Books in series
#1
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1
The Monkey King
1985
The quiet life of a young monkey-tailed boy named Goku is disrupted when he meets the blue-haired, boy-crazy Bulma, who is on a quest to collect seven Dragon Balls. Original.
#2
Dragon Ball, Vol. 2
Wish Upon a Dragon
1986
With the (reluctant) help of the shapeshifting pig Oolong, Goku and Bulma have found almost all the Dragon Balls they need to get their wish! To get the sixth Dragon Ball, the fearsome Ox King sends Goku on a mission: to find Kame-Sen'nin, the Turtle Hermit, whose mighty powers can put out the raging fires of Fry-Pan Mountain! But the sleazy old martial artist might just make it more trouble than it's worth! Then, with the bandits Yamcha and Pu'ar on their trail, our heroes continue their quest for the seventh and final Dragon Ball. But can they get it from little Emperor Pilaf, who wants to use his wish to rule the world?!!
#3
Dragon Ball, Vol. 3
L'initiation
1986
With the Dragon Balls gone and Bulma's summer vacation over, Goku goes to the remote house of the Turtle Hermit, Kame-Sen'nin, to be trained in the martial arts. There, the girl-ogling old master promises to teach Goku everything he knows...and prepare him for the Tenka'ichi Budôkai, the great tournament to determine the Strongest Fighter in the World! But Goku's fellow student, the Shaolin monk Kuririn, isn't above cheating to be the best. Can the two of them get along as they undergo the strangest martial arts training ever?
#4
Dragon Ball, Vol. 4
Le tournoi
1986
Les dragon balls sont des boules de cristal magiques. Celui qui les réunit invoque un dragon qui réalisera ses voeux. Sangoku, Dendé, Végéta et tous les protagonistes de cette grande saga tentent de trouver les sept dragon balls qui, une fois le voeu exaucé, s'éparpilleront à nouveau dans l'univers.Devenue un véritable phénomène de mode dès sa parution, cette série connaît un succès mondial auprès de toute une génération.
#5
Dragon Ball, Tome 5
L'ultime combat
1987
L'issue du championnat du monde des arts martiaux approche. Qui de Sangoku ou de Tortue Géniale l'emportera ? Les paris sont ouverts. La foule fiévreuse supporte tour à tour chacun des combattants. L'épreuve de force est engagée et le suspense bat son plein... Cet épisode des aventures de Sangoku met fin au cycle concernant l'obtention du titre de champion du monde des arts martiaux, et préfigure les prémices d'une nouvelle aventure de grande envergure. Une transition à ne pas rater !
#6
Dragon Ball, Tome 6
L'empire du Ruban Rouge
1987
Après avoir laissé échapper le titre de champion du monde des arts martiaux, Sangoku est reparti à la quête du Dragon Ball que lui avait confié son grand-père. Chemin faisant, il se heurte quelque peu aux troupes de l'armée du ruban rouge qui se trouve être la plus puissante de la galaxie. Au passage, Sangoku en profite pour venir en aide à des villageois dont le maire est retenu en otage...
#7
Dragon Ball, Tome 7
La ménace
1987
Les Dragon Ball, boules de cristal magiques, offrent à celui qui les détient la possibilité de réaliser tous ses voeux. Bien sûr la quête que mène Sangoku et ses amis pour les réunir n'est pas sans obstacles : tournois et combats rythment chaque tome de cette série-culte pour les jeunes adolescents. Scénarios et dialogues assez simples centrés sur la confrontation entre les différents protagonistes. Les textes se résument parfois aux cris des combattants mais le succès de la série dépasse largement cela, pour en faire un véritable mythe auprès de la jeune génération. —Nadia Picard
#8
Dragon Ball, Vol. 8
Taopaipai and Master Karin
1987
Tired of losing their best operatives to Son Goku, the commanders of the Red Ribbon Army hire Taopaipai, the world's greatest assassin, to "take care" of him permanently! To have a chance of defeating this new opponent, Goku must climb the miles-high Karin Tower, where a mysterious hermit guards a jug of magic water which will grant the one who drinks it super strength. And while Goku struggles to get the magic water, time is running out...because Commander Red only needs two more Dragon Balls to make his deepest, darkest wishes come true!
#9
Dragon Ball, Vol. 9
Test of the All-Seeing Crone
1987
Having defeated the Red Ribbon Army single-handedly and taken their Dragon Balls, Goku finds that one is still missing! To locate it, he goes to the palace of the All-Seeing Crone, Baba Uranai, who can find anything in the world...for a price! The crone agrees to find the Dragon Ball for free if Goku and his friends—Yamcha, Pu'ar, Kuririn and Upa—can best her five supernatural champions in one-on-one combat. but even if they can beat Dracula, the Mummy, and the Devil, the final challenger just might give Goku the shock of his life!
#10
Dragon Ball, Tome 10
Le miraculé
1987
Les dragon balls sont des boules de cristal magiques. Celui qui les réunit invoque un dragon qui réalisera ses voeux. Sangoku, Dendé, Végéta et tous les protagonistes de cette grande saga tentent de trouver les sept dragon balls qui, une fois le voeu exaucé, s'éparpilleront à nouveau dans l'univers.Devenue un véritable phénomène de mode dès sa parution, cette série connaît un succès mondial auprès de toute une génération.
#11
Dragon Ball, Vol. 11
The Eyes of Tenshinhan
1988
The Tenka'ichi Budôkai is heating up, and there can only be one winner! Last tournament's champion Jackie Chun goes up against three-eyed "Crane School" kung fu master Tenshinhan! Then, it's the long-awaited match between former classmates Goku and Kuririn—and guess who has some tricks up his sleeve! But Tenshinhan isn't just fighting to win, he's carrying out a deadly grudge—to avenge his master, the Crane Hermit, whose brother was killed by Goku. It all comes down to a final round so devastating the battlefield itself might not survive intact—let alone the spectators!
#12
Dragon Ball, Vol. 12
The Demon King Piccolo
1988
When Kuririn is killed by a lizard-like monster, Goku goes in search of the culprit and finds his most terrifying enemy yet: the evil Demon King Piccolo! Freed after centuries of imprisonment, Piccolo sends waves of monsters on a mission to find the Dragon Balls and destroy any martial artists who might oppose him. With his flying cloud destroyed, Goku finds himself lost in the jungle where he meets an unlikely new ally. Meanwhile, Kame-Sen'nin prepares a last-ditch plan to defeat Piccolo... but at what cost?
#13
Dragon Ball, Tome 13
L'empire du chaos
1988
Il faut à tout prix empêcher Piccolo de réunir les sept Dragon Balls ! S'il y parvient, la nouvelle puissance dont il jouira lui permettra de régner sur le monde entier et de détruire tous ceux qui oseront s'opposer à lui. Sangoku et ses alliés parviendront-ils à arrêter ce cruel démon dans son ascension vers le pouvoir suprême ?
#14
Dragon Ball, Vol. 14
Heaven and Earth
1988
Goku is the world's only hope—the only being on Earth capable of fighting Piccolo, the Great Demon King! But the city-demolishing battle ends with Piccolo birthing a younger, even tougher version of himself, who will return in three years time to finish the destruction wrought by his father! In search of a way to defeat the new Piccolo, Goku's gaze turns skyward—to the heavenly realm of Kami-sama, creator of the Dragon Balls, deity of the Dragon Ball world. But Piccolo and Kami-sama share a shocking secret...
#15
Dragon Ball, Vol. 15
The Titanic Tournament
1988
It's the "Strongest Under the Heavens" martial arts tournament, and the world's greatest fighters have gathered! But Kuririn, Goku, Tenshinhan and Yamcha face mighty enemies. Taopaipai the assassin has returned as a cyborg—and Goku and Tenshinhan are on his hit list! A mysterious young woman has a grudge against Goku. The only "mystery" about bumbling salaryman Shen is how he made it to the final rounds. And the last contestant is the new and improved Piccolo, for whom the championship is just a stepping stone to take over the world...
#16
L'héritier
1989
Les Dragon Ball, boules de cristal magiques, offrent à celui qui les détient la possibilité de réaliser tous ses voeux. Bien sûr la quête que mène Sangoku et ses amis pour les réunir n'est pas sans obstacles : tournois et combats rythment chaque tome de cette série-culte pour les jeunes adolescents. Scénarios et dialogues assez simples centrés sur la confrontation entre les différents protagonistes. Les textes se résument parfois aux cris des combattants mais le succès de la série dépasse largement cela, pour en faire un véritable mythe auprès de la jeune génération. \—Nadia Picard
Author
Akira Toriyama
Author · 167 books
Akira Toriyama (鳥山明) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama came to be regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga with his works highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration. He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen/shōjo manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts. In October 2024, Toriyama was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.
