Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 4
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| Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 4 | |
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| World Guide | |
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| Released | 04 October 1995 |
| Publisher | Shueisha, Inc. |
| Catalog No. | ISBN 4-08-782754-2 |
| Retail | ¥1,500 (tax included) |
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| Format | JIS B5 (18.2 × 25.7 cm) |
| Pages | 167 pages |
"World Guide" is the fourth of seven hardcover volumes in the Daizenshuu (大全集, "Great Complete Collection") series of guidebooks covering the Dragon Ball series.
Overview
This fourth daizenshuu covers everything that has to do with the "Dragon World" created by Akira Toriyama. This includes everything from outer space, to characters, to technology, and even the Dragon Balls themselves. Included before the table of contents is an introduction message from Akira Toriyama and the guides title page, which features the illustration from Weekly Shōnen Jump 1986 #05.
Insert Poster
The book features a foldout poster of the guides respective cover illustration drawn by Akira Toriyama. On the opposite side of the poster are countless rough sketches by Toriyama. These include sketches of North Kaiō, Mister Popo, Cell, teenage Son Gohan, Majin Buu, Super Saiyan 3 Son Goku, Mister Satan, and an outline of the Dragon World drawn as a reference for the animation staff.
Shenlong Times
As a special bonus for buying the daizenshuu, Shueisha included a small newspaper type pamphlet called the "Shenlong Times". This eight-page pamphlet contains a fan round-table interview with winners of the "Tenka'ichi Test", a Dragon Ball knowledge competition held by Bandai and Weekly Shōnen Jump in March 1993 to celebrate the release of Super Butōden for the Nintendo Super Famicom. The center of the pamphlet contains a short comic drawn by Toriyama detailing his life following the completion of series, which he is "incredibly glad" has ended. Following the comic is an "I Love Dragon Ball" section, which features a brief interview with manga artist Momoko Sakura of Chibi Maruko fame. The pamphlet ends with a "Dragon Ball News" section, showcasing new and upcoming Dragon Ball merchandise.
Contents
Introduction by Akira Toriyama
It seems that the fourth volume is a Dragon Ball "world guide". I think that the staff all worked very hard, particularly on the buildings' layouts, the maps, and whatnot. On top of just sloppily drawing things by the seat of my pants, there are many things that not even I had precisely determined. Weren't they a bit fed up with how things didn't come together consistently? I'm very sorry.
— Akira Toriyama
World
Prologue
The world prologue contains full colored pages of the Dragon World. A few pages showcase the Other World outline and the Heavens (North Kaiō's Planet, Kaiōshin's Planet, and Serpent Road), while the remaining pages look at the universe (Planet Namek and Freeza's planets) and the various sections of Earth (North, South, East, and West).
What Are the Dragon Balls?
This section provides an in-depth look at the Dragon Balls and their properties. Such as size difference, wish limitations, time between successive summonings, and wishes per summoning. It also includes information about both dragons (Shenlong and Porunga), their creators, and their individual limitations. A separate page displays a list of all 14 summonings along with all 22 wishes granted within the manga series.
Racial Groups
Characteristics
This section showcases a thoroughly detailed look at the various races that appear within the Dragon World. The racial groups included are: Saiyans, Namekians, People of the Heavens, Freeza and his Followers, Babidi and his Followers, and Earthlings (Martial Artists, Humans, Animals, and Monsters). Each racial group is then broken down further, providing hierarchy details, race specific abilities, and background information.
Field
Places Besides the Earth
Even though the majority of the series takes place on Earth, Akira Toriyama often turned to the rest of the universe for new enemies and inspiration. This two page spread shows the different locations throughout the universe and heavens. Each location's name is provided, along with a short description and any specific characters from that area.
The Earth
Akira Toriyama left nothing to the imagination and completely mapped out the Earth in the Dragon World. This section takes a look at this map, which has been broken up into 12 areas (A-1 to C-4). Each area is given its own page which displays locations of major events, cities, landmarks, and any characters that are associated with them.
Chapter 81: Chased to Penguin Village!
The entire eighty-first chapter, showcasing the intermingling of Akira Toriyama's World between Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball, is reprinted in full color. At the time of its publication, this was the first time this chapter was available in full color since it was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Grapple
Classification of Attacks
Though not a complete list of attacks, this section categorizes certain attacks into three groups: mind power attacks, body attacks, and emergency attacks. These three groups are further divided into various sub-groups. The section also provides brief descriptions of these attacks and lists which characters have used them.
Competition
This section provides a detailed breakdown of the Tenka'ichi Budōkai. The first page lists all the rules for both the preliminary rounds and the final rounds. Following that, each individual tournament is given its own page with a thorough breakdown of each fight, including the number of participants, the champion, and the most dramatic event of the tournament.
Machines
Blueprint of Functional Machines
This section provides classifications of all machines used in the Dragon World. The categories include cars, air cars, bikes, air bikes, planes, anti-gravitational aircraft, boats, submarines, spaceships, alien spaceships, and time machines. Each machine has a brief description, along with Akira Toriyama's own comments about each machine. A list is also provided of all four vehicles that Akira Toriyama showcased in the manga that actually exist in the real world. A "Wonder Selection" page at the end of the section provides a special look at Mister Popo's Magic Carpet and Kinto-Un.
Technology
Technology & Supernatural
The section opens with a nice circular table of the different types of technology found in the Dragon World. The main categories include Bulma's Inventions, Dr. Brief's Inventions, Scientific Items, Weapons, Defensive Gear, Robots, Androids, and Supernatural Items. Some categories are further divided into sub-groups and each item is accompanied by a full description and a note of the different times they are used within the series.
Akira Toriyama Super Interview
This is a five page interview with Akira Toriyama on 24 July 1995 at the Kanazawa City Sight-Seeing Hall in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. In the interview Toriyama discusses the world of Dragon Ball, including the difference between the Earth in Dragon Ball and the real Earth, the scenery for battle scenes, the names of special techniques, and his making of a complete world map.
Akira Toriyama's Best
These pages appear throughout the book and include fun Q&A's with Akira Toriyama about different aspects of the series. Some questions include: "If he could be reincarnated as a character, who would it be? (Trunks)", "What is your favorite technique? (Bukūjutsu)", "What is your favorite place/location? (Karin Tower)", "If you could take one thing from the Dragon Ball world, what would it be? (Hoi-Poi Capsules)", and "Which artificial human design was your favorite? (Cell, 2nd Form)".
Notes
- The fourth daizenshuu has never been officially translated and released outside of Japan.
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