Dragon Ball Super

Not to be confused with Super Dragon Ball Z or Super Dragon Ball Heroes (web series).

Dragon Ball Super
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Son Goku above Shenlong
ドラゴンボール超（スーパー）
(Doragon Bōru Sūpā)
Genre
Manga
Written byAkira Toriyama (2015–2024)
Illustrated byToyotarou
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineV Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 20, 2015 – present
Volumes23 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Produced by
  • Atsushi Kido
  • Osamu Nozaki
  • Naoko Sagawa
  • Tomosuke Teramoto
  • Satoru Takami
  • Shunki Hashizume
  • Hiroyuki Sakurada
Written byAkira Toriyama
Music byNorihito Sumitomo
StudioToei Animation
Licensed by
Original networkFuji TV
English network
Original run July 5, 2015 – March 25, 2018
Episodes131 (List of episodes)
Anime films
Media franchise

Dragon Ball Super (Japanese: ドラゴンボール超（スーパー）, Hepburn: Doragon Bōru Sūpā) is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou. Set during the time frame of Toriyama's original Dragon Ball manga, it follows the adventures of Son Goku and friends during the ten-year timeskip after the defeat of Majin Buu.[4] It began serialization in Shueisha's monthly shōnen manga magazine V Jump in June 2015. The manga is simulpublished in English by Viz Media and by Shueisha on their Manga Plus platform. The manga is currently on hiatus after Toriyama's passing.

An anime television series produced by Toei Animation aired in Japan from July 2015 to March 2018. The first 2 arcs of the anime, Battle of Gods movie were adapted as the first arc for both anime and manga, while Resurrection of F movie was adapted as the second arc for the anime, and summarized in the manga. A sequel film, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, was released in December 2018 and became the highest-grossing anime film of the franchise and was included in the manga as a quick summarization. A second film, Super Hero, was released on June 11, 2022, and was later adapted into the manga.

The anime series conclude at the end of the Tournament of Power saga, while the manga is currently on hiatus after the conclusion of the Super Hero saga.

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  2. ^ "Dragon Ball Super – Volume 1 Review". Anime UK News. June 13, 2017. Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "CBBC - Dragon Ball Super". Archived from the original on May 13, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "映画『ドラゴンボールＺ』 2013年３月30日（土）超拡大公開！". Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2016.