Dragon Ball is a now-legendary franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise is made up of numerous video games, movies, and spin-offs catering to millions of fans worldwide. The most notable anime in the series are Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, and Ball DAIMA.
At its best, Dragon Ball Super is still just a pale imitation of DBZ.
There have been many comparisons between Superman and Dragon Ball's Goku, yet the very nature of this exercise is antithetical to Toriyama's vision.
Dragon Ball’s Goku is an anime icon, but now that Akira Toriyama isn’t here to write his story, it’s time to let him go out of respect for his creator
Dragon Ball GT remains a controversial series, but its Baby Saga hits all the right notes far better than any of Dragon Ball Super's storylines.
A few of the best retro games of the 1990s belong to Dragon Ball's empire, and players enjoy them just as much today as they did 30 years ago.
The Akira Toriyama Archive unveils concept art for an iconic Dragon Ball Super character whom Akira Toriyama himself referred to as a 'pretty boy.'
Dragon Ball Z is emblematic of '90s action shonen series, but Yu Yu Hakusho beats the anime at its own game.
Goku will always be Dragon Ball's greatest hero, but Gohan was allowed to outshine him once with Super Saiyan 2 in Dragon Ball Z's greatest episode.
Fans have gotten too comfortable criticizing the isekai genre when there are plenty of shonen anime that deserve more hate.
From Sailor Moon to Naruto, these are the greatest anime that were broadcast on Toonami between the 90s and the 2000s.
The English dubs of shows like Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball Z made America fall in love with anime.
Dragon Ball’s next anime series seems to have all its stars aligning to surpass even the untouchable peak of the franchise that is DBZ in 1 key way.
Quiet as it's kept, Dragon Ball owes its success in the U.S. to one brilliant Toonami decision.
Some fans say that Dragon Ball Z is only better to Dragon Ball Super because of blind nostalgia, but there are many areas where DBZ is superior.
Dragon Ball Super has introduced a wide range of powerful transformations, some of which are more advantageous than others.
Super Saiyan Goku, Vegeta and the rest of the Z Fighters are ready to Rock the Dragon in the first official DBZ crossover with Minecraft.
Dragon Ball GT fails at expanding Dragon Ball's sprawling story when it introduces conflicting details to the story that challenge the official canon.
The original draft page from Buu Saga gets released as part of the official Dragon Ball Toriyama Archives.
If Toyotarou isn't careful, he could sink the reputation of Dragon Ball faster than David Benioff and D.B. Weiss sank Game of Thrones.
Dragon Ball is celebrated as an evergreen masterpiece, but there are still some dated moments that are likely to give modern anime fans pause.
