#Dragon ball z games wiki series#

The battle ends with Goku restraining Raditz so that Piccolo can hit them with a deadly move called Special Beam Cannon (й”иІ«е…‰ж®єз І, MakankЕЌsappЕЌ), mortally wounding them both. During the battle, Gohan's rage momentarily makes him stronger than Piccolo and Goku as he attacks Raditz to protect his father. Goku decides to team up with his arch-enemy Piccolo, who was also defeated by Raditz in an earlier encounter, in order to defeat him and save his son. When Goku refuses to join them, Raditz takes Goku and Krillin down with one strike, kidnaps Gohan and threatens to murder him if Goku doesn't kill 100 humans within the next 24 hours. Raditz along with two elites, Vegeta and Nappa, are the only remaining Saiyan warriors, so Raditz comes to enlist Goku's help in conquering frontier worlds. The Saiyans had sent Goku (originally named 'Kakarot') to Earth as an infant to conquer the planet for them, but he suffered a severe blow to the head shortly after his arrival and lost all memory of his mission, as well as his bloodthirsty Saiyan nature. Plot summary Saiyan Saga Дragon Ball Z picks up five years after the end of the Dragon Ball anime, with Goku now a young adult and father to his son, Gohan.ДЄ humanoid alien named Raditz arrives on Earth in a spacecraft and tracks down Goku, revealing to him that he is his long-lost older brother and that they are members of a near-extinct alien warrior race called the Saiyans ( г‚µг‚¤гѓ¤дєє, Saiya-jin). 4.4 Television specials and original video animations.2.2.1 English dub production and broadcasting.2.1 English dub production and broadcasting.Дragon Ball Z has since been followed by two sequel series: Dragon Ball GT (1996вЂ“1997) and Dragon Ball Super (2015вЂ“2018). Dragon Ball Z remains a cultural icon through numerous adaptations and re-releases, including a remastered broadcast titled Dragon Ball Kai. The anime's popularity has also spawned numerous media and merchandise that have come to represent the majority of content within the Dragon Ball franchise. At the same time, the story parallels the life of his son, Gohan, as well as the development of his rivals, Piccolo and Vegeta.Дue to the success of the anime in the United States, the manga chapters making up its story were initially released by Viz Media under the Dragon Ball Z title. Дragon Ball Z continues the adventures of Son Goku in his adult life as he and his companions defend the Earth against villains including aliens ( Vegeta, Frieza), androids ( Cell), and magical creatures ( Majin Buu).

#Dragon ball z games wiki series#

The series aired in Japan on Fuji TV from April 1989 to January 1996 and was later dubbed for broadcast in at least 81 countries worldwide. Part of the Dragon Ball media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 Dragon Ball anime series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama, which ran in Weekly ShЕЌnen Jump from 1988 to 1995. Dragon Ball Z ( Japanese: гѓ‰гѓ©г‚ґгѓігѓњгѓјгѓ«Z, Hepburn: Doragon BЕЌru Zetto, commonly abbreviated as DBZ) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation.