Tales from the Daizenshuu

[Toriyama Boss]

Wow Thanks Herms, that was a good read, appreciate it man!!!

What Does the Daizneshuu say about the Saiya-jins armor???
What does the Daizenshuu say about Trunks sword?

Thanks Herms!

[Hujio]

How many Shenron Times volumes were there? I have all 7 hard cover Daizenshuu, and I know not every volume came with a Shenron Times insert. Just curious to see which ones I'm missing, if any.

-Corey

All seven Daizenshuu had the Shenron Times, but the supplemental volumes did not. There are of course seven total issues of the Shenron Times. Some re-prints of the Daizenshuu didn't come with any at all, and some sellers keep the Shenron Times or have lost them. A couple of my Daizenshuu didn't have any, so I had to buy them separately from other sellers.

[Xyex]

I know this is old (like, a month almost) but I don't come to ths thread much so....

Anyway.

The conversion between Kiris and the units used in Freeza's scouters doesn't have to be linear.

Yeah, exactly. I mean, look at the differences between the various temprature scales. You've got your Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Rankine scales. At absolute zero those would be at 0 K, −273.15 °C, −459.67 °F, and 0 °R. And the boiling points for them are 373.1339 K, 99.9839 °C, 211.9710 °F, and 671.641 °R. As you can see, both sets of numbers a both vastly different from each other and yet the same level. For all we know 300 kili could = 15,000 on a scouter, while 3,000 kili would = 870 million on a scouter. There's no way to tell. We do know that 3,000 completely freaked Babidi out, though. So it's got to be big.

2. If it takes a power level of 130-ish to destroy the Moon, and the Earth is 100 times more massive, then it takes 13,000 to destroy the Earth.

I figured it was closer to 200-ish (Roshi did bulk up and charge the Kamehameha so it had to be stronger than his normal power). Still, it adds up as that'd put the Earth's level at 20,000 for complete obliteration and nothing says that was Vegeta's intent. And if 20k is enough for complete obliteration than 18k should be more than enough to destablize the core like Freeza did on Namek.

[Herms]

What does the Daizenshuu say about Trunks sword?

It's a large, Western-style sword. The reason it was able to cut through Freeza might be because it was refined through special methods of engineering available in the future. Out of my own curiosity, I checked for Tapion's sword, and it was listed seperately.

What Does the Daizneshuu say about the Saiya-jins armor???

I think I should have a policy where I don't answer questions that have more than one question mark. But whatever. It lists them in the item dictionary as Battle Jackets (戦闘ジャケット). It says that they're worn by Freeza's underlings (they didn't originate with the Saiyans; Toriyama confirmed this in his notes to the character design he made of Broli, where he said that Broli and Paragus wouldn't be wearing that sort of armor since they were handed out by Freeza). They have high defensive power. The material they are made of is very elastic, but doesn't inhibit movement.

[Herms]

OK, last one...I'm not sure how I ended up writing so much on the shortest daizenshuu I own, but whatever. I guess since it was so small I felt tempted to just describe everything.

Daizenshuu Supplemental Volume: TV Animation Part 3

The first thing you should know about Daizenshuu 10 is that it's not actually called Daizenshuu 10. In the little circle where the hardcover volumes have their numbers, it just has “supplemental volume” (補巻). As the name implies, this daizenshuu exists to tie up any loose ends that weren't covered in previous daizenshuu, mainly the last few episodes of Dragon Ball Z and the 10th anniversary movie. Aside from those two main things, there's a lot of stuff in here that I frankly think was included to pad the book out, but is still really cool none the less. This makes the contents of this daizenshuu much more...eclectic than the others. I was worried that there wasn't going to be much to this one, since the part of the TV series it covers is so short, but I think this is actually one of my favorite daizenshuu.

The first big thing is the pullout poster. Unlike the hardcover daizenshuu, which all had one side of their pullout posters be their cover design, this one has a unique illustration on each side. On one side if a picture of SSJ3 Goku with the faces of Piccolo Daimaou, Freeza, Cell, and Buu behind him. On the other side is a picture of...everyone. Ever. What has to be just about every single character who ever appears in the TV show or movies is crammed in here. There have been a few other pictures like this, such as Daizenshuu 7's pullout poster, but none of them come anywhere close to the amount of characters here. There's a lot of really neat things they do with the composition too. Fat Janenba and Frog are doing identical hand motions, Tsuru Sen'nin in his regular outfit and Tsuru Sen'nin in his DB movie 3 outfit are glaring at each other in identical postures, and they do the same thing with General Blue and Metallic. Future Trunks, Chibi Trunks, and baby Trunks are all staring puzzled at each other, Elder Kaioushin is gawking at Bulma's ass, Otoko Suki is making flirting eyes at that other guy from the last tournament, in general there's a lot of interaction between the characters. It's a great picture.

After that there's there run-through of the last episodes of DBZ: Vegetto vs. Buu, Goku and Vegeta inside Buu, the final battle with Buu, and then the ten-years later portion. After that there's an “Epilogue” picture, with Goku in his end of the series outfit, and everyone else as they were during the battle with Buu (Trunks and Goten still as kids, Kuririn without grey hair). There's Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Kuririn, Tenshinhan, Chaozu, Yamcha, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and...Future Trunks. He's just standing there with the others. For some reason I find this hilarious. It's this “Hooray, we won!”-kind of picture, with all the characters who fought against Buu to some capacity, and then there's Future Trunks looking all pleased with himself despite the fact that he wasn't around for the fight at all and therefore didn't do anything. It's like his party-crashing.

There's a page that briefly describes all the major filler scenes during the last part of the series (normal Vegetto vs. Buu, those worms and illusionary Gohan and co. inside Buu, that party that Goku almost misses). The first two animation guides has similar pages.

Next is the animation gallery. This is a collection of all the pictures that originally were created as posters for the anime-comics versions of the movies and TV specials. Most of these images were later made into wall scrolls and have just generally been around the block, so you'd probably recognize a lot of these. It's worth noting that the anime-comics for the movies didn't come out until fairly late in the series's run, and not near when the original movies came out. This means that a lot of the poster pictures that went with these anime-comics might seem somewhat out of place. For instance, one of the ones for DBZ movie 2 shows the Buu-era cast at the 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai.

After that is the guide to the 10th anniversary movie. This is really in-depth, with lots of notes from the director. The director had something of a thing for Bulma, which is why there's so much Bulma fan service in this movie. There's a lot of stuff on what the staff was thinking when they did certain things, and the direction they wanted to take to movie. For instance, they wanted this movie to be a fusion of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, with the first half having Dragon Ball-style adventure and the second half having Dragon Ball Z-style battles. The final battle with the Battle Jacket robot was intended to have a theme of “A battle of big things versus little things” (I think that's more of a motif than a theme, but whatever). There's some stuff about the frame rate of this movie, the computer graphics used in the movie, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I really wish they had included stuff like this for the other movies, in Daizenshuu 6.

There's a page with some designs Toriyama did for this movie. It turns out that Toriyama drew the redesigns for most of the characters in this movie that look substantially different than in the original, such as Black, Red, Metallic, and the Battle Jacket robot. Toriyama's redesign of the Battle Jacket is essentially the same as what appears in the movie, except the one in the movie has a much smaller cockpit. This basically makes the one in the movie much bigger than Toriyama's design.

Another small tidbit: You can see the original design of Muscle Tower in the movie. It's next to the redesigned version, but it's so much smaller that you might miss it unless you're looking hard. Also, Violet is in this movie for about eight seconds. She's leading the air force that attacks Goku as he heads towards the Red Ribbon Base.

After that there's a whole section on behind-the-scenes stuff for the anime. I love this section; it's exactly the sort of thing I wanted there to be in the other animation guides. I really want to do a translation of this entire section eventually, but here are some highlights: one of the early ideas for the Bardock special was to have Bardock be Goku's enemy. Toriyama designed the Fire-Eating Bird and the more grown-up version of Upa that appear in the filler. There's a picture of a red-eyed version of Super Saiyan Goku that Toriyama made for the production of DBZ movie 6 as a possible color scheme (Toriyama labeled this picture “Maybe red might also be good?”). There's also a list explaining the name puns of every movie villain.

My favorite part are the other names they were considering for the second series before they settled on Dragon Ball Z. These include Dragon Ball: Gohan's Big Adventure, New Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball 2, Dragon Ball Wonder Boy, and Dragon Ball 90.

...I'm glad they went with 'Dragon Ball Z'...

After that section there's the second half of the animation gallery, and a page with a chart of the different forms of Super Saiyan.

Next is a list of all of the battles original to the animation, such as in filler or the movies. There's a total of 119 anime-only battles, and each one is given a brief summary. Unfortunately, the 10th anniversary movies seems to have been left out. The daizenshuu divides these battles up by category, starting with the Dragon Ball filler and ending with Dragon Ball Z movies, but they don't number them by category. That is, the first battle in DB filler is number 1, and the last battle in the DBZ movies is number 119. I decided to see how many where in each category, and came up with the following:

Dragon Ball filler: 19 battles
Dragon Ball movies: 10 battles (not including 10th anniversary movie)
Dragon Ball Z filler: 25 battles
Dragon Ball Z TV Specials: 7 battles
Dragon Ball Z movies: 58 battles

Daizenshuu 2's list 187 battles in the manga, so assuming that every fight in the manga is represented in the anime, that leaves a grand total of 306 battles in the entirety of Dragon Ball anime...not counting the 10th anniversary movie.

There's a page on the Live Shows they did for Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Do you remember that filler scene at the 25th Tenkaichi Budoukai where they show a reenactment of the Cell Games, with Cell, Goku and everyone portrayed by actors in ridiculous rubber costumers? This is pretty much the same thing. Apparently they were very popular.

Then there's a big interview with every major voice actor, which Greg Werner translated back in the day and which you can probably still see on his site. Then there's character modelys. After that is the episode guide for Dragon Ball Z episodes 269-291. Then there's a big list of every cast and staff member. And that's it.

[Kikoha Hater]

Thank for posting that Herms, did Garlic Jr. and Four Heavenly Monachs have any interaction?

[Toriyama Boss]

Thanks Herms for answering my questions and also providing information on the “supplemental volume” of the Daizenshuu.

Herms if you don't mind me asking, I have two questions....

1.I would like to know How does the Daizenshuu define "BATTLE POWER?" Does "battle power" mean overall ability (speed strength power) or is it just referring to Ki and speed is totally different?

2. What does the supplemental Daizenshuu states about the filler scenes with Vegetto vs. Buu (one question mark )?

[Herms]

did Garlic Jr. and Four Heavenly Monachs have any interaction?

They're actually not even near him. Garlic Jr. is towards the right side and with his henchmen from the movie , while the 4 Heavenly Kings are off near the left edge, near SSJ2 Gohan.

Other interesting things I've found in the picture: "Kaibito" is freaking out at coffee-ball Vegetto, that little red demon from DB movie 2 is hanging off of Shiyouken Tenshinhan's second left arm, Pilaf's cowering before Oozaru Goku, Babidi is eyeing Bibidi with these really weird expression, they include both fat Veku and skrawny Veku (who wasn't even in the movie!), and Mecha Freeza seems to be sitting on King Cold's shoulder, with his arm around one of Cold's horns.

This old threaddiscusses the picture, and includes several different scans of it.

1.I would like to know How does the Daizenshuu define "BATTLE POWER?" Does "battle power" mean overall ability (speed strength power) or is it just referring to Ki and speed is totally different?

2. What does the supplemental Daizenshuu states about the filler scenes with Vegetto vs. Buu (one question mark )?

1. Daizenshuu 7's term dictionary defines it as "power hidden in the body that is used when fighting". It uses the English word 'power'. It doesn't mention anything about speed.

2. It says that while in the original story Vegetto just becomes Super Saiyan immediately, in the anime he spends one episode fighting Buu as "Normal Vegetto" (they use the English word for normal). During this fight, he uses a technique like a kamaitachiand also knocks back an energy bullet that could have destroyed the planet.

[Toriyama Boss]

1. Daizenshuu 7's term dictionary defines it as "power hidden in the body that is used when fighting". It uses the English word 'power'. It doesn't mention anything about speed.

2. It says that while in the original story Vegetto just becomes Super Saiyan immediately, in the anime he spends one episode fighting Buu as "Normal Vegetto" (they use the English word for normal). During this fight, he uses a technique like a kamaitachiand knocks back an energy bullet that could have destroyed the planet.

Wow, Thanks Herms, you are the man!

[Drunken Master]

Wow, this is a bad day for the forums, "Jap"-wise. Anyway, it is a racist slur, and you can't just wish away the word's history just because you happen to find it a convenient shorthand. If you really have that much trouble writing out the entire word, then, well...actually, if you find it too difficult to type an eight-letter word, how do you even find the strength to post consistently?

Whoa, I was late for work, so I shortened a word that day, because I always seem to misspell it. Now if I said "Those damn dirty japs need to translate the daizenshuu!", yeah, I could see where you would be coming from of course. But I would never say anything like that with real meaning, and in that context. What I typed was not a racial slur. I will show you one later, that was used back then. I will still type "Jap" when I feel like being lazy, despite what you might feel you think the abbreviation means. Anyhow, how is it a racial slur at all? Because a few stupid skinheads and rednecks that hate everything that isn't white use it that way? The US decided to shorten the word so it could fit headlines on their newspapers. Am I a skinhead or redneck? No, I am not. It doesn't mean every time it's typed, someone is being racist towards them. Shortening a word is not racist to me...at all, unless you plainly mean it to be racist. If you find an abbreviated word on a forum, with no hate context insulting to you, then it's a miracle that you're still on the internet. That abbreviation would only be considered derogatory, if used that way, in which case, in every case I see on this forum...is not. But people still attack other members like they are infact being racist...instantly, and I always feel the need to defend them, or reply with my opinion, but never did until now. Oh yeah, that real slur I mentioned earlier that is harmful? Jaundy Boy. It was derived from a medical condition called Jaundice, which turns your skin to a yellow-ish color. That is a racist slur my friend. Again, it's in the context.

Anyhow, can anyone tell me what book this is in...?

EDIT
Looking for it!

[Xyex]

Drunken Master, while I do agree with the context issue (context is everything, words only have the meaning given them by the reader) it's still best to avoid anything like that. 'sides, JP is shorter than "Jap" anyway.

[Drunken Master]

Heh, yeah, I'll just use that from now on.

EDIT
Finally found it!

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What book is that from?

[Herms]

Sorry, I was too mean-spirited in my reply because when I read your initial post I had just finished writing a response to someone else on the same topic and I was getting rather annoyed with the whole thing (hence my saying it was a bad day for the forum). I understand that you didn't mean any harm by using the term Jap. However, the term Jap has traditionly been seen as a racist slur in English-speaking countries. I know that you didn't intend it as such, but you can't simply disregard what words mean or how other people might percieve them.

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What book is that from?

That's from Glenat's French translation of Daizenshuu 7. It's part of the in-depth look at the Dragon Ball world that's near the front of the daizenshuu. In the Japanese version its on p.42; the French page numbering might be different.

[Toriyama Boss]

There's a page that briefly describes all the major filler scenes during the last part of the series (normal Vegetto vs. Buu, those worms and illusionary Gohan and co. inside Buu, that party that Goku almost misses). The first two animation guides has similar pages.

1.Does the supplemental Daizenshuu talk about the anime only scenes where Super Saiya-jin 3 Goku fights Majin Gotenks Buu?

3. If you don't mind, does the Daizenshuu 7 have a profile on Ginyuu's Special-Squad member Butta?

[Herms]

1.Does the supplemental Daizenshuu talk about the anime only scenes where Super Saiya-jin 3 Goku fights Majin Gotenks Buu?

3. If you don't mind, does the Daizenshuu 7 have a profile on Ginyuu's Special-Squad member Butta?

1. No, it only covers DBZ episodes 269-291, which means it starts with Vegetto already formed (episode 268, if I'm remembering correctly, ends right with Vegetto being born, before he actually does anything). The SSJ3 Goku vs. Gotenks-absorbed Buu would be covered in Daizenshuu 5. However, I don't think they have anything other than a picture of it.

3. Daizenshuu 7 has a bio for every manga character...ever. Seriously, they've got numerous bios for nameless characters. They're somewhat less thorough when it comes to the movies, though. Butta's bio says he's a member of the Ginyu tokusentai, was supposedly the fastest in the universe untill Goku came along, and liked chocolate parfait. It also mentions that in the anime he performs the combined attack Purple Comet Crash with Jheeze.

[Herms]

OK, here's my table of contents for daizenshuu 1-7 and the supplemental TV animation guide. So basically this is a list of everything that is in each daizenshuu and where it's located. Obviously, most of this is taken from the actual table of contents in each daizenshuu, but I included both the starting and ending pages of each section and added an explanation for things that might be a bit vague.

Daizenshuu 1: Complete Illustrations
Foldout Poster: Cover picture/ sketch version of the final page of the manga, with the cast and Toriyama's goodbye
Toriyama's introduction p.13
Table of Contents p.14
1984 pp.15-16 (all color illustrations from this year)
1985 pp.17-28
1986 pp.29-42
1987 pp.43-58
1988 pp.59-66
1989 pp.67-82
1990 pp.83-100
1991 pp.101-116
1992 pp.117-132
1993 pp.133-150
1994 pp.151-160
1995 pp.161-175
tankoubon Covers pp.176-193
Complete tankoubon Spine Image pp.194-195
Collection of pictures that went with Toriyama's introduction to each tankoubon volume pp.196-197
Collection of Weekly Shounen Jump covers featuring Dragon Ball pp.198-201
Akira Toriyama Super Interview #1 pp.202-207
Picture Index pp.208-217 (details where every picture in the book originated from, such as title page picture, Jump cover, phone cards, video game promotional image, etc.)

Shenlong Times #1: I, um...don't actually have it

Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide
Foldout Poster: Cover picture/diagram of the various relationships between Goku and co. (who's related to who and how so, marriages, fusion, etc.)
Toriyama's Introduction p.13
Table of Contents p.14
Dragon Ball chapter 1 in color pp.15-45
Before Dragon Ball pt. 1 p.46 (details Dragon Boy and Tonpuu's Big Adventure)
Adventure History pp.47-89 (detailed summary of what happens in each tankoubon volume)
Before Dragon Ball pt.2 p.90 (details early character designs of characters and other early ideas for what the story would be like, such as Goku as an actual monkey)
Original Color Works pt.1 pp.91-106 (samples of color pages from the beginning of the manga to Goku's run on Serpent Road)
Personal History pp.107-154

• Chronological Table of Characters pp.108-109 (chart showing how each character changed from volume to volume and which volumes they were present in)
  Growing Up pp.110-133 (details how individual characters changed over time, from their different ages to their different forms like Super Saiyan or fusions)
  Human Drama pp.134-154 (character arcs, like Piccolo's development from a villain to a hero)

Original Color Works pt.2 pp.155-170 (sample color pages from Goku and Vegeta' fight until end of manga)
Sub-Characters pp.171-176
Battle History pp.177-242

• Chronological Table of Battles pp.178-179 (chart showing which characters fought each other, which volume it was in, and what the outcome was; useful for looking up all the battles of a specific character or in a specific volume)
  Final Battles pp.180-201 (detailed analysis of every climatic battle, such of Goku vs. Piccolo Daimaou or Gohan vs. Cell)
  Special Attacks pp.202-217 (special attacks sorted by story arc)
  All Battles pp.218-242 (chronological list of every battle, with short summary and result)

Dragon Ball chapter 519 (last chapter) in color pp.243-260
Akira Toriyama Super Interview #2 pp.261-265

Shenlong Times #2: Interview with Toriyama and the three editors he had during the course of the series, comic by Toriyama on what he's doing lately, I Love Dragon Ball #2 with Shingo Katori of SMAP, DB News (awful-looking plush toys, Gokuu Gekitou Den for Game Boy, and an exhibit on Toriyama's artwork in the Kumamoto Art Museum), preview of Daizenshuu 3: Animation Guide Part 1

Daizenshuu 3: Animation Guide Part 1
Foldout Poster: Cover picture/Goku as a child, a young adult, an adult, a Super Saiyan, and a Super Saiyan 3
Toriyama's Introduction p.13
Table of Contents p.14
Dragon Ball Super Battle Scenes pp.15-119 (summary of what happens in each anime story arc, illustrated with a huge amount of screen caps and original artwork)

• Son Gokou pp.16-39 (start of anime until end of 21st TB)
  Red Ribbon Army pp.41-61
  22th Tenkaichi Budoukai pp.63-83 (Uranai Baba and 22nd TB)
  Piccolo-Daimaou pp.85-101
  23th Tenkaichi Budoukai pp.103-119

Library of Adventure pp.123-136, pp.138-153 (collection of character design models used by the animators, sorted by character)
Dragon Ball Z Super Battle Scenes pp.155-201 (same as before but with DBZ)

• Attack of the Saiyan pp.156-177
  Battle of Namekku Planet pp.179-201 (aftermath of Vegeta battle to Ginyu arc)

Akira Toriyama Super Interview #3 pp.202-207
All Story Digest pp.208-233 (episode guide for all of DB and DBZ episodes 1-74, includes summaries, original airing dates, and marks all pure-filler episodes with a star-sign)

Variety of DB

• Dragon Ball Opening #1 p.40
  Dragon Ball Opening #2 p.62
  Dragon Ball Ending #1 p.84
  Dragon Ball Ending #2 p.102
  Anime Original Episode Guide pp.120-121
  Saiyan History p.122
  Dragon Ball Opening and Ending Themes p.137
  Dragon Ball Z Opening and Ending Themes p.154
  Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z Eye-Catch Collection p.178

Shenlong Times #3: First part of interview with anime main staff (producer, composer, etc., plus Masako Nozawa), comic drawn by Toriyama on what he's doing recently, I Love Dragon Ball #3 with karate master Masaaki Satake, DB News (Super Goku Den Kakusei Hen on Famicon and DBZ movie 12 on VHS), preview of Daizenshuu 4: World Guide

Daizenshuu 4: World Guide
Foldout poster: Cover picture/Toriyama's rough sketches of potential character designs
Toriyama's Introduction p.13
Table of Contents p.14
World pp.15-36

• Prologue pp.16-29 (color pictures of the Dragon Ball cosmos and different areas of Earth)
  What's The Dragon Ball? pp.30-36 (explanation of what the Dragon Balls are, how they work, differences between Shenlong and Polunga, list of all wishes in manga, etc.)

Racial Groups pp.37-70

• Toriyama's Best, Character Section pp.38-39 (Toriyama answers questions about and gives his opinions on the characters)
  Characteristics pp.40-70 (Saiyans, Namekians, Gods, Freeza & co., Babidi & co., Earthlings, and Animals & Monsters)

Field pp.71-90

• Other Places Besides the Earth pp.72-73 (diagram of DB cosmos and universe with descriptions of important places)
  The Earth pp.74-90 (same thing with the Earth, includes map of DB earth)

Dragon Ball chapter 81 (first part of Dr, Slump crossover) in color pp.91-105
Akira Toriyama's Best, Setting Section p.106 (Toriyama picks his favorite locations from series)
Grapple pp.107-117

• Akira Toriyama's Best, Martial Arts Section pp.108-109 (Toriyama's favorite moves)
  Classification of Attacks pp.110-117 (attacks sorted by type)

Competition pp.118-124 (guide to Tenkaichi Budoukai)
Machines pp.125-144 (catalog of machines in series, with Toriyama's comments on each one)
Technology pp.145-163

• Akira Toriyama's Best, Science and Super Science Section pp.146-147
  Technology and Supernatural pp.148-163

Akira Toriyama Super Interview #4 pp.164-169

Shenlong Times #4: Ahaha...don't got this one either

Daizenshuu 5: TV Animation Part 2
Foldout Poster: Cover picture/Goku, Vegeta, adult Gohan, Future Trunks, Chibi Trunks, Goten, Gotenks and Vegetto all as Super Saiyans
Toriyama's Introduction p.13
Table of Contents p.14
Dragon Ball Z Super Battles pp.15-199 (same as in Part 1)

• Terrible Emperor Freeza pp.16-35 (battle with Freeza)
  Fight of Garlic Jr. pp.37-51 (Garlic Jr. filler arc, Trunks, and training for androids)
  Android No.16~20 pp.53-67 (appearance of #19 and #20 to Piccolo fighting Cell)
  Over The Super Saiyan pp.69-83 (Piccolo vs. #17 to Trunks vs. Cell)
  1.Beginning Cell Game pp.85-103
  Anoyoichi Budoukai pp.139-155 (Anoyoichi, Great SaiyaMan, and 25th TB)
  Majin-Boo Returns pp.159-169 (Babidi's spaceship to Majin Vegeta vs. Buu)
  Appear The Super Saiyan III pp.171-185 (Vegeta's self-destruction to appearance of evil Buu)
  Final Fighter Vegetto pp.187-199 (Gotenks vs. Buu to Vegetto's birth)

Library of Adventure pp.107-138 (anime character models)
Next Stage of DB pp.204-205 (preview for last portion of DBZ and DBGT, with character models)
Akira Toriyama Super Interview #5 pp.206-211
All Story Digest pp.212-233 (episode guide for DBZ episodes 75-268, same style as one in D3)

Variety of DB

• Anime Original Episode Guide pt.1 p.36
  Anime Original Episode Guide pt.2 p.52
  Akira Toriyama-sensei's memos for the animation staff p.68
  Dragon Ball Z Opening 1 p.84
  Anime Effects pp.104-106
  Anime Outside Stories pp.156-157
  Dragon Ball Z Opening 2 p.158
  Dragon Ball Z Ending 1 p.170
  Dragon Ball Z Ending 2 p.186
  Visual Guide DBZ “Saiyan-Extermination Plan” Story Guide pp.200-201
  “Hyper Anime DRAGON BALL” Guide p.202
  Opening and Ending Themes p.203

Shenlong Times #5: Second part of the interview with the main anime staff, comic by Toriyama on what he's been doing recently, and I Love Dragon Ball #5 with Yuuji Horii, the game designer most known for Dragon Quest, DB News (Shin Butouden for Sega Saturn, more Cardass cards, some contest for poster which contains “every Dragon Ball character” and which may be the same one later used as a foldout post in the TV Animation Part 3 daizenshuu), preview of Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials

Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials
Foldout Poster: Cover picture/Bardock, Goku, adult Gohan, and Goten all in Saiyan armor
Toriyama's Introduction p.13
Table of Contents p.14
DB The Movie Adventure Stories pp.15-41

• DB Movie 1 pp.16-23
  DB Movie 2 pp.24-31
  DB Movie 3 pp.32-39
  '86~'87 Memorial pp.40-41 (background information, movie memorabilia, and staff & cast information for all three DB movies)

DBZ The Movie Battle Stories pp.43-159

• DBZ Movie 1 pp.44-51
  DBZ Movie 2 pp.52-59
  DBZ Movie 3 pp.60-67
  '89~'90 Memorial pp.68-69 (same as with DB movies)
  DBZ Movie 4 pp.70-77
  DBZ Movie 5 pp.78-85
  '91 Memorial pp.86-87
  DBZ Movie 6 pp.88-95
  DBZ Movie 7 pp.96-103
  '92 Memorial pp.104-105
  DBZ Movie 8 pp.106-113
  DBZ Movie 9 pp.114-121
  '93 Memorial pp.122-123
  DBZ Movie 10 pp.124-131
  DBZ Movie 11 pp.132-139
  '94 Memorial pp.140-141
  DBZ Movie 12 pp.142-149
  DBZ Movie 13 pp.150-157
  '95 Memorial pp.158-159

DB the Next Movie p.160 (preview of 10th anniversary movie)
DBZ the TV Specials Extra Stories pp.161-179 (covers the TV specials the same way as the movies)

• Bardock Special pp.162-169
  Trunks Special pp.170-177
  TV Special Memorial pp.178-179

Akira Toriyama Gallery pp.182-186 (character designs Toriyama drew of movie characters)
Library of Adventure pp.187-211 (movie character models)
Akira Toriyama Super Interview #6 pp.212-217

Variety of DB

• Goku's Movie Finishing Techniques p.42
  Guide to the Movie Villains pp.180-181

Shenlong Times #6: Third part of interview with anime main staff, I Love Dragon Ball #6 with Saitama University professor Daizaburou Okumoto, DB News (10th anniversary movie, more Cardass stuff), preview of Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Encyclopedia

Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Encyclopedia
Pullout Poster: cover picture/collage of all important characters in the manga, sorted by story arc, with each character numbered and an index for the names of each one
Toriyama's Introduction p.13
Table of Contents p.14
Dragon Ball Timeline pp.15-33
Explanation of the 4 timelines p.34
The World of Dragon Ball pp.35-50 (in-depth guide to DB world; lots of text)

• Cosmology pp.36-37
  Society pp.38-39
  Culture pp.40-41
  Racial Groups pp.42-43
  DB Terms Dictionary pp.44-50

Character Dictionary pp.51-81, 84-120

• Index pp.52-53 (characters sorted by group)
  Dictionary pp.54-81, 84-120

Son Goku's Battle Power Growth Chart pp.82-83
Son Goku's Intellectual Growth Chart p.121 (Goku's journey from clueless hick to manipulative, lying bastard)
Akira Toriyama's Character Secrets Discussion p.122
Special Attack Dictionary pp.123-160

• Index pp.124-125 (shows which techniques each character uses)
  Dictionary pp.126-160

Rare Illustrations pp.163-170
Item Dictionary pp.171-216

• Index pp.172-173 (items sorted by who uses them)
  Dictionary pp.174-216

Character's Favorite Items p.217 (items certain characters use often, such as Freeza's pod)
Item's Roots p.218 (origin of Dragon Ball items in Toriyama's earlier works, like Dr. Slump)
Geographical Dictionary pp.219-240

• Index pp.220-221 (locations sorted by type)
  Afterlife and Universe pp.222-225
  Earth pp.226-240

Particulars Dictionary pp.241-254

• Words pp.242-247 (special words and phrases)
  Numbers pp.248-251
  Anime pp.252-253 (important/interesting anime-only stuff)
  Time p.254 (how long certain things take, like Oolong's transformations)

Pictorial Dictionary for DB Goods pp.255-307

• DB Goods Timeline pp.256-266
  DB Goods by category pp.267-285 (includes special page foreign items like French tankoubon)
  Title Page Collection pp.286-307 (all black-and-white title pages from the manga)

Tenkaichi Quiz Questions pp.308-310 (DB trivia questions, apparently these were originally used in a contest)
Toriyama's tankoubon volume introduction comments collection p.311
Toriyama's Conclusion pp.312-313 (Toriyama's farewell with picture of Goku waving goodbye)

Shenlong Times #7: Interview with Toriyama over his plans for the future, comic by Toriyama over what he's been doing recently, I Love Dragon Ball #7 with manga artist Masakazu Katsura, DB News (10th anniversary movie), preview for Daizenshuu Special Edition: DB Cardass Perfect File Part 1


Daizenshuu Supplemental Volume: TV Animation Part 3.
Pullout poster: SSJ3 Goku with Piccolo Daimaou, Freeza, Cell, and Buu/enormous collage of probably every character from the TV show and movies
Table of Contents p.12
Dragon Ball Z Super Battle Scenes pp.13-29

• The Last Battle pp.13-29 (Vegetto vs. Buu to end of series)

Animation Gallery Part 1 pp.31-45 (collection of anime-comics posters; later used for wallscrolls)
10th Anniversary Movie notes pp.47-63
'96 Memorial p.64
Animation Gleanings pp.65-71 (anime background information)
Animation Gallery Part 2 pp.73-91
Anime-Original Battle Collection pp.93-105 (list of fights only in anime, TV specials, and movies)
Super Voice Talks pp.107-113 (interview with all main voice actors)
Library of Adventure pp.114-116 (character models used by anime staff for 10th anniversary movie and 10-years later portion of DBZ)
Episode Guide pp.117-119 (DBZ episodes 269-291)
Staff List pp.120-121 (list of all voice actors and other staff members)

Variety of DB

• Anime Original Episodes p.30 (filler)
  Akira Toriyama Gallery p.46 (designs for 10th anniversary movie)
  Saiyan organization p.72 (how the various Saiyan characters are related)
  Super Saiyan chart p.92
  DB Live Show p.106 (...you don't want to know...)

[Kikoha Hater]

Did the Daizenshuu mention Piccolo’s Gekiretsukodan in name at all, I figured it’s not listed in special attack dictionary of index. How did the Daizenshuu describe Goku’s Kobushi no Shyougeki Ha, oh and did the world guide happen to give names to desolate locales like where Vegeta and Goku fought?

[Herms]

Did the Daizenshuu mention Piccolo’s Gekiretsukodan in name at all, I figured it’s not listed in special attack dictionary of index.

I haven't been able to find anything that mentions the Gekiretsu Koudan by that or any other name (that's the attack he uses against First-Form Cell, right?). It's a shame, because that was such a cool attack. If Goku had done it, they probably would have noted it. Oh well.

How did the Daizenshuu describe Goku’s Kobushi no Shyougeki Ha

The Kobushi no Shougekiha's entry from Daizenshuu 7's Special Attack Dictionary, p.143:

Fist Shock Wave
People: Goku
First Appearance: Chapter 171
Special Characteristics: An attack where the fist is pumped with tremendous force, unleashing a shock wave at the opponent. Goku was taught this technique by Kami-sama during his difficult training in the Heavenly Realm. During the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai, he blew Chi-Chi out of the ring with this technique.

oh and did the world guide happen to give names to desolate locales like where Vegeta and Goku fought?

They kind of give names to those places. For instance, they list the place where Goku, Gohan, and Kuririn fought Vegeta as "The Site of the Battle with Vegeta" (bejiita to no kettou chiten), and the place where SSJ2 Goku and Majin Vegeta fought as "The Site of Goku and Vegeta's Battle" (gokuu to bejiita no sentou chiten).

[testing223]

herms, you are the freaking MAN. Thanks so much.

Would you be able to post a scan of the sides of the big poster? The images of the bad guys sound interesting.

In fact, is there any Unique Toriyama art that hasn't been seen anywhere else?

[Herms]

herms, you are the freaking MAN. Thanks so much.

Would you be able to post a scan of the sides of the big poster? The images of the bad guys sound interesting.

In fact, is there any Unique Toriyama art that hasn't been seen anywhere else?

Awww...you're welcome. I'm glad people have enjoyed this thread.

Anyway, I don't have a scanner, but this old thread has several different scans of that poster of varying quality, most of them on the third page.

As for unique Toriyama art...the covers were all unique pictures. Toriyama's introductions to each of the hardcover daizenshuu were accompanied by a different self-portrait of Toriyama as the Tori-bot. Toriyama's closing comments for Daizenshuu 7 has a picture of Goku waving goodbye with it. Daizenshuu 7 also includes a section of rare Toriyama illustrations which I think did all originally appear elsewhere, but at this point would probably be impossible to find outside that daizenshuu. Daizenshuu 4's pullout poster has Toriyama's rough sketches of potential character designs for characters (SSJ3 Goku with a tail, all sorts of crazy designs for Cell), and the title pages for the different sections of that daizenshuu have more rough sketches as background (for instance, the title page for the field section has Toriyama's rough sketches of different locations, such as Kaiou's planet). Daizenshuu 6 has the character designs that Toriyama made for some of the movie villans, and the TV Animation Guide ones have some designs he made for filler characters. That's probably a few other things like that.