Editing Dragon Ball (manga) (section)

==Publication==
{{See also|List of Dragon Ball manga volumes{{!}}List of ''Dragon Ball'' manga volumes}}

===Japanese publication===
''Dragon Ball'' was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga]] anthology ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from November 20, 1984, to May 23, 1995.<ref>{{cite press release|script-title=ja:「週刊少年ジャンプ」と同サイズのB５判で連載当時のカラーページや扉絵のキャッチコピーなども再現！ 『DRAGON BALL総集編 超悟空伝』が、5月13日（金）から刊行スタート！！|url=https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000131506/|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|via=Dream News|access-date=June 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230615113051/https://www.dreamnews.jp/press/0000131506/|archive-date=June 15, 2023|language=ja|date=May 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドラゴンボール：連載開始40周年 記念サイトオープン 鳥山明さんの"ほぼ全仕事" 最新情報も|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20241120dog00m200026000c.html|website=[[Mantan Web]]|access-date=November 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126014736/https://mantan-web.jp/article/20241120dog00m200026000c.html|archive-date=November 26, 2024|language=ja|date=November 20, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|It started in the magazine's 51st issue of 1984 ([[cover date]] December 3),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazines/322516|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 1984/12/03 表示号数51|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|trans-title=Weekly Shonen Jump 1984/12/03 Number of indications 51|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009171854/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazines/322516|archive-date=October 9, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref> and finished in its 25th issue of 1995 (cover date June 5).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazines/321985|script-title=ja:週刊少年ジャンプ 1995/06/05 表示号数25|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]]|language=ja|trans-title=Weekly Shonen Jump 1995/06/05 Displayed number 25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322110201/http://mediaarts-db.jp/mg/magazines/321985|archive-date=March 22, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=October 8, 2016}}</ref>}} As the readership of ''Dragon Ball'' grew up, the magazine changed to reflect their changing interests.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/26/reference/manga-heart-of-pop-culture/|title='Manga': heart of pop culture|last=Matsutani|first=Minoru|date=May 26, 2009|work=[[The Japan Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401173259/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/05/26/reference/manga-heart-of-pop-culture//|archive-date=April 1, 2017}}</ref> The 519 individual chapters were collected in 42 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes by Shueisha from September 10, 1985, through August 4, 1995.<ref name="Shueisha 1">{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851831-4&mode=1|title=Dragon Ball Vol. 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929031336/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851831-4&mode=1|archive-date=September 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Shueisha 42">{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851090-9&mode=1|title=Dragon Ball Vol. 42|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929031254/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-851090-9&mode=1|archive-date=September 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> These saw any color or partly colored artwork [[grayscale]]d.<ref name="fancolor">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fandompost.com/2016/05/04/dragon-ball-full-color-freeza-arc-vol-01-manga-review/|title=Dragon Ball: Full Color – Freeza Arc Vol. #01 Manga Review|last=Peralta, Gabe|date=May 4, 2016|website=The Fandom Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802144811/http://www.fandompost.com/2016/05/04/dragon-ball-full-color-freeza-arc-vol-01-manga-review/|archive-date=August 2, 2017|quote=[...]coloring what were originally black and white chapters, or partially colored chapters gray-scaled back in their single-volume release}}</ref> With their predominantly white color and the singular picture that continues across their various spines, Torishima said the covers to these collected volumes were purposely designed to stick out on store bookshelves.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fushimachi|first=Yuzuru|url=https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/projectbook/181228/2|script-title=ja:【佐藤辰男×鳥嶋和彦対談】いかにしてKADOKAWAはいまの姿になったか──ライトノベルの定義は「思春期の少年少女がみずから手に取る、彼らの言葉で書かれたいちばん面白いと思えるもの」【「ゲームの企画書」特別編】|work=Denfaminico Gamer|language=ja|date=December 28, 2018|access-date=September 29, 2024|archive-date=September 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926134405/https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/projectbook/181228/2|url-status=live}}</ref> For the series' 24th anniversary, the {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} covers were revamped to a design that has been used on all reprints since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/news/840/2278/comic-dragonballs-24th-anniversary-refresh/|title=Dragonball's 24th Anniversary Refresh|work=MusicJapanPlus|date=May 28, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031025723/http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/news/840/2278/comic-dragonballs-24th-anniversary-refresh/|archive-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref> Between December 4, 2002, and April 2, 2004, ''Dragon Ball'' was released in a collection of 34 {{Transliteration|ja|[[kanzenban]]}} volumes that retain the color artwork from its ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' run.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873444-0&mode=1|title=Dragon Ball 完全版 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Full Edition Vol. 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006082655/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873444-0&mode=1|archive-date=October 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873477-7&mode=1|title=Dragon Ball 完全版 34|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Full Edition Vol. 34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006083125/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-873477-7&mode=1|archive-date=October 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It received newly drawn cover illustrations by Toriyama, and each volume included a poster of their respective front cover image. These new illustrations were initially drawn in ink, scanned into a computer and colored using [[Corel Painter]]. Midway through, Toriyama changed to drawing them on a [[graphics tablet]] and coloring them with [[Adobe Photoshop]].<ref name="Chozenshu" /> [[UV curing]] was used to add "shine" to the characters, and some characters are in [[monochrome]] up until volume 18<!--Citation says "volume 19" but it was actually 18.-->.<ref name="kanzencovers">{{Cite web|last=Kuroki|first=Takahiro|url=https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_962.html|title=The Story Behind the Deep Red Cover of the Dragon Ball Complete Edition │ Interview with Book Designer Hideaki Shimada|work=Dragon Ball Official Site|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|date=April 7, 2022|access-date=October 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802142509/https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_962.html|archive-date=August 2, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The {{Transliteration|ja|kanzenban}} edition was designed by Hideaki Shimada. Although Toriyama had already drafted the first four covers with a vibrant green, Shimada proposed bright red after seeing South Korea compete in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] and he agreed.<ref name="kanzencovers"/> Wanting a "neater" look than the {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}}, Shimada decided to write "Dragonball" in lowercase and in a taller and thinner font. He also asked Toriyama to draw Shenlong with thick lines for use as the inside covers.<ref name="kanzencovers"/> It was an editor who suggested having a singular picture that continues across the various spines, but unlike the {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} edition, the number of volumes was already determined, so they knew exactly how long it needed to be.<ref name="kanzencovers"/>

The December 2012 ([[cover date]]&nbsp;February 2013) issue of ''V Jump'' announced that parts of the manga would be fully colored digitally and re-released as ''Dragon Ball Full Color''.<ref name="colorchozenshuu">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-20/dragon-ball-manga-reprinted-in-full-color-in-japan|title=Dragon Ball Manga Reprinted in Full Color in Japan|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=December 20, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920211842/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-20/dragon-ball-manga-reprinted-in-full-color-in-japan|archive-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> 20 volumes, beginning from chapter 195 and grouped by story arcs, were released between February 4, 2013, and July 4, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870707-5&mode=1|script-title=ja:ドラゴンボール フルカラー サイヤ人編 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Full Color Saiyan version 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927140936/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-870707-5&mode=1|archive-date=September 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880112-4&mode=1|script-title=ja:ドラゴンボール フルカラー 魔人ブウ編 6|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Full Color Magical Boo 6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526200020/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880112-4&mode=1|archive-date=May 26, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> 12 volumes covering the first 194 chapters were published between January 4 and March 4, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880571-9&mode=1|script-title=ja:ドラゴンボール フルカラー 少年編 1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Full Color: Boy Edition 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016213546/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880571-9&mode=1|archive-date=October 16, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880645-7&mode=1|script-title=ja:ドラゴンボール フルカラー ピッコロ大魔王編 4|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Full Color: Piccolo Great Demon King Edition 4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802142103/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880645-7&mode=1|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Dragon Ball'' was also released in a {{Transliteration|ja|[[sōshūhen]]}} edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in the same size, with the color pages, promotional text, and next chapter previews, in addition to foldout posters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://natalie.mu/comic/news/186977|script-title=ja:ジャンプ連載当時を再現！B5サイズの「ドラゴンボール」全18巻が刊行|date=May 12, 2016|website=[[Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|language=ja|trans-title=Reproduce the jump series at that time! B5 size "Dragon Ball" all 18 volumes published|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026204720/http://natalie.mu/comic/news/186977|archive-date=October 26, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Eighteen volumes of ''Dragon Ball Sōshūhen Chō Gōku Den'' were published between May 13, 2016, and January 13, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-111165-7&mode=1|script-title=ja:Dragon Ball 総集編 超悟空伝 Legend1|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Summary Gossary Goggles Legend 1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731124344/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-111165-7&mode=1|archive-date=July 31, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-111182-4&mode=1|script-title=ja:Dragon Ball 総集編 超悟空伝 Legend18|publisher=[[Shueisha]]|language=ja|trans-title=Dragon Ball Summary Gossary Goggles Legend 18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802142058/http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-111182-4&mode=1|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

On May 10, 2025, Shueisha announced the publication of a new [[box set]] comprising the 42 volumes, commemorating the manga's 40th anniversary, set to be released on February 4, 2026. Each volume in the collection will feature double covers showcasing artwork by 42 manga artists; the artworks first appeared in ''[[Saikyō Jump]]'' magazine's regular "''Dragon Ball'' Super Gallery" feature from 2021 to 2025.<ref>{{cite web|last=Iikura-Gross|first=Ken|title=Dragon Ball Manga Set Marks 40th Anniversary With Variant Covers by 42 Jump Legends|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-05-09/dragon-ball-manga-set-marks-40th-anniversary-with-variant-covers-by-42-jump-legends/.224299|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 10, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250510042310/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2025-05-09/dragon-ball-manga-set-marks-40th-anniversary-with-variant-covers-by-42-jump-legends/.224299|archive-date=May 10, 2025|date=May 9, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

===English publication===
The English language version of the ''Dragon Ball'' manga is licensed for North America by Viz Media. Viz originally published the first 194 chapters as ''Dragon Ball'' and chapters over 195 as ''Dragon Ball Z'' to mimic the names of the anime series, feeling it would reduce the potential for confusion by its readers. They initially released both series simultaneously, chapter by chapter in a monthly [[comic book]] format starting in 1998, before stopping in 2000 to switch to a [[graphic novel]] format similar to the Japanese {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}}. In 2000, while releasing ''Dragon Ball'' in the monthly format, Viz began to censor the manga in response to parental complaints about [[Innuendo|sexual innuendos]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-08-21/viz-explains-censorship-in-dragonball-manga|title=Viz explains censorship in Dragonball Manga|date=August 22, 2000|work=[[Anime News Network]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625182344/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-08-21/viz-explains-censorship-in-dragonball-manga|archive-date=June 25, 2017}}</ref><ref name="censorship">{{cite web|url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/216.html|title=Viz Unleashes Uncensored Dragon Ball|work=[[ICv2]]|date=March 11, 2001|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111235158/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/216.html|archive-date=November 11, 2014}}</ref> Viz changed their publishing format for the series again in 2003; the first 10 collected volumes of both series were re-released under their ''Shonen Jump'' [[Imprint (trade name)|imprint]]. They have slightly smaller dimensions. The manga was completed in English with ''Dragon Ball'' in 16 volumes between May 6, 2003, and August 3, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-vol-1/1497|title=Dragon Ball, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009163032/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-vol-1/1497|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-vol-16/2236|title=Dragon Ball, Vol. 16|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009162612/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-vol-16/2236|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> and ''Dragon Ball Z'' in 26 volumes from May 6, 2003, to June 6, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-vol-1/1504|title=Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009162615/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-vol-1/1504|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-vol-26/5898|title=Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 26|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009163816/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-vol-26/5898|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> However, when publishing the last few volumes of ''Z'', the company began to censor the series again by changing or removing gun scenes and changing the few sexual references.<ref name="censorship3">{{cite news|author=Thompson, Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-01-03|title=Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - The Greatest Censorship Fails|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 3, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020060803/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2013-01-03|archive-date=October 20, 2016}}</ref> ''Dragon Ball Z'', from Trunks' appearance to chapter 226, was published in Viz's monthly magazine ''[[Shonen Jump (magazine)|Shonen Jump]]'' from its debut issue in January 2003 to April 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/1696/shonen-jump-line-tied-cartoon-network|title=Shonen Jump Line-Up Tied TO Cartoon Network|work=ICv2|date=August 6, 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913150541/http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/1696/shonen-jump-line-tied-cartoon-network|archive-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>

Viz released both series in a [[Wide-ban|wideban]] format called "Viz Big Edition", which collects three volumes into a single large volume. ''Dragon Ball'' was published in five volumes between June 3, 2008, and August 18, 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-VIZBIG-edition-vol-1/7409|title=Dragon Ball Viz Big Edition, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009161923/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-VIZBIG-edition-vol-1/7409|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-VIZBIG-edition-vol-5/7413|title=Dragon Ball Viz Big Edition, Vol. 5|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009163237/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-VIZBIG-edition-vol-5/7413|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> while ''Dragon Ball Z'' was published in nine volumes between June 3, 2008, and November 9, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-vol-1/7414|title=Dragon Ball Z Viz Big Edition, Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009161926/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-vol-1/7414|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-vol-9/7422|title=Dragon Ball Z Viz Big Edition, Vol. 9|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009162116/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-vol-9/7422|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> Viz published new 3-in-1 volumes of ''Dragon Ball'', similar to their Viz Big Edition, across 14 volumes between June 4, 2013, and September 6, 2016. This version uses some Japanese {{Transliteration|ja|kanzenban}} covers and marks the first time in English that the entire series was released under the ''Dragon Ball'' name, though it is still censored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-3-in-1-edition-vol-1/10651|title=Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009162619/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-3-in-1-edition-vol-1/10651|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-3-in-1-edition-vol-14/11907|title=Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 14|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009163954/http://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-3-in-1-edition-vol-14/11907|archive-date=October 9, 2016}}</ref> Viz serialized chapters 195 to 245 of the fully colored version of the manga in their digital anthology ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump (American magazine)|Weekly Shonen Jump]]'' from February 2013 to February 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-28/viz-shonen-jump-magazine-adds-full-color-dragon-ball-manga|title=Viz's Shonen Jump Magazine Adds Full-Color Dragon Ball Manga|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=January 28, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617110430/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-28/viz-shonen-jump-magazine-adds-full-color-dragon-ball-manga|archive-date=June 17, 2016}}</ref> They published the Saiyan and Freeza arcs of ''Dragon Ball Full Color Edition'' in large format volumes between February 4, 2014, and January 3, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-07/viz-media-adds-deadman-wonderland-gangsta-manga|title=Viz Media Adds Deadman Wonderland, Gangsta. Manga|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=July 7, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913121110/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-07/viz-media-adds-deadman-wonderland-gangsta-manga|archive-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-full-color-freeza-arc-volume-5/product/5007|title=Dragon Ball Full Color Freeza Arc, Vol. 5|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=August 22, 2021|archive-date=August 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822221101/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/dragon-ball-full-color-freeza-arc-volume-5/product/5007|url-status=live}}</ref> Although it uses the same translation as their other versions, this release has some slight dialogue changes including censoring any profanity and abbreviating lengthy sentences. It also leaves the Japanese sound effects and word bubbles unaltered.<ref name="fancolor" />

The manga has also been licensed in other English-speaking countries, distributed in the same Viz format separating it into ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Dragon Ball Z''. From August 2005 to November 2007, [[Gollancz Manga]], an imprint of the [[Orion Publishing Group]] released the 16 volumes of ''Dragon Ball'' and the first four of ''Dragon Ball Z'' in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|author=Curzon, Joe|url=http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=481|title=Gollancz Manga Launch Details|work=Otaku News|date=July 14, 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316170209/http://www.otakunews.com/us/article.php?story=481|archive-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/12431-0/author-Akira-Toriyama.htm|title=Akira Toriyama - an Orion author|publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906124945/http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/12431-0/Author-Akira-Toriyama.htm|archive-date=September 6, 2006|url-status=dead|df=mdy}}</ref> Viz took over the UK license after Gollancz left the manga market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animeherald.com/pressrelease/viz-launches-eight-shonen-jump-titles-on-uk-nook-store/|title=Viz Launches Eight Shonen Jump Titles on UK Nook Store|work=Anime Herald|date=August 12, 2013|author=Ferreira, Mike|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106215338/http://www.animeherald.com/pressrelease/viz-launches-eight-shonen-jump-titles-on-uk-nook-store/|archive-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref> In Australia and New Zealand, [[Madman Entertainment]] has released all 16 volumes of ''Dragon Ball'' and the nine "Viz Big" volumes of ''Dragon Ball Z'' between 2009 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/11872/dragon-ball-manga-vol-01|title=Dragon Ball (Manga) Vol. 01|publisher=[[Madman Entertainment]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704005226/http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/11872/dragon-ball-manga-vol-01|archive-date=July 4, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/11887/dragon-ball-manga-vol-16|title=Dragon Ball (Manga) Vol. 16|publisher=Madman Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704004915/http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/11887/dragon-ball-manga-vol-16|archive-date=July 4, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/11917/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-manga-vol-01|title=Dragon Ball Z (Viz Big Edition) (Manga) Vol. 01|publisher=Madman Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719125211/http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/11917/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-manga-vol-01|archive-date=July 19, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/14114/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-manga-vol-09-end|title=Dragon Ball Z (Viz Big Edition) (Manga) Vol. 09 (End)|publisher=Madman Entertainment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719193328/http://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/14114/dragon-ball-z-VIZBIG-edition-manga-vol-09-end|archive-date=July 19, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy}}</ref>

====Controversy in the United States====
The manga's content has been controversial in the United States. In November 1999, [[Toys "R" Us]] removed Viz's ''Dragon Ball'' from their stores nationwide when a [[Dallas]] parent complained that the series had "borderline soft porn" after he bought them for his four-year-old son.<ref name="Maryland">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-07/maryland-school-library-to-remove-dragon-ball-manga|title=Maryland School Library to Remove Dragon Ball Manga|date=October 7, 2009|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201161348/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-07/maryland-school-library-to-remove-dragon-ball-manga|archive-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> Commenting on the issue, manga critic [[Susan J. Napier]] determined the ban as a difference in culture due to Japan having tolerance for sexuality in manga while other countries do not.<ref name="Maryland" /> After the ban, Viz reluctantly began to censor the series in 2000 to maintain its wide distribution.<ref name="censorship" /><ref name="censorship2">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-08-21/viz-explains-censorship-in-dragonball-manga|title=Viz explains censorship in Dragonball Manga|date=August 22, 2000|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925092934/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2000-08-21/viz-explains-censorship-in-dragonball-manga|archive-date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> Viz made some "concessions" as well,<ref name="censorship2" /> and assured readers that all changes were approved by Toriyama and Shueisha. Toriyama made suggestions himself such as obscuring Goku's genitals with objects, rather than "neuter him."<ref name="censorship2" /> A fan petition was created, garnering over 10,000 signatures, and a year later, Viz announced they would stop censoring ''Dragon Ball'' and increased its "age rating" to 13 and up instead, reprinting the first three graphic novels.<ref name="censorship" /><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-03-09/dragonball-manga-to-remain-unedited|title=Dragonball Manga to remain Unedited|date=March 9, 2001|work=[[Anime News Network]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916190303/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-03-09/dragonball-manga-to-remain-unedited|archive-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> However, they continued to censor several characters' lips by shading them in completely. This avoided racist stereotypes, such as that of [[Mr. Popo]]'s image.<ref name="IGNPopo">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/11/whats-wrong-with-dragon-ball-z-part-two|title=What's Wrong With Dragon Ball Z Part Two|date=April 11, 2008|author=Isler, Ramsey|work=[[IGN]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620100538/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/04/11/whats-wrong-with-dragon-ball-z-part-two|archive-date=June 20, 2016}}</ref> In October 2009, [[Wicomico County Public Schools]] in Maryland banned the ''Dragon Ball'' manga from their school district because it "depicts nudity, sexual contact between children and sexual innuendo among adults and children."<ref name="Maryland" /> Esther Keller, Robin Brenner and Eva Volin of ''[[School Library Journal]]'' had no opinion on whether or not removing the manga from all schools in that district was right. However, Brenner and Volin criticized the parents who had a problem with the manga for going to a county council member who is involved with politics instead of to the librarian of the school that carried the manga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2009/10/12/roundtable-dragon-ball-and-school-libraries/|title=Roundtable: Dragon Ball and school libraries — Good Comics for Kids|last=Alverson|first=Brigid|date=October 12, 2009|work=[[School Library Journal]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802175206/http://blogs.slj.com/goodcomicsforkids/2009/10/12/roundtable-dragon-ball-and-school-libraries/|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Other publications===
While ''Dragon Ball'' was licensed in the United States by Viz Media, it has been licensed in other countries as well for regional language releases in French by [[Glénat Editions]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.glenat.com/cherche.asp?TXT_TITRE=dragonball|title=Dragon Ball|publisher=[[Glénat Editions]]|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802163822/http://www.glenat.com/cherche.asp?TXT_TITRE=dragonball|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> in Spanish by [[Planeta DeAgostini]] for European versions,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.planetadelibros.com/autor/akira-toriyama/000026600|title=Akira Toriyama {{!}} Author|publisher=[[Planeta DeAgostini]]|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802164357/https://www.planetadelibros.com/autor/akira-toriyama/000026600|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and Panini Comics for Latin American versions,<ref>{{cite web|title=Magento Commerce|url=http://comics.panini.com.mx/store/pub_mex_es/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?name=Dragon+Ball&sku=&price%5Bfrom%5D=&price%5Bto%5D=&pnn_anno_pubblicazione%5Bfrom%5D=&pnn_anno_pubblicazione%5Bto%5D=|website=www.paninicomics.com.mx|access-date=17 June 2018|language=es}}</ref> in Italian by [[Star Comics (Italy)|Star Comics]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.starcomics.com/fumetto.aspx?Fumetto=279679|title=Dragon Ball|publisher=[[Star Comics (Italy)|Star Comics]]|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802165814/https://www.starcomics.com/(X(1)S(3pdv5f55xcwzvk55uro35345))/fumetto.aspx?Fumetto=279679&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|archive-date=August 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> in German by [[Carlsen Verlag]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.carlsen.de/serie/dragon-ball/17956|title=Dragon Ball|publisher=[[Carlsen Verlag]]|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018231430/https://www.carlsen.de/serie/dragon-ball/17956|archive-date=October 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> in Russian by [[Comix-ART]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comix-art.ru/node/99|title=Dragon Ball|publisher=[[Comix-ART]]|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224070609/http://www.comix-art.ru/node/99|archive-date=December 24, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> in Polish by [[Japonica Polonica Fantastica]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jpf.com.pl/index.php?content=cont_naszemangi.php&tytul=Dragon%20Ball&log=nie|title=Dragon Ball|publisher=[[Japonica Polonica Fantastica]]|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161216185710/http://jpf.com.pl/index.php?content=cont_naszemangi.php&tytul=Dragon%20Ball&log=nie|archive-date=December 16, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and in Swedish by [[Bonnier Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bonniercarlsen.se/Boklistor/serie/?series=dragon+ball|title=Dragon Ball|publisher=[[Bonnier Group]]|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331044753/http://www.bonniercarlsen.se/Boklistor/serie/?series=dragon+ball|archive-date=March 31, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>