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Hundreds of individuals have worked on the series since ''Dragon Ball'''s serialization began in November 1984, both through the manga and its various animation adaptations. Listed below are the main individuals involved in the franchise's development and production.

==Manga Staff==
While the ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' manga was created by Akira Toriyama, it wasn't just his hand that shaped the series.

Toriyama had three editors over the course of ''Dr. Slump'' and ''Dragon Ball'' serialization, with [[Kazuhiko Torishima]] working throughout all of ''Dr. Slump'' and up until the end of the 23rd ''Tenka'ichi'' Budōkai in ''Dragon Ball'', [[Yū Kondō]] taking over up until Cell reaches his perfect form, and [[Fuyuto Takeda]] through to the end of the series. These editors — both current and former — would steer the story on occasion in a direction of their liking and harass Toriyama to get his chapter manuscripts submitted on time. In return, Toriyama would often incorporate his editors into ''Dragon Ball'' as villains<ref>{{Cite guidebook|Title="Shenlong Times - 2nd Issue"|Book=6|Page=Insert Pamphlet}}</ref> — Torishima was the basis for [[Demon King Piccolo]], while Kondō was the basis for [[Freeza]], and Takeda the basis for [[Majin Boo]].

Toriyama also had two main assistants during the heyday of serialization, with a public recruitment for an assistant coming during the first few chapters of ''Dr. Slump'' (bringing [[Hisashi Tanaka]] to the team), followed by his second assistant ([[Takashi Matsuyama]]) joining to finish ''Dr. Slump'' and work through near the very end of ''Dragon Ball''.

[[File:toriyama_working.png|thumb|300px|Toriyama and Matsuyama working on ''Dragon Ball'' at [[Bird Studio]] in 1988. (Toriyama Interview, ''Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu'', p. 85)]]
* '''[[Akira Toriyama]]''' <small>(Series Author & Creator; [[Bird Studio]])</small>
** '''[[Hisashi Tanaka]]''' <small>(1st ''Dr. Slump'' Series Assistant; Bird Studio)</small>
** '''[[Takashi Matsuyama]]''' <small>(2nd ''Dr. Slump'' Series and ''Dragon Ball'' Series Assistant; Bird Studio)</small>
* '''[[Kazuhiko Torishima]]''' <small>(''Dr. Slump'' and 1st ''Dragon Ball'' Series Editor; [[Shueisha]])</small><br />
* '''[[Yū Kondō]]''' <small>(2nd ''Dragon Ball'' Series Editor; Shueisha)</small><br />
* '''[[Fuyuto Takeda]]''' <small>(3rd ''Dragon Ball'' Series Editor; Shueisha)</small>
* '''[[Kōhei Ōnishi]]''' <small>(''[[Jaco the Galactic Patrolman]]'' Editor; Shueisha)</small>

===Spin-off, Promotional, and Continuation Authors===
Since ''Dragon Ball'''s revival in the early 2000s, the series has seen multiple spin-offs across various media. Some of these series and one-shots have been supervised by Akira Toriyama himself, while others are ancillary works that stand on their own.

[[Naho Ooishi]] has contributed several adaptations of ''Dragon Ball'', originally kicking things off in 2009 with [[Dragon Ball: Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!! (Manga)|an adaptation of the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour special]], as well as the long-running ''[[Dragon Ball SD]]'' series the following year. In 2012, ''[[V-Jump]]'' began running the promotional manga series ''[[Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission]]'' drawn by [[Toyotarō]] in support of the respective card-based arcade game, with each chapter focusing on the then-current or upcoming additions (new cards, abilities, characters, etc.). Toyotarō would go on to pen an introductory manga for [[Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (Manga)|the 2015 theatrical film]] before moving on to the ''Dragon Ball Super'' "comicalization" later that same year.

Various other authors and illustrators have penned series promoting specific games or products, all of which tend to run in ''[[V-Jump]]'' and/or ''[[Saikyō Jump]]''.

* '''[[Naho Ooishi]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small><br />
* '''[[Toyotarō]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small><br />
* '''[[Yoshitaka Nagayama]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small><br />
* '''[[Hiroshi Otogi]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small><br />
* '''[[Yūji Kasai]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small>
* '''[[Katsuki Hirose]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small><br />
* '''[[Dragon Garow Lee]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small>

==Main Animation Staff==
[[File:anime_scenario_meeting.png|thumb|300px|Scenario staff meeting for ''Dragon Ball Z'' at [[Toei Animation]] in 1989. (''Jump Gold Selection 4: Dragon Ball Z Anime Special'', p. 79)]]
===Planning & Pre-production===
* '''Keizō Shichijō''' <small>(Series Planner & Producer; [[Toei Animation]])</small>
* '''Kōzō Morishita''' <small>(Series Planner & Producer; [[Toei Animation]])</small>
* '''[[Takao Koyama]]''' <small>(Series Organizer & Scenario Writer; Brother Noppo)</small>
* '''[[Aya Matsui]]''' <small>(Series Organizer & Scenario Writer; Brother Noppo)</small>
* '''Tokizō Tsuchiya''' <small>(Producer; [[Fuji TV]])</small>
* '''Kenji Shimizu''' <small>(Producer; [[Fuji TV]])</small>

===Directors===
* '''[[Minoru Okazaki]]''' <small>(Series Director; Toei Animation)</small>
* '''[[Daisuke Nishio]]''' <small>(Series Director; Toei Animation)</small>
* '''[[Osamu Kasai]]''' <small>(Series Director; Toei Animation)</small>

===Animation Development===
* '''[[Minoru Maeda]]''' <small>(Chief Animator & Character Designer; Studio Junio)</small>
* '''[[Tadayoshi Yamamuro]]''' <small>(Character Designer; Shindō Production)</small>
* '''[[Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru]]''' <small>(Character Designer; Toei Animation)</small>
* '''[[Tomekichi Takeuchi]]''' <small>(Animation Supervisor; Seigasha)</small>

===Artistic Design===
* '''[[Tadanao Tsuji]]''' <small>(Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)</small>
* '''[[Yūji Ikeda]]''' <small>(Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)</small>
* '''[[Tokushige Ken]]''' <small>(Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)</small>
* '''[[Ryūji Yoshi'ike]]''' <small>(Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)</small>

===Musical Composition===
* '''[[Shunsuke Kikuchi]]''' <small>(Musical Composer)</small>
* '''[[Akihito Tokunaga]]''' <small>(Musical Composer)</small>
* '''[[Kenji Yamamoto]]''' <small>(Musical Composer)</small>
* '''[[Norihito Sumitomo]]''' <small>(Musical Composer)</small>

===Post Production===
* '''[[Hidenori Arai]]''' <small>(Sound Effects Designer; Fizz Sound Creation)</small>
* '''Shin'ichi Fukumitsu''' <small>(Film Editor; Toei Animation)</small>

==References==
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