Dragon Ball Z Part 2-6 (Viz Monthly Comics)

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Dragon Ball Z Part 2 No. 6
Released	May 1999
Publisher	Viz
Volume Data
Format	6.625" x 10.25"
Pages	32 pages
Chapters	Dragon Ball Chapter 223 Dragon Ball Chapter 224
Viz Publication
Translation	Mari Morimoto
Adaptation	Gerard Jones
Editor	Trish Ledoux
Graphic Novel	Dragon Ball Z Volume 3

Dragon Ball Z Part 2 No. 6 is the fifteenth issue of Viz's "Dragon Ball Z" monthly comics, the original English-language printing of the Dragon Ball manga. It was released in May 1999 alongside the fifteenth issue of the "Dragon Ball"-branded chapters. All pages in this issue were originally printed in black and white.

List of Chapters

Further information: Viz Monthly Comics and List of Dragon Ball Chapters

#	Viz Chapter Title	Original Publication	Page
223	Dragon Ball Z Chapter 29: "Piccolo's Last Stand"	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #23 (Japan, 02 May 1989)	1
224	Dragon Ball Z Chapter 30: "The Quiet Wrath of Son Goku"	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1989 #24 (Japan, 09 May 1989)	16

The title page of chapter 223 is included on page 1 in its original black and white. The title page of chapter 224 is omitted.

Cover Illustration

This issue's Akira Toriyama cover illustration was drawn for a fold-out poster in the 1990 #37 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump. This issue featured the original printing of Dragon Ball Chapter 287, published on 11 August 1990 in Japan. The illustration gets full-page reprints in Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 1 ("The Complete Illustrations") and in the Dragon Ball Chōgashū ("A Visual History").

Finally, out of ten years of Dragon Ball, which picture are you the most pleased with?
The one where Goku and Gohan are riding a thing that looks like a Harley with legs. This is the only one that you could say I'm pleased with.
Only one piece over ten years?
Out of what I can remember, this is the only piece where both the color and the composition turned out well.
Now that you mention it, I guess you could say you managed to skillfully freeze a moment of motion.
But I don't really think that's all that impressive. When I draw something, the incredibly annoying thing is that it doesn't come out like I pictured. I think this picture definitely has the composition that I imagined or the combination of colors that I imagined.
Because I'm fundamentally fastidious and fickle, I want to draw very differently. I don't lose interest, so I want to keep trying. That's why I always end up failing. (laughs) I'm able to not be pleased with it. But I reflect on what I've done, so I make progress. I'm always reflecting. (laughs)
— Akira Toriyama

Advertisements

Advertisement for Pioneer VHS box sets.

Page 32 is an advertisement for "Dragon Ball Z Specialty Store" at www.japanimation.com. This ad is reproduced on the sixth issue's page.

The back cover is a full-color advertisement for the Pioneer VHS box sets for the first 53 episodes of the FUNimation Dragon Ball Z English Dub (1996-1998), a DVD box set for the first 13 episodes of Tenchi Muyo!, a VHS box set of the first 6 episodes of Bastard!!, and a VHS box set of the first 7 episodes of Alien Defender Geo-Armor: Kishin Corps.

Staff

• English Adaptation: Gerard Jones
• Translation: Mari Morimoto
• Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Wayne Truman
• Editor: Trish Ledoux
• Cover & Interior Design: Viz Graphics

• Managing Editor: Hyoe Narita
• Editor-In-Chief: Sataro Fujii
• Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi

Letters Column

This issue's letters column is printed left to right on pages 31-30. There is a standard solicitation for reader letters on the inside of the front cover. A complete transcription of the column is below; fan art is omitted. The responses are written by editor Trish Ledoux. (Parentheses) and [brackets] are Viz; {braces} are Kanzenshuu notes.