Databook Information
| Released: | 03 April 2009 |
| Retail: | ¥630 (tax included) |
| Publisher: | Shueisha Publishing Co., Ltd. |
| Size / Pages: | JIS B6 (12.8 × 18.2 cm) / 96 pages |
| Catalog No.: | ISBN 978-4-08-874804-7 |
Databook Contents
This is the second of two Dragon Ball Super Exciting Guide books, which covers the characters of the manga series. Unfortunately, the majority of the information in this guide is already available in the daizenshuu and the two official kanzenban guides (Landmark and Forever). The cover art was drawn by Akira Toriyama.
Included before the table of contents is a small fold-out poster of a montage of various characters seen throughout the series. This poster can be combined with that of the “Story Volume” to create a larger poster. The seven Dragon Balls are hidden throughout the two posters and on the back side the characters are color coded into groups, with names and brief biographies for each character. Following the poster, is a page of stickers entitled “Dragon Ball Family Collection Seal”. The guide’s title page showcases the cover artwork from 1992 WJ #8, which was drawn by Akira Toriyama in commemoration of Dragon Ball’s seventh year of serialization.
- Dragon Ball Story
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- This opening section to the book gives a very brief three page overview of the entire series, with highlights from the manga and some pretty colored illustrations.
- SECTION 1: Character Collection
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The first section of the guide provides detailed biographies of the series’ main characters and is split into two parts; the “Heroes Collection” and the “Enemies Collection”. Much of the personal and battle data is recycled from Daizenshuu 7, but some new information has been included, such as a character’s hobbies, favorite food, and favorite vehicle. In addition, the introduction to this section says that these personal profiles were supervised by Akira Toriyama. While Goku, Tenshinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Vegeta’s height and weights were already printed in Daizenshuu 7, along with Yajirobe’s height, the rest of the characters heights and weights are all new, presumably provided by Toriyama.
Following the main character biographies is a small section covering the “Sub Characters” of the series, which is organized by story arc and further by order of appearance. Each character entry contains a short one to two sentence biography, along with the chapter of their first appearance and a single picture of each respective character.
- Heroes Collection 1 – Son Goku
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- Heroes Collection 2 – Son Gohan
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- Heroes Collection 3 – Son Goten
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- Heroes Collection 4 – Vegeta
- 012
- Heroes Collection 5 – Trunks (Young Adulthood)
- 014
- Heroes Collection 6 – Trunks (Childhood)
- 016
- Heroes Collection 7 – Piccolo
- 018
- Heroes Collection 8 – Kuririn
- 020
- Heroes Collection 9 – Yamcha
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- Heroes Collection 10 – Kame-Sen’nin
- 023
- Heroes Collection 11 – Tenshinhan
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- Heroes Collection 12 – Chiaotzu
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- Heroes Collection 13 – Yajirobe
- 027
- Heroes Collection 14 – Bulma
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- Heroes Collection 15 – Chi-Chi
- 029
- Heroes Collection 16 – Mister Satan
- 030
- Heroes Collection 17 – Videl
- 031
- Heroes Collection EX1 – Gotenks
- 032
- Heroes Collection EX2 – Vegetto
- 033
- Enemies Collection 1 – Piccolo Daimaō
- 034
- Enemies Collection 2 – Freeza
- 036
- Enemies Collection 3 – Cell
- 038
- Enemies Collection 4 – Majin Boo
- 040
- Sub-character Collection
- 042
- SECTION 2: World Guide
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- The majority of this section is taken straight from Daizenshuu 4, including all of the information about the Dragon Balls, the universe, and racial groups. There are also “Extra Connections” listed throughout the section highlighting various related elements. For instance, the Saiyans section features a look at Freeza and his forces and the Earthlings section examines Doctor Gero and his many inventions created to defeat Goku. Each section also includes information about various related items, such as the capsules on Earth, the Dragon Balls on Namek, and the Nyoi-Bō from the divine realm.
- Dragon Ball’s Universe 1 – What Are the Dragon Balls?
- 050
- Dragon Ball’s Universe 2 – The Universe’s Structure
- 052
- Dragon Ball’s Inhabitants 1 – Earthlings
- 054
- Dragon Ball’s Inhabitants 2 – Saiyans
- 058
- Dragon Ball’s Inhabitants 3 – Namekians
- 062
- Dragon Ball’s Inhabitants 4 – Divine Figures
- 066
- SECTION 3: Battle Technique File
- 071
- Once again, most of this section is recyled information, again taken from Daizenshuu 4. It covers the major techniques seen throughout the manga, such as the Kamehameha, Kaiō-Ken, Kienzan, Janken, and Dodonpa. While some techniques feature more detailed information, most of them simply list in which chapter it first appeared and who has performed it.
- Battle Technique File 1 – Category Classification! Special Attack Explanation
- 072
- Battle Technique File 2 – Ki Manipulation Techniques
- 074
- Battle Technique File 3 – Martial Arts Techniques
- 083
- Battle Technique File 4 – Unique Techniques
- 087
- The Truth About the “Dragon Ball” Manga (read translation)
- 091
- The true highlight of the book is a fairly lengthy interview with Akira Toriyama, in which he answers some questions about the DragonBall universe and its characters. Toriyama notes that he would love to try actually using Bukūjutsu and Shunkan-Idō, but more importantly he reveals that Mister Satan’s real name is… Mark (a pun on akuma, meaning devil)! After that, everything else just doesn’t seem as important…
- Exciting Columns
- There are three short one-page columns scattered throughout the book that focus on various topics related to the book’s contents. The first column covers the different group name origins, such as all Saiyan names being based on vegetables and all Red Ribbon Army names come from colors. The second column is essentially a reprint of “The 22 Wishes” section found in Daizenshuu 4. Finally we have the last column that takes a look at the somewhat weird, yet humorous, techniques seen in the manga, like Goku’s helicopter tail and Bacterian’s stinky finger.
- The Great Exhibit of Dragon Ball Character Name Origins
- 048
- The 22 Wishes Granted in Dragon Ball
- 070
- Unexpectedly Powerful? Weird Technique Collection!!
- 090
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. The contents of this databook were almost entirely compiled and organized by Caramel Mama and Shueisha.
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著者
Author
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鳥山 明
Akira Toriyama
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発行人
Publisher
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太田富雄
Tomio Oota
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編集人
Editor
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木下暢起
Nobuoki Kinoshita
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発行所
Publishing House
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株式会社 集英社
Shueisha Co., Ltd.
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印刷所
Printing House
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共同印刷株式会社
Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.
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編集協力
Editing Coordination
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キャラメル・ママ
Caramel Mama
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デザイン
Design
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バナナグローブスタジオ
Banana Grove Studio