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Dragon Ball Volume 1 - Akira Toriyama

Description: ISBN 0575077352 / Genre: Graphic Novels / Comics / Author: Akira Toriyama / Paperback / 208 Pages / Book is published 2005-08-01 by ... more

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Newest Review: ... is roughly based on the mythological Chinese story of Son Goku the monkey mountain God. Goku lives in a one bedroomed house ... more

... in the middle of the mountains with his adoptive granddad happily until one night on a full moon a giant king kong sized ape crushes his home and granddad when Goku is "sleeping" After the event all Goku has left is a big round stone with four stars on it, though Goku is more than capable of looking after himself and living in the wilderness, he even makes friends with the other animals. In the first volume Goku meets Bulma (Bloomers in English) a young woman claiming his Grandfathers artifact is a dragon ...more

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Dragon Ball Volume 1 - Akira Toriyama: Bloomers and the Monkey King pt 1 (396 words)
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"The setting of Dragon Ball has a sort of Chinese feel to it , but it's not necessarily China...exactly where it takes place is uncertain." Akira Toriyama, 1986 (the creator) Before Majin Buu, Cell, Frieza, Vegeta , Gohan and even Dragon Ball z there was Dragon Ball. The slightly perverted story of an innocent young man with a tremendous amount of hidden power and skills in the martial arts. His name is Goku and for some reason he has a monkeys tail. His story is roughly based on the mythological Chinese story of Son Goku the monkey mountain God. Goku lives in a one bedroomed house in the middle of the mountains with his adoptive ... Read the complete review