| DragonBall was at last released-announcing a fiction of a small boy with a monkey tail named Son Goku and his experiences with the purpose of gaining the mythical DragonBalls. Legend has it that he was rescued by a loving old man named Gohan, after coming down to earth in a capsule from who knows where. Along the way, young Goku meets with some life-long companions which aid him locate these priceless artifacts-such as Bulma, a lively young girl, armed with hi-tech machinery. WuLong, a pig that has the capability to shape-shift, Yancha-a desert rebel warrior with an attitude and a sociable magical-cat comrade, KAME-senin-the wise old mentor of Goku and other warriors, with a perfected martial art recognized as "Kame-senin style", which he passes on to all his students, and ultimately, Kuilin-a monk who makes friend with Goku at an early age where they become good friends for the entire series. The "Pilaf series" is the first placement of DragonBall, followed by "Red Ribbon series" and then the "Piccolo series". the series goes on up till Goku grows into a young man, where he has plenty of experience in the famous "TenkaichiBudokai" tournament. There is where the turning point of the series takes place, and he fights Piccolo-an impressive foe-and hardly deafeats him. Piccolo presumably divides into a good and bad form, and the good form succeed to stay on earth for quite some while. DragonBall Z intiates shortly after a TV. show, but the manga series goes on from there still under the name of "DragonBall Z". |
