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Dragon Ball
DRAGON BALL
- Volumes
- 📚 42 vols
- Publication
- 📅 1984–1995
- Reading time
- ⏱ about 13–20 hr
- Circulation
- 💰 about 260M copies
Status: Completed / Published in: Weekly Shonen Jump / Shueisha
Overview (spoiler-free)
Synopsis
Young Goku grows through adventures seeking the seven balls scattered across the world and battles against powerful foes in this classic action series.
Spoiler-free editorial summary.
Reading-time estimate
⏱ about 13–20 hr
About 3 weeks at 5 hours per week
Basis: Volumes × 30 minutes per volume. This is an estimate, not an official figure.
Series profile
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Romance
- Mystery
- Dark
Tag-derived profile (0–100), provided as a quick guide to the series' tone and style.
Series information
- Original title
- DRAGON BALL
- Volumes
- 42
- Publication
- 1984–1995
- Creators
- 鳥山明 (Story & art)
- Publication family
- Jump titles
- Magazine / platform
- Weekly Shonen Jump
- Publisher
- Shueisha
- English title source
- VIZ Media (en-US)
Tags
Circulation source
about 260M copies (publisher-announced)
Source: 公称発行部数（出版社発表・一次出典URL要確認） · as of 2023