As is more often the case than you might believe, a one-off Reddit response got the documentation juices flowing, and suddenly we had what’s likely the most succinct, clean, and accurate overview of Dragon Ball‘s treatment in the United States of America that’s even been put together. And here’s the thing: this isn’t even its final form!

(NOTE: As with everything else across the wiki, not everything on these pages is necessarily complete! We just want to showcase some of the leaps in content and documentation being done.)

• “Dragon Ball American Release Chronology“: This brief chronology of the Dragon Ball franchise’s journey to the United States of America starts back with a re-titled video game, as well as its first official license attempt via Harmony Gold, in the late 1980s. From here, the series makes its way to certain cable channels for specialized broadcasts before ultimately landing in the hands of FUNimation as the primarily license holder in 1994, with Viz also picking up the manga in 1998. The rest is, as they say, history! There’s more I want to add (in particular about video games), but this is already a fantastic resource.

Next week: more on this chronology page, and some other 1980s-vintage video game review documentation!

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Last week’s wiki work was a combination of follow-ups to previous scaffolding, as well as some of the most important documentation to ever hit the site.

(NOTE: As with everything else across the wiki, not everything on these pages is necessarily complete! We just want to showcase some of the leaps in content and documentation being done.)

• “Dragon Ball: Dragon Dai-Hikyō“: As promised, we’re diving into the promotion and reception of Dragon Ball‘s first video game! For now, check out the history of this game topping the Super Cassette Vision charts in the Japanese gaming magazine BEEP.
• “Dragonball: Evolution The Junior Novel“: Inspired by our live reading back on the charity fundraiser (as well as the single-sentence follow-ups each Saturday night), this article on the 2009 live action film’s novelization includes a promotional flyer and press release!
• “Chocolate“: It’s a type of food.

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There’s a lot of offline work going on lately with scanning, editing, and transcribing, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing new to share!

(NOTE: As with everything else across the wiki, not everything on these pages is necessarily complete! We just want to showcase some of the leaps in content and documentation being done.)

• “Dragon Ball: Dragon Dai-Hikyō“: We’re taking things all the way back to the literal beginning of Dragon Ball video games, predating the Famicom run by only a couple months here with the franchise’s debut game for Epoch’s Super Cassette Vision. There’s already a fantastic base here (complete with story text translations we haven’t seen anywhere else), and there’s more on the way in terms of item breakdowns, promotional spreads, etc.
• “Majin Doo“: Following up on last week’s work on the Majin Koo page, it’s Doo! Next up for these two character pages will be some video game breakdowns.

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We had a bit of a slow wiki work week (mainly due to prepping for our charity fundraiser live stream!), so it was mainly Kev holding down the fort across various pages.

(NOTE: As with everything else across the wiki, not everything on these pages is necessarily complete! We just want to showcase some of the leaps in content and documentation being done.)

• “Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO“: Keeping up with some of the downloadable content announcements, release dates/timeframes, etc. — the best time to document things is as they’re happening!
• “Majin Koo“: Prompted in part by the (somewhat surprising?!) significant traffic to Daima character-related pages — obviously there’s more to add, but it’s always nice to just get a good ol’ character biography pegged down.

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It’s been a bit of a slow week with a lot of travel and other priorities, but there’s at least one page with updates of notable interest to share!

(NOTE: As with everything else across the wiki, not everything on these pages is necessarily complete! We just want to showcase some of the leaps in content and documentation being done.)

• “Hera Clan“: All of the major original source documentation has been scanned and translated — this includes screenshots from Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 itself, as well as its strategy guide and V-Jump coverage around the game’s release. It’s great to have this all consolidated and sourced properly! Next up will be a little more of the modern-era sourcing for the few occasions the clan name gets dropped.

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