The continued success of Dragon Ball Z, which can be attributed to the franchise’ accessibility, transcends its original formatting, branching out from our television screens into product merchandise, animated feature films, and even video games.Īlso, with Dragon Ball Superpopulating our airwaves once again, it’s a great time to be a DBZ fan. Undoubtedly, Dragon Ball Z open the door for other successful anime franchises such as Pokémon, Digimon, and Naruto, to name but a few. Its central themes of heroism, redemption, and friendship colored the vast fictional universe that protagonist Goku and his band of friends and family inhabited.

Its cult status and mass fan appeal helped Dragon Ball Z popularize a genre in America like no other franchise before it.

Dragon Ball Z is the landmark series that’s surrounded by two other successful franchises, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT.