Editing Dragon Ball (manga) (section)

===Popularity===
The manga is popular overseas, having been translated and released in over 40{{nbsp}}countries worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|script-title=ja:（熱血！マンガ学）ＤＲＡＧＯＮ ＢＡＬＬ 悟空の「成長物語」一大産業に 【大阪】|url=http://book.asahi.com/reviews/column/2011072800053.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807233512/http://book.asahi.com/reviews/column/2011072800053.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 7, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2017|work=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|date=May 13, 2008}}</ref> For the 10th anniversary of the [[Japan Media Arts Festival]] in 2006, close to 79,000 Japanese fans voted ''Dragon Ball'' the third greatest manga of all time.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-04/top-10-anime-and-manga-at-japan-media-arts-festival|title=Top 10 Anime and Manga at Japan Media Arts Festival|date=October 4, 2006|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009073304/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-10-04/top-10-anime-and-manga-at-japan-media-arts-festival|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> In a 2007 survey of one-thousand people conducted by [[Oricon]], Goku ranked in first place as the "Strongest Manga Character of All Time".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/45750/full/|script-title=ja:1000人が選んだ!漫画史上"最強"キャラクターランキング!|date=June 22, 2007|website=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|trans-title=1000 people chose! "Strongest" character ranking in manga history!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101033011/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/45750/full/|archive-date=November 1, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Coinciding with the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Oricon conducted a survey at the international [[World Cosplay Summit]] on which manga and anime series attendees considered world class works. ''Dragon Ball'' was overwhelmingly in first place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/145/#rk|script-title=ja:世界に通用しているマンガ＆アニメランキング『日本が世界に誇る！傑作マンガ＆アニメの頂点は？』|date=August 3, 2012|website=Oricon|language=ja|trans-title=Manga & animation ranking which is accepted to the world "Japan is proud of in the world! What is the summit of masterpiece manga & animation?"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106013355/http://www.oricon.co.jp/special/145/|archive-date=January 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2014, readers of ''[[Da Vinci (magazine)|Da Vinci]]'' magazine voted ''Dragon Ball'' the greatest ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' manga series of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|title="Da Vinci" Magazine Asks Japanese Readers to Name Greatest "Shonen Jump" Manga|website=[[Crunchyroll]]|date=2014-11-13|access-date=2020-09-19|archive-date=October 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010182152/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/11/13-1/da-vinci-magazine-asks-japanese-readers-to-name-greatest-shonen-jump-manga|url-status=live}}</ref> The Portuguese edition of ''Dragon Ball'' won the 2001 [[Troféu HQ Mix]] for Best Serial.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.universohq.com/quadrinhos/n13092001_05.cfm|title=Equipe do Universo HQ ganha dois troféus HQ Mix|date=September 13, 2001|work=[[Universo HQ]]|language=pt|trans-title=The HQ Universe Team wins two HQ Mix Trophies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102180645/http://www.universohq.com/quadrinhos/n13092001_05.cfm|archive-date=November 2, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> On [[TV Asahi]]'s Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150,000 people voted for their top 100 manga series, ''Dragon Ball'' ranked fifth.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?|url=https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|website=Animate Times|publisher=[[Animate (retailer)|Animate]]|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103023119/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746|archive-date=January 3, 2021|language=ja|date=January 3, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, manga critic and editor of Viz's editions of the series [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]] said that: "''Dragon Ball'' is by far the most influential shonen manga of the last 30 years, and today, almost every ''Shōnen Jump'' artist lists it as one of their favorites and lifts from it in various ways."<ref name="ANNJT" /> Explaining its basic formula of "lots of martial arts, lots of training sequences, [and] a few jokes" became the model for other {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} series, such as ''[[Naruto]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://io9.com/5201656/what-is-dragon-ball|title=What is Dragon Ball?|date=April 8, 2009|author=Thompson, Jason|work=[[io9]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929052535/http://io9.com/5201656/what-is-dragon-ball|archive-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref> Thompson cited the artwork as influential, pointing out that popular {{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga of the late 1980s and early 1990s had "[[Masculinity|manly]]" heroes, such as ''[[City Hunter]]'' and ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', whereas ''Dragon Ball'' had the cartoonish and small Goku, thus starting a trend that he says still continues.<ref name="ANNJT" /> Commenting on ''Dragon Ball''{{'}}s global success nearly two decades after it ended, Toriyama said, "Frankly, I don't quite understand why it happened. While the manga was being serialized, the only thing I wanted as I kept drawing was to make Japanese boys happy. The role of my manga is to be a work of entertainment through and through. I dare say I don't care even if [my works] have left nothing behind, as long as they have entertained their readers."<ref name="AsahiInterview">{{cite news|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201303270032|title=Dragon Ball artist: 'I just wanted to make boys happy'|last=Iwamoto|first=Tetsuo|date=March 27, 2013|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401232100/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201303270032|archive-date=April 1, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>