Planet Namek

Planet Namek
ナメック星 (Namekku-sei)
Manga Anime
English Name(s)	Planet Namek
Manga Debut	Dragon Ball Chapter 246
Anime Debut	Dragon Ball Z Episode 44
Appears in	Manga & Anime
Locational Data
Area	Universe 7 (Destroyed)
Galaxy	East Galaxy

The homeland of the Namekians. Under the Earth coordinate system, it is located in Direction SU83, Point 9045YX. Long ago, in Age 261, this planet was devastated by a weather anomaly, and nearly all of the Namekians were killed. Previously it had been a beautiful planet with green skies and dark green seas, where a tall plant called the Ajissa grew thickly. It was in the process of being restored to that beautiful state by the Eldest. Namek was destroyed by Freeza during his battle with Son Goku.

General Overview

Namek has been an inhabited planet for more than 75 million years. In that distant past, the Dragon Clan first created the Dragon Balls, magical artifacts that could grant any wish. The East Kaiōshin of that time ensured that only Namekians would have that power as he trusted only them to use it responsibly. Approximately 500 years before the events of the series, Namek suffered a weather anomaly which nearly wiped out the planet. Katatz, a member of the Dragon Clan, sent his child out into space to avoid the disaster, crash landing on Earth. (In the movie continuity, Slug also escapes the planet before its destruction.) Only a single Namekian survived the disaster, now known as the Eldest. He repopulated the planet asexually, giving birth to at least 108 children in the next five centuries. This elder was also able to recreate a set of Namek Dragon Balls which summoned the dragon Porunga. Of his children, approximately 95 were Dragon Clan with the remainder being Warrior-type Namekians.

In Age 762, Namek was visted by a series of aliens who had discovered the power of the Dragon Balls: first Freeza and his men, then Vegeta, and finally Son Gohan, Kuririn, and Son Goku. Freeza takes a scorched-earth tactic and destroys villages looking for the Dragon Balls. After our heroes arrive, a three-way struggle ensued for control of the balls, resulting in Piccolo's arrival to the scene. Before the third wish could be granted, the Eldest passed away due to stress from the ongoing invasion. In the ensuing battle between Goku and Freeza, the latter launched a ki attack into the planet's core, causing it to rapidly decay and collapse. Prior to its destruction, the Earth and Namek balls were used in sequence (with the Earth ones restoring the Namek ones to power for the final wish), reviving everyone killed by Freeza and transporting them to Earth before the planet exploded. Namek was destroyed on 24 December Age 762.

A Namek solar year lasts approximately 130 Earth days, although the planet itself is bathed in eternal sunlight due to its three suns.

Important Residents

Cargo Japanese VA: Tomiko Suzuki (Z), Satomi Satō (Kai) Cargo was a Namekian child killed during Freeza's assault on the planet, but later revived by the Dragon Balls.

Dende Japanese VA: Tomiko Suzuki (Z Child), Hiro Yūki (Z Youth, GT), Aya Hirano (Kai, DBZ: Battle of Gods) Dende was a Namekian child who became an ally to Kuririn and Son Gohan during Freeza's assault on the planet. Some time later, he became the God of Earth.

Katatz Katatz was a Namekian living 500 years prior to the events of the series. He sent his child off-planet, eventually to crash land on Earth.

Muri Japanese VA: Kinpei Azusa (Z), Toku Nishio (Z 100), Ryōichi Tanaka (Kai) Muri was chief of the village where Cargo and Dende lived and one of the seven elders of Planet Namek, but was killed by Dodoria when Freeza invaded. After being revived by Shenlong, Muri becomes the Eldest of the Namekians in place of the previous Eldest and leads his people to a the New Planet Namek.

The Eldest Japanese VA: Junpei Takiguchi (Z 53-75, Kai), Masaharu Satō (Z 100-105) He was the sole survivor of the weather anomaly that occurred on Planet Namek over 500 years ago. Afterwards, in order to guard against his race's extinction, he built up his race's numbers, and established peace. However, he died due to Freeza and his men's invasion.

Nail Japanese VA: Katsuji Mori (Z), Taiten Kusunoki (Kai) The strongest warrior on Planet Namek, he serves as the Eldest's guard. He battles the overwhelmingly powerful Freeza to help give the Earthlings a head start in summoning Porunga, but is eventually defeated. However, after being discovered by the recently revived Piccolo, the two fuse to take on Freeza once again.

Porunga (ポルンガ) Japanese VA:  Junpei Takiguchi (Z), Daisuke Gōri (Kai), Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Kai) First Appears:  Dragon Ball Chapter 292 / Dragon Ball Z Episode 75 The dragon god that appears when all seven Namek Dragon Balls are brought together.

Tsuno Japanese VA: Naoki Tatsuta (Z), Masato Hirano (Kai) One of the seven elders on Planet Namek. He was the chief of the village whose inhabitants were all killed by Vegeta, rather than Freeza and his men, and therefore could not be revived by the Dragon Balls.

Movie-only Characters

Slug Japanese VA: Yūsaku Yara (DBZ M4, OVA, XV2), Tetsu Inada (PtEtSS) Slug, like the child of Katatz, escaped the world's destruction. He grew up with the Demon Clan on Planet Slug.

Key Locations

• Muri’s Village
• Maima Region
• Tsuno’s Village
• Eldest's House

Name

A play on the word namekuji (蛞蝓), meaning "slug", due to Piccolo and God being based on snails when they were introduced earlier in the series.

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