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Dragon Ball Z (Doragon Bōru Zetto?) is the title of the anime adaptation of the second portion of the immensely popular Dragon Ball manga written and drawn by Akira Toriyama, making it the sequel to the Dragon Ball anime. It was first released in Japan and Hong Kong, and later elsewhere in the world including the United States. The 'Z' was originally added to the title by Toriyama for the anime, to signify it as being the ending portion of the Dragon Ball series.

The series follows the adventures of the adult version of Goku who, along with his companions, defend the Earth and many other planets against various villains. While the original Dragon Ball anime followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, Dragon Ball Z is a continuation of his adulthood life, but at the same time parallels the maturation of his son, Gohan and to a lesser extent, with his second son Goten. The separation between the series is also significant as the later series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone.

Dragon Ball Z was marketed to appeal to a wide range of viewers from all ages, and contains crude humor and occasional excesses of violence (which includes cartoon blood), which are commonly seen as inappropriate for younger audiences by American standards. When it was marketed in the US, the distribution company FUNimation alongside with Saban decided to initially focus exclusively on the young children's market, because the anime market was still small compared to the much larger children's cartoon market.

The show started in the US in 1996 on Cartoon Network's Toonami block and ran until 2003. Beginning with the Saiyan Saga, severe restrictions were put in place for a cable program. From the Ginyu Saga onwards, FUNimation dubbed the show themselves with their own in-house voice actors and also cut some of their previous restrictions, such as the inclusion of blood. Altogether, the show was given a TV-Y7 rating for fantasy violence. Like in Japan, the show was well-received in the US, becoming very popular and it also greatly helped expand the anime market in the US.

Detail

Demographic Shōnen
Genre Action, Martial arts, Science Fiction, Drama, Comedy
Directed by Daisuke Nishio
Studio Toei Animation
Network  Fuji TV, Animax

 Show and Other networks

•  Animax
  
•  Network Ten, Cartoon Network
  
•  TV 3, Cartoon Network
  
•  Band, Cartoon Network, Globo
  
•  YTV
  
•  Indosiar
  
•  Subtv
  
•  NT1, TF1
  
•  Tele 5, RTL II
  
•  ANT1
  
•  Cartoon Network,Toonami
  
•  Cartoon Network,Toonami
  
•  Italia 1
  
•  RTM 2, TV 9
  
•  XHGC-TV, Cartoon Network
  
•  Cartoon Network
  
•  RPN 9, IBC 13, GMA Network
  
•  SIC, SIC Radical
  
•  Antena 3, Cartoon Network, Canal Sur, Telemadrid, Cuatro
  
•  Televisió de Catalunya,
  
•  TVG
  
•  ETB
  
•  Cartoon Network, Toonami
  
•  Cartoon Network
  
•  Televen
  
•  Children Channel
  
•  RTL 7, TVN Siedem
  
•  Magic Kids, Canal 9, Cartoon Network
  
•  Cartoon Network
  
•  Spacetoon
  
•  Cartoon Network, Canal Caracol
  
•  Cartoon Network
  
•  Megavisión, Etc...TV
  
•  Repretel
  
•  LNK
  
•  Telesistema
   
  
• Original run April 26, 1989 – January 31, 1996
  
• No. of episodes 291

Movies

• Dead Zone
  
• The World's Strongest
  
• The Tree of Might
  
• Lord Slug
  
• Cooler's Revenge
  
• Return of Cooler
  
• Super Android 13!
  
• Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan
  
• Bojack Unbound
  
• Broly Second Coming
  
• Bio-Broly
  
• Fusion Reborn
  
• Wrath of the Dragon

TV Specials

• Bardock: The Father of Goku
  
• The History of Trunks

Original Video Animation (OVA)

• Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans