Your preferred English Dragon Ball Manga release and why

[Careless Saiyajin]

I'm looking for an English manga print release containing as much color as possible of original Dragonball not the full color z. I'll probably end up collecting VizBIgs.

The Vizbigs are the only release with any color, I believe. And they are the release with the best paper quality and the bigger panels/art.

The regular edition has no color, the paper is worse and the price is worse than the Vizbigs. However, they are more portable and their spines are probably more durable than the Vizbigs due to being smaller. Also, the recent editions have a little less censorship than the Vizbigs but its negligible because its only a few panels and the Vizbigs already have a very small amount of censorship.

The 3-in-1 have poor quality of paper and no color. But the price is the best of the three. They still have censorship so don't buy that uncensored propaganda. Its practically the same censorship as the regular edition because there are so few changes.

So, imo, the vizbigs are the best release.

That's well put, I will collect all viz bigs of the original portion of DragonBall. As for the z portion I have yet to decide as I own it all digitally through vizmanga however for the sake of my collection i would enjoy having it in print.

[SSJ3_Zack]

I really like the Full Colour volumes but VIZ seem to have stopped producing them..

[Careless Saiyajin]

I really like the Full Colour volumes but VIZ seem to have stopped producing them..

I bet you once some time passes to allow more people to purchase them that they are already scheduled to continue by the end of next year or sooner.
Personally I like kanzenban style best. The original coloring is really neat to me.

[Payne222]

Owning the manga in about 7 different formats, I'd say you can't go wrong with the 3-in-1s. The price is the best bang for your buck. Next I'd say are the 1-16 of DB and 1-26 of DBZ graphic novel releases. Only for the better paper quality and that you wouldn't have to wait to get the whole series.

[EmmaWinters]

I own the individual volumes digitally and the Vizbigs physically.
I'm way too anal about paper quality to settle for the (still censored) 3-in-1s.
If Viz ever puts out the Full Color manga, I'll probably pick that up and be done with it.

I'm more offended by Viz's quirky translation than I am by their censorship.
If I want the manga uncensored, I'll read the Kanzenban or the digital FCM.

[TheKingOfKamehamehas]

Full Colors (American Version) because of their big size, beautiful colors that never look bad on any page, very little censorship, and using non translated sound effects. The closest release we had to the original!
The only reason why the Japanese version might be better is because of the Toriyama Interviews which I don't know why it was added on to the English version.
Now if they don't complete the Full Colors then it would be Full Colors Vol 1-3 and then the rest Viz Bigs because of the big size and color pages.

[Careless Saiyajin]

I own the individual volumes digitally and the Vizbigs physically.
I'm way too anal about paper quality to settle for the (still censored) 3-in-1s.
If Viz ever puts out the Full Color manga, I'll probably pick that up and be done with it.

I'm more offended by Viz's quirky translation than I am by their censorship.
If I want the manga uncensored, I'll read the Kanzenban or the digital FCM.

That's the thing though, English speaking people who can not read and write in Japanese can not read the kanzenban.

[DarkPrince_92]

Full Color and unedited. All I ever wanted...

[Careless Saiyajin]

Full Color and unedited. All I ever wanted...

I really liked the color and paint look of the kanzenban rather then the digital crayola look of these full colors.

[Payne222]

Full Color and unedited. All I ever wanted...

Same here. That's why I bought the Japanese digital full color versions and making my own English version for my own personal collection. Not to send out to scanlators or anything. I'd recommend you do the same.

[Famicon3DS]

Vizbigs or bust for me.

Pros :
-Cheap, not dirt cheap mind you but the DB volumes in particular are 13$ max on walmart.com
-Some color pages, not all though
-Highest paper quality available
-Technically conserves space, one volume is not as wide as the 3 tankobons.

Cons :
-Bulky to read for some, especially DB volume 5 which has 4 volumes in one.
-This hasn't happened to me, but the spine glue can tear off generally just cause problems.
-Censorship, censorship, censorship...

[Careless Saiyajin]

Full Color and unedited. All I ever wanted...

Same here. That's why I bought the Japanese digital full color versions and making my own English version for my own personal collection. Not to send out to scanlators or anything. I'd recommend you do the same.

How and where do I buy those digitally and do they have the whole series until the end in color like that?

[EmmaWinters]

The entire manga is available in color. You can purchase digitally here.

[Careless Saiyajin]

The entire manga is available in color. You can purchase digitally here.

Thanks this is so cool and I'll edit the English over it in a copy for personal use once I buy them all.

[Payne222]

The entire manga is available in color. You can purchase digitally here.

Thanks this is so cool and I'll edit the English over it in a copy for personal use once I buy them all.

Yep! Cool Japan has where you can get the Japanese iTunes cards' codes instantaneously.

[Careless Saiyajin]

This is very interesting, it's a shame viz can't just do this in English themselves because id be more then happy to support this release in English.

[EmmaWinters]

This is very interesting, it's a shame viz can't just do this in English themselves because is be more then happy to support this release in English.

We'll find out if they continue the Full Color volumes later this year.

The new edition from the Shonen Jump imprint features a special full-color treatment of the first DRAGON BALL Z manga volume in a larger 6 5/8" x 10 ¼” size. The volume is rated ‘A’ for All Ages and will carry an MSRP of $19.99 U.S. / $22.99 CAN / £12.99 U.K. Future volumes will be published three times a year.

[Careless Saiyajin]

This is very interesting, it's a shame viz can't just do this in English themselves because is be more then happy to support this release in English.

We'll find out if they continue the Full Color volumes later this year.

The new edition from the Shonen Jump imprint features a special full-color treatment of the first DRAGON BALL Z manga volume in a larger 6 5/8" x 10 ¼” size. The volume is rated ‘A’ for All Ages and will carry an MSRP of $19.99 U.S. / $22.99 CAN / £12.99 U.K. Future volumes will be published three times a year.

I'm fairly certain they will however are these Japanese volumes exactly the same as that English releas they are working on or what are the differences color wise and visually?

[EmmaWinters]

are these Japanese volumes exactly the same as that English releas they are working on or what are the differences color wise and visually?

We don't know the extent that they plan to edit since they're only three volumes in.
The only visual changes they've made so far are to Popo's lips.

[Careless Saiyajin]

are these Japanese volumes exactly the same as that English releas they are working on or what are the differences color wise and visually?

We don't know the extent that they plan to edit since they're only three volumes in.
The only visual changes they've made so far are to Popo's lips.

But other then that and the language difference it's the same release like with the same coloring or were the new English ones newly colored?