Dragon Ball adaptation index

This page indexes the relationship between Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga and Toei Animation's TV adaptations. Not all anime filler material is marked on these tables, only filler episodes with no manga correspondence at all.

Dragon Ball

Arc	#	Chapter Title	Sale Date	#	Episode Title	Air Date
	1	Bulma and Son Goku	1984-11-20	1	Bulma and Son Goku	1986-02-26
	2	No Balls!!	1984-11-27	2	Alalala-! No Balls!	1986-03-05
	3	Goku – Running to the Sea	1984-12-04
				3	The Turtle Hermit's Kinto-Un	1986-03-12
	4	The Turtle Hermit's Kinto'un	1984-12-11
				4	The Kidnapping Demon, Oolong	1986-03-19
	5	Oolong Appears!!	1984-12-21
	6	Oolong vs Son Goku	1985-01-04
				5	The Strong Villain of the Desert, Yamcha	1986-03-26
	7	Yamcha and Pu'er	1985-01-12
	8	The Fearsome Yamcha!!	1985-01-22
	9	Dragon Balls in Danger!!	1985-01-29	6	The Midnight Visitors	1986-04-02
	10	A Grand Robbery Scheme	1985-02-05
	11	The Ox Demon King of Mount Frypan	1985-02-12	7	Gyūmaō of Mount Frypan	1986-04-09
	12	In Search of Kame-Sen'nin	1985-02-09
	13	Kame-Sen'nin's Bashō Fan	1985-02-26	8	Kame-Sen'nin's Kamehameha	1986-04-16
	14	Kame-Sen'nin's Kamehameha!!	1985-03-05
	15	The Seven-Star Ball is Found	1985-03-12
	16	Rabbit Ears	1985-03-19	9	The Boss Rabbit's Special Skill	1986-04-23
	17	The Boss's Special Skill	1985-03-26
	18	The Dragon Balls Are Stolen!!	1985-04-02	10	The Dragon Balls Are Stolen!!	1986-04-30
	19	At Long Last, the Dragon Appears!	1985-04-09	11	At Long Last, the Dragon Appears!	1986-05-07
	20	The Wish to Shenlong!!	1985-04-16	12	The Wish to Shenlong	1986-05-14
	21	The Full Moon	1985-04-23
	22	Goku's Great Transformation	1985-04-27	13	Goku's Great Transformation	1986-05-21
	23	The Dragon Team Parts Ways	1985-05-04
	24	The Price of Kame-Sen'nin's Training	1985-05-14	14	Goku's Rival? Arrival!!	1986-05-28
	25	A Rival? Arrival!!	1985-05-21
	26	The Peculiar Girl	1985-05-28	15	The Peculiar Girl, Lunch	1986-06-04
	27	Lunch's Sneeze	1985-06-04
	28	The Training Begins!!	1985-06-11	16	Training – The Stone Hunt	1986-06-11
	29	The Search for the Turtle-Marked Stone	1985-06-18
	30	Milk Delivery	1985-06-25	17	With Life at Stake! Milk Delivery	1986-06-18
	31	The Kame-sen School's Tough Training	1985-07-02	18	Kame-sen's Method of Inte~nse Training	1986-06-25
	32	The Tenka'ichi Budōkai Begins!!	1985-07-09	19	The Tenka'ichi Budōkai Begins!	1986-07-02
	33	The Power of Training!!	1985-07-16
				20	Will it Appear?! The Power of Training	1986-07-09
	34	Completely Unrivaled!	1985-07-23
	35	The Match-ups are Decided!!	1985-07-30	21	Watch Out, Kuririn!	1986-07-16
	36	The First Match	1985-08-06
	37	The Second Match	1985-08-13	22	Yamcha vs Jackie Chun	1986-07-23
	38	The Third Match	1985-08-20
	39	The Fourth Match	1985-08-27	23	He's Here! The Mighty Foe Giran	1986-07-30
	40	Goku's Tail	1985-09-03
	41	Kuririn vs Jackie Chun	1985-09-10	24	Kuririn's Desperate Offensive-Defensive Battle	1986-08-06
	42	A Great Give-and-Take Battle!	1985-09-17
	43	The Mysterious Jackie Chun	1985-09-24
	44	Son Goku vs Namu	1985-10-01	25	Get Up, Goku! The Fearsome Tenkū Pekeji-Ken	1986-08-13
	45	A Great Mid-Air Battle!	1985-10-08
	46	The Grand Finals	1985-10-15
				26	The Final Round!! Kamehameha	1986-08-20
	47	The Kamehameha	1985-10-22
	48	Monkey-See, Monkey-Do Son Goku	1985-10-29
	49	Jackie Chun's Counterattack	1985-11-05
				27	Goku – The Greatest Pinch	1986-08-27
	50	Goku's Greatest Pinch!!	1985-11-12
	51	Chaos Reigns at the Tenka'ichi Budōkai	1985-11-19
	52	The Climax Nears!!	1985-11-26	28	Clash!! Power vs Power	1986-09-03
	53	The Climax	1985-12-03
	54	Another Adventure!!	1985-12-10
				29	Another Adventure The Roaming Lake	1986-09-10
	FILLER
	30	Pilaf and the Mysterious Army	1986-09-17
	31	Ge-ge! A Fake Goku Appears!!	1986-09-24
	32	It Vanished?! The Flying Fortress in the Sky	1986-10-01
	33	The Legend of the Dragon	1986-10-08
	55	A Red Ribbon	1985-12-20	34	The Heartless Red Ribbon	1986-10-15
	56	The Struggle for the Dragon Ball	1986-01-06
	57	Assault on Muscle Tower!!	1986-01-14	35	The Girl of the North, Sno	1986-10-22
	58	The Terror of Muscle Tower	1986-01-21	36	The Terror of Muscle Tower	1986-10-29
	59	The Demon on the Third Floor!!	1986-01-28
	60	Ninja Murasaki!!	1986-02-04	37	Enter Ninja Murasaki	1986-11-05
	61	Ninja Arts! The 4½ Tatami Flip!!	1986-02-11
				38	Be Afraid!! The Art of Division	1986-11-12
	62	Peril! The Art of Division	1986-02-18
	63	Artificial Human No. 8	1986-02-25	39	The Mysterious Artificial Human No. 8	1986-11-19
	64	Floor Five: The Hair-Raising Buyon	1986-03-04	40	Now What, Goku!! The Hair-Raising Buyon	1986-11-26
	65	How to Defeat Buyon	1986-03-11
	66	Muscle Tower's End!!	1986-03-18	41	The End of Muscle Tower	1986-12-03
	67	To the West...	1986-03-25	42	Imminent Danger!! Go for it, Hatchan	1986-12-10
				43	Bulma's House in West City	1986-12-17
	68	Bulma's House in West City	1986-04-01
	69	Bulma and Goku, Part Two	1986-04-08	44	Goku, Friends, and Tons of Danger	1986-12-24
	FILLER			45	Watch Out! A Mid-Air Trap	1987-01-07
	70	Bulma's Big Blunder!!	1986-04-15	46	Bulma's Big Blunder	1987-01-14
	71	Kame House Discovered!!	1986-04-22	47	Kame House is Discovered!!	1987-01-21
	72	General Blue Commences His Assault	1986-04-26	48	General Blue Commences His Assault!!	1987-01-28
				49	Watch Out, Lunch-san	1987-02-04
	73	General Blue's Miscalculation	1986-05-02
	74	The Pirates' Trap	1986-05-13
				50	The Pirates' Trap	1987-02-11
	75	Ambush in the Pirate Harbor	1986-05-20
				51	The Ocean Bottom's Guardman	1987-02-18
	76	The Treasure is Discovered	1986-05-27
				52	Hooray! The Treasure is Discovered	1987-02-25
	77	Blue's Shining Eyes	1986-06-03
				53	Fear the Shining Eyes	1987-03-04
	78	The Great Escape!!	1986-06-10
	79	Get Out, Get Out!!	1986-06-17
				54	Run Away, Run Away!! The Great Escape	1987-03-11
	80	The Three Stolen Dragon Balls	1986-06-24
				55	N'cha! Chased to Penguin Village	1987-03-18
	81	Chased to Penguin Village!	1986-07-01
				56	Uhohōi! Arale Boards the Cloud	1987-03-25
	82	The Broken Dragon Radar	1986-07-08
	83	The Stolen Dragon Radar	1986-07-15	57	Showdown! Arale vs Blue	1987-04-08
	84	The Father and Son of the Karin Holy Land	1986-07-22	58	The Haunted Karin Holy Land	1987-04-15
	85	The Hitman "Tao Pai-pai"	1986-07-29
				59	He's Here! The World's Greatest Hitman, 'Tao Pai-pai'	1987-04-22
	86	Tao Pai-pai's Surefire Dodonpa	1986-08-05
				60	The Match!! Kamehameha vs Dodonpa	1987-04-29
	87	Karin Tower	1986-08-12
				61	Karin-sama of Karin Tower	1987-05-06
	88	Karin-sama of Karin Tower	1986-08-19
	89	The Effects of the Super Holy Water	1986-08-26	62	Really?! The Effects of the Super Holy Water	1987-05-13
	90	Son Goku's Counterattack	1986-09-02
				63	Son Goku's Counterattack	1987-05-20
	91	A Grand Showdown in the Holy Land!!	1986-09-09
	92	The End of Tao Pai-pai	1986-09-16
				64	The End of Tao Pai-pai	1987-05-27
	93	Son Goku's Assault	1986-09-23
				65	Go, Goku! The Assault Begins	1987-06-10
				66	The Red Ribbon Army's Desperate Offensive-Defensive	1987-06-17
	94	Son Goku's Charge!	1986-09-30
	95	Commander Red Dies!	1986-10-07	67	Commander Red Dies!!	1987-06-24
	96	A Great Victory!!	1986-10-14
				68	The Last Dragon Ball	1987-07-01
	97	The Final Dragon Ball	1986-10-21
				69	Cute, Huh?! Uranai Baba	1987-07-08
	98	Uranai Baba	1986-10-28
	99	The Five Warriors	1986-11-01	70	Assault! We Are the Five Warriors	1987-07-15
	71	A Great Do-or-Die Bloody Battle	1987-07-22
				100	A Great Bloody Battle	1986-11-11
	101	The Devil's Toilet	1986-11-18
				72	Goku Steps Up! The Devil's Toilet	1987-07-29
	102	Son Goku Steps Up	1986-11-22
	103	Son Goku The Mighty!!	1986-12-02	73	Certain Death from the Akumaito Beam?!	1987-08-05
	104	The Akumaito Beam	1986-12-09
				74	A Glimpse at the Mysterious Fifth Man	1987-08-12
	105	The Fifth Man	1986-12-19
				75	Clash!! The Kindred Formidable Enemy	1987-08-19
	106	Mutually Strong Opponents	1987-01-05
	107	Goku's Tail	1987-01-13
				76	The Masked Man's True Identity?!	1987-08-26
	108	Son Gohan	1987-01-20
	109	The Pilaf Gang's Second Attempt	1987-01-27	77	Pilaf's Great Strategy	1987-09-02
	110	Pilaf's Great Strategy	1987-02-03
	111	Once Again, Shenlong!!	1987-02-10	78	Once Again, Shenlong	1987-09-09
	112	Run, Son Goku!	1987-02-17
	FILLER			79	Kinkaku and Ginkaku's Man-Eating Gourd	1987-09-16
	80	A Crucial, Honorable Match! Goku vs Tenlong	1987-09-23
	81	Goku Goes to the Demon Realm	1987-09-30
	82	The Violent Monster Inoshikachō	1987-10-07
	83	Hurry, Goku! The Tenka'ichi Budōkai	1987-10-14
	113	The Twenty-Second Tenka'ichi Budōkai	1987-02-24	84	Aim to Be the World's Greatest Martial Artist!!	1987-10-21
	114	Surviving the Preliminaries	1987-03-03	85	Obsessed with Winning!! Survive the Preliminaries	1987-10-28
	115	Surviving the Preliminaries, Part Two	1987-03-10	86	It's Decided!! The Eight Brave Men	1987-11-04
	116	Manufactured Match-ups	1987-03-17	87	Showdown!! Yamcha vs Tenshinhan	1987-11-11
	117	Yamcha's Kamehameha	1987-03-24
				88	Go, Yamcha! The Dreadful Tenshinhan	1987-11-18
	118	Yamcha Broken!!	1987-03-31
				89	Be Afraid!! A Full Moon Grudge	1987-11-25
	119	A Full Moon Grudge	1987-04-07
	120	An Unexpected Dodonpa	1987-04-14
				90	Nanana!! An Unexpected Dodonpa	1987-12-02
	121	Kuririn's Great Strategy	1987-04-21	91	A Sudden Turn-Around!! Kuririn's Great Strategy	1987-12-09
	122	Here's Son Goku!!!	1987-04-28	92	Wai~t! Here's Son Goku!!	1987-12-16
	123	Evenly Matched!!	1987-05-02	93	Evenly Matched!! Tenshinhan vs Jackie	1987-12-23
	124	Young Tenshinhan	1987-05-12	94	Ge-ge-ge!! The New Tsuru-sen Technique – Taiyō-Ken	1987-12-30
	125	Son Goku vs Kuririn!!	1987-05-19	95	Fight!! Goku vs Kuririn	1988-01-06
	126	Son Goku The Mighty!!	1987-05-26
				96	Can it be, Goku?! Kuririn's Great Strategy	1988-01-13
	127	Kuririn's Strategy, Goku's Strategy	1987-06-02
				97	The Finals!! Who is the World's Greatest Martial Artist?!	1988-01-20
	128	The World's Greatest Super Battle!!	1987-06-09
	129	The Haikyū-Ken and Fighting Power	1987-06-16	98	A Secret Ability: The Haikyū-Ken vs Fighting Power	1988-01-27
	130	Tenshinhan Feels the Heat!	1987-06-23
	131	Tenshinhan, in Anguish!	1987-06-30	99	Tenshinhan's Anguish!!	1988-02-03
	132	Tsuru-Sen'nin's Curse, the Kikōhō!!	1987-07-07
				100	Life or Death?! A Last Resort	1988-02-10
	133	The Pair's Final Tactics!!	1987-07-14
				101	The Martial Arts Tournament Concludes! And Then...!!	1988-02-17
	134	The Martial Arts Tournament Concludes! And Then...	1987-07-21
	135	Kuririn's Death, and a Terrible Conspiracy	1987-07-28	102	Kuririn's Death – A Terrible Conspiracy!!	1988-02-24
	136	The Terror of Demon King Piccolo!	1987-08-04	103	The Terror of Demon King Piccolo!!	1988-03-02
	137	Come Back, Son Goku!	1987-08-11	104	Come Back to Life, Son Goku!!	1988-03-09
	138	The Strange Guy With the Ball	1987-08-18
				105	The Strange Guy – Enter Yajirobe!!	1988-03-16
	139	Yajirobe's Prey	1987-08-25
				106	The Demonic Beast – Tambourine Draws Near!!	1988-03-23
	140	Tambourine Draws Near!	1987-09-01
				107	Son Goku – An Explosion of Anger!!	1988-04-06
	141	Son Goku's Explosion!!	1987-09-08
				108	Demon King Piccolo Descends!!	1988-04-13
	142	Demon King Piccolo Descends!!	1987-09-15
				109	Son Goku vs Demon King Piccolo	1988-04-20
	143	Son Goku vs Demon King Piccolo	1987-09-22
	144	Son Goku Completely Defeated!!	1987-09-29	110	Hang in There! Son Goku!!	1988-05-04
	145	Muten Rōshi's Resolve	1987-10-06
	146	Kame-Sen'nin's Final Mafūba!!	1987-10-13	111	The Turtle Hermit's Final Mafūba!!	1988-05-11
	147	Demon King Piccolo's Youth Restored!?	1987-10-20
				112	Demon King Piccolo's Youth Restored?!	1988-05-18
	148	Get to Karin Tower!!	1987-10-27
	149	World Domination	1987-11-03	113	King Castle on the Offensive-Defensive!!	1988-05-25
	150	Even Karin-sama is Worried	1987-11-10	114	Goku's Wish!! Even Karin-sama is Worried	1988-06-01
	151	The Super God Water!!!	1987-11-17	115	Get Your Hands On It! The Mysterious Super God Water	1988-06-08
				116	The Turtle Hermit's Alive?!	1988-06-22
	152	Son Goku Finally Departs!!!!	1987-11-21	117	Son Goku Finally Departs!!	1988-06-29
				118	Tenshinhan's Determination!!	1988-07-06
	153	Tenshinhan's Determination!!	1987-12-01
	154	Tenshinhan's Miscalculation	1987-12-08	119	Will It Work?! The Legendary Mafūba	1988-07-20
	155	Son Goku's Counterattack	1987-12-18
				120	Goku – Anger at Full Power!!	1988-07-27
	156	Angry!!	1988-01-04
	157	An Immortal Showdown!!	1988-01-12
				121	Son Goku's Greatest Crisis!!	1988-08-03
	158	Son Goku's Greatest Crisis!!	1988-01-19
	159	A Grand Battle in the Wasteland!!	1988-01-26
				122	The Final Gamble!!	1988-08-10
	160	Son Goku's Final Gamble!!	1988-02-02
	161	Son Goku Wins!!	1988-02-09
				123	The Secret of the Nyoi-Bō	1988-08-17
	162	The Secret of the Nyoi-Bō	1988-02-16
				124	The Temple Above the Clouds	1988-08-24
	163	The Temple	1988-02-23
	164	God Appears	1988-03-01	125	God Appears!!	1988-08-31
	165	Shenlong is Revived!!	1988-03-08	126	Shenlong is Revived!!	1988-09-14
	FILLER			127	Faster Than Lightning!!	1988-09-21
	128	As Quietly As the Sky	1988-09-28
	129	Time Traveling Goku	1988-10-12
	130	Goku's Opponent is... Goku?!	1988-10-19
	131	Each On His Own Path	1988-10-26
	132	Hotter Than Magma	1988-11-02
	166	Everyone's Reunion	1988-03-15	133	The Reunion Before the Storm	1988-11-09
	167	Troubles at the Tenka'ichi Budōkai	1988-03-19	134	Troubles at the Tenka'ichi Budōkai	1988-11-16
	168	The Eight Winners are Determined!!	1988-03-29
				135	The Eight Chosen People	1988-11-23
	169	Tenshinhan and Tao Pai-pai	1988-04-05
				136	The Hitman Tao Pai-pai's Counterattack	1988-11-30
	170	The Hitman Tao Pai-pai's Struggle	1988-04-12
	171	Son Goku's Marriage	1988-04-19	137	Son Goku's Marriage	1988-12-07
	172	Kuririn vs Ma Junior	1988-04-26
	173	Kuririn vs Ma Junior: Settling the Score!!	1988-05-02	138	The Puzzling Man, Shen	1988-12-14
	174	Yamcha vs Shen	1988-05-10
	175	S–H–E–N	1988-05-17	139	Another Fierce Fight! Goku vs Tenshinhan	1988-12-21
	176	Son Goku vs Tenshinhan	1988-05-24
	177	Speed	1988-05-31	140	True Strength	1989-01-11
	178	Tenshinhan's Prided Surefire Technique!	1988-06-07
				141	Four Tenshinhans	1989-01-18
	179	Two Weak Points	1988-06-14
	180	Demon King Piccolo vs God	1988-06-21	142	Which is Stronger?! God vs Piccolo Daimaō	1989-01-25
	181	God's Miscalculation	1988-06-28
	182	The Fated Showdown! Son Goku vs Piccolo	1988-07-05	143	The Fate of the World at Stake!	1989-02-01
	183	A Light Warm-Up	1988-07-12
				144	Unleashed! The Ultimate Super Kamehameha	1989-02-08
	184	Both Sides Go All-Out	1988-07-19
	185	The Super Kamehameha	1988-07-26
				145	Piccolo Daimaō's Super Giant-Form Technique	1989-02-15
	186	Confusion at the Tournament Grounds!!	1988-08-02
	187	Demon King Piccolo's Super Giant-Form Technique	1988-08-09
				146	Son Goku's Trap	1989-02-22
	188	Son Goku's Match	1988-08-12
	189	The Demon King's Final Gamble!!	1988-08-23
	190	Stand Firm, Son Goku!!	1988-08-30	147	It's All Over!!	1989-03-01
	191	The Ten Count	1988-09-06
	192	It's All Over!!	1988-09-13
				148	Hooray! The World's Strongest Man	1989-03-08
	193	The Tenka'ichi Budōkai's Climax!!	1988-09-20
	194	The Gift of the Dragon Balls	1988-09-27
	FILLER			149	The Wedding Dress In Flames	1989-03-15
	150	The Phantom Fire-Eating Bird	1989-03-22
	151	Thanks to Chi-Chi's Bridal Training	1989-04-05
	152	Hurry, Goku! The Mysterious Mountain of the Five Elements	1989-04-12
	153	Hurry, Goku! The Mysterious Mountain of the Five Elements	1989-04-12

Dragon Ball Z

Arc	#	Chapter Title	Sale Date	#	DBZ Title	Air Date	#	Kai Title	Air Date
	195	The Mysterious Alien Warrior	1988-10-04	1	Mini Goku is Just Precious! I'm Gohan	1989-04-26	1	The Curtain Opens on the Battle! Son Goku Returns	2009-04-05
	196	Kakarrot	1988-10-08	2	The Strongest Warrior in All of History is Goku's Brother!	1989-05-03
	197	Son Goku's Past!!	1988-10-18			2	The Enemy is Goku's Older Brother?! The Secret of the Saiyan, Strongest of Warriors	2009-04-12
	198	A Powerful Enemy in Common	1988-10-25	3	Alright! This is the Strongest Combo on Earth!			1989-05-10
	199	Showdown with Raditz	1988-11-01