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Masako Nozawa (Japanese: 野沢 雅子, Hepburn: Nozawa Masako, born October 25, 1936) is a Japanese actress. Beginning work as a child actress at the age of three, by the time she became an adult, voice acting had inadvertently become her main occupation.
Son Goku [nb 20] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama.He is based on Sun Wukong (known as Son Goku in Japan and Monkey King in the West), a main character of the classic 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, combined with influences from the Hong Kong action cinema of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.
A selection of Dragon Ball ' s extensive cast of characters at the conclusion of the manga. Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The franchise features an ensemble cast of characters and takes place in the same fictional universe as Toriyama's other work, Dr. Slump.
S. Yasutora Sado; Sagara Sanosuke; Saitama (One-Punch Man) Saitō Hajime (Rurouni Kenshin) Gintoki Sakata; Seishiro Sakurazuka; Sanji (One Piece) Ranma Saotome
Son Goku, a monkey-tailed boy, and Bulma, a teenage girl, travel to find the seven Dragon Balls, which summon the dragon Shenlong to grant the user one wish. Their journey leads to the desert bandit Yamcha, who later becomes an ally; Chi-Chi, whom Goku unknowingly agrees to marry; and Pilaf, an impish man who seeks the Dragon Balls to fulfill his desire to rule the world.
Son Goku and His Friends Return!! [ a ] is a 35-minute Japanese animated short film based on Akira Toriyama 's Dragon Ball series, shown on the Jump Super Anime Tour from September 21 to November 23, 2008.
When creating Chopper, Oda wanted a mascot who is both cute and feeble. [13] An IGN review of the manga praised Chopper's character as one of the best in the series and said that he was able to be both touching and funny. [14] With Chopper's backstory, Oda wanted to illustrate that one need not be blood-related to be considered family. [15]
Additionally, One Piece is the only work whose volumes have ranked first every year in Oricon's weekly comic chart existence since 2008. [149] [150] One Piece has also sold well in North America, charting on Publishers Weekly ' s list of best-selling comics for April/May 2007 and numerous times on The New York Times Manga Best Seller list.