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  Daizenshuu EX - Multimedia - Images - Covers  
     
 

What Mike and Julian are throwing together here, is what (we hope) will eventually become the definitive source and catalogue of all officially-sanctioned DragonBall books. You'll (eventually) find covers of all the daizenshuu, movie comics, Japanese (tankôbon & kanzenban) manga volumes, domestic volumes, video game books...you name it, we'll have a picture! If you can't figure out exactly what book it is you own, take a look through here to find out.

You may also find the "Manga Reference Guide" of some use, in figuring out what the contents of your tankôbon are.

[ Daizenshuu ] [ Other Guides ] [ Original Japanese Tankôbon ] [ Movie Tankôbon ]
[ Kanzenban ] [ American Tankôbon - Original Printings ]
[ American Tankôbon - "Shonen Jump" Printings ] [ Domestic Shonen Jump ]

 

Daizenshuu

The big ones. The origin of this site's name. The daizenshuu. Each book covers something new. The first one's all-original illustrations, the second one's a story guide, others are TV animation books, there's a movie & TV special animation book, there's tons of pure information about the manga and show, newer ones concerning all the bazillions of cards released in Japan... *trails off*

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01 - Complete Illustrations
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02 - Story Guide
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03 - TV Animation Part 1
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04 - World Guide
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05 - TV Animation Part 2
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06 - Movies & TV Specials
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07 - DragonBall Encyclopedia
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08 (Extra Volume) - Carddass Perfect File Part 1
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09 (Extra Volume) - Carddass Perfect File Part 2
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10 (Supplemental Volume) - TV Animation Part 3
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Non-Daizenshuu Guides

Even though the Daizenshuu are certainly the most visible all-encompassing guides to DB, they don't have a monopoly on that market. Over the years, Shueisha has put out a number of smaller, paperback guides, with a more specific focus than their larger brethren. Among them, the "DragonBall GT Perfect Files," are guides to the ins and outs of DBGT; "DragonBall Z: Son Gokû Densetsu" and "DragonBall: Tenka-ichi Densetsu" are anime guides to their respective series, with special focus on either Goku (for the DBZ guide) or the Tenka-ichi Budôkai (for the DB guide); and "DragonBall Landmark" and "DragonBall Forever" are companion volumes to the Kanzenban re-release of the manga. All have some interesting, unique information, and the two GT guides (being out of print) are especially rare. So, if you see 'em, don't hesitate!

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"DragonBall GT: Perfect File" # 1
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"DragonBall GT: Perfect File" # 2
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"DB Kanzenban Official Guidebook, vol. 1: DragonBall Landmark"
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"DB Kanzenban Official Guidebook, vol. 2: DragonBall Forever"
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"DragonBall Complete Anime Guide: Tenka-ichi Densetsu"
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"DragonBall Z Complete Anime Guide: Son Gokû Densetsu"
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Original Japanese Tankôbon

The original Japanese DragonBall manga lasted for a whopping 42 volumes. It ran from 15 September 1985 all the way to 9 August 1995. Each of the 42 volumes ("tankôbon") has its own cover art, drawn by Toriyama-san, in full color.

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Tankôbon # 03 - Tenka-ichi Budôkai Hajimaru!!
["The Tenka-ichi Budôkai Begins!!"]
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Tankôbon # 04 - Dai-Kesshôsen
["The Grand Finals"]
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Tankôbon # 05 - Massuru Tawâ no Kyôfu
["The Terror of Muscle Tower"]
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Tankôbon # 07 - Tsuiseki!! Burû Shôgun
["Pursuit!! General Blue"]
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Tankôbon # 25 - Furîza Chô-Henshin!!
["Freeza's Super Transformation!!"]
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Tankôbon # 31 - Shinobiyoru Seru
["Cell Creeps Closer"]
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Tankôbon # 35 - Sayônara Senshi-tachi
["Farewell, Warriors"]
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Tankôbon # 36 - Nyû Hîrô Tanjô!!
["A New Hero is Born!!"]
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Tankôbon # 37 - Ugokihajimeta Sakusen
["The Plan is Set in Motion"]
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Tankôbon # 42 - Baibai Doragon Wârudo
["Bye-Bye, Dragon World"]
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Movie Tankôbon

There has been a full-color tankôbon released for every single DragonBall and DragonBall Z movie, plus the two DBZ and one GT TV specials (creating twenty, in all). They contain a few pages of brief character introductions, so that just in case you don't know someone here and there, you can still keep up with what's going on.

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DRAGONBALL MOVIE # 1: Shenron no Densetsu
("The Legend of Shenlong")
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DRAGONBALL MOVIE # 2: Majin-Jô no Nemuri Hime
("The Sleeping Princess in the Devil's Castle")

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DRAGONBALL MOVIE # 3: Makafushigi Daibôken
("Mystical Great Adventure")

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DRAGONBALL MOVIE # 4 / 10th Anniversary Movie: Saikyô e no Michi
("The Path to Ultimate Strength")

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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 2: Kono Yo de Ichiban Tsuyoi Yatsu
("The World's Strongest Guy")
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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 3: Chikyû Marugoto Chô-Kessen
("Super Deciding Battle for the Entire Planet Earth")
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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 4: Sûpâ Saiya-jin da Son Gokû
("Super Saiyan Son Goku")
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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 6: Gekitotsu!! 100-Oku Pawâ no Senshi-tachi
("Clash!! 10,000,000,000 Powerful Warriors")
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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 7: Kyokugen Batoru!! San Dai Sûpâ Saiya-jin
("Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans")
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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 8: Moetsukiro!! Nessen • Ressen • Chô-Gekisen
("Burn Up!! A Close, Intense, Super-Fierce Battle")
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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 9: Ginga Giri-Giri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu
("The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy")
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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 10: Kiken na Futari! Sûpâ Senshi wa Nemurenai
("The Dangerous Duo! Super-Warriors Can't Rest")

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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 11: Sûpâ Senshi Gekiha!! Katsu No wa Ore Da
("Super-Warrior Defeat!! I'm the One Who'll Win")

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DRAGONBALL Z MOVIE # 12: Fukkatsu no Fyûjon!! Gokû to Bejîta
("Fusion Reborn!! Goku and Vegeta")

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DRAGONBALL Z TV SPECIAL # 1: Tatta Hitori no Saishû Kessen --Furîza ni Idonda Z Senshi Kakarotto no Chichi--
("A Lonesome, Final Battle: The Father of Z-Warrior Kakarrot, Who Challenged Freeza")
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DRAGONBALL Z TV SPECIAL # 2: Zetsubô e no Hankô!! Nokosareta Chô-Senshi - Gohan to Torankusu
("Resistance to Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors, Gohan and Trunks")
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Kanzenban

Late 2002, for Japan, was the beginning of a re-release of every volume of the DragonBall manga, called the "Kanzenban" (Perfect Edition). Instead of the original 42-volume tankôbon set, the Kanzenban will take up a mere 34 volumes, having about 15 chapters in each book. Each Kanzenban volume sports a newly-drawn cover by Akira Toriyama, himself. Every other issue also includes a brochure with an image of DB characters drawn by other popular manga artists (which you can see in the Other Artists Draw DB section). The character names in parentheses, next to the volume numbers, refer to what character(s) is/are featured on each cover.

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Kanzenban # 01 (Son Goku / Yamcha)
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Kanzenban # 02 (Kame-Sen'nin / Pilaf)
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Kanzenban # 03 (Kuririn / Lunch)
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Kanzenban # 04 (Jackie Chun / the Tenka-ichi Budôkai Announcer)
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Kanzenban # 05 (General Blue / Master Sergeant Murasaki)
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Kanzenban # 06 (T'ao Pai-pai / Commander Red)
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Kanzenban # 07 (Adjutant Black in his mecha / Upa)
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Kanzenban # 08 (Uranai Baba & Goku / "Grandpa" Son Gohan)
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Kanzenban # 09 (Tenshinhan & Chiao-tzu / Tsuru-Sen'nin)
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Kanzenban # 10 (elderly Piccolo Daimaô / Piano)
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Kanzenban # 11 (young Piccolo Daimaô / Yajirobe)
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Kanzenban # 12 ("Ma Junior" Piccolo / Shen)
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Kanzenban # 13 (Goku & Piccolo in battle / Chi-Chi)
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Kanzenban # 14 (Raditz / young Son Gohan)
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Kanzenban # 15 (Kaiô-sama / Nappa)
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Kanzenban # 16 (Vegeta / a Saibaiman)
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Kanzenban # 17 (Freeza in his hoverchair / Dr. Briefs)
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Kanzenban # 18 (Saichôrô [the Eldest Namekian] & Kuririn / Dodoria)
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Kanzenban # 19 (The Ginyu Tokusentai [Special Combat Squad] / Dende)
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Kanzenban # 20 (Freeza, looking down angrily / Captain Ginyu as a Frog)
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Kanzenban # 21 (final-form Freeza / 3rd-form Freeza)
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Kanzenban # 22 (Super Saiyan Goku / Porunga)
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Kanzenban # 23 (Trunks / Cyborg Freeza)
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Kanzenban # 24 (Jinzôningen [Artificial Humans] #16, #17 and #18 / #20)
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Kanzenban # 25 (1st-form Cell / Gohan)
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Kanzenban # 26 (2nd-form Cell & SSJ Vegeta / Bulma)
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Kanzenban # 27 (SSJ Gohan & Perfect Cell / Mr. Satan)
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Kanzenban # 28 (Goku, Kaiô-sama & Bubbles / Cell about to blow up)
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Kanzenban # 29 (Goku, Gohan, & co. / Videl)
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Kanzenban # 30 (Kaiôshin-sama & Kibito / Babidi & Dabra)
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Kanzenban # 31 (Majin Buu / Trunks & Goten)
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Kanzenban # 32 (Kaiôshin-sama, Goku, Gohan, Kibito, & Old Kaiôshin / Gotenks)
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Kanzenban # 33 (SSJ3 Gotenks & Buu / a Super Kamikaze Ghost)
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Kanzenban # 34 (Goku, Gohan, Gotenks, Kuririn, Mr. Satan, Vegeta, Piccolo, & Tenshinhan / Tori-Bot)
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American Tankôbon (Original Larger Printings)

Viz originally began releasing the DB and DBZ Graphic Novels at a larger-than-tankôbon size, priced at $14.95 US (later reduced to $12.95). DBZ volumes 1-10 were released before switching over to the smaller "Shonen Jump" sizes (1-10 were reprinted at the new size, and 11+ only have a SJ printing). For more information about the different editions of the English manga, be sure to check out our "Manga Reference Guide."

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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 01 - The World's Greatest Team
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 02 - The Lord of Worlds
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 03 - Earth vs. the Saiyans
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 04 - Goku vs. Vegeta
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 05 - Dragon Ball in Space
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 06 - Battlefield Namek
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 07 - The Ginyu Force
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 08 - Goku vs. Ginyu
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 09 - The Wrath of Freeza
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 10 - Goku vs. Freeza
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American Tankôbon ("Shonen Jump" Printings)

The "Shonen Jump" versions of the Viz DB and DBZ Graphic Novels are actually the second (or even third) version that many of these volumes have had in English! The "Shonen Jump" printings are a slightly-larger-than-tankôbon-sized release of the manga, priced at $7.95. For more information about the different editions of the English manga, be sure to check out our "Manga Reference Guide."

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Dragon Ball: Volume # 01 - The Monkey King
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 02 - Wish Upon a Dragon
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 03 - The Training of Kame-Sen'nin
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 04 - Strongest Under The Heavens
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 05 - The Red Ribbon Army
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 06 - Bulma Returns!
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 07 - General Blue and the Pirate Treasure
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 08 - Taopaipai & Master Karin
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 09 - Test of the All-Seeing Crone
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 10 - Return to the Tournament
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 11 - The Eyes of Tenshinhan
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 12 - The Demon King Piccolo
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 13 - Piccolo Conquers the World
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 14 - Heaven and Earth
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 15 - The Titanic Tournament
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Dragon Ball: Volume # 16 - Goku vs. Piccolo
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 01 - The World's Greatest Team
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 02 - The Lord of Worlds
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 03 - Earth vs. the Saiyans
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 04 - Goku vs. Vegeta
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 05 - Dragon Ball in Space
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 06 - Battlefield Namek
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 07 - The Ginyu Force
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 08 - Goku vs. Ginyu
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 09 - The Wrath of Freeza
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 10 - Goku vs. Freeza
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 11 - The Super Saiyan
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 12 - Enter Trunks
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 13 - The Red Ribbon Androids
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 14 - Rise of the Machines
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 15 - The Terror of Cell
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Dragon Ball Z: Volume # 16 - The Room of Spirit and Time
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Shonen Jump (Domestic)

While DragonBall originally ran in Shonen Jump in Japan, American fans had been subject to painfully short monthly installments like every other American comic for quite some time. In January 2003, Viz Communications released the first issue of "Shonen Jump" in America, which includes a few chapters of the DBZ era of the manga every month. May 2004 is the first domestic Shonen Jump to feature new kanzenban artwork by Akira Toriyama. DBZ has officially ended its publication in Shonen Jump as-of April 2005; it will continue on in graphic-novel form only, as published by Viz.

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00: Shonen Jump (December 2002; Preview Issue) - Cover Image
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01: Shonen Jump (January 2003) - Cover / Back Cover Image
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02: Shonen Jump (February 2003) - Cover / Back Cover Image
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03: Shonen Jump (March 2003) - Cover / Back Cover Image
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04: Shonen Jump (April 2003) - Cover Image
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05: Shonen Jump (May 2003) - Cover Image
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06: Shonen Jump (June 2003) - Cover Image
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07: Shonen Jump (July 2003) - Cover Image
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08: Shonen Jump (August 2003) - Cover Image
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09: Shonen Jump (September 2003) - Cover Image
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10: Shonen Jump (October 2003) - Cover Image
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11: Shonen Jump (November 2003) - Cover Image
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12: Shonen Jump (December 2003) - Cover Image
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13: Shonen Jump (January 2004) - Cover Image
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14: Shonen Jump (February 2004) - Cover Image
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15: Shonen Jump (March 2004) - Cover Image
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16: Shonen Jump (April 2004) - Cover Image
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17: Shonen Jump (May 2004) - Cover Image
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18: Shonen Jump (June 2004) - Cover Image
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19: Shonen Jump (July 2004) - Cover Image
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20: Shonen Jump (August 2004) - Cover Image
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21: Shonen Jump (September 2004) - Cover Image
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22: Shonen Jump (October 2004) - Cover Image
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23: Shonen Jump (November 2004) - Cover Image
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24: Shonen Jump (December 2004) - Cover Image
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25: Shonen Jump (January 2005) - Cover Image
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26: Shonen Jump (February 2005) - Cover Image
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27: Shonen Jump (March 2005) - Cover Image
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28: Shonen Jump (April 2005) - Cover Image
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