Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984.
The initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 individual chapters collected in 42 tankōbon volumes by its publisher Shueisha.
Dragon Ball was originally inspired by the classical 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with elements of Hong Kong martial arts films.
Dragon Ball characters also use a variety of East Asian martial arts styles, including karate and Wing Chun (kung fu).
『ドラゴンボール』(DRAGON BALL)は、鳥山明による日本の漫画作品。
『週刊少年ジャンプ』(集英社)にて1984年51号から1995年25号まで連載された。略称は「DB」。