Dragon Ball Super is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou. Set during the time frame of Toriyama's original ''Dragon Ball'' manga, it follows the adventures of Son Goku and his friends during the ten-year timesk ...

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series written by

Akira Toriyama was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He came to be regarded as one of the most influential and important authors in the history of manga, authoring highly influential and popular series, particularly Dragon Ball (manga), ''Dra ...

and illustrated by

Toyotarou is a Japanese manga artist. He has drawn several ''Dragon Ball''-related manga and is best known for illustrating ''Dragon Ball Super'' (2015–present), which was written by series creator Akira Toriyama until his death in March 2024. Early ...

. It is a "

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" to Toriyama's original ''

Dragon Ball is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The Dragon Ball (manga), initial manga, written and illustrated by Toriyama, was Serial (literature), serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995, with the 519 indi ...

'' and follows Son Goku and his friends as he faces even more powerful foes. After meeting the destructive deity

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, and attaining the power of a god, Goku ends up traveling to other universes to protect his own. ''Dragon Ball Super'' began serialization in the August 2015 issue of the monthly magazine ''

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'', which was released on June 20, 2015. Its publisher

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periodically collects the chapters into ''

tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...

'' volumes, with the first released on April 4, 2016, and 24 published as of April 4, 2025. They also publish the series digitally in English and Spanish on their international ''

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'' app and website simultaneously as it is published in Japan. Shueisha began publishing colored versions of the ''Dragon Ball Super'' ''tankōbon'' digitally on April 3, 2020.

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began posting free English translations of the chapters to their website on June 24, 2016, with a print release of the first volume following on May 2, 2017. They have published 23 volumes in North America as of April 2025. __TOC__

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