Critical apparatus

Credits & sources

Who created the work, who exploits it, and what these archives rely on.

Step forward. The register is open.

Critical apparatus

Rights holders

Dragon Ball was created by Akira Toriyama. The work and its characters belong to their respective rights holders, listed below. These archives hold no rights over the work.

Creator of the work: Akira Toriyama
Manga and original publication: Bird Studio / Shueisha
Animation production: Toei Animation
Video games and merchandise: Bandai Namco Entertainment

Critical apparatus

Sourcing method

Broadcast dates, casts and technical sheets are cross-checked against official publications, episode credits and printed editions. Summaries, biographies and cosmology notes are written from watching and reading the works.

An unverified record carries the "needs checking" badge. That is deliberately visible.

Visuals

The wordmark, the icons, the badges, the pagination spheres and the dragon silhouette are original creations of this site. They are not reproductions of official artwork.

Portraits, episode stills, posters and covers are displayed from their original host, never copied here: ADN’s catalogue (licensee), files uploaded by contributors of the Dragon Ball Wiki, thumbnails from the official site. Every image carries its credit and links to its source. They are works © Bird Studio / Shūeisha and Toei Animation; any takedown request from a rights holder is honoured without delay.

Corrections

A factual error, a wrong date, a missing credit: reports are processed and the corrected record then carries an update date.

Technical

Next.js on the App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, next-intl for bilingual routing, Supabase for structured data, Framer Motion for the site's single animated sequence.

Capsule opening

Loading the archives