Databook Information

Databook Contents

This final Daizenshuu volume covers items that were left out of volumes five and six owing to their being released in late 1995. At the time, the Dragon Ball Z TV anime was still underway, and the 10th Anniversary film, while teased in a one-page preview in Daizenshuu 6, would not be released until March of the next year. This book, released in the summer of 1996, came out much later than the others (Dragon Ball GT being well underway by this point), and was thus able to collect what could not be included in previous volumes. As with previous animation-centric volumes, there is new, full-color artwork drawn by Tadayoshi Yamamuro exclusively for the guide, as well as promotional anime artwork and illustrations used in the “Film Animation Comics” of the movies and TV specials. The cover illustration, in contrast to the other Daizenshuu volumes, is not by Akira Toriyama, but an illustration of Goku and Majin Boo in anime-style. The fold-out poster in the front of the book is a smaller version of the “Dragon Ball Original Extra Large Poster” given away to entrants who purchased Daizenshuu 5 or 6, while the back is a new illustration, depicting Super Saiyan 3 Goku surrounded by villains Piccolo Daimaō, Freeza, Cell, and Majin Boo.

Databook Staff Credits

It should be noted that although Akira Toriyama is listed as the author of this databook, he actually had very little involvement with the production of its content, if any at all. Toriyama makes it quite clear in most of his daizenshuu introductions that “they” (Shueisha) are responsible for putting these together, and he is often graciously humble in thanking them for all their hard work in sorting through his exhaustive series.