Following what appear to be successful vinyl releases of the Dragon Ball Z Best Song Collection and Dragon Ball Super soundtracks, Columbia Japan themselves are set to re-issue the Dragon Ball Ongakushū (“Music Collection”), releasing 23 July 2025 for ¥4,000:
A total of 14 tunes will comprise the single record, which includes background music composed by Shunsuke Kikuchi — as well as the vocal opening and ending theme songs — for the launch of the original Dragon Ball television series in 1986. The tracklist includes:
Side A:
- Mystical Adventure! [VOCALS: Hiroki Takahashi]
- Setting Out
- Mystical Adventure! (Instrumental)
- The Sexy Girl Bulma
- Mystery of the Dragon Balls
- Funky Turtle Hermit
- A Great Wilderness
Side B:
- Phantom Apparition
- Ambition
- Danger is Everywhere
- Shenlong Appears
- Pilaf and His Henchmen
- Wild Boy
- I’ll Give You Romance! [VOCALS: Ushio Hashimoto]
The album was originally released on vinyl 21 April 1986 (catalogue number: CX-7272) alongside the launch of the television series, and was later re-issued on CD 25 September 2003 (catalogue number: CX-7272) under the budget-priced ANIMEX 1200 series (thus its ¥1,200 price tag).
International distributors for the set include Cartridge Thunder (US $49; expected to ship this August) and Black Screen Records (€40,00; expected to ship this August). Note that there is a limited pre-order window with many of these international distributors, and pre-order sales are often final / cannot be cancelled once made.