Friday, December 19, 2014

Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball [Do-ra-gon Bo-ru]

DRAGON BALL  is a Japanese Animated Series that was based on the Chinese Literature ( Journey to the West / The Monkey King , San Wukong or San Goku )...

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In Chinese Literature, San Wukong has the ability to create shadow clones  [Kage Bunshin in Japanese] of himself using his golden hair strands.

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Dragon Ball is Comparative to The Forbidden Kingdom : 


*Goku = represents San Wukong / The Monkey King... [Jet Li]
*Kuririn = represents the Monk or Shaolin / Xiaolin ... / The Shadow Clone... [Jet Li]

*Muten-Roshi / Kame-Sennin = represents the Drunken Hermit / Martial Arts Expert... [Jackie Chan]

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 Dragon Ball Z is Comparative to The Monkey King:






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 Dragon Ball Evolution as the hollywood movie adaptation :




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Main Character : Goku (the super saiyan)...

----BOOK ONE: DRAGON BALL [Canonical]-----

      A kid named Goku [pronounced as : Go-ko-u] ( saiyan name: Kakarotu ) met Bulma (daughter of an inventor who owned Capsule Corporation). Goku was holding a four-star dragon ball. And Bulma was trying to find all seven dragon balls to make a wish. Eventually he found Master Roshii, the old-man living in an island, a martial artist and mentor. A shaolin kid came to be a student of Master Roshi; whose name was Krillin or Kuririn. One night, Goku transformed into a giant monkey (the curse of the Saiyans). 

      Until such time, Master Roshi [pronounced as :Ro-shi-i] got nothing to teach with any of his students, he came to Goku and said "This a new technique Goku, this is '*Kame-kame-Ha!'  ". The technique needed much concentration and meditation; and Master Roshi has to exert a lot of effort and energy to demonstrate it. However, Goku did it effortlessly. One time, Goku went on harder training, he has to be as flexible as the wind... stronger than the rocks and boulders... and faster than the mighty lightning. And he became an honorable student with a dragon fighter level with formidable fighting skills under Master Roshi's Academy [ The Turtle Style Martial Arts School] .

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*In original manga version, it is "Kame-kame-kame-... Ha!".

*In animé version, it is "Kamehameha / Kame-Hame-Ha!".

*In a comprehensive form, it is Kame sen'nin no kamehamenami ( 亀 仙人 の かめはめ波 ) which means "Kamehameha of Master Roshi".

 Kami () means Hair or Hair Strands;
 Kame () is Tortoise or Turtle.














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MAIN FEATURED FIGHTS:





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----BOOK TWO: DRAGON BALL Z [Canonical]-----














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----BOOK THREE: DRAGON BALL Z, Battle of Gods [Cinematic] - THE MOVIE-----

For More Info: http://www.dragonballz.com/

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Notes:

*Dragon Ball GT & Legend of Goku Junior are all Filler Episodes...These were not part of the actual Dragon Ball Anthology....

*Dragon Ball Kai or Dragon Ball Z Kai is still Dragon Ball Z...


SEVEN DRAGON BALLS (Orange Balls with Red Stars on it) ;  [Source: wcdadvgr2.blogspot.com]
Mystical Dragon Shenlong (a.k.a. Shenron) ; [image source: dragonball.wikia.com]

http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_symbols
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SSJ Forms  / Super Saiyan Forms



SSJ Level 1 [Image Source: www.newgrounds.com]

Super Saiyan Form is about Goku's Golden Flame Transformation...
(During: Frieza Saga)









SSJ Level 2 [Image Source: bardocksonic.deviantart.com ]



Super Saiyan-Two Form is about Goku's Golden-Yellow Flame Transformation...
(During :  Android Zero Saga or  Android Cell Saga)



SSJ Level 3 [Image Source: www.pinterest.com]
Super Saiyan-Three Form is about Goku's Golden Flame with Bluish-White Lightning & Long Hair Transformation...
(During: Majin-Buu Saga)


SSJ Level 4 / SSJ GOD Level  [Image Source: bardocksonic.deviantart.com]


Super Saiyan-GOD Form is about Goku's Red Flame Transformation...
(During: Battle of Gods , DBZ the Movie)



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OVAs



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Movies:
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DB Movie 1:

*Dragon Ball: Legend of Shenlong ,  1986 (Japan)

*Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies ,   1996 (USA)






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DB Movie 4 / DBZ Movie 1:

*Dragon Ball Z: Return My Gohan!! ,  1989 (Japan)

*Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone ,   1997 (USA)









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Other Movies:


















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 Reference/s:


*http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Akira_Toriyama

 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Cheng'en

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Dragon_Ball_films

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Kamehameha

*http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Turtle_School