The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a new “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. This drawing and comment set has been added to the respective page in our “ Translations” archive. It turns out there are actually a few people named “Bulma” living in West City, but the second one that they look up on the policeman’s computer - the daughter of the owner of Capsule Corporation! - is the correct one. The character originates in Dragon Ball chapter 68, where after a series of unfortunate events for everyone that Goku runs into in West City, our hero eventually asks a policeman where his friend Bulma lives. I wonder what kind of person the remaining Bulma is…? She only appears in one panel and only her face is shown, so I designed her clothes based on the other residents. One of only three people named Bulma in West City. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his November 2021 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a drawing of Resident Number TKM118755 Bulma: This booklet translation includes commentary of the background music suites, including their usage, placement, M-numbering, and more.Īs part of this complete translation, we are separately and pre-emptively releasing here the aforementioned four comments: those of Yū Hayakawa, Kōzō Morishita, Shigeru Miyashita, and the late-and-great Shunsuke Kikuchi.Įach month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character - as well as an accompanying comment - on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Kanzenshuu is currently producing a complete translation of the entire original Columbia Japan Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu booklet, with most of it already complete and added to the respective - and ever-forthcoming - wiki pages.
Alas, the Son May version did not include the full packaging of the original Columbia Japan release, nor did it replicate the enclosed booklet in its entirety. Son May - one of the largest Taiwanese bootleg operations of the day - released their own unlicensed version of the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu, which was complete and comprehensive enough to trick many an unsuspecting fan into believing it was a legitimate product. Don’t confuse this with the guidebook series of the same name - what we’re pulling from here is the Dragon Ball franchise’s (at the time) largest CD set, released in 1994 covering a wide swath of the series’ vocal songs and background music across its five discs.
The latest additions to our ever-growing “ Translations” archive come in the form of four comments from the Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z Daizenshuu.