Editing Dragon Ball (manga) (section)

===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>