Zorbing inner and outer orbs. In 1994 three investors created the firm ZORB Limited to commercialize sphereing. Their business model was to develop the activity via a franchise system. Zorbing entered the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in 2001 where it was defined as: "a sport in which a participant is secured inside an inner capsule in a large, transparent ball which is then rolled along the ground or down hills". The orb is double-sectioned, with one ball inside the other with an air layer in between (unlike the water walking ball, which is usually a single thin-walled ball). This acts as
Dragon Ball Z rated show on the Saturday morning block with 841,000 viewers and a 0.5 household rating. "Dragon Ball Z" merchandise was a success prior to its peak American interest, with more than $3 billion in sales from 1996–2000. In 1996, "Dragon Ball Z" grossed $2.95billion in merchandise sales worldwide. As of January 2012, "Dragon Ball Z" grossed $5billion in merchandise sales worldwide. In 1998, Animage-ine Entertainment, a division of Simitar, announced the sale of Chroma-Cels, mock animation cels to capitalize on the popularity of "Dragon Ball Z". The original sale was forecasted for late 1998, but were pushed back to January