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.