Dragon
Ball was born in the far-off year of 1984 as a comic strip in Weekly
Shonen Jump #51. But look at how much stuff came out from that simple
strip... The manga volumes, TV series, videogames, calendars, cards, movies,
GT series and every type of gadget! Dragon
Ball Arena always tried to give you more info about Akira Toriyama's
work! So a special section dedicated to "DB guides" could
not be missing: they will reveal all Dragon Ball mysteries starting from
those little pearls of wisdom, the Daizenshuu, until reaching the
two recent Dragonball LANDMARK and Dragonball FOREVER, published
by Shueisha Inc. to celebrate the new Japanese DB release. This
latest version of the manga, Dragonball Perfect Edition, is composed
by 34 volumes (Kanzenban), with new red covers and a new four-page, full-color
ending drawn by Akira Toriyama himself!
| | Daizenshuu | DBGT Perfect Files
| | Dragonball LANDMARK | Dragonball FOREVER | | Dragonball Z Perfect Anime Guide - Son Goku Densetsu | | Dragonball Perfect Anime Guide - Tenkaichi Densetsu | | Dragon Ball Tributes | |
The new (only Japanese) release of Dragon Ball "Perfect Edition" composed of 34 kanzenban volumes held some special stuff... That is some brochures containing each an image of the Dragon Ball world, seen through the eyes of some popular Japanese mangaka who also wrote a note where they told how Akira Toriyama has influenced them and been an inspiration. We're talking about 17 tributes that you can see in the pages dedicated to each of these "notabilities" Dragon Ball fans along with a biographic article. The first 10 of them were later published in "Dragondall Landmark" too, inside the section "Dragon Ball Children".
| 1 - EIICHIRO ODA (One Piece) |
2 - MASASHI KISHIMOTO (Naruto) |
3 - SHINYA SUZUKI (Mr. Fullswing) |
| 4 - YOSHIO SAWAI (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) |
5 - YUSUKE MURATA (Eyeshield 21) |
6 - TAITO KUBO (Bleach) |
| 7 - KENTARO YABUKI (Black Cat) |
8 - YASUHIRO KANO (Pretty Face) |
9 - MIKIO ITO (Normandy Himitsu Club) |
| 10 - NAKABA SUZUKI (Rising Impact) (Ultra Red) |
11 - KENICHI SAKURA (Dragon Drive) |
12 - KENJIRO TAKESHITA (Happy World) |
| 13 - NORIHIRO YAGI (Angel Densetsu) (Claymore) |
14 - ARINA TANEMURA (Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne) (Full Moon Wo Sagashite) (Time Stranger Kyoko) (The Gentleman Alliance) |
15 - RYO AZUKI (Love Wan) (W (Double) Pinch!) |
| 16 - KOUSHI RIKUDO (Exel Saga) |
17 - KOHTA HIRANO (Hellsing) |
This page was made in appreciation
of Akira Toriyama's work and is promoting it to viewers everywhere.
We are in no way trying to infringe copyrights on Dragon Ball / Dragon
Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.
Dragon Ball is copyrighted by Akira Toriyama, TOEI Animation, Bird Studio
and Shueisha Inc.