Dragon Ball Z (1989)

The Saiyans have returned...

Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.

Music by: Shunsuke Kikuchi

Starring: Masako Nozawa, Ryo Horikawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Naoki Tatsuta, Ryusei Nakao, Joji Yanami, Naoko Watanabe, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Miki Ito

Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Released: 1989-04-26

Seasons: 9

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Dragon Ball Z (1989): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

In 2005, Funimation began to re-dub episodes 1–67 with their in-house voice cast, including content originally cut from their dub with Saban.
In Australia, Dragon Ball Z was broadcast by the free-to-air commercial network, Network 10 during morning children's programming, Cheez TV, originally using the censored Funimation/Saban dub before switching to Funimation's in-house dub.
Shunsuke Kikuchi composed the score for Dragon Ball Z. The opening theme for the first 199 episodes is "Cha-La Head-Cha-La" performed by Hironobu Kageyama.
Part of the Dragon Ball media franchise, it serves as a direct sequel to the 1986 Dragon Ball television series, adapting the remaining 325 chapters of the manga series Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama.
In 1996, Funimation Productions (now known as Crunchyroll, LLC) licensed Dragon Ball Z for an English-language release in North America, after cancelling their initial dub of Dragon Ball half-way through their originally-planned 26-episode 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.
On April 1, 2012, the Toonami block which had aired Dragon Ball Z in the United States aired one episode of the show (episode 191) as part of what was initially a one-night-only revival of the block on Adult Swim.
Dragon Ball fans set a Guinness World Record for Largest Kamehameha attack move at San Diego Comic-Con on July 17, 2019.
In Asia, the Dragon Ball Z franchise, including the anime and merchandise, earned a profit of $3 billion by 1999.
In the United States, the series sold over 14 million videos by 2002, and over 25 million DVDs by January 2012.
The ending theme used for the first 199 episodes is "Detekoi Tobikiri Zenkai Power!" (でてこいとびきりZENKAIパワー!; "Come Out, Incredible Full Power!") performed by Manna.
Due to the massive success of Dragon Ball Z in the United States, the manga chapters making up its story were initially released by Viz Media under the same title.
Dragon Ball Z remains a cultural icon through numerous adaptations and re-releases, including a recut and remastered version titled Dragon Ball Z Kai that aired on Fuji Television from April 2009 to June 2015.

Source: Wikipedia

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