Dragon Ball By: Brandon K. Lau

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Dragon BallBy Brandon K. Lau
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Introduction

• Dragon Ball is one of the most popular
  anime(cartoon)shows ever in Japan. The original
  series Dragonball, was based on the comic book by
  Toriyama Akira, which started about 10 years ago
  and was an adventure-type show with a little bit
  of martial arts.
• Dragon Balls origin is from the literature of
  Journey from the West which is a Chinese story.
  The cartoon is called Dragon Ball because there
  a bunch of magic balls(7 of them) which are
  scattered, once they are collected a Dragon is
  summoned for a wish!
• Currently Dragon Ball came to the U.S and they
  have supplied American voices for the cartoon.
  

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Information on the Series

• The first series that came out was just named
  Dragon Ball.
  
• The second series was named Dragon Ball Z, Z
  represented the Z team that was a group of
  warriors formed for battle.
  
• Last the final series was Dragon Ball GT, GT
  represented Grand Tour because the heroes had to
  seek the Dragon Balls all over the Universe. As
  of 1997 the Dragon Ball cartoon ended.

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Characters

• In the Dragon Ball cartoon there are many
  characters, the main characters are the warriors
  known as Saiyajin which is the supreme race in
  warriors.
• The cartoon begins with the main character named
  Goku, who is only a child. Once he became adult
  the cartoon became more complex.

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Interesting Facts

• The first planet in the cartoon was named
  planet!
  
• There was 187 fights from Dragon Ball to the end
  of Dragon Ball Z! 187 is the code for murder to
  the police!
  
• Most of the male character voices in this
  Japanese cartoon were done by females!
  

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Other Dragon Ball Things

• Other than being a cartoon series, Dragon Ball
  also can be found in
  
• Movie Cartoon Specials
• Video Games
• Trading Cards

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