Places in the Dragon Ball Universe
Anoyo
Anoyo is the afterworld. Everyone in the universe who dies goes
straight to Anoyo and from
there go either to Heaven (Tenkoku) or Hell. (Jigoku) Anoyo, except
for a lot of clouds,
consists of the following:
Enma Daio's place
This is Enma Daio's place. Everyone who dies is judged by Enma
and sent either to Tenkoku
or Jigoku. Most people who go in front of Enma are spirits but
a few people who did
exceptional things during their lives get to keep their bodies.
The Serpent Road
This is the Serpent Road, a 1,000,000 kilometer long road that
looks like a snake. At the
end of the road is Kaio's planet, where Gokou went to train. Around
the Serpent Road are
endless clouds, under which is Jigoku. (hell) In order to get to
Kaio's planet, you have to go
by the Serpent Road or teleport there.
Jigoku (Hell)
This is where all the bad people get sent after they die. In the
manga we never see Jigoku,
but in the anime, we see Jigoku several times, including one time
where Gokou accidentally fell
off the Serpent Road.
Tenkoku (Heaven)
This is where all the good people get sent after they die. Spirits
who go to Tenkoku get there
via a plane that departs from Enma's place. We never get to see
it in the manga, but we see it
in the anime after Gokou dies a second time.
North Kaio-sei (Planet Kaio)
This is North Kaiosei, an obscenely small planet with very strong
gravity. North Kaio-sama
and his pet Bubbles live in a small house on this planet. (in the
anime Kaio-sama has an
additional pet, Gregory) There are also a few trees on the planet
and a single road going
around the planet in a circle. (Kaio-sama's hobby is driving) This
is the only Kaiosei we get
to see. Kaiosei no longer exists, as it was blown up during the
Cell saga.
East Kaio-sei
This is the East Kaio-sei. We never get to see it. In the anime,
we see East Kaio-sama, who
is a woman with glasses that looks a lot like Norht Kaio-sama.
Actually, all of the Kaios
wear glasses in some form.
South Kaiosei
This is the South-Kaiosei. We never get to see it either, although
we see South Kaio-sama in
both the anime and manga. He wears sunglasses and looks somewhat
like North Kaio-sama
except with a longer face and earrings.
West Kaiosei
This the West-Kaiosei, which is also never seen. We see West Kaio-sama
in the anime,
though. He wears a monacle and is Kaio-sama's rival.
Dai-Kaiosei
This is Daiokaiosei, where the head of all the Kaios, Dai-Kaio-sama
lives. We never get to
see it in the manga, but we do in the anime. Dai-Kaio-sama is a
really old guy with a long
beard who talks like a woman.
Kaioshinkai
Literally "The world of the Kaioshins," this is the holy planet
that only the Kaioshins are
(supposed) to be able go to. From what we see of Kaioshinkai, it
is untouched by
civilization. It is also where the "universe's strongest sword,"
the Z sword, is kept. This is also
where the last major battle in DBZ was fought. The Kaioshinkai
consists of one planet,
Kaioshinsei, and many small suns surrounding the planet.
The Universe
This is the universe other than the afterworld. The major places
in it are:
Planet Freeza
This is (surprise!) where Freeza's headquarters are located, and
is probably where Freeza
plans his moves. It has a room with a medical machine and a training
room along with other
facilities like Saiyajin capsule launchers. It is here that Vegeta
learns that Freeza had gone to
Nameck-sei to get the Nameck Dragon Balls.
Nameck-sei
This is the planet that Piccolo, Kami-sama, Dende, and all of the
other Nameck-seijins come
from. The Nameck-sei saga was the longest-running story in the
DBZ series. Nameck-sei is
primarily an ocean planet with an abundance of islands on which
the Nameck-seijins lived. In
the past, Nameck-sei was a wooded planet, but a change in the climate
wiped out the
forests, and very few trees remain. Nameck-sei has its own set
of Dragon Balls, which
Freeza was trying to find. During a fight with Gokou, Freeza destroyed
Nameck-sei, but
using the Dragon Balls, the Nameck-seijins were transported to
a new planet.
Shin-Nameck-sei
After Freeza destroyed the old Nameck-sei, all the Nameck-seijins
were transported to a
new planet. We first get to see this planet during the Cell saga
when Gokou teleports there to
find a new Kami for Earth. Shin-Nameck-sei is physically very similar
to the old Nameck-sei
we see; lots of islands and few trees. Shin-Nameck-sei also plays
a fairly large role during
the end of the Buu saga.