Dragon Ball is a series based on the manga by Akira Toriyama. The manga consists of 17 volumes and the series consists of 151 episodes. The anime is quite faithful to the manga, allowing only a few deviations from the original story. There are therefore very few additions compared to Dragon Ball Z.

The origin of the story and its beginnings

The story tells the life of San Goku, a boy with a monkey's tail, directly inspired by the Chinese story "The Journey to the West", a novel by Wu Cheng En, also known as "The Journey to the West", "The Pilgrim Monkey" or "The Monkey King". In the manga and anime, San Goku is an innocent and candid little boy with a monkey tail and incredible strength. Since the death of his grandfather, he lives alone on a mountain with a wild and picturesque forest look.