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Dragon Ball Z

Dragon Ball Z

19898.49 Seasons291 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.

Created by Takao Koyama
Written by Takao Koyama, Akira Toriyama
Produced by Koji Kaneda, Kouzou Morishita, Kenji Shimizu
NetworksFuji TVCartoon Network

Top Cast

Masako Nozawa

Masako Nozawa

Son Goku / Son Gohan / Son Goten (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Vegeta (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Piccolo (voice)

Mayumi Tanaka

Mayumi Tanaka

Krillin / Uranai Baba (voice)

Naoki Tatsuta

Naoki Tatsuta

Oolong / Karin (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Freeza (voice)

Joji Yanami

Joji Yanami

Dr. Briefs (voice)

Naoko Watanabe

Naoko Watanabe

Puar / Chi-Chi (voice)

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Hirotaka Suzuoki

Tien Shinhan (voice)

Miki Ito

Miki Ito

Android 18 (voice)

Themes & Keywords

competitioncyborgmartial artsandroidfriendshipsequelalienend of the worldanthropomorphismtournamentdragonbased on mangafightingcombatsuper powershockingshounenanimetime skipfantasyjoyousadventure

About Dragon Ball Z

Dragon Ball Z is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure series that first aired in 1989 exploring themes of competition, cyborg, martial arts, android, friendship, sequel. Created by Takao Koyama, it stars Masako Nozawa, Ryo Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa. Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.

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