the number of episodes in season 1 of dragon ball is 31.
the number of episodes in season 1 of dragon ball is 31.
how many episodes in season 1 of dragon ball?
31
"dragon ball z"'s japanese run was very popular with an average viewer ratings of 20.5% across the series. "dragon ball z" also proved to be a rating success in the united states, outperforming top shows such as "friends" and "the x-files" in some parts of the country in sweeps ratings during its first season. the premiere of season three of "dragon ball z" in 1999, done by funimation's in-house dub, was the highest-rated program ever at the time on cartoon network. in 2002, in the week ending september 22, "dragon ball z" was the #1 program of the week on all of television with tweens 9-14, boys 9-14 and men 12-24, with the monday, tuesday and wednesday telecasts of "dragon ball z" ranked as the top three programs in all of television, broadcast or cable, for delivery of boys 9-14. in 2001, cartoon network obtained licensing to run 96 more episodes and air the original "dragon ball" anime and was the top rated show in the toonami block of cartoon network. beginning march 26, 2001, cartoon network ran a 12-week special promotion "toonami reactor" which included a focus on "dragon ball z", which would stream episodes online to high-speed internet users. many home video releases were met with both the edited and unedited versions placing on in the top 10 video charts of "billboard". for example, "the dark prince returns" (containing episodes 226-228) and "rivals" (containing episodes 229-231) edited and unedited, made the "billboard" magazine top video list for october 20, 2001.
dragon ball z
while the manga was all titled "dragon ball" in japan, due to the popularity of the "dragon ball z" anime in the west, viz media initially changed the title of the last 26 volumes of the manga to ""dragon ball z"" to avoid confusion. the volumes were originally published in japan between 1988 and 1995. it began serialization in the american "shonen jump", beginning in the middle of the series with the appearance of trunks; the "tankōbon" volumes of both "dragon ball z" and "dragon ball" were released simultaneously by viz media in the united states. in march 2001, viz continued this separation by re-shipping the "dragon ball" and "dragon ball z" titles starting with the first volumes of each work. viz's marketing for the manga made distinct the differences between "dragon ball" and "dragon ball z" tone. viz billed "dragon ball z": "more action-packed than the stories of goku's youth, "dragon ball z" is pure adrenaline, with battles of truly earth-shaking proportions!" between 2008 and 2010, viz re-released the two series in a format called "viz big edition," which collects three individual volumes into a single large volume. however, in 2013 viz began publishing new 3-in-1 volumes collecting the entire manga series, including what they previously released as "dragon ball z", under the "dragon ball" name.
dragon ball z