Dragon Ball Z

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Viz Communications, 2000 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 152 pages
"The greatest hero on earth is an alien! Five year have passed since the Tenka'ichi Budokai (Strongest Under the Heavens) fighting tournament, where Son Goku defeated the demon king Piccolo and became Earth's ultimate champion. Goku has since settled down with his wife and now has a young boy. All seems peaceful, until a deadly visitor lands on Earth. This alien possesses more power than anyone has ever seen before. He intends to incinerate all life on earth. But first, he has some news for Goku-- he is his older brother! Goku is the the only hope for the human race, but is he strong enough to save Earth?"--Dust jacket leaf.

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Akira Toriyama is a Manga artist and video game designer and writer, born in 1955, and based in Japan. He became popular in 1980 with his work Dr. Slump. From 1984-1995, his series Dragon Ball ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. It became popular in the U.S. published as Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. He designed video games which include Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, Tobal No. 1, and Blue Dragon. His manga works include COWA!, Kajika, Sand Land, Neko Majin, and a children's book, Toccio the Angel.

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