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Dragon Ball (1986)

Series · 24m episodes · Rated TV-PG · In Japanese

Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime, Fantasy, Foreign (non-English), Sci-Fi

A whimsical quest unfolds as a young boy and his friend search for magical orbs that grant any wish.

Wholesome humor. A family watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.

Streaming on Hulu and Crunchyroll.

Dragon Ball parents guide

Heads up on strong violence and some innuendo or implied sex. That is past what the TV-PG on the box suggests. Beyond that, mild language and nothing scary.

Our estimate: fine from about 13, higher than the TV-PG suggests, because of the violence.

Scare
Not scary
Jump scares
None noted
Gore
No gore
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
Mild
Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
Language
Mild
Mild words like damn, hell or crap.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

How gory is Dragon Ball?
No gore and strong violence.
What is Dragon Ball rated, and is it OK for kids?
Not for every kid. The TV-PG undersells strong violence.

What is Dragon Ball about?

Young Goku sets off on a quest with his teenage friend Bulma to find the seven Dragon Balls, which grant whoever possesses them a single wish.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

It leaves things open rather than tying them up.

Cast and crew

StarringMasako Nozawa, Chikao Ohtsuka, Mayumi Tanaka, Hirotaka Suzuoki, Mami Koyama, Takeshi Aono

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