Editing Dragon Ball (manga) (section)

==Legacy and cultural impact==
{{Further|Cultural impact of Dragon Ball{{!}}Cultural impact of ''Dragon Ball''}}

''Dragon Ball'' is considered one of the most influential manga of all time. Many manga artists have cited it and Toriyama as inspirations, including ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' and ''[[Rave Master|Rave]]'' author [[Hiro Mashima]], ''[[Black Clover]]'' creator [[Yūki Tabata]], and ''[[Boruto: Naruto Next Generations]]'' illustrator [[Mikio Ikemoto]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Aoki, Deb|url=http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistinterviews/a/HiroMashima.htm|title=Interview: Hiro Mashima|publisher=[[About.com]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226201021/http://manga.about.com/od/mangaartistinterviews/a/HiroMashima.htm|archive-date=February 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Chéry, Lloyd|date=July 7, 2018|title=Black Clover, le meilleur manga de fantasy expliqué par son auteur|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/black-clover-le-meilleur-manga-de-fantasy-explique-par-son-auteur-07-07-2018-2233981_2920.php|publisher=[[Le Point]]|language=French|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211201813/https://www.lepoint.fr/pop-culture/black-clover-le-meilleur-manga-de-fantasy-explique-par-son-auteur-07-07-2018-2233981_2920.php|archive-date=December 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Morrissy|first=Kim|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boruto-naruto-next-generations-gn-1/.114238|title=Interview: Boruto Manga Artist Mikio Ikemoto|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=February 25, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2019|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203015314/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/boruto-naruto-next-generations-gn-1/.114238|url-status=live}}</ref> Both ''[[One Piece]]'' creator [[Eiichiro Oda]] and ''[[Naruto]]'' creator [[Masashi Kishimoto]] have said that Goku inspired their series' main protagonists as well as their structures.<ref>{{Cite book|title=ONEPIECEイラスト集 COLORWALK 1|last=Oda|first=Eiichiro|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|year=2001|isbn=4-08-859217-4|language=ja|trans-title=One Piece Complete Illustrations: Colorwalk 1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Kishimoto|first=Masashi|title=Uzumaki: the Art of Naruto|year=2007|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|pages=138–139|isbn=978-1-4215-1407-9}}</ref> For the {{Transliteration|ja|kanzenban}} re-release of ''Dragon Ball'', every odd-numbered volume included a tribute illustration by a popular manga artist who was a child when it was serialized, accompanied with a few words about how the series influenced them. The artists who contributed include: ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]'' creator [[Tite Kubo]],<ref name="DB Children">{{cite book|title=Dragonball LANDMARK|date=December 19, 2003|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|isbn=4-08-873478-5|editor-last=Suzuki|editor-first=Haruhiko|pages=161–182|chapter=Dragon Ball Children}}</ref> ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' author [[Kentaro Yabuki]],<ref name="DB Children" /> ''[[The Seven Deadly Sins (manga)|The Seven Deadly Sins]]'' author [[Nakaba Suzuki]],<ref name="DB Children" /> ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' and ''[[One-Punch Man]]'' illustrator [[Yusuke Murata]],<ref name="DB Children" /> ''[[Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo]]'' creator [[Yoshio Sawai]],<ref name="DB Children" /> ''[[Pretty Face]]'' author [[Yasuhiro Kanō]],<ref name="DB Children" /> ''[[Mr. Fullswing]]'' author Shinya Suzuki,<ref name="DB Children" /><!--This source can only be used for the first seven artists listed, as their entries were reprinted in that book.--> ''[[Hellsing]]'' creator [[Kouta Hirano]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Toriyama, Akira|title=Dragon Ball|language=ja|volume= 33|edition=[[Kanzenban]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|isbn=4-08-873476-9|at=Insert}}</ref> ''[[Claymore (manga)|Claymore]]'' author [[Norihiro Yagi]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Toriyama, Akira|title=Dragon Ball|language=ja|volume= 25|edition=Kanzenban|year=2003|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|isbn=4-08-873468-8|at=Insert}}</ref> ''[[Phantom Thief Jeanne]]'' and ''[[Full Moon o Sagashite]]'' creator [[Arina Tanemura]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Toriyama, Akira|title=Dragon Ball|language=ja|volume= 27|edition=Kanzenban|year=2004|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|isbn=4-08-873470-X|at=Insert}}</ref> ''[[Excel Saga]]'' author [[Rikdo Koshi]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Toriyama, Akira|title=Dragon Ball|language=ja|volume= 31|edition=Kanzenban|year=2004|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|isbn=4-08-873474-2|at=Insert}}</ref> ''[[Dragon Drive]]'' creator Kenichi Sakura,<ref>{{cite book|author=Toriyama, Akira|title=Dragon Ball|language=ja|volume= 21|edition=Kanzenban|year=2003|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|isbn=4-08-873464-5|at=Insert}}</ref> and ''[[Happy World!]]'' author Kenjiro Takeshita.<ref>{{cite book|author=Toriyama, Akira|title=Dragon Ball|language=ja|volume= 23|edition=Kanzenban|year=2003|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|isbn=4-08-873466-1|at=Insert}}</ref> French comics artist [[Tony Valente]] cited ''Dragon Ball'' as an influence, especially the adventure aspect of its early portion.<ref>{{cite news|author=Laurino, Gabriele|url=https://anime.everyeye.it/articoli/intervista-radiant-tony-valente-autore-manga-francese-j-pop-46061.html|title=Radiant: intervista a Tony Valente, autore del manga francese di J-POP|newspaper=Everyeye.it|language=Italian|date=2019-11-03|access-date=2022-05-08|archive-date=May 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508211618/https://anime.everyeye.it/articoli/intervista-radiant-tony-valente-autore-manga-francese-j-pop-46061.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The producer of the ''[[Tekken]]'' video game series, [[Katsuhiro Harada]], said that ''Dragon Ball'' was one of the first works to visually depict [[Qi|chi]] and thereby influenced ''Tekken'' and other Japanese games such as ''[[Street Fighter]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/10/20/developers-and-others-share-their-appreciation-for-the-dragon-ball-franchise.aspx|title=Developers (And Others) Share Their Appreciation And Dream Games For The Dragon Ball Franchise|last=Hilliard|first=Kyle|date=October 20, 2017|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021011253/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2017/10/20/developers-and-others-share-their-appreciation-for-the-dragon-ball-franchise.aspx|archive-date=October 21, 2017}}</ref> [[Ian Jones-Quartey]], a producer of the American animated series ''[[Steven Universe]]'', is a fan of ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dr. Slump'', and uses Toriyama's vehicle designs as a reference for his own. He also stated that "We're all big Toriyama fans on [''Steven Universe''], which kind of shows a bit."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/manga-series-dragon-ball-celebrates-30th-anniversary-5216554|title=Manga Series Dragon Ball Celebrates 30th Anniversary|last=Ohanesian, Liz|date=November 17, 2014|newspaper=[[LA Weekly]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802142103/http://www.laweekly.com/arts/manga-series-dragon-ball-celebrates-30th-anniversary-5216554|archive-date=August 2, 2017}}</ref> French director [[Pierre Perifel]] cited Toriyama and ''Dragon Ball'' as influences on his [[DreamWorks Animation]] film ''[[The Bad Guys (film)|The Bad Guys]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Itier, Emmanuel|url=https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18705174.html|title=Bande-annonce Les Bad Guys : "Du Tarantino pour les enfants !" selon le réalisateur|newspaper=[[AlloCiné]]|language=French|date=2021-12-14|access-date=2022-05-08|archive-date=May 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508211618/https://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18705174.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Bola de drac.jpg|thumb|right|Life-size replicas of two vehicles seen in ''Dragon Ball'']]
After searching for a real-life equivalent to the supernaturally nutritious ''Senzu'' seen in ''Dragon Ball'', Mitsuru Izumo founded Euglena Company in 2005 and started making supplements and food products out of ''[[Euglena]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fnn.jp/posts/00045134HDK/201705180000_reporter_HDK|script-title=ja:「ドラゴンボール」と「こち亀」から生まれた発想。ミドリムシは"仙豆"だ！|work=[[Fuji News Network]]|date=May 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915203234/https://www.fnn.jp/posts/00045134HDK/201705180000_reporter_HDK|archive-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2014/01/13/euglena-mitsuru-izumo_n_4588933.html|script-title=ja:「ミドリムシが地球を救う」ユーグレナ・出雲充社長に聞く「未来のつくりかた」|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=January 13, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811172443/https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2014/01/13/euglena-mitsuru-izumo_n_4588933.html|archive-date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, entomologist Enio B. Cano named a new species of [[beetle]] ''Ogyges toriyamai'' after Toriyama, and another ''Ogyges mutenroshii'', after the ''Dragon Ball'' character [[Master Roshi|Muten Roshi]].<ref name="Ogyges2014">{{cite journal|last=Cano|first=E. B.|year=2014|title=''Ogyges'' Kaup, a flightless genus of Passalidae (Coleoptera) from Mesoamerica: nine new species, a key to identify species, and a novel character to support its monophyly|journal=[[Zootaxa]]|volume=3889|issue=4|pages=471, 480|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3889.4.1|pmid=25544280|doi-access=|url=https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/download/zootaxa.3889.4.1/53024|access-date=2022-05-08|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423122937/https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/download/zootaxa.3889.4.1/53024|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 27, 2013, the "Akira Toriyama: The World of Dragon Ball" exhibit opened at the [[Takashimaya]] department store in [[Nihonbashi]], attracting 72,000 visitors in its first nineteen days.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201304270032|title=Latest 'Dragon Ball Z' film nabs 2 million viewers in 23 days|newspaper=Asahi Shimbun|date=April 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223549/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201304270032|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref> The exhibit is separated into seven areas. The first provides a look at the series' history, the second shows the series' 400-plus characters, the third displays Toriyama's manga manuscripts of memorable scenes, the fourth shows special color illustrations, the fifth displays rare ''Dragon Ball''-related materials, the sixth includes design sketches and animation [[cel]]s from the anime, and the seventh screens ''Dragon Ball''-related videos.<ref name="exhibit">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-03-02/world-of-dragon-ball-exhibit-to-open-in-japan-in-march|title='World of Dragon Ball' Exhibit to Open in Japan in March|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 21, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161615/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-03-02/world-of-dragon-ball-exhibit-to-open-in-japan-in-march|archive-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref> It remained until April 15 when it moved to Osaka from April 17 to 23, and ended in Toriyama's native Nagoya from July 27 to September 1.<ref name="exhibit" />

An interactive exhibit called {{Nihongo|"Dragon Ball Meets Science"|ドラゴンボールで科学する!|Doragon Bōru de Kagaku Suru!}} was displayed in Nagoya in summer 2014.<ref name="kosci">{{cite web|author=Ashcraft, Brian|url=http://kotaku.com/the-dragon-ball-science-museum-1697434040|title=The Dragon Ball Science Museum|publisher=Kotaku|date=April 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010438/http://kotaku.com/the-dragon-ball-science-museum-1697434040|archive-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> Installations included an [[EEG]] that measured visitors' [[alpha wave|alpha brain waves]] to move Goku's flying cloud.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chapman, Paul|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/04/13-1/dragon-ball-science-exhibit-makes-learning-fun|title="Dragon Ball" Science Exhibit Makes Learning Fun|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=April 13, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105180119/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/04/13-1/dragon-ball-science-exhibit-makes-learning-fun|archive-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref> The following year it went to Taiwan, then Tokyo from April 29 to May 10, and Osaka between July 18 and August 31.<ref name="kosci" /> A retrospective exhibit called "The Beginning of the Legend" featured ''Dragon Ball'' along with other popular ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' manga for the 50th anniversary of the magazine in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201706170007.html|title=Anime News: 'Saint Seiya,' 'Dragon Ball' star in Shonen Jump exhibit：The Asahi Shimbun|date=June 17, 2017|newspaper=[[Asahi Shimbun]]|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804043414/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201706170007.html|archive-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, the Japan Anniversary Association officially declared May 9 as {{Nihongo|"Goku Day"|悟空の日|Gokū no Hi}}. In Japanese the numbers five and nine can be pronounced as "Go" and "Ku".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-05-09/may-9-officially-recognized-as-goku-day/.87998|title=May 9 'Officially' Recognized as Goku Day|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 9, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113063311/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-05-09/may-9-officially-recognized-as-goku-day/.87998|archive-date=November 13, 2016}}</ref> In October 2016, Shueisha announced they had created a new department on June 21 called the {{Nihongo|Dragon Ball Room|ドラゴンボール室|Doragon Bōru Shitsu}}. Headed by ''V Jump'' editor-in-chief Akio Iyoku, it is dedicated solely to ''Dragon Ball'' and optimizing and expanding the brand.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-13/shueisha-establishes-new-department-focused-on-dragon-ball/.107591|title=Shueisha Establishes New Department Focused on Dragon Ball|date=October 13, 2016|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014103542/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-13/shueisha-establishes-new-department-focused-on-dragon-ball/.107591|archive-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref>

[[Nobuyuki Sakakibara]], the founder of [[Pride Fighting Championships]] and [[Rizin Fighting Federation]], noted how Toriyama conceived of a tournament featuring martial artists of various disciplines competing against each other with the ''Tenkaichi Budōkai'' in 1985, before [[mixed martial arts]] was coined or established.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enomoto|first=Noriyuki|url=https://dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_3118.html|script-title=ja:天下一武道会の“チケット料金”はどれくらい？ 格闘技イベントのプロデューサー・榊原信行さんと本気で考えてみた|work=Dragon Ball Official Site|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=Japanese|date=2024-12-27|access-date=2024-12-27|archive-date=December 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227123850/https://dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_3118.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Canadian mixed martial artist [[Carlos Newton]] dubbed his fighting style "Dragon Ball [[Jujutsu|jiu-jitsu]]" in tribute to the series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/specialists/article_3679.shtml#.WGnU-X2g1RQ|title=Whatever happened to... Carlos Newton?|last=Teal, Bob|date=October 23, 2009|publisher=MMA Torch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822000912/http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/specialists/article_3679.shtml|archive-date=August 22, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Japanese mixed martial artist [[Itsuki Hirata]] is nicknamed "Android 18" due to her resemblance to [[Android 18|the ''Dragon Ball'' character]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Itsuki Hirata discusses her transition to Dragon Ball's Android 18|url=https://asianmma.com/itsuki-hirata-discusses-her-transition-to-dragon-balls-android-18/|website=Asian MMA|date=2021-09-01|access-date=2022-04-08|archive-date=May 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510175108/https://asianmma.com/itsuki-hirata-discusses-her-transition-to-dragon-balls-android-18/|url-status=live}}</ref> Japanese kickboxer [[Panchan Rina]] took her nickname from the ''Dragon Ball'' character [[Pan (Dragon Ball)|Pan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=【KNOCK OUT】初参戦目前のぱんちゃん璃奈「KNOCK OUTの女子エースにならないといけないと思ってます」|url=https://gonkaku.jp/articles/1546|website=Gong Kakutogi|language=Japanese|date=2019-08-13|access-date=2022-05-22|archive-date=March 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309183327/https://gonkaku.jp/articles/1546|url-status=live}}</ref>