Cell (Dragon Ball)

Cell
Dragon Ball character
Cell's three transformations/forms as drawn by Akira Toryiama; Imperfect (left), Semi-Perfect (middle) and Perfect (right)
First appearanceDragon Ball chapter #361 The Mysterious Monster, Finally Appears!!, 16 February 1992 (Weekly Shōnen Jump 1992)
Created byAkira Toriyama
Voiced byJapanese: Norio Wakamoto[1]
English: Dameon Clarke (Funimation dub)
In-universe information
SpeciesArtificial life form ("Bio-Android")
FamilyDr. Gero (creator)
ChildrenCell Juniors
Abilities
  • Super strength
  • Super speed, agility, reflexes
  • Stamina
  • Healing
  • Flight
  • Energy sensing
  • Energy projection
  • Energy absorption
  • Durability
  • Telepathy
  • Telekinesis
  • Teleportation
  • Size Expansion
  • Multiplication

Cell (Japanese: セル, Hepburn: Seru) is a fictional character and antagonist in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. He makes his debut appearance in chapter #361 "The Mysterious Monster, Finally Appears!!", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on 16 February 1992.[2] Cell is an evil artificial life form created using the DNA and cells from several significant strong characters in the series. He travels back in time from a different timeline so he can become a perfect being to defeat Goku. In order to reach this goal, he must absorb Androids 17 and 18, which have been killed in his timeline by Trunks.

  1. ^ "Norio Wakamoto (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  2. ^ "週刊少年ジャンプ 1992/02/16 表示号数11". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 March 2017.