 , Korudo Daiō ) and their forces to seek revenge, but all of them are easily killed by Trunks, who traveled back in time from
1260-650: A Super Saiyan despite still being a child. Like several characters in the series, he can also perform the Kamehameha technique. In order to save the world from Majin Buu, Goku and Piccolo teach Goten and Trunks the fusion technique, which allows them to form a single being, Gotenks ( ゴテンクス , Gotenkusu ) . Gotenks battles Buu multiple times but he is unable to defeat Buu even as a Super Saiyan 3. Buu temporarily absorbs Gotenks to increase his own power, but Vegeta and Goku are able to retrieve him from Buu. When Buu destroys
1470-637: A benefit from the in-group to the out-group) means "[I/we] explained [it] to [him/her/them]". Such beneficiary auxiliary verbs thus serve a function comparable to that of pronouns and prepositions in Indo-European languages to indicate the actor and the recipient of an action. Japanese "pronouns" also function differently from most modern Indo-European pronouns (and more like nouns) in that they can take modifiers as any other noun may. For instance, one does not say in English: The amazed he ran down
1680-414: A distinct language of its own that has absorbed various aspects from neighboring languages. Japanese has five vowels, and vowel length is phonemic, with each having both a short and a long version. Elongated vowels are usually denoted with a line over the vowel (a macron ) in rōmaji , a repeated vowel character in hiragana , or a chōonpu succeeding the vowel in katakana . /u/ ( listen )
1890-474: A formula that was already used in its predecessors. Although, it did call it "a fun ride when not taken very seriously." In his 2008 Funimation season set review, Todd Douglass Jr. of DVD Talk stated that the series became the "bastard child of the series", and was "a bad idea that spawned out of someone's desire to make more money on the back of Toriyama's work." He goes on to write, " Dragon Ball GT isn't all bad. There are some nice fights scattered throughout
2100-578: A future defender of Earth and as an opponent that he can battle. During the Baby arc he would merge with the benevolent incarnation of Majin Buu ( 魔人ブウ(善) , Majin Bū (Zen) ) , (lit. "Demon Person Buu (Good)"), and become Super Oob ( スーパーウーブ , Sūpā Ūbu ) ("Majuub" in the English dub), a being powerful enough to face threats such as Baby , Super 17 , and Omega Shenron . After fusing with Buu, he experiences
2310-419: A glide /j/ and either the first part of a geminate consonant ( っ / ッ , represented as Q) or a moraic nasal in the coda ( ん / ン , represented as N). The nasal is sensitive to its phonetic environment and assimilates to the following phoneme, with pronunciations including [ɴ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, ɰ̃] . Onset-glide clusters only occur at the start of syllables but clusters across syllables are allowed as long as
SECTION 10
#17327870165142520-708: A home video release until June 15, 2005, eight years after its broadcast. This was a remastering of the series in a single 12-disc DVD box set, that was made-to-order only, referred to as a "Dragon Box". It was released by Pony Canyon . The content of this set began being released on mass-produced individual 6-episode DVDs on August 6, 2009, and finished with the eleventh volume released on June 4, 2010. In North America, Funimation began releasing Dragon Ball GT on both VHS and DVD in edited and uncut formats in April and September 2003, starting with episode 17, after they made their own clip show episode titled 'A Grand Problem' to bring
2730-521: A human, he is able to have her self-destruct device removed. She settles down with Krillin, and at some point, they have a daughter named Marron ( マーロン , Māron ) . 18 continues to make recurring appearances as a secondary character, and later fights for Team Universe 7 in the Tournament Of Power arc. Son Goten ( 孫悟天 ) is the youngest son of Goku and Chi-Chi. When first introduced, Goten strongly resembles his father in appearance with
2940-626: A large hole through his abdomen. Before dying, he regurgitates the egg containing his reincarnation, Piccolo Jr. , to enact his revenge. He is voiced by Takeshi Aono in Japanese, Scott McNeil in the Ocean dub, and Christopher Sabat in the Funimation dub. King Piccolo also appears in the American live-action film Dragonball Evolution , where he is portrayed by James Marsters ; his voice
3150-429: A listener depending on the listener's relative social position and the degree of familiarity between the speaker and the listener. When used in different social relationships, the same word may have positive (intimate or respectful) or negative (distant or disrespectful) connotations. Japanese often use titles of the person referred to where pronouns would be used in English. For example, when speaking to one's teacher, it
3360-413: A machine mutant copy of Android 17 by the name of Hell Fighter 17, who is capable of mentally controlling Red Ribbon Androids like 17 and 18. Android 17 is compelled into fusing with his machine mutant replica and become the villainous Super 17. Super 17 is capable of absorbing an opponent's incoming attacks, but he is unable to move and absorb energy at the same time. Sometime after Goku kills Super 17 using
3570-891: A means of creating historical divergences . Dragon Ball Super in particular expands the setting of the series to include parallel universes ; the vast majority of the Dragon Ball series takes place in Universe 7, or the Seventh Universe in the English dub. Akira Toriyama initially based most of the characters on those from Journey to the West : Goku from the Monkey King , Bulma from Tang Sanzang , Oolong from Zhu Bajie , and Yamcha from Sha Wujing . He also incorporated ideas from one of his earlier one-shot manga series, Dragon Boy . Toriyama explained that
3780-415: A misunderstanding; Toriyama incorrectly believed that Beerus's name was a pun on the word "beer" and so decided to follow the same rule to name the character's assistant, naming the character Whis as a pun on "whisky" ( ウイスキー , uisukī ) . Whis is voiced by Masakazu Morita in Japanese media and Ian Sinclair in the Funimation dub. Pilaf ( ピラフ , Pirafu ) , Emperor Pilaf in the English anime dub,
3990-482: A more powerful set of Dragon Balls which are hidden throughout the galaxy. Despite the series being a non-manga adaptation, series creator Toriyama designed new characters for Dragon Ball GT . Until the release of Dragon Ball Super in 2015, Dragon Ball GT was the last televised animated series in the Dragon Ball franchise. Five years after the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament ( 天下一武道会 , Tenkaichi Budōkai , lit. "The Number One Martial Arts Association Under
4200-667: A mysterious young man who easily defeats Frieza and his father King Cold prior to Goku's return to Earth from Planet Namek. It is revealed that he is Vegeta and Bulma's future child who has traveled back in time to inform Goku of the arrival of the Red Ribbon Androids that, in his time, have killed everyone else in the Dragon Team besides Goku, who died of heart disease. Trunks' backstory is detailed in The History of Trunks television special. He helps fight against
4410-689: A relationship with Bulma, and later becomes a pupil of Master Roshi . His signature attack is the Rōgafūfūken ( 狼牙風風拳 , "Fist of the Wolf Fang", renamed to "Wolf Fang Fist" in the Funimation dub) , a physical barrage of punches and palm strikes, ending with a double palm strike. As a result of training under Master Roshi, Yamcha is able to perform the Kamehameha and develops the Sōkidan ( 繰気弾 , "Spinning Chi Bullet") , an energy sphere directed by psychokinesis . He also later trains under Kami to prepare for
SECTION 20
#17327870165144620-408: A sentence need not be stated and pronouns may be omitted if they can be inferred from context. In the example above, hana ga nagai would mean "[their] noses are long", while nagai by itself would mean "[they] are long." A single verb can be a complete sentence: Yatta! ( やった! ) "[I / we / they / etc] did [it]!". In addition, since adjectives can form the predicate in a Japanese sentence (below),
4830-428: A single adjective can be a complete sentence: Urayamashii! ( 羨ましい! ) "[I'm] jealous [about it]!". While the language has some words that are typically translated as pronouns, these are not used as frequently as pronouns in some Indo-European languages, and function differently. In some cases, Japanese relies on special verb forms and auxiliary verbs to indicate the direction of benefit of an action: "down" to indicate
5040-490: A slight alteration of his physical appearance and gains a massive boost in power as well as new abilities such as Buu's signature ability to turn enemies into candy. He is voiced by Atsushi Kisaichi in Japanese, by Scott Roberts and Brendan Hunter in the English Blue Water dub, and by Sean Teague in the Funimation dub. Doctor Myuu ( ドクター・ミュー , Dokutā Myū ) is a recurring character that first appears in
5250-553: A spaceship, vowing to return to destroy the Saiyans. Goku blasts the spaceship with a 10x Kamehameha attack, sending it into the sun and obliterating Baby. The character made his manga debut in the first chapter of Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission in October 2012. Baby is voiced by Yusuke Numata in Japanese media and by Mike McFarland in the Funimation anime dub. In the "Super 17" arc, Doctor Gero and Doctor Myuu create
5460-792: A streaming service Funimation acquired a year prior. In 1997, a Dragon Ball GT stage show was performed in Japan. It featured Goku, Pan, and Trunks battling against villains from the series, as well as new forms of Cell and Frieza. All actors wore large mascot costumes for the performance. There are two companion books to the series, called the Dragon Ball GT Perfect Files , released in May 1997 and December 1997 by Shueisha 's Jump Comics Selection imprint. They include series information, illustration galleries, behind-the-scenes information, and more. They were out of print for many years but were re-released in April 2006 and this edition
5670-632: A year if the Balls were not collected within that period of time. Goku, his granddaughter Pan , and the son of Vegeta, Trunks, travel the universe to search for the Black Star Dragon Balls and return them to Earth to prevent its destruction. After acquiring the Super Saiyan 4 transformation, Goku battles the evil Tuffle Baby , Super 17 , and the evil Shadow Dragons. His final challenge is against Omega Shenron , whom he destroys using
5880-508: Is Kakarrot . Bulma ( ブルマ , Buruma ) first appears as a teenager using the Dragon Radar, a fictional device she created to detect the energy signal emitted by Dragon Balls. She is led to Goku's location by the signal emitted by the four-star ball in his possession and recruits him as a bodyguard while hoping to get his four-star ball to grant her wish for a boyfriend. She gives up on the wish after meeting Yamcha, and much later in
6090-624: Is compressed rather than protruded , or simply unrounded. Some Japanese consonants have several allophones , which may give the impression of a larger inventory of sounds. However, some of these allophones have since become phonemic. For example, in the Japanese language up to and including the first half of the 20th century, the phonemic sequence /ti/ was palatalized and realized phonetically as [tɕi] , approximately chi ( listen ) ; however, now [ti] and [tɕi] are distinct, as evidenced by words like tī [tiː] "Western-style tea" and chii [tɕii] "social status". The "r" of
6300-421: Is topic–comment . Sentence-final particles are used to add emotional or emphatic impact, or form questions. Nouns have no grammatical number or gender , and there are no articles . Verbs are conjugated , primarily for tense and voice , but not person . Japanese adjectives are also conjugated. Japanese has a complex system of honorifics , with verb forms and vocabulary to indicate the relative status of
6510-488: Is a Red Ribbon Android created by Doctor Gero, and the sister of Android 17 . After being released, she travels with Androids 16 and 17 to find and kill Goku, though they are interrupted by Cell and the Dragon Team 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. Although Krillin is unable to wish for her to be turned into
Dragon Ball GT - Misplaced Pages Continue
6720-410: Is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, Dr. Slump . While many of the characters are humans with superhuman strengths or supernatural abilities, the cast also includes anthropomorphic animals, extraterrestrial lifeforms, and deities who govern
6930-440: Is a bald martial artist and one of Goku 's best friends and classmates. He and Goku are under the tutelage of Master Roshi ; initially his rival but later a friend, and a loyal companion in adventures thereafter. He is killed by King Piccolo 's spawn Tambourine, but is later revived by Shenron . After the fight with the Saiyans, he travels to Planet Namek, where he is killed by Frieza . After being brought back to life again by
7140-563: Is a deity who appears in the fourteenth and fifteenth Dragon Ball Z films, as well as in Dragon Ball Super . A purple catlike being, he is a God of Destruction whose purpose is to maintain balance by destroying planets, civilizations, or external threats that put the development of the universe at risk. Son Goku transforms into the Super Saiyan God for his fight against Beerus and loses, though Beerus spares him and
7350-458: Is a muscular humanoid with brown skin, long red hair, and bull horns, and Salt ( ゾルド , Zorudo , Zald) is the smallest, with red skin. All four are killed by Gohan. Freeza ( フリーザ , Furīza ) , or Frieza in the English anime dub, is the self-styled emperor of Universe 7. His organization (フリーザ軍, Furīza-gun ), known as "Freeza's Gang" in the Viz Media localization and "Frieza Force" in
7560-539: Is a small impish blue creature who is the leader of the Pilaf Gang ( ピラフ一味 , Pirafu Ichimi ) and dreams of ruling the world. He seeks the Dragon Balls to wish for world domination together with his two minions: Shu ( シュウ , Shū ) , a humanoid dog in a ninja outfit; and Mai ( マイ ) , a woman who resorts to weaponry and technology, and serves as a foil to the bumbling personalities of her colleagues. Shu
7770-448: Is also seen in o-medetō "congratulations", from medetaku ). Late Middle Japanese has the first loanwords from European languages – now-common words borrowed into Japanese in this period include pan ("bread") and tabako ("tobacco", now "cigarette"), both from Portuguese . Modern Japanese is considered to begin with the Edo period (which spanned from 1603 to 1867). Since Old Japanese,
7980-527: Is also used in a limited fashion (such as for imported acronyms) in Japanese writing. The numeral system uses mostly Arabic numerals , but also traditional Chinese numerals . Proto-Japonic , the common ancestor of the Japanese and Ryukyuan languages , is thought to have been brought to Japan by settlers coming from the Korean peninsula sometime in the early- to mid-4th century BC (the Yayoi period ), replacing
8190-440: Is appropriate to use sensei ( 先生 , "teacher"), but inappropriate to use anata . This is because anata is used to refer to people of equal or lower status, and one's teacher has higher status. Japanese nouns have no grammatical number, gender or article aspect. The noun hon ( 本 ) may refer to a single book or several books; hito ( 人 ) can mean "person" or "people", and ki ( 木 ) can be "tree" or "trees". Where number
8400-701: Is associated with comedy (see Kansai dialect ). Dialects of Tōhoku and North Kantō are associated with typical farmers. The Ryūkyūan languages, spoken in Okinawa and the Amami Islands (administratively part of Kagoshima ), are distinct enough to be considered a separate branch of the Japonic family; not only is each language unintelligible to Japanese speakers, but most are unintelligible to those who speak other Ryūkyūan languages. However, in contrast to linguists, many ordinary Japanese people tend to consider
8610-466: Is better documentation of Late Middle Japanese phonology than for previous forms (for instance, the Arte da Lingoa de Iapam ). Among other sound changes, the sequence /au/ merges to /ɔː/ , in contrast with /oː/ ; /p/ is reintroduced from Chinese; and /we/ merges with /je/ . Some forms rather more familiar to Modern Japanese speakers begin to appear – the continuative ending - te begins to reduce onto
Dragon Ball GT - Misplaced Pages Continue
8820-427: Is bound to the service of a God of Destruction of their respective universes as personal attendants and guides, rarely leaving them unaccompanied: they are tasked with supervising their deity, and may intervene to keep them in check. Whis is consistently depicted as unmatched in power and possesses tremendous speed, effortlessly defending himself against assailants. It is also revealed that he and his fellow angels possess
9030-509: Is correlated with the sex of the speaker and the social situation in which they are spoken: men and women alike in a formal situation generally refer to themselves as watashi ( 私 , literally "private") or watakushi (also 私 , hyper-polite form), while men in rougher or intimate conversation are much more likely to use the word ore ( 俺 "oneself", "myself") or boku . Similarly, different words such as anata , kimi , and omae ( お前 , more formally 御前 "the one before me") may refer to
9240-432: Is created to battle Tien Shinhan, who he easily defeats until Goku appears and crushes his head in one blow. Piano is voiced by Masato Hirano in Japan and Sonny Strait in the Funimation dub; Tambourine is voiced by Ryūsei Nakao in Japan and Dameon Clarke in the Funimation dub; Cymbal is voiced by Daisuke Gōri in Japan and Mark Orvik in the Funimation dub; and Drum is voiced by Daisuke Gōri in Japan and Bob Carter in
9450-410: Is defeated, who after which, Goku fights him. Trunks later encounters more powerful threats, such as Luud, and General Rilldo. He is then later briefly controlled by Baby during the Baby arc, but is able to free himself from control, but not before Baby implants a mind-control seed. Trunks travels through space with Pan and a de-aged Goku in search of the Black Star Dragon Balls during the first half of
9660-464: Is destroyed. Later, he fights Super Android #17, but again, he is knocked out and nearly killed. When Omega Shenron wreaks havoc, he fights with Goku as a Super Saiyan 4 but the two eventually revert to normal. Afterwards, Vegeta says a farewell to Goku, who leaves the duty of protecting Earth in Vegeta's hands before he flies off into the sky on Shenron. Giru ( ギル ) is a character that first appears in
9870-523: Is first introduced at the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, having been trained by Master Roshi's rival Master Shen, trying to kill Goku and his fellow-students. After Tien Shinhan decides that Master Shen's teachings are wrong, the two leave him and join Goku and his companions to defeat King Piccolo. After assisting Tien Shinhan and Master Roshi in finding the Dragon Balls, Chiaotzu is killed by King Piccolo while trying to thwart his wish for eternal youth, but
10080-544: Is first shown in the 1990 Dragon Ball Z TV special by Toei Animation , and is later retold in Toriyama's 2014 Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child special and Dragon Ball Super: Broly . He also stars in the 2011 spin-off manga Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock and its subsequent animated short film adaptation . Android 18 ( 人造人間18号 , Jinzōningen Jū Hachi Gō , lit. "Artificial Human #18")
10290-417: Is important, it can be indicated by providing a quantity (often with a counter word ) or (rarely) by adding a suffix, or sometimes by duplication (e.g. 人人 , hitobito , usually written with an iteration mark as 人々 ). Words for people are usually understood as singular. Thus Tanaka-san usually means Mx Tanaka . Words that refer to people and animals can be made to indicate a group of individuals through
10500-610: Is later forced to team up with Gohan, Goku, Piccolo, and Krillin so they can fight off Frieza. After Frieza's defeat, Vegeta lives on Earth and forms a relationship with Bulma . When the Androids arrive, it is revealed he has fathered a son with Bulma, Trunks. Later in the series, he and Bulma have a younger child daughter named Bra ( ブラ , Bura ) , known as Bulla in the English dub; unlike her father and brother, and despite being half-Saiyan, she does not show any interest in fighting. Trunks ( トランクス , Torankusu ) first appears as
10710-566: Is later revived using the Dragon Balls. In the battle against the Saiyans, he ineffectively self-destructs on Nappa in order to save Tien Shinhan. He trains in the afterlife under King Kai before being revived by the Namekian Dragon Balls. Chiaotzu joins the other characters when they gather for Frieza's return, but Trunks kills Frieza before a fight ensues. Chiaotzu is generally no longer involved in battle from that point onwards, although he continues to train with Tien Shinhan. He
SECTION 50
#173278701651410920-755: Is less common. In terms of mutual intelligibility , a survey in 1967 found that the four most unintelligible dialects (excluding Ryūkyūan languages and Tōhoku dialects ) to students from Greater Tokyo were the Kiso dialect (in the deep mountains of Nagano Prefecture ), the Himi dialect (in Toyama Prefecture ), the Kagoshima dialect and the Maniwa dialect (in Okayama Prefecture ). The survey
11130-420: Is often called a topic-prominent language , which means it has a strong tendency to indicate the topic separately from the subject, and that the two do not always coincide. The sentence Zō wa hana ga nagai ( 象は鼻が長い ) literally means, "As for elephant(s), (the) nose(s) (is/are) long". The topic is zō "elephant", and the subject is hana "nose". Japanese grammar tends toward brevity; the subject or object of
11340-701: Is one of the few original characters from the films to appear in the TV series. In the TV series, he breaks free using the Makyo Star ( 魔凶星 , Makyō-sei , "Planet Makyo") as a power source, leading to the events of the Garlic Jr. arc . After brainwashing and transforming all living creatures of the world with the Black Water Mist ( アクアミスト , lit. "Aqua Mist") , he is trapped in the Dead Zone again after
11550-498: Is preserved in words such as matsuge ("eyelash", lit. "hair of the eye"); modern mieru ("to be visible") and kikoeru ("to be audible") retain a mediopassive suffix - yu(ru) ( kikoyu → kikoyuru (the attributive form, which slowly replaced the plain form starting in the late Heian period) → kikoeru (all verbs with the shimo-nidan conjugation pattern underwent this same shift in Early Modern Japanese )); and
11760-480: Is renamed "Instant Translocation"). The names of various characters, such as the Shadow Dragon villains, were more accurate to the Japanese version when compared to the names given by Funimation. Unlike with the Funimation dub and Japanese version, the dub utilized a real child actress for Pan. A third English dub exists, also produced by AB Groupe, utilizing a different French-based cast. This cast only dubbed
11970-577: Is still in print. In 2013, an anime comic version of Dragon Ball GT , starting from the final arc, began running in Shueisha 's Saikyō Jump magazine. It began serialization in the January 2014 issue, which was released on December 4, 2013. Upon completing the arc, the comic resumed by starting from the beginning of GT in June 2019. There have been two video games produced based on Dragon Ball GT ,
12180-455: Is the first one killed when Vegeta interrupts his fight with Krillin and Gohan and decapitates him. Guldo is voiced by Kōzō Shioya in the original series and Yasuhiro Takato in Kai . In English, he is voiced by Terry Klassen in the Ocean dub, Dylan Thompson in Funimation's original dub, Bill Townsley in their redub, and by Greg Ayres in Kai . Reacoom ( リクーム , Rikūmu ) , or Recoome in
12390-665: Is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people . It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan , the only country where it is the national language , and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language . There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as
12600-402: Is the version of Japanese discussed in this article. Formerly, standard Japanese in writing ( 文語 , bungo , "literary language") was different from colloquial language ( 口語 , kōgo ) . The two systems have different rules of grammar and some variance in vocabulary. Bungo was the main method of writing Japanese until about 1900; since then kōgo gradually extended its influence and
12810-530: Is then forced to travel across the universe to retrieve them, accompanied by his granddaughter Pan and Trunks as, if he does not retrieve them within a year, the Earth will explode. The trio goes through various adventures in their journey to find the Black Star Dragon Balls, until they encounter the artificial Tuffle parasite, Baby , who intends to destroy the Saiyan race as his revenge for their extermination of
SECTION 60
#173278701651413020-593: Is then revealed that Baby was the one who created and programmed Dr. Myuu, and not the other way around. He later joins forces with Doctor Gero while in Hell to create a duplicate of Android 17 using Myuu's machine mutant technology, who then manipulates the original Android 17 into converging their power together to open a rift between Earth and Hell, enabling him and his co-creators to escape. Android 17 and his Hell Fighter duplicate eventually fuse to become Super 17, who subsequently turns on and murders both Gero and Myuu. He
13230-413: Is used for all 64 episodes in Japanese. Vic Mignogna performs the English version. " Hitori Janai " ( ひとりじゃない ) , performed by Deen in Japanese and Stephanie Young in English, is used for the ending theme for the first 26 episodes. Starting at episode 27, the series begins using Zard 's " Don't You See! " for the ending theme in Japanese. Stephanie Young performed the song in English. Episode 42 marks
13440-471: Is used for the present and the future. For verbs that represent an ongoing process, the -te iru form indicates a continuous (or progressive) aspect , similar to the suffix ing in English. For others that represent a change of state, the -te iru form indicates a perfect aspect. For example, kite iru means "They have come (and are still here)", but tabete iru means "They are eating". Questions (both with an interrogative pronoun and yes/no questions) have
13650-513: Is voiced by Hiroko Emori in Japanese, Rebecca Forstadt in the Harmony Gold dub, Cathy Weseluck in the Ocean dub, and Monika Antonelli in Funimation's dubs, except in Kai onwards where Brina Palencia voices him. Bardock ( バーダック , Bādakku ) —or Burdock in Viz's English manga translation—is the husband of Gine ( ギネ ) , and the father of Raditz and Kakarrot (Goku). Bardock's story
13860-530: Is voiced by Kazuyuki Sogabe in Japanese media and Duncan Brannan in the Funimation anime dub. Baby ( ベビー , Bebī ) is a character that first appears in the 22nd episode of Dragon Ball GT . He is a parasitic alien created by combining the DNA of the king of the Tuffles ( ツフル人 , Tsufuru-jin ) with a cybernetic body. Baby desires to exterminate all of the Saiyans to avenge the extinction of his people and
14070-627: Is voiced by Shigeru Chiba in Japanese, Dave Mallow in the Harmony Gold dub, Don Brown in the BLT dub, Chuck Huber in the Funimation dub, and Dean Galloway in the Blue Water dub; for Mystical Adventure , he is voiced by Mike McFarland in the Funimation dub, Sharon Mann in the AB Groupe dub, and Apollo Abraham in the Creative dub. Shu is voiced by Tesshō Genda in Japanese, Dave Mallow in
14280-405: Is why some linguists do not classify Japanese "pronouns" as pronouns, but rather as referential nouns, much like Spanish usted (contracted from vuestra merced , "your ( majestic plural ) grace") or Portuguese você (from vossa mercê ). Japanese personal pronouns are generally used only in situations requiring special emphasis as to who is doing what to whom. The choice of words used as pronouns
14490-482: The Dragon Ball media franchise , Dragon Ball GT does not adapt the manga by Toriyama. Dragon Ball GT is an anime-exclusive alternate sequel to Dragon Ball Z with an original storyline using the same characters and universe, which follows the exploits of Son Goku , the series protagonist who is turned into a child; his granddaughter, Pan ; and their associates on a quest to collect the Black Star Dragon Balls,
14700-473: The sentai and tokusatsu television shows Toriyama watched with his children. 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 rock paper scissors . Frieza orders them to defeat Vegeta and help obtain the Dragon Balls on Planet Namek. In the anime, the four deceased members of
14910-563: The Ainu , Austronesian , Koreanic , and the now-discredited Altaic , but none of these proposals have gained any widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), extensive waves of Sino-Japanese vocabulary entered
15120-470: The Dragon Ball series in a 2004 poll. Goten is ranked number 13 on IGN's Top 13 Dragon Ball Z Characters List, and came in 6th place on Complex.com ' s list "A Ranking of All the Characters on 'Dragon Ball Z ' "; Sheldon Pearce notes that the character exists mostly as part of a pair with Trunks, who is the more assertive member of the duo, and their bond makes them extremely compatible to undergo
15330-516: The Harmony Gold dub, is first introduced, having been trained by Master Roshi's rival Master Shen, trying to kill Goku and his fellow-students. Later, he and Chiaotzu become their allies, fighting against King Piccolo's minion until Goku arrives. In the fight with the Saiyans, Tien Shinhan dies of exhaustion against Nappa. He trains in the afterlife under King Kai before being revived by the Namekian Dragon Balls. Tien Shinhan helps out during
15540-462: The Japonic language family, which also includes the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the Ryukyu Islands . As these closely related languages are commonly treated as dialects of the same language, Japanese is sometimes called a language isolate . According to Martine Irma Robbeets , Japanese has been subject to more attempts to show its relation to other languages than any other language in
15750-471: The Kamehameha technique. He trained Grandpa Gohan and Ox-King, Goku and Krillin , and a few others. He is often accompanied by his talking sea turtle companion, Umigame ( ウミガメ , "Sea Turtle") , who often tries to point out his flaws. Master Roshi was trained by Master Mutaito ( 武泰斗 ) , who also trained his cohortian -turned-rival Tsuru-Sen'nin ( 鶴仙人 , "Crane Hermit") ; he has also received additional training from Korin . When he appears anonymously in
15960-577: The Namekian Dragon Balls , he helps out during the Android and Cell arcs. He is married to Android 18 and has a daughter, Marron ( マーロン , Māron ) . Piccolo ( ピッコロ , Pikkoro ) is the spawn of King Piccolo , created to get revenge on Goku in the wake of his death, and subsequently assumes the role as the "evil half" of Kami . However, after being narrowly defeated by Goku, he must team up with him and his friends when opposing
16170-514: The Philippines , and various Pacific islands, locals in those countries learned Japanese as the language of the empire. As a result, many elderly people in these countries can still speak Japanese. Japanese emigrant communities (the largest of which are to be found in Brazil , with 1.4 million to 1.5 million Japanese immigrants and descendants, according to Brazilian IBGE data, more than
16380-491: The Super Dragon Fist while the latter is distracted by 18, the original Android 17 is eventually revived with the Dragon Balls during the series finale. He is voiced by Shigeru Nakahara in Japanese media and Chuck Huber in the Funimation anime dub. The Shadow Dragons, known as Evil Dragons ( 邪悪龍 , Jaakuryū ) in the original Japanese, are a group of evil beings born from the evil energy caused by overuse of
16590-738: The United States (notably in Hawaii , where 16.7% of the population has Japanese ancestry, and California ), and the Philippines (particularly in Davao Region and the Province of Laguna ). Japanese has no official status in Japan, but is the de facto national language of the country. There is a form of the language considered standard : hyōjungo ( 標準語 ) , meaning "standard Japanese", or kyōtsūgo ( 共通語 ) , "common language", or even "Tokyo dialect" at times. The meanings of
16800-806: The de facto standard Japanese had been the Kansai dialect , especially that of Kyoto . However, during the Edo period, Edo (now Tokyo) developed into the largest city in Japan, and the Edo-area dialect became standard Japanese. Since the end of Japan's self-imposed isolation in 1853, the flow of loanwords from European languages has increased significantly. The period since 1945 has seen many words borrowed from other languages—such as German, Portuguese and English. Many English loan words especially relate to technology—for example, pasokon (short for "personal computer"), intānetto ("internet"), and kamera ("camera"). Due to
17010-527: The 1.2 million of the United States ) sometimes employ Japanese as their primary language. Approximately 12% of Hawaii residents speak Japanese, with an estimated 12.6% of the population of Japanese ancestry in 2008. Japanese emigrants can also be found in Peru , Argentina , Australia (especially in the eastern states), Canada (especially in Vancouver , where 1.4% of the population has Japanese ancestry),
17220-539: The 13th episode of Dragon Ball GT . A brilliant but mad Machine Mutant scientist, he is assisted by his enforcer General Rilldo ( リルド将軍 , Rirudo Shōgun ) and intends to gather the Black Star Dragon Balls to complete what appears to be his ultimate creation, Baby . His plans are eventually foiled by Goku, Pan, and Trunks after they arrive on the planet M-2 and defeat most of his minions. Myuu escapes and evades Goku and his companions after Baby's apparent defeat, only to be killed when Baby suddenly emerges from his body. It
17430-406: The 1997 A Hero's Legacy special, which aired on Toonami UK in 2005. Like with the Blue Water dub, it kept the original Japanese soundtrack. The French-based English cast also dubbed most of the other Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z films and specials, with their dub being known by fans as the "Big Green dub", because it changed Piccolo's name to Big Green. In Japan, Dragon Ball GT did not receive
17640-502: The 3rd episode of Dragon Ball GT . Originally known as T2006 or DB4649T2006RS, Giru is a Machine Mutant, fully mechanical beings with organic properties: they can mold, contort, and reshape themselves like organic lifeforms, absorb and integrate metallic and mechanical materials into their being, as well as restructure themselves. He is encountered by Goku , Pan and Trunks on Imecka. Giru consumes their Dragon Radar for energy in an act of desperation for survival, inadvertently integrating
17850-607: The Androids and Cell before returning to his timeline. The character reappears in Dragon Ball Super to request assistance from the main timeline's heroes, and also appears in Super Dragon Ball Heroes . Just as the Androids arrived, the Trunks from the series' main timeline was born. Seven years later as a child, Trunks, already able to turn Super Saiyan at his age, fights against Majin Buu by using
18060-562: The Australian version of Toonami. AB Groupe (in association with Chinook Animation and Blue Water Studios ) produced an alternate dub for Europe and Canada and was aired on YTV and Toonami UK , which divided the episodes into two seasons. The original Japanese music composed by Akihito Tokunaga was retained in the Blue Water dub. This dub ran in the UK from March 3, 2003, on CNX until August 17, 2003. The Dragon Ball Z Ocean cast, which
18270-781: The Black Star Dragon Balls. A year after Baby's defeat, Dr. Myuu (Baby's creator) and Dr. Gero (creator of the Red Ribbon Army androids) create an evil replica of Android 17 ( 人造人間17号 , Jinzōningen Jū Nana Gō , lit. "Artificial Human #17") in Hell, and have it control the original Android 17 so that a portal from Hell to Earth opens up, leading to a mass invasion of the planet by revived villains. The original Android 17 attempts to mentally manipulate Android 18 as well, but Krillin intervenes. Enraged, 17 murders Krillin by shooting an energy beam through his heart. The two Android 17s then fuse into Super 17 ( 超１７号 , Chō Jū Nana-Gō ) , who vows to destroy all of humanity and avenge
18480-545: The Blutz Wave Generator. Eventually, using the energy of every living being in the universe, Goku creates the incredibly powerful Super Ultra Spirit Bomb ( 超ウルトラ元気玉 , Chō Urutora Genki-dama , lit. "Super Ultra Energy Sphere") and uses it to destroy Omega Shenron once and for all. Afterward, the real and original Shenron appears from the restored Dragon Balls to grant Goku and his friends one last wish, which they use to revive everyone killed by Super 17 and
18690-400: The Dragon Balls by destroying the Earth. All but the most powerful and evil, Syn Shenron, are defeated by Goku and Pan. Syn Shenron appears to be losing until he absorbs the Dragon Balls and gains tremendous power, transforming into Omega Shenron and surpassing even Super Saiyan 4 Goku's power. Goku is about to sacrifice himself to destroy the evil one-star dragon, but Vegeta intervenes and gains
18900-703: The Dragon Balls in Dragon Ball GT . They are named after the One-Star through Seven-Star Dragon Balls; One-Star Dragon ( 一星龍 , Īshinron , Chinese: Yī Xīng Lóng) , Two-Star Dragon ( 二星龍 , Ryanshinron , Chinese: Èr Xīng Lóng) , Three-Star Dragon ( 三星龍 , Sanshinron , Chinese: Sān Xīng Lóng) , Four-Star Dragon ( 四星龍 , Sūshinron , Chinese: Sì Xīng Lóng) , Five-Star Dragon ( 五星龍 , Ūshinron , Chinese: Wǔ Xīng Lóng) , Six-Star Dragon ( 六星龍 , Ryūshinron , Chinese: Liù Xīng Lóng) , and Seven-Star Dragon ( 七星龍 , Chīshinron , Chinese: Qī Xīng Lóng) . In
19110-422: The Dragon Balls, the Pilaf Gang is foiled by Goku and his companions after Oolong's wish is granted by Shenron just before Pilaf can say his. The Pilaf Gang returns to antagonize Goku a few more times throughout the series when they attempt to obtain the Dragon Balls again, and when they release King Piccolo from his confinement. Prior to the events of the fourteenth Dragon Ball Z film and Dragon Ball Super ,
19320-407: The Dragon Radar's functionality into his software. Giru joins Goku's group and accompanies them to various planets in the galaxy on their quest to find the Black Star Dragon Balls. Giru would become good friends with Pan in the series; however, he is frequently the recipient of abuse, both verbal and physical, at the hands of Pan, which makes him somewhat fearful of her. Giru plays a pivotal role during
19530-403: The Dragon Team to search for the Dragon Balls at the beginning of the series. After the truth of Goku's heritage is revealed, Saiyan characters play a central narrative role from Dragon Ball Z onwards: Bardock and Trunks from an alternate future timeline serve as the protagonists of their respective side stories, while Goku's son Gohan briefly assumes the role of series protagonist following
19740-425: The Earth, Goten and Trunks are killed. The Dragon Balls later bring Goten back to life along with the rest of the Earth in order to give energy to Goku's Genki-Dama attack, which defeats Buu. Goten and Trunks appear as the protagonists of the eleventh Dragon Ball Z feature movie, Bio-Broly . Goten is one of the most popular characters in the series. Japanese fans voted Goten the sixth most popular character of
19950-521: The Earth. Beerus later forms a team consisting of Goku, Vegeta , Piccolo , Buu , and a small, red humanoid alien named Monaka ( モナカ ) to participate in the Tournament of Destroyers after answering a challenge by his brother and fellow God of Destruction Champa. Beerus later forms another team consisting of notable fighters from Universe 7 to participate in the Tournament of Power, organized by
20160-427: The English anime dub is a sadistic, orange-haired humanoid who names his attacks after himself. He uses Vegeta like a plaything in their fight, defeats Krillin in one blow, and nearly kills Gohan. When Goku arrives, Recoome is defeated with a single blow before being finished off by Vegeta. Recoome is voiced by Kenji Utsumi in the original series and Seiji Sasaki in Kai . In English, he is voiced by David Kaye in
20370-413: The English dubs, their names are changed to Syn Shenron, Haze Shenron, Eis Shenron, Nuova Shenron, Rage Shenron, Oceanus Shenron, and Naturon Shenron respectively. When attempting to undo the damage caused by Super 17 , a cigar-smoking Black Smoke Shenlong ( 黒煙の龍 , Kokuen no Ryū , lit. "Black Smoke Dragon") , named Black Smoke Shenron in the Funimation dub, is summoned from the Dragon Balls instead of
20580-739: The Funimation anime dub, controls a majority of Universe 7 at the peak of its power and serves as the primary antagonistic force of the first half of the Dragon Ball Z series. Frieza employs and enslaves powerful races, such as the Saiyans, to take over suitable planets so that they can be sold to the highest bidders, or alternatively to destroy planets that are determined to be financially unviable. Frieza's forces are equipped with scouters, portable computers mainly used to measure power levels, and wear standard-issue battle armor that usually have dual shoulder guards, matching gloves and boots, and some form of skirt armor or crotch guard. Frieza first appears on Planet Namek, where he systematically eradicates most of
20790-431: The Funimation anime dub. Oob ( ウーブ , Ūbu ) , known as Uub in the English anime dub, is the human reincarnation of the evil Majin Buu . After Buu was destroyed, Goku asked for him to be reincarnated as a good person, so they may battle again. Goku eventually senses Uub's hidden power and seeks him out ten years later, when Uub attends the tournament to gain money for his village. Goku ends up deciding to train him to be
21000-439: The Funimation dub of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z , Debbie Munro in the Blue Water dub, and Colleen Clinkenbeard in the Funimation dub from Battle of Gods onward; for Mystical Adventure , she is voiced by Cynthia Cranz in the Funimation dub, Jodi Forrest in the AB Groupe dub, and Ethel Lizano in the Creative dub. For the American live-action film Dragonball Evolution , Mai was portrayed by Eriko Tamura , and her voice
21210-570: The Funimation dub. Garlic Jr. ( ガーリック・ジュニア , Gārikku Junia ) is a character that first appears in Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone . His father was imprisoned by Kami in the realm of darkness, leaving Garlic Jr. with resentment and desire for revenge. He obtains the seven Dragon Balls, wishes for immortality, and begin his quest for revenge. He is defeated when Gohan pushes Garlic Jr. into the Dead Zone ( デッド ゾーン , Deddo Zōn ) , an alternate dimension he can freely open. Garlic Jr.
21420-442: The Funimation dub. Syn/Omega Shenron is voiced by Hidekatsu Shibata in Japanese. Bob Carter and Christopher R. Sabat respectively voice Syn Shenron and Omega Shenron in the Funimation dub, while Victor Atelevich voices them both in the Blue Water dub. Unlike the previous anime series in the Dragon Ball franchise, Dragon Ball GT does not adapt the manga series written by Akira Toriyama , but tells an original story conceived by
21630-607: The GT series was intended to be a strong but constantly imperiled character who had to be rescued by Goku, essentially a “heroine who makes Goku a hero”. In Japanese media she is voiced by Yūko Minaguchi . In the North American versions of Dragon Ball GT , she is voiced by Elise Baughman in the Funimation dub (who also voices her in Dragon Ball Kai ) and by Caitlynne Medrek in the Blue Water dub. Sharon Mann voices
21840-540: The Ginyu Force (sans their leader, Captain Ginyu, who was still alive) appear on King Kai's planet in the afterlife and battle Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu. Gurd ( グルド , Gurudo ) , named Guldo in the English anime dub, is a fat, short, four-eyed, green-skinned humanoid who, although physically weak, has psychic powers, including the ability to freeze time for as long as he can hold his breath. He can also immobilize opponents and control objects with telekinesis . He
22050-594: The Grand Tour" was included on the original DVD/VHS volumes by Funimation, and appeared on all TV airings on Toonami and Nicktoons. However, subsequent home video releases and streaming have excluded the song in favor of an English version of the Japanese theme. Later releases also include an audio track that combines the Funimation voices with the original Tokunaga score. In Australia, Funimation's English dub aired on Network Ten 's Cheez TV morning cartoon block from March 2004 to June 2004. It also aired concurrently on
22260-425: The Harmony Gold dub, Doug Parker in the BLT dub, and Chris Cason in the Funimation dub, Jonathan Love in the Blue Water dub; for Mystical Adventure , he is voiced by Brian Thomas in the Funimation dub, Jodi Forrest in the AB Groupe dub, and Nesty Ramirez in the Creative dub. Mai is voiced by Eiko Yamada in Japanese, Melodee Spevack in the Harmony Gold dub, Teryl Rothery in the Ocean dub, Julie Franklin in
22470-709: The Heavens") (10 years in the Funimation dub), Son Goku is accidentally turned back into a child by Ultimate Shenron ( 究極神龍 , Kyūkyoku Shenron ) , a much more powerful version of Shenron created by the Nameless Namekian (before he split into Kami and Demon King Piccolo) who can grant any single wish, regardless of any restrictions placed on the other dragons, summoned from the Black Star Dragon Balls ( 究極のドラゴンボール , Kyūkyoku no Doragon Bōru , lit. "Ultimate Dragon Ball") by his old enemy Emperor Pilaf . He
22680-486: The Japanese language is of particular interest, ranging between an apical central tap and a lateral approximant . The "g" is also notable; unless it starts a sentence, it may be pronounced [ ŋ ] , in the Kanto prestige dialect and in other eastern dialects. The phonotactics of Japanese are relatively simple. The syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), that is, a core vowel surrounded by an optional onset consonant,
22890-414: The Japanese language. Toriyama explained that he does not like giving names to techniques and special abilities, but did so at his editor's suggestion. His wife was the one who named the series' signature Kamehameha ( かめはめ波 , lit. "Kamehame Wave") , but he named all the others, even selecting them specifically for each character; saying someone like Vegeta would use names in English, and using kanji for
23100-451: The Makyo Star is destroyed. In the original Japanese versions, Garlic Jr. is voiced by Akira Kamiya in the film and by Shigeru Chiba in the anime. He is voiced by Don Brown in the Ocean dub of the film, while Chuck Huber voices Garlic Jr. in the Funimation dub of both the film and anime. In the film, Garlic Jr. has three henchmen named Nicky ( ニッキー , Nikkī ) , Sansho ( サンショ ) and Ginger ( ジンジャー , Jinjā ) . When he returns in
23310-533: The Namekian who became Earth's guardian deity purged himself spiritually, and the negative energy took on a physical form after being cast off. He and the good half, Kami , are linked; if one dies, the other does as well. After being formed, he designates himself as the Great Demon King and terrorizes the world. He is imprisoned by Mutaito, the master of Master Roshi and Master Shen, in a rice cooker by
23520-420: The Ocean dub and Christopher Sabat in the Funimation dub. Butta ( バータ , Bāta ) , named Burter in the English anime dub, is a blue-skinned reptile-like humanoid who claims to be the fastest being in the universe. He and Jeice attack Goku together, but Burter is incapacitated before Vegeta kills him. Burter is voiced by Yukimasa Kishino in the original series and Masaya Onosaka in Kai . In English, he
23730-736: The Old Japanese sections are written in Man'yōgana , which uses kanji for their phonetic as well as semantic values. Based on the Man'yōgana system, Old Japanese can be reconstructed as having 88 distinct morae . Texts written with Man'yōgana use two different sets of kanji for each of the morae now pronounced き (ki), ひ (hi), み (mi), け (ke), へ (he), め (me), こ (ko), そ (so), と (to), の (no), も (mo), よ (yo) and ろ (ro). (The Kojiki has 88, but all later texts have 87. The distinction between mo 1 and mo 2 apparently
23940-456: The Pilaf Gang use the Dragon Balls to wish for the restoration of their youth, only for the wish to backfire and them being transformed into young children by Shenron. They attempt to infiltrate Bulma's birthday party to claim the Dragon Balls, but are foiled in the attempt. During the course of the Dragon Ball Super series the Pilaf Gang reform, much like several of Goku's past adversaries, and they even become Trunks' classmates at school. Pilaf
24150-736: The Red Ribbon Army's defeat at the hands of Goku. Super 17 seems impervious to all of Goku's attacks, but when 18 attacks him to avenge Krillin's death, Goku takes advantage of the distraction to penetrate through Super 17 with his Super Dragon Fist ( 超龍拳 , Chō Ryūken ) technique, then unleashes a Rapid-Fire Kamehameha ( 続かめはめ波 , Renzoku Kamehameha , lit. "Continuous Turtle Destruction Wave") that completely eradicates him. The Dragon Balls are collected to revive those killed by Super 17, including Krillin. However, an evil black dragon emerges and then splits into seven Shadow Dragons , who set out to punish humanity for their constant misuse of
24360-488: The Ryūkyūan languages as dialects of Japanese. The imperial court also seems to have spoken an unusual variant of the Japanese of the time, most likely the spoken form of Classical Japanese , a writing style that was prevalent during the Heian period , but began to decline during the late Meiji period . The Ryūkyūan languages are classified by UNESCO as 'endangered', as young people mostly use Japanese and cannot understand
24570-483: The Shadow Dragons, and then proceeds to disappear – along with Goku and the Dragon Balls. Several decades later, Goku's great-great-grandson and descendant, Goku Jr., competes in the 64th World Martial Arts Tournament against Vegeta's great-great grandson and descendant, Vegeta Jr., as the now-elderly Pan cheers him on. Pan then sees a rejuvenated adult Goku and tries to approach him, but he quickly disappears into
24780-470: The Spirit Bomb. Goku leaves with the original form of Shenron, but not before saying his goodbyes to his friends on Earth. He then appears 100 years later at the next World Martial Arts Tournament as an adult, where he watches a battle between Goku Jr., his descendant, and Vegeta Jr., Vegeta's descendant. An elderly Pan sees him, but he quickly departs. Goku is the main protagonist of Dragon Ball GT, and
24990-537: The Super Saiyan 4 transformation with help from Bulma 's newest invention, the Blutz Wave Generator. Goku and Vegeta merge using the Fusion Dance technique to create Super Gogeta 4 , who uses his immense power to beat Omega Shenron to a pulp. However, after being too confident in his ability to defeat Omega Shenron, he uses up too much time in an attempt to embarrass him. Gogeta then defuses and Goku and Vegeta revert to their base forms because Omega Shenron destroyed
25200-516: The Tuffles many years ago. After turning practically all of the Earth's population, including the Saiyans, into Neo-Tuffles, Baby decides to convert Vegeta 's body into his own and use it to kill Goku. Goku fights him and is quickly defeated, but, after having his tail regenerated by Kibito Kai and Old Kai, transforms and achieves the power of Super Saiyan 4 ( スーパーサイヤ人４ , Sūpā Saiya-jin Fō ) . In this new form, Goku easily overpowers Baby before destroying
25410-621: The UK on January 20, 2014, which are re-releases of Funimation's 2008 and 2009 sets. The first season set of Dragon Ball GT contains the first 34 episodes of the series on five discs, and was released alongside MVM Films ' release of Is This a Zombie? of the Dead . The series was made available on the FunimationNow app upon its launch. In March 2022, Dragon Ball GT along with the Dragon Ball titles were transferred to Crunchyroll ,
25620-514: The United States. Their English dub of the series utilized a new guitar-based musical score by Mark Menza, and a new rap metal theme, titled "Step into the Grand Tour". The theme was performed by rapper Marcus Hall (known as "Shorty the Man"). The Funimation dub aired on Cartoon Network 's Toonami programming block from November 7, 2003, to April 16, 2005, and had reruns outside of Toonami until June 13, 2005. Funimation decided to release
25830-512: The World Martial Arts Tournament, Master Roshi uses the name "Jackie Chun" ( ジャッキー・チュン , Jakkī Chun ) , wears a wig and discards his sunglasses. Yamcha ( ヤムチャ , Yamucha ) , known as Zedaki in the Harmony Gold dub, is introduced as a desert bandit alongside his companion Puar , trying to steal Goku and Bulma 's Dragon Balls. He becomes nervous when near women. He eventually becomes Goku's ally, starts
26040-710: The abilities of his brethren. After a long battle, he is killed by Goku's Super Genki-Dama , and the Dragon Balls are purified. The Shadow Dragons make their manga debut in the Jaaku Missions Saga of Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission . When confronted by the Dragon Ball Heroes, Black Smoke Shenron creates Shadow GT Goku (シャドウ悟空, Shadō Gokū) to combat them. Shadow GT Goku is a replication of GT Goku created by Black Smoke Shenron as his primary method of fighting. Daisuke Gōri voices Black Smoke Shenron in Japanese, and Christopher Sabat voices him in
26250-425: The ability to fly, and eventually granted Goku teleportation . Many Dragon Ball characters have names that are puns , which are associated with related characters. For example, Bulma and her family are named after undergarments, members of the human-like alien race known as the Saiyans are named after vegetables, and because Frieza is a pun on freezer , the Ginyu Force are named after products that are kept in
26460-543: The addition of a collective suffix (a noun suffix that indicates a group), such as -tachi , but this is not a true plural: the meaning is closer to the English phrase "and company". A group described as Tanaka-san-tachi may include people not named Tanaka. Some Japanese nouns are effectively plural, such as hitobito "people" and wareware "we/us", while the word tomodachi "friend" is considered singular, although plural in form. Verbs are conjugated to show tenses, of which there are two: past and present (or non-past) which
26670-555: The anime, Garlic is accompanied by a new group of henchmen known as the "Spice Boys", or the Four Monarchs ( 魔族四天王 , Mazoku Shiten'nō , lit. "Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon Clan") : Spice ( ガッシュ , Gasshu , Gash) is their leader with aqua skin and white hair in a similar style to Vegeta, Vinegar ( ビネガー , Binegā ) is a big light purple muscular humanoid with long hair and horns. Mustard ( タード , Tādo , Tard)
26880-559: The audience up to speed with the story. After the final fifteenth volume, they released the first 16 episodes in five "Lost Episode" volumes between July 2004 and February 2005. They then released the series in DVD box sets; the first (beginning with episode 17) in October 2005 and finished in November 2006 with the first 16 episodes as a box set. Two years later, they began releasing the series again in DVD "remastered season" sets that finally put
27090-443: The autonomous martial arts ability of reacting to attacks without the interference of the mind, Ultra Instinct ( 身勝手みがっての極意ごくい , Migatte no Goku'i , lit. "Secret of self-centeredness") , a technique notorious for its difficulty to master even among deities, which is foreshadowed during his training of Goku and Vegeta, then later unexpectedly, but briefly achieved by Goku in the Tournament of Power. The character's name stems from
27300-463: The battle, Piccolo takes and trains him for a year as he realizes Gohan's potential. Gohan slowly becomes one of the strongest characters in the series, at one point holding his own against Frieza and eventually defeats Cell. After the Majin Buu arc, he marries Videl , with whom he later has a daughter named Pan . Vegeta ( ベジータ , Bejīta ) is the last prince of the Saiyan warrior people, and
27510-442: The battles against the Androids and Cell, but for the most part does not participate in fighting until Frieza's return and later the Tournament of Power. Chaozu ( 餃子 ( チャオズ ) ) , Chiaotzu in the English anime dub, is a small human that resembles a jiangshi with pale skin, red cheeks, and has one hair under his hat. Although he is not physically strong, Chiaotzu is skilled with psychokinesis and telepathy . Chiaotzu
27720-418: The characters in either or both of the official anime and manga series continuities. Toriyama personally designed certain characters which made their debut appearances in animated films , as well as licensed video games such as Android 21 . The Dragon Ball series features an ensemble cast of main characters. The most prominent protagonist of the Dragon Ball series is Goku, who along with Bulma forms
27930-499: The conclusion of the Cell Games Saga . Vegeta is featured as the co-protagonist for Dragon Ball Super . First introduced as a young boy, Son Goku ( 孫悟空 , Son Gokū ) is depicted as immensely strong, pure of heart, and extremely competitive, but dedicated to defending his adopted home Earth from internal or external threats. Although he appears human, it is later revealed that Goku is a Saiyan, and that his original name
28140-416: The crowd. Goku then leaves the World Martial Arts Tournament with a flashback covering all the events of his timeline. After the flashback ends, Goku then catches his Power Pole and rides off on his Flying Nimbus cloud, bringing the story of Dragon Ball to an end. Goku is descended from an alien warrior race known as the Saiyans, who sent him, originally named Kakarot, to Earth to prepare it for conquest. In
28350-588: The deadly Mafū-ba ( 魔封波 , "Demon Seal" or "Evil Containment Wave") technique. After being released by Pilaf, he attempts to kill anyone that could possibly seal him again (including Master Roshi and Chiaotzu) and uses the Dragon Balls to restore his youth before destroying Shenron , rendering them useless. He then takes over the King of the World's palace and has the King announce him as his successor before being confronted by Goku, who, in their second battle, punches
28560-578: The effect of changing Japanese into a mora-timed language. Late Middle Japanese covers the years from 1185 to 1600, and is normally divided into two sections, roughly equivalent to the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period , respectively. The later forms of Late Middle Japanese are the first to be described by non-native sources, in this case the Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries; and thus there
28770-401: The entire population is now under Baby's control. Baby defeats Goku, then he uses the Black Star Dragon Balls to restore the planet Tuffle and transport the Earth population to it. During this time, Baby evolves into an even more powerful form and defeats and eats Uub after his chocolate beam is reflected back. Goku returns for a rematch, but is swiftly defeated. This causes Goku to transform into
28980-439: The episodes in proper chronological order; the first on December 9, 2008, and the second on February 10, 2009. A Game Boy Advance Video cartridge containing the episodes "A Grand Problem" and "Pan's Gambit" was released on September 7, 2004, by Majesco Entertainment . A complete series DVD box set including the TV special was later released on September 21, 2010. Manga Entertainment began distributing Dragon Ball GT on DVD in
29190-402: The evil Tuffle by propelling him into the sun with a 10x Kamehameha ( １０倍かめはめ波 , Jūbai Kamehameha , lit. "10-Fold Turtle Destruction Wave") . Piccolo then sacrifices himself to permanently destroy Ultimate Shenron and the Black Star Dragon Balls when the Earth explodes after Goku and the others help the people of Earth evacuate to Planet Plant, which Baby had wished back into existence using
29400-668: The first being Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout in 1997 for the PlayStation , which received international releases that same year, making it the first Dragon Ball game to be released in North America. The game featured a Californian-based voice cast for the North American version, rather than the Vancouver-based Ocean cast, who were doing the original North American dub of Dragon Ball Z during 1997. The 2005 Game Boy Advance game Dragon Ball GT: Transformation
29610-470: The first episode, Goku is transformed back into a child by an accidental wish made by the Pilaf Gang using the Black Star Dragon Balls, setting in motion the events of the entire series. The Black Star Dragon Balls were then scattered around the whole universe in different planets after the wish making, and due to the lethal side effect of these Black Star Dragon Balls, the Earth was set to be destroyed in
29820-437: The first few home video volumes several months ahead of the TV debut. Part of the reasoning behind this was so that Toonami could repeat the entirety of Dragon Ball Z in 2003 before airing the first episode of GT . The company's original home video release and television broadcast both skipped the first 16 episodes of the series. Instead, Funimation created a composition episode entitled "A Grand Problem" which used scenes from
30030-455: The flow of loanwords from European languages increased significantly, and words from English roots have proliferated. Japanese is an agglutinative , mora -timed language with relatively simple phonotactics , a pure vowel system, phonemic vowel and consonant length, and a lexically significant pitch-accent . Word order is normally subject–object–verb with particles marking the grammatical function of words, and sentence structure
30240-567: The fourth generation of the Saiyan royal bloodline to bear his namesake. He is first shown conquering a planet with his partner Nappa by listening to Raditz's fight on Earth using their scouters. The two of them travel to Earth in search of the Dragon Balls, and he ends up fighting a newly revived Goku, but retreats after persistent attacks by Yajirobe, Krillin, and Gohan. He flees to recuperate before heading off to Planet Namek to collect its Dragon Balls before Frieza can. While on Namek, Vegeta proceeds to battle and kill many of Frieza's underlings. He
30450-399: The fusion technique with his best friend Goten to form the composite being Gotenks ( ゴテンクス , Gotenkusu ) . Kame-Sen'nin ( 亀仙人 , "Turtle Hermit") , also known as Muten-Rōshi ( 武天老師 , lit "Martial Arts Genius Master") , which is rendered as "Master Roshi" in the English versions, is a lecherous elderly martial arts master instructor that lives on a small island and is the inventor of
30660-477: The fusion technique. Masako Nozawa voices Goten in Japanese, while he is voiced by Kara Edwards (as a child) and Robert McCollum (as a teen) in the Funimation dub, by Jillian Michaels (as a child) and Gabe Khouth (as a teen) in the Ocean dub, and by Scott Hendrickson in the Blue Water dub. He is also voiced by Dana Hayes in the Bang Zoom! Entertainment dub of Super . Beerus ( ビルス , Birusu )
30870-422: The future. In Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' and the Dragon Ball Super series, one of Frieza's loyal officers named Sorbet ( ソルベ , Sorube ) travels to Earth along with his subordinate Tagoma ( タゴマ ) to resurrect their master by using Earth's Dragon Balls to summon Shenron . During a subsequent invasion on Earth, Sorbet was killed by his own master's ki blast, which was intended for Krillin but
31080-609: The genitive particle ga remains in intentionally archaic speech. Early Middle Japanese is the Japanese of the Heian period , from 794 to 1185. It formed the basis for the literary standard of Classical Japanese , which remained in common use until the early 20th century. During this time, Japanese underwent numerous phonological developments, in many cases instigated by an influx of Chinese loanwords . These included phonemic length distinction for both consonants and vowels , palatal consonants (e.g. kya ) and labial consonant clusters (e.g. kwa ), and closed syllables . This had
31290-416: The group's encounter with his creator Doctor Myuu as well as the parasitic Baby on the planet M-2, and aids them in their subsequent struggle against the villains. During the Shadow Dragons arc, Giru accompanies Goku and Pan to search for the seven Shadow Dragons using his built-in Dragon Radar functionality to track the creatures. He is voiced by Shinobu Satouchi in Japanese media and by Sonny Strait in
31500-411: The impending Saiyan invasion, but is killed by one of their Saibamen . Before being wished back to life by the Namekian Dragon Balls, he trained under King Kai in the afterlife. He remains as a regular member of the Dragon Team, but gradually becomes less active later in the series. Tenshinhan ( 天津飯 ( テンシンハン ) ) , named Tien Shinhan in the Funimation anime dub and also known as Shinto in
31710-497: The invading Saiyans, including training Goku's son Gohan. He is later revealed to be a Namekian —a green-skinned, four-fingered, hairless humanoid species who created the series' titular Dragon Balls. He dies sacrificing himself to protect Gohan during the fight against the Saiyan Nappa , and trains in the afterlife under King Kai before being wished back to life by the Namekian Dragon Balls. While he temporarily maintains
31920-454: The lack of involvement from series creator Akira Toriyama. In 2010, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 producer Ryo Mito stated that "GT is popular with fans overseas. In Japan, it's not as popular." It was considered to be Funimation's second-biggest anime property during the 2000s, behind only Dragon Ball Z . GT's American release was labeled as "very successful" in 2005. Jeffrey Harris from IGN called it "downright repellent," mentioning that
32130-430: The language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese . Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords . The basis of the standard dialect moved from the Kansai region to the Edo region (modern Tokyo ) in the Early Modern Japanese period (early 17th century–mid 19th century). Following the end of Japan's self-imposed isolation in 1853,
32340-458: The languages of the original Jōmon inhabitants, including the ancestor of the modern Ainu language . Because writing had yet to be introduced from China, there is no direct evidence, and anything that can be discerned about this period must be based on internal reconstruction from Old Japanese , or comparison with the Ryukyuan languages and Japanese dialects . The Chinese writing system
32550-449: The languages. Okinawan Japanese is a variant of Standard Japanese influenced by the Ryūkyūan languages, and is the primary dialect spoken among young people in the Ryukyu Islands . Modern Japanese has become prevalent nationwide (including the Ryūkyū islands) due to education , mass media , and an increase in mobility within Japan, as well as economic integration. Japanese is a member of
32760-427: The large quantity of English loanwords, modern Japanese has developed a distinction between [tɕi] and [ti] , and [dʑi] and [di] , with the latter in each pair only found in loanwords. Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan, it has also been spoken outside of the country. Before and during World War II , through Japanese annexation of Taiwan and Korea , as well as partial occupation of China ,
32970-562: The loss of their homeworld to the Saiyans. Baby is first reactivated from a sleep state by Doctor Myuu ; he attempts to fight 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 travels to Earth with his unsuspecting host. On Earth, he battles Goten and Gohan, infects them both, and eventually infects Vegeta to make him his primary host. Goku, Trunks, and Pan return to Earth to find
33180-404: The material and characters had lost their novelty and fun. They also criticized the GT character designs of Vegeta and Trunks as being "goofy." Anime News Network (ANN) also gave negative comments about the anime, mentioning that the fights from the series were "a very simple childish exercise" and that older fans will want to stick with other anime. The series's plot was also criticized for giving
33390-421: The more sophisticated Piccolo. The franchise's anime and film adaptations feature some original characters not created by Toriyama but by Toei Animation staff: Dragon Ball GT and the vast majority of the film adaptations and OVAs exist in their own unique continuities which branch off from the anime television series at various points, so original characters introduced in the films are usually unknown to
33600-420: The native Namekian population to obtain the Dragon Balls so that he can wish for eternal life. It is eventually revealed that Frieza was responsible for destroying the Saiyan planet Vegeta, killing all but a few Saiyans, as he feared their power. He retains three of them (Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz ) as his underlings. Frieza later engages Goku and his associates in a protracted battle, with Goku transforming into
33810-468: The next ending theme change, with " Blue Velvet " by Shizuka Kudō in Japanese and Brina Palencia in English being used. "Sabitsuita Machine Gun de Ima o Uchinukō" ( 錆びついたマシンガンで今を撃ち抜こう ) , performed by Wands in Japanese and Justin Houston in English, is introduced as an ending theme in episode 51. It was used as the ending theme for the remainder of the series, except for the final episode, which reuses
34020-510: The older version of the character in AB Groupe's English dub of the GT TV special, which was recorded in France. In the English version of Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout , she is voiced by Julie Maddalena . In Dragon Ball GT , Trunks' second incarnation has become the president of Capsule Corporation, but does not take the job seriously. During his time on Imecka, Trunks battles with Ledgic, but he
34230-425: The only strict rule of word order is that the verb must be placed at the end of a sentence (possibly followed by sentence-end particles). This is because Japanese sentence elements are marked with particles that identify their grammatical functions. The basic sentence structure is topic–comment . For example, Kochira wa Tanaka-san desu ( こちらは田中さんです ). kochira ("this") is the topic of the sentence, indicated by
34440-449: The opening theme as an insert song, which was omitted in the alternate soundtrack, composed by Mark Manza. When Dragon Ball GT was originally airing in Japan during 1996 and 1997, Funimation had already begun dubbing the first two seasons of Dragon Ball Z , in association with Saban Entertainment and Ocean Productions . Once Funimation completed work on Dragon Ball Z in 2003, they licensed GT for an English language broadcast in
34650-478: The organization, its chief scientist Doctor Gero ( ドクター・ゲロ , Dokutā Gero ) continues his research and development work on powerful artificial humanoids known as Androids to seek revenge against him. King Piccolo, or Piccolo Daimaō ( ピッコロ大魔王 , Pikkoro Daimaō , "The Great Demon King Piccolo") in Japanese, was conceived by Toriyama as a truly evil opponent for Goku, as all his villains up to that point had something "likable" about them. He came into being when
34860-465: The original Japanese series and by Takashi Nagasako in Dragon Ball Kai and Episode of Bardock . In the English versions of the series, he is voiced by Paul Dobson in the Ocean dub, by Chris Forbis in the Funimation dub and by John Swasey in Dragon Ball Z Kai . The Ginyu Force ( ギニュー特戦隊 , Ginyū Tokusentai , lit. "Ginyu Special Squadron") is a team of five mercenaries who are hired by Frieza. The Ginyu Force and their poses were influenced from
35070-403: The other dragons before encountering Eis and Nuova Shenron. Being much more honorable than his brethren, Nuova helps Goku and turns on Eis. Syn Shenron, the most powerful of the Shadow Dragons, kills Nuova before absorbing both his Dragon Ball and the others as well to increase his power and become Omega Shenron, Super One-Star Dragon ( 超一星龍 , Sūpā Īshinron ) in Japanese, with access to all of
35280-470: The out-group gives a benefit to the in-group, and "up" to indicate the in-group gives a benefit to the out-group. Here, the in-group includes the speaker and the out-group does not, and their boundary depends on context. For example, oshiete moratta ( 教えてもらった ) (literally, "explaining got" with a benefit from the out-group to the in-group) means "[he/she/they] explained [it] to [me/us]". Similarly, oshiete ageta ( 教えてあげた ) (literally, "explaining gave" with
35490-546: The overall main protagonist of the Dragon Ball franchise. Pan ( パン ) is the granddaughter of Goku and Chi-Chi and daughter of Gohan and Videl, as such her ancestry comes from both humans and the extraterrestrials called the Saiyans. Pan appears as a young child in the final installments of the original manga and Dragon Ball Z anime series and is featured as one of the protagonists of the Dragon Ball GT anime series and its television special A Hero's Legacy . According to Dragon Ball GT producer Kōzō Morishita, Pan's role in
35700-415: The particle wa . The verb desu is a copula , commonly translated as "to be" or "it is" (though there are other verbs that can be translated as "to be"), though technically it holds no meaning and is used to give a sentence 'politeness'. As a phrase, Tanaka-san desu is the comment. This sentence literally translates to "As for this person, (it) is Mx Tanaka." Thus Japanese, like many other Asian languages,
35910-485: The partnership during the fights with Frieza and the Androids, by the time of the Cell and Majin Buu arcs he accepts the fact they are allies. Son Gohan ( 孫悟飯 ) is Goku's eldest son with Chi-Chi , who first appears at the age of four. He is kidnapped by Goku's brother, Raditz, and locked up in a space pod. However, his temper flares and he bursts out of the space pod, dealing a blow to Raditz and knocking himself out. After
36120-409: The planet's Dragon Balls. Dodoria's looks brutish and vulgar, while Zarbon appears to be a handsome, long-haired humanoid alien with a refined temperament. Bulma is blinded by her attraction to Zarbon's uncommon physical beauty during their initial encounter and initially mistakes him for an ally. While their former cohort Vegeta have little difficulty dispatching Dodoria, who reveals to him that Frieza
36330-481: The proposed larger Altaic family, or to various Southeast Asian languages , especially Austronesian . None of these proposals have gained wide acceptance (and the Altaic family itself is now considered controversial). As it stands, only the link to Ryukyuan has wide support. Other theories view the Japanese language as an early creole language formed through inputs from at least two distinct language groups, or as
36540-495: The reason there are many anthropomorphic characters is that he found it easier to visually differentiate them compared to human characters. For the female characters, Toriyama created women he deemed "beautiful and sexy", but also "strong". He claimed that he has trouble drawing females, which is why there are relatively few female characters in the Dragon Ball series. To advance the story quickly, he introduced Goku's signature flying nimbus cloud, later gave most fighting characters
36750-434: The regular Shenron. He is a dragon who is formed from all the negative energy accumulated from the selfish wishes granted throughout the series using the Dragon Balls. Summoned from the same Earth Dragon Balls, he splits into seven Evil Dragons who each take the form of a tainted Dragon Ball, spreading out all over the world and proceeding to cause chaos, causing the heroes to defeat each one. Goku, Pan, and Giru manage to defeat
36960-461: The rematch. The duo has been referenced in Dragon Ball Super and makes cameo appearances in flashbacks. They also appear in Bardock – The Father of Goku , where Zarbon advises Frieza to destroy the Saiyan homeworld, and Dodoria massacred Bardock's teammates. In an issue of Beckett Anime , a Beckett magazine publication, Zarbon was voted as one of the top five greatest henchmen of all anime and
37170-470: The same hairstyle and similar clothing; as a teenager at the end of the series, his appearance has changed to include a shirt bearing his name and a longer, shaggier hairstyle. Goten was trained by his older brother Gohan in preparation for the 25th World Martial Arts Tournament, which their father attended. During the training, Gohan discovers Goten is already quite strong, as he has been training with their mother (compared to Gohan's childhood), and can become
37380-459: The same structure as affirmative sentences, but with intonation rising at the end. In the formal register, the question particle -ka is added. For example, ii desu ( いいです ) "It is OK" becomes ii desu-ka ( いいですか。 ) "Is it OK?". In a more informal tone sometimes the particle -no ( の ) is added instead to show a personal interest of the speaker: Dōshite konai-no? "Why aren't (you) coming?". Some simple queries are formed simply by mentioning
37590-406: The sealing technique from resurfacing. Tambourine kills Krillin and beats a weakened Goku, but, due to Goku's Saiyain physiology, the near-fatal beating raises his strength dramatically, and Goku vaporizes him with a Kamehameha in a rematch. The third, Cymbal ( シンバル , Shinbaru ) , is created to find Dragon Balls, but he is killed and eaten by Yajirobe. The fourth, Drum ( ドラム , Doramu ) ,
37800-455: The series with the addition of former enemies and new heroes. The group is also known in Japanese as the "Z Fighters" ( Z戦士 , Zetto Senshi ) or Team "Z" in other media, and the Earth's Special Forces in the English dub of Dragon Ball Z . The Dragon Ball franchise begins in Goku's boyhood years as he trains in martial arts and explores a fantastical version of Earth ( 地球 , Chikyū ) . The plot revolves around his search for
38010-463: The series, she marries Vegeta. Bulma has also assumed the role of inventor and has consistently provided critical tech support to Goku and his friends with their battles against various enemies and threats throughout the series. Some of her notable innovations include a microband that could make her shrink, and a time machine that brought her son from an alternate future timeline, Trunks, to the past on multiple occasions. Krillin ( クリリン , Kuririn )
38220-422: The series, though his prominence in the series is reduced following the Baby arc. He also plays a very big part of giving energy to Goku to help him fight Omega Shenron. In the Baby arc, Vegeta is confronted by a Baby -possessed Gohan . Baby possessed Vegeta during their battle despite strong resistance by Vegeta, and the resulting Baby/Vegeta fusion battles Goku. Vegeta is later split from Baby's body before Baby
38430-414: The seven Dragon Balls used to summon a wish-granting dragon. The tone of the series becomes more action-oriented and less comedic as Goku reaches adulthood. He and his allies defend Earth against various threats, overcoming seemingly insurmountable opponents, and eventually emerging victorious against progressively more powerful foes. The series also includes depictions of the afterlife and time travel as
38640-403: The show "dropped the ball with [her] potential." Comicbook.com said that GT "floundered to create characters who were memorable or even likable to fans", and criticized it for making Goku become "so important to the show that former characters like Krillin, Gohan, and even Vegeta are all but forgotten." Japanese language Japanese ( 日本語 , Nihongo , [ɲihoŋɡo] )
38850-488: The show and though the stories never quite reach the level we grew accustomed to in Z some of moments were entertaining enough to please Dragon Ball fans. It's just that those snippets are spread few and far between and when compared to its predecessors it comes up woefully short by all accounts." CBR stated that the character of Pan "embraces a tomboy aesthetic and prefers fighting over other activities that might be considered more conventionally feminine.", and claimed that
39060-526: The skipped episodes to summarize the story. The skipped episodes were later shown on Cartoon Network as "The Lost Episodes" after the original broadcast concluded. Funimation's English dub began re-airing in the US on Nicktoons from January 16 to December 13, 2012, (which also included the U.S. television premiere of Episode 16 "Giru's Checkered Past") and rerun until January 2, 2015, due to Adult Swim having air rights Dragon Ball Z Kai through Toonami. "Step into
39270-439: The speaker, the listener, and persons mentioned. The Japanese writing system combines Chinese characters , known as kanji ( 漢字 , ' Han characters') , with two unique syllabaries (or moraic scripts) derived by the Japanese from the more complex Chinese characters: hiragana ( ひらがな or 平仮名 , 'simple characters') and katakana ( カタカナ or 片仮名 , 'partial characters'). Latin script ( rōmaji ローマ字 )
39480-425: The staff of Toei Animation using the same characters and universe from the original Dragon Ball manga and it continues the story where Dragon Ball Z had left off. Toriyama did, however, come up with the Dragon Ball GT name, which stands for "Grand Tour", in reference to the series having the characters travel through the universe, and designed the appearances of the main cast. Toriyama himself referred to GT as
39690-817: The state as at the time the constitution was written, many of the elders participating in the process had been educated in Japanese during the South Seas Mandate over the island shown by the 1958 census of the Trust Territory of the Pacific that found that 89% of Palauans born between 1914 and 1933 could speak and read Japanese, but as of the 2005 Palau census there were no residents of Angaur that spoke Japanese at home. Japanese dialects typically differ in terms of pitch accent , inflectional morphology , vocabulary , and particle usage. Some even differ in vowel and consonant inventories, although this
39900-481: The street. (grammatically incorrect insertion of a pronoun) But one can grammatically say essentially the same thing in Japanese: 驚いた彼は道を走っていった。 Transliteration: Odoroita kare wa michi o hashitte itta. (grammatically correct) This is partly because these words evolved from regular nouns, such as kimi "you" ( 君 "lord"), anata "you" ( あなた "that side, yonder"), and boku "I" ( 僕 "servant"). This
40110-426: The supreme deity Zeno . Since then he oversees Goku and Vegeta's training on his home planet. Whis ( ウイス , Uisu ) is an angelic being who appears in the fourteenth and fifteenth Dragon Ball Z films, as well as in Dragon Ball Super . A tall teal humanoid with pronounced effeminate features, he is an Angel ( 天使 , Tenshi ) , a being of extremely high status within the multiverse hierarchy. Each Angel
40320-581: The topic with an interrogative intonation to call for the hearer's attention: Kore wa? "(What about) this?"; O-namae wa? ( お名前は？ ) "(What's your) name?". Negatives are formed by inflecting the verb. For example, Pan o taberu ( パンを食べる。 ) "I will eat bread" or "I eat bread" becomes Pan o tabenai ( パンを食べない。 ) "I will not eat bread" or "I do not eat bread". Plain negative forms are i -adjectives (see below) and inflect as such, e.g. Pan o tabenakatta ( パンを食べなかった。 ) "I did not eat bread". List of Dragon Ball characters#Shadow Dragons Dragon Ball
40530-419: The two consonants are the moraic nasal followed by a homorganic consonant. Japanese also includes a pitch accent , which is not represented in moraic writing; for example [haꜜ.ɕi] ("chopsticks") and [ha.ɕiꜜ] ("bridge") are both spelled はし ( hashi ) , and are only differentiated by the tone contour. Japanese word order is classified as subject–object–verb . Unlike many Indo-European languages ,
40740-577: The two methods were both used in writing until the 1940s. Bungo still has some relevance for historians, literary scholars, and lawyers (many Japanese laws that survived World War II are still written in bungo , although there are ongoing efforts to modernize their language). Kōgo is the dominant method of both speaking and writing Japanese today, although bungo grammar and vocabulary are occasionally used in modern Japanese for effect. The 1982 state constitution of Angaur , Palau , names Japanese along with Palauan and English as an official language of
40950-480: The two terms (''hyōjungo'' and ''kyōtsūgo'') are almost the same. Hyōjungo or kyōtsūgo is a conception that forms the counterpart of dialect. This normative language was born after the Meiji Restoration ( 明治維新 , meiji ishin , 1868) from the language spoken in the higher-class areas of Tokyo (see Yamanote ). Hyōjungo is taught in schools and used on television and in official communications. It
41160-407: The verb (e.g. yonde for earlier yomite ), the -k- in the final mora of adjectives drops out ( shiroi for earlier shiroki ); and some forms exist where modern standard Japanese has retained the earlier form (e.g. hayaku > hayau > hayɔɔ , where modern Japanese just has hayaku , though the alternative form is preserved in the standard greeting o-hayō gozaimasu "good morning"; this ending
41370-417: The world and the universe. During the course of the story, protagonist Son Goku is adopted by Grandpa Son Gohan and encounters allies like Bulma , Master Roshi , and Trunks ; rivals such as Tien Shinhan , Piccolo , and Vegeta ; and villains such as Frieza , Cell , and Majin Buu . Goku's group of associates, known as the "Dragon Team" ( ドラゴンチーム , Doragon Chīmu ) , bolsters its ranks throughout
41580-548: The world. Since Japanese first gained the consideration of linguists in the late 19th century, attempts have been made to show its genealogical relation to languages or language families such as Ainu , Korean , Chinese , Tibeto-Burman , Uralic , Altaic (or Ural-Altaic ), Austroasiatic , Austronesian and Dravidian . At the fringe, some linguists have even suggested a link to Indo-European languages , including Greek , or to Sumerian . Main modern theories try to link Japanese either to northern Asian languages, like Korean or
41790-539: Was based on 12- to 20-second-long recordings of 135 to 244 phonemes , which 42 students listened to and translated word-for-word. The listeners were all Keio University students who grew up in the Kanto region . There are some language islands in mountain villages or isolated islands such as Hachijō-jima island , whose dialects are descended from Eastern Old Japanese . Dialects of the Kansai region are spoken or known by many Japanese, and Osaka dialect in particular
42000-603: Was deflected by Vegeta. Even though Frieza utilizes a powerful new form developed as a result of intensive training, Goku defeats him again and sends him back to Hell. A deceased Frieza is later recruited by Goku to participate in the Tournament of Power ( 力の大会 , Chikara no Taikai , lit. "Convention of Power") as a member of Team Universe 7. For his contributions in the tournament. Frieza is fully revived and rejoins his subordinates. Zarbon ( ザーボン , Zābon ) and Dodoria ( ドドリア ) are two of Frieza's top-ranking henchmen, first seen alongside their master on Planet Namek collecting
42210-419: Was dubbed over by Hōchū Ōtsuka in the Japanese version of the film. Before Piccolo Jr., King Piccolo created several offspring to help him with his plans. His first shown offspring, Piano ( ピアノ ) , helps him formulate his plan until he is killed when Goku knocks King Piccolo into him. He also creates Tambourine ( タンバリン , Tanbarin ) to hunt down the contenders of the World Martial Arts Tournament to keep
42420-403: Was dubbed over by Yūko Kaida in the Japanese version. She also appears in the video game adaptation , voiced by Tara Platt . The Red Ribbon Army ( レッドリボン軍 , Reddo Ribon Gun ) is a paramilitary organization led by Commander Red ( レッド総帥 , Reddo-Sōsui ) , who is on a quest for world domination and has his forces raid towns worldwide to search for the Dragon Balls. After Goku destroys
42630-735: Was imported to Japan from Baekje around the start of the fifth century, alongside Buddhism. The earliest texts were written in Classical Chinese , although some of these were likely intended to be read as Japanese using the kanbun method, and show influences of Japanese grammar such as Japanese word order. The earliest text, the Kojiki , dates to the early eighth century, and was written entirely in Chinese characters, which are used to represent, at different times, Chinese, kanbun , and Old Japanese. As in other texts from this period,
42840-474: Was lost immediately following its composition.) This set of morae shrank to 67 in Early Middle Japanese , though some were added through Chinese influence. Man'yōgana also has a symbol for /je/ , which merges with /e/ before the end of the period. Several fossilizations of Old Japanese grammatical elements remain in the modern language – the genitive particle tsu (superseded by modern no )
43050-433: Was only a single final draft of the character; although Nakatsuru did consider making the hair blond, he ended up choosing black as it provides more contrast with the red fur. The music of Dragon Ball GT was composed by Akihito Tokunaga, although the series uses five pieces of theme music by popular recording artists. Field of View performs the series opening theme, " Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku " ( DAN DAN 心魅かれてく ) , which
43260-411: Was originally named "Soba" ( ソバ ) when he first appeared, but when the series was being adapted into an anime, the staff asked Toriyama what his name was and he replied with Shu instead, forgetting that he had already named him. By the time he realized the mistake, the anime had already aired, so he decided to use Shu in the manga when the character reappeared. After initially succeeding in obtaining
43470-407: Was released exclusively in North America. Despite being noncanonical to the franchise's current iteration in Dragon Ball Super , characters from the series continue to be featured in video games of the franchise, including Dragon Ball Xenoverse , Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero . The series is often considered the " black sheep " of the Dragon Ball franchise, due to
43680-413: Was responsible for the destruction of the Saiyan homeworld, Zarbon manages to defeat and capture him after transforming into a powerful reptilian beast after their initial encounter. After Zarbon retrieves Vegeta's battered body and brings him to Frieza's ship in order to heal him for interrogation, Vegeta manages to escape and steal Frieza's Dragon Balls. Zarbon fights Vegeta again, but Vegeta kills him in
43890-411: Was the only character from Dragon Ball on the list. Zarbon is voiced by Shō Hayami in the original Japanese series and Hiroaki Miura in Dragon Ball Kai and Episode of Bardock . In the English versions of the series, he is voiced by Paul Dobson in the Ocean dub, by Christopher Sabat in the Funimation dub, and by J. Michael Tatum in Dragon Ball Z Kai . Dodoria is voiced by Yukitoshi Hori in
44100-600: Was used in the Funimation/Saban dub of Seasons 1–2 and the Westwood Media/AB Groupe dub of Seasons 4–9, was originally contacted to dub Dragon Ball GT as well. Due to cost-cutting measures, this never came to fruition, with dubbing being moved from Vancouver to Calgary , where Blue Water Studios was based. The dub had a script that was independent of Funimation, with some techniques having different titles (such as "Instant Transmission", which
#513486