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The series was also published in book form - there are 42 Dragon Ball books. The Dragon Ball series spawned 2 animated series faithful to the manga and one original. The first TV serie is "Dragon Ball" is based on the first 17 books (that is book 1 to 16, and the 2 first chapters of book 17) - the story of young Goku until the end of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai and the battle against Piccolo. Since the focus of the series changed from "comedy-adventure with action" to "action-adventure with comedy", the TV serie changed name and became "Dragon Ball Z". This second serie is based on the manga books 17 to 42 - From the arrival of Raditz until the very end. After the end of DBZ, a new TV serie began, "Dragon Ball GT", but is not based on any Toriyama manga. Important notice : the manga is always named "Dragon Ball". It's only the TV Serie who changed name and became Dragon Ball Z. If you come by books which are titled "Dragon Ball Z", it's probably the anime comics of the movies (see the DBZ movie page). After the end of the DB manga, Shueisha (the publisher of Shonen Jump and DB books) published 7 coffee-table books, the illustration series, filled with DB info. The books are :
You can read Curtis Hoffmann's reviews here. The manga is translated into numerous language, mainly in Asia, but also more recently in Europe. The French manga is very faithful to the original, without any censor or many changes in characters names. The only differences are the french sound effects and the inverted reading order. It seems the only language DB hasn't been translated to is...english! :) In America, it should be possible to find the Japanese version in Japanese bookstores such as Sasuga, Kinokuniya and others. Chinese, Korean and other asian language version are easily found in any chinatown (in Montreal, the Chinese version is easy to find). The French version is in every library in Quebec, France, Belgium, Switzerland and other French-speaking countries. More Dragon Ball Manga Info :
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