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168-515: The present-timeline incarnation of Trunks is introduced as an infant during the story arc, which features the first appearance of the Red Ribbon Androids. This version of Trunks makes recurring appearances as a major character in the Dragon Ball Z , Dragon Ball Super and various other media such as Dragon Ball GT and films produced by Toei Animation . In the original Japanese version of

336-578: A Dragon Ball cliche where most characters such as Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, Vegeta and Majin Buu served as villains before becoming heroes, his actions were still ambiguous and it was satisfying to see him engage with Goku on a one-on-one to settle their rules in the Tournament of Power. Hobby Consolas commented that Frieza was overpowered by Jiren so many times that it became tiring to see. However, Frieza's team-up with Goku to force their enemy out of

504-592: A bonus pamphlet given to some buyers of the Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide guidebook, says that Frieza was modeled after Toriyama's editor at the time, Yū Kondō. Toriyama had the idea to bring Frieza back while attending a concert by the metal band Maximum the Hormone . It came to him while watching them perform their 2008 song " F ", which is about the fictional character. Toriyama revealed that he did not think to have Frieza transform until about midway through. He said he has

672-646: A booklet. In North America, Funimation began releasing the series from July 2017, again on both DVD and Blu-ray, containing both English-dubbed and English-subtitled Japanese versions; the Blu-ray releases generally also contain interviews with the English cast and textless opening/closing credits sequences. Funimation's localized releases are distributed in the United Kingdom and Australasia by Manga Entertainment and Madman Entertainment respectively. Bandai announced that

840-493: A brief time during the Frieza arc, while Fuji TV producer Osamu Nozaki said he has been a fan of the series since childhood. The Dragon Ball Super anime was originally directed by Masatoshi Chioka. Morio Hatano, series director of Saint Seiya Omega (episodes #1–51), began sharing the series director credit with Chioka beginning with episode #28, before taking it over completely with #47. From episode #47 to #76, Morio Hatano shared

1008-510: A child and, after listening a few times, Toriyama felt that it was the right choice. However, the cries given by the character's infant form were provided by Hiromi Tsuru in an uncredited role. In the English-language dub by Funimation , Eric Vale voices him both as a teen and as an adult in all Dragon Ball media, while Laura Bailey voices him as a child in the series, as well as the movie, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods , as well as

1176-454: A crude beak. His original horns recede and are now white in color, erupting in pairs along the length of his head. Despite his increased bulk, Frieza's speed is significantly higher in this form, easily outpacing Piccolo even after the Namek fighter removed his weighted training clothes. His tail tip, which had been cut off by Krillin, did not regenerate and he now has a slight hunch. Although his tail

1344-519: A crystal ball, comically hoping for Goku to lose (this appearance is later contradicted in Resurrection "F" and its Dragon Ball Super adaptation, where Frieza is depicted as unaware that Goku fought and defeated Buu, although for flashback sequences and such, Super alludes to Dragon Ball Z Kai , where most filler material has been cut). In Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn , Frieza briefly escapes from Hell with an army of villains to attack Earth, but he

1512-410: A decent fight in the movie as the writing fails to portray him as a menacing villain with the new powers of Goku and Vegeta easily surpassing him alongside other plot devices like the healing beans. In regards to the voice actors "Ayres’ brand of childish pompousness is a lot less threatening in a story where Frieza isn't in a position of power from the get-go. Ryusei Nakao's slightly more adult tone works

1680-548: A design created by Toriyama. The "Granolah the Survivor arc" came about when Toyotarou created Granolah after having proposed various ideas for characters and being unsure if he should use existing characters or create new ones. After settling on a new one connected to the Saiyans, he sent Granolah to his editor Victory Uchida. After the two brainstormed story ideas, he was then given the go-ahead to bring it to Toriyama, who came up with

1848-441: A different voice actor for the child version. At that time, the serialization was still going on, and Toriyama did not know how the manga story would end; young Trunks might have ended up growing up and the story might have continued to the same time period when teenage Trunks returned to the future. In that case, if the voice actor would have been changed, it would have sounded strange. Eventually, Kusao ended up also voicing Trunks as

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2016-486: A distraction for the player. Frieza also appears as a playable character in the crossover fighting games Jump Ultimate Stars , Battle Stadium D.O.N , J-Stars Victory Vs and Jump Force . Yū Kondō, Toriyama's second editor from the Saiyan arc until the appearance of Perfect Cell, and Fuyuto Takeda, his third editor from Perfect Cell until the end of the series, said that Dragon Ball hit its peak in popularity during

2184-564: A double lung transplant, Ayres was forced to step down from the role in 2018. He briefly reprised the role in 2019 for Dragon Ball Super: Broly and the home media releases of the Universal Survival Saga of Dragon Ball Super before passing away in 2021. Ayres' understudy Daman Mills , who has a strong ability to imitate Ayres, assumed the role, beginning with the television broadcast of the Universal Survival Saga, and has voiced Frieza indefinitely in all subsequent appearances, with

2352-595: A farmer and his family and friends live peacefully. However, the God of Destruction Beerus awakens after decades of slumber. Beerus, along with his Angel assistant and teacher, Whis , seeks a warrior known as the Super Saiyan God, threatening to destroy the Earth if the warrior loses to him. Goku transforms into the Super Saiyan God with the help of his friends, battles Beerus and loses, but his efforts appease Beerus, who spares

2520-652: A feat that was very difficult for Goku to achieve and maintain. Trunks first appears in chapter #331 The Young Boy of Mystery ( 謎の少年 , Nazo no Shōnen ) , published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on July 15, 1991. Here he is a mysterious seventeen year old capable of transforming into the Super Saiyan state, who appears and singlehandedly kills Frieza and his father, King Cold. Upon Goku 's return from Planet Yardrat, Trunks confides in Goku his tragic story. As told in

2688-452: A few bad sequences that were done by new animators. He went on to explain a quality decline in the anime industry that he believes is the result of studios cutting time given for post-production and not allowing for reviews of the final product. Despite this, the Champa arc was praised for improving its animation. Episode 39 was noted improved animation and praised fighting sequences. Attack of

2856-561: A few by both. After covering the last story arc seen in the anime series in November 2018, the Dragon Ball Super manga continues with original story arcs. For the "Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc", Toyotarou wanted the enemy Moro to be truly evil, like Piccolo Daimao was in the original Dragon Ball . He utilized elements of goats , a common Western demon motif, for the character and made his clothes shinigami -esque. Because Jaco and

3024-527: A grayish black while the rest of his body retains his final form's coloration. Another difference from his Golden form is the purple sections on his shoulders. According to Frieza, this new transformation was achieved when he found a Room of Spirit and Time by chance on one of his conquered planets and used it to undergo a 10-year training session within 10 days. Frieza uses this transformation to kill Gas and defeat Goku and Vegeta, in their Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego states, knocking them both out simultaneously in

3192-433: A great impression on him, referring to his fight with Frieza in which he easily defeated the strongest being in the universe. Similarly, Funimation voice actor Christopher Sabat stated that apart from Vegeta, Trunks is his favorite character from the series. He liked how his character is the "lone survivor of the apocalypse, son of the most angry and the most headstrong characters." He additionally liked Trunks' fights such as

3360-477: A habit of making characters gradually more tough and complex-looking, until finally making them very sleek, as it is a pain to draw them if their appearance is too complex. The author confirmed this is why Frieza's third and most intricate form is only shown for a short time, and joked that three transformations might be one too many. In the original Japanese version, Frieza is voiced by Ryūsei Nakao in every single piece of Dragon Ball media. In English, Frieza

3528-672: A line of Dragon Ball Super toys would be available in the United States in summer 2017. Bandai has also announced the updated Dragon Ball Super Card Game that starts with one starter deck, one special pack containing 4 booster packs and a promotional Vegeta card and a booster box with 24 packs. It was released on July 28, 2017. A line of six Dragon Ball Super Happy Meal toys were made available at Japanese McDonald's restaurants in May 2017. All four volumes of Dragon Ball Super ' s manga adaptation have charted on Oricon 's weekly list of

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3696-432: A little better in this instance." Den of Geek found the fight between Goku's allies and Frieza's army as the best part of the movie in contrast to the lead's fights which he felt was "standard" to the point it gets "boring". For the final arc of Dragon Ball Super , Anime News Network had mixed feelings about the second return of Frieza to have him teamed up with Universe 7. He felt that while Frieza might be turning into

3864-442: A muscle strain that drains his energy rather quickly, making him rapidly lose speed and stamina as the fight goes on and because of this issue, Frieza can't keep up with Super Saiyan Goku for long. Being aware of this weakness, Frieza tried to finish the fight as quickly as possible by destroying Planet Namek, but the Saiyan was in the end able to defeat him. Frieza's 6th Universe counterpart, Frost, also briefly uses this form during

4032-464: A natural white armor covering his chest and shoulders. Frieza's 6th Universe counterpart, Frost, also initially appears in this form. His second form is much larger, both in height and muscle mass. He grows longer horns, which now instead of protruding sideways from his head curve sharply upwards into near right angles. In this form, Frieza does not have any trouble taking out Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan. However, Frieza notices that Piccolo's power level

4200-721: A new, previously unknown form named Super Saiyan Rage ( 超サイヤ人怒り , Sūpā Saiya-jin Ikari ) and gives him enough power to fight both Black and Zamasu. The present incarnation of Trunks is able to temporarily fuse with Goten to become the powerful being named Gotenks ( ゴテンクス , Gotenkusu ) through a technique called Fusion , which was taught to them by Goku. Gotenks is able to use a variety of attacks that he gives humorous names to, such as Galactic Donut ( ギャラクティカドーナツ , Gyarakutuka Dōnatsu ) and his signature Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack ( スーパーゴーストカミカゼアタック , Sūpā Gōsuto Kamikaze Atakku ) . They can also achieve Super Saiyan 3 with ease,

4368-910: A non-speaking appearance in the film. He also appears in a chapter of Toriyama's Neko Majin manga, published in August 2003, which also introduces Frieza's son, Kuriza ( クリーザ ) . He briefly appears in the 2006 Dragon Ball crossover chapter, "This is the Police Station in front of Dragon Park on Planet Namek" ( こちらナメック星ドラゴン公園前派出所 , Kochira Namekku-sei Dragon Kōen-mae Hashutsujo ) , of Osamu Akimoto 's manga Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo . Frieza appears in Naho Ōishi's 2011 Dragon Ball spin-off manga Episode of Bardock , but it predominately features his ancestor Chilled ( チルド ) . He also appears in Toriyama's 2014 Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of

4536-543: A parody of their own of the climactic fight and the Frieza character, with the Delightful Children From Down the Lane portraying him as a multi-headed monstrosity. Frieza has been featured in many of the video games based on the series. Often, he appears as both a playable character and boss , though more frequently the latter. He is also usually able to transform into his many different forms. Frieza appears in

4704-486: A place very similar to the Room of Spirit and Time on a distant planet and trained in the room for 10 years in just a matter of days, which is why Elec's wish did not take him into account at the time it was granted. Frieza presents his new form, Black Frieza ( ブラックフリーザ , Burakku Furīza ) , before knocking Goku and Vegeta to the ground, sparing the Saiyans as he only traveled to kill Elec and Gas before leaving Cereal. Frieza

4872-856: A returning Gas. Despite their best efforts, they are defeated, though Gas' lifespan is also consumed in the fight, aging him greatly. Granolah eventually returns, and seemingly defeats him. As Monaito heals Goku, Vegeta, and Granolah, Gas, in a more powerful though decrepit state, returns and fatally injures Monaito. Granolah tends to Monaito, while Goku and Vegeta fight Gas, but are defeated. Frieza arrives on Planet Cereal, having been lured by Elec so Gas could kill him. Having spent ten years training in an Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Frieza easily kills Gas and Elec, and reveals his new transformation, Black Frieza, easily defeating Goku and Vegeta. He hires Oil and Maki for his crew and leaves. Whis arrives and heals Monaito, retrieving Goku and Vegeta. After Whis retrieves Goku and Vegeta they go back to Beerus' planet, wondering if Frieza

5040-517: A reunion with a reformed Android #18. Trunks then receives training from Vegeta, vowing to surpass both his father and Goku Black in strength. After Beerus erased Zamasu in the present timeline, Trunks would later learn that Goku Black is a rogue Supreme Kai named Zamasu from an unaltered present timeline who acquired Goku's body and allied himself with the future timeline's Zamasu. During the battle, both versions of Zamasu provoke Trunks into his Super Saiyan Rage form by telling him that his meddling in time

5208-415: A reward for helping in the tournament, Frieza is permanently revived by Whis. The events of this film, Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), were only summarized in the manga. Decades ago, King Vegeta, Vegeta's father, exiled a commoner Saiyan infant Broly and Broly's father (Paragus) to a faraway planet, Vampa, fearing that his massive power will be a threat to his son Prince Vegeta in the future. Following

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5376-466: A reward for his efforts. Frieza then takes his leave to begin rebuilding his empire but is warned by Goku that he will be destroyed if he ever torments the universe again. During the events of the film Dragon Ball Super: Broly , Frieza starts rebuilding the Frieza Force while deciding to use Earth's Dragon Balls to make a wish to increase his height by five centimeters, having become disillusioned with

5544-907: A separate English-language dub of Dragon Ball Super produced by Los Angeles -based Bang Zoom! Entertainment for the Asian market. It premiered on the Toonami channel in Southeast Asia (excluding Malaysia) and India on January 21, 2017. A sneak preview of the English dub's first episode aired on December 17, 2016. Production on the Bang Zoom! dub ended after episode 27 as Toonami Asia and India ceased transmission. Later in March 2022, Cartoon Network started airing Dragon Ball Super in Hindi, Tamil, and Telegu. The first 26 episodes being licensed by Toei Asia-Pacific (Bang Zoom!) and

5712-463: A series of physical transformations were developed that limit his actual strength. While changing shape from his "first form", each alteration builds on the previous. In all, Frieza has three transformed states, each with increasing power, some larger than others, and each resulting in different physical attributes, although the two transformed states (along with his first form) were merely to suppress Frieza's power, and that his fourth transformed state

5880-469: A silvery androgynous giant who looks like a cross between the monster in Alien and Batman 's Mr. Freeze ." Comic Book Resources regarded Frieza's role in the original series as the reason why his arc is one of the darkest ever in the franchise due to the violence in fights, deaths and resolution of his fight against Goku, giving it an improvement in retrospect. Both Kotaku and Den of Geek regarded Frieza as

6048-527: A single attack. In numerous filler episodes of the anime and Dragon Ball GT , Frieza makes numerous cameo appearances, usually as comic relief, causing trouble in Hell, having somehow been permitted to keep his body despite his wrongdoings. In Hell, he is defeated and sent to prison by Goku and Pikkon along with Cell, his father, and the Ginyu Force, and he is later seen watching Goku's final battle with Majin Buu in

6216-582: A stalemate, both being the two figures his father warned him never to cross, Frieza decides to undergo four months of intensive training. This led to him achieving a new form which he dubs "Golden Frieza" before setting off for Earth with his army. The Z Fighters hold back Tagoma and Frieza's minions long enough for Goku and Vegeta to return from their training session on Beerus's planet. Frieza executes his defeated army for their incompetence just as Goku, Vegeta, Beerus, and Whis arrive. Goku reveals his new Super Saiyan Blue form, although Frieza overpowers him yet lacks

6384-479: A stand until Goku and Vegeta arrive. Nearing defeat, Moro fuses with the Earth, threatening to self-destruct and destroy the galaxy. After absorbing energy fused by Vegeta's new powers, Goku slays Moro, saving Earth. A Cerelian mercenary named Granolah learns from his employers, the Heeters, that Frieza is alive, and vows to destroy him and avenge his home planet of Cereal. Granolah uses his planet's Dragon Balls to become

6552-576: A television program targeted towards children. A Dragon Ball Super episode received a major complaint by Japan's Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization as the part of the story involved Master Roshi making multiple sexual attacks on the female character Yurin. 2017 Crunchyroll Anime Awards : 2018 Crunchyroll Anime Awards : Frieza Frieza ( Japanese : フリーザ , Hepburn : Furīza ) , also spelled as Freeza in Funimation 's English subtitles and Viz Media 's release of

6720-462: A temporarily revived Frieza. They battle formidable warriors, such as Universe 11's Jiren . Goku attains a new form known as Ultra Instinct, allowing him to fight unconsciously. The tournament ends with Goku and Frieza eliminating Jiren along with themselves, leaving Android 17 as the winner for Universe 7. He is awarded one wish from the Super Dragon Balls, and restores the erased universes. As

6888-406: A tournament against Universe 7, the one where Goku and his friends reside. Universe 7 wins the tournament and gets to use the Super Dragon Balls, which can used to do anything that the user may desire. Beerus desires to restore Universe 6's Earth for Champa. The tournament draws the attention of Zeno, who is the ruler of all twelve universes, and wishes to watch another tournament involving the rest of

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7056-423: A violent show for children, stating, "In one recent episode, beads of sweat form on the brow of a character named Vegeta, as he is nearly strangled to death by an evil foe named Frieza. In another, Frieza uses the horns on his head to impale a good guy named Krillin through the chest." The paper also comments on Frieza's appearance: "Little Gohan is abruptly in the icy metallic grip of one of his arch-nemeses, Frieza,

7224-424: A wrist strap of a miniature-sized badge of Frieza's head. A caricature of Frieza mixed with a grey alien was parodied as a mech pilot in an episode of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi . The anime Yakitate!! Japan featured a spoof re-enactment of the fight between Goku and Frieza, with a character clad in a refrigerator representing the latter. The Cartoon Network show Codename: Kids Next Door had

7392-497: Is "Boogie Back" by Miyu Inoue in Japanese and Lizzy Land in English. The ninth ending theme song for episodes 97 to 108 is "Haruka" ( 遥 ) by Lacco Tower in Japanese and Zachary J. Willis in English. The tenth ending theme song for episodes 109 to 121 is "70cm Shiho no Madobe" ( 70cm四方の窓辺 , "By a 70cm Square Window") by RottenGraffty in Japanese and Lawrence B. Park in English. The eleventh ending theme song for episodes 122 to 131

7560-421: Is "Lagrima" by OnePixcel in Japanese and Amanda "AmaLee/LeeandLie/Monarch" Lee in English. Dragon Ball Super is illustrated by artist Toyotarou , who was previously responsible for the official Resurrection 'F' manga adaptation, began serialization in the August 2015 issue of V Jump , which was released on June 20, 2015. Shueisha periodically collects the chapters into tankōbon volumes, with

7728-462: Is "Starring Star" ( スターリングスター , Sutāringu Sutā ) by the group Key Talk in Japanese and Professor Shyguy in English. The third ending song for episodes 26 to 36 is "Usubeni" ( 薄紅 , "Light Pink") by the band Lacco Tower in Japanese and Jeff Smith in English. The fourth ending theme song for episodes 37 to 49 is "Forever Dreaming" by Czecho No Republic in Japanese and Mystery Skulls in English. The fifth ending theme song for episodes 50 to 59

7896-564: Is "Yokayoka Dance" ( よかよかダンス , Yokayoka Dansu , "It's Fine Dance") by idol group Batten Showjo Tai in Japanese and Dani Artaud in English. The sixth ending theme song for episodes 60 to 72 is "Chao Han Music" ( 炒飯MUSIC , Chāhan Myūjikku ) by Arukara in Japanese and Elliot Coleman in English. The seventh ending theme song for episodes 73 to 83 is "Aku no Tenshi to Seigi no Akuma" ( 悪の天使と正義の悪魔 , "Evil Angel and Righteous Devil") by The Collectors in Japanese and William Kubley in English. The eighth ending theme song for episodes 84 to 96

8064-751: 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 friends during the ten-year timeskip after the defeat of Majin Buu . It began serialization in Shueisha 's monthly shōnen manga magazine V Jump in June 2015. The manga is simulpublished in English by Viz Media and by Shueisha on their Manga Plus platform. An anime television series produced by Toei Animation aired in Japan from July 2015 to March 2018. The first two arcs of

8232-501: Is about equal to his level, leaving Frieza with no choice but to transform again. This form largely resembles his father, King Cold. Frieza's 6th Universe counterpart Frost also takes on a second form, however, it bears a greater resemblance to Frieza's third form and is said to be the equivalent of it by Piccolo. Frieza's third form is again more brutish, with an extremely elongated skull (like an Alien ). His facial features contort and change, with his nose melding into his mouth to form

8400-455: Is achieved after undergoing intensive training for four months, enabling him to gain the strength to progress even further beyond his previous transformations by drawing out all of his latent power (as he had never trained a day in his life beforehand). In this form, Frieza's physique is similar to his previous fourth form except his skin is now a golden color as opposed to white, with purple sections on his head, chest, forearms, and shins, thus he

8568-490: Is barely conscious. Frieza attains this form in Dragon Ball Super during the Granolah the Survivor saga. In Dragon Ball Super: Broly , Vegeta had foreshadowed the possibility that Frieza would take advantage of his restored life following the Tournament of Power to acquire a new form. When he transforms into Black Frieza, his physique appears slightly more muscular compared to his final form, his limbs and tail get darkened

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8736-493: Is capable of moving at superhuman speeds and flying , and has quick reflexes. Like most characters in the series, he can harness a supernatural energy known as Ki and manipulate it into powerful and devastating concussive beams of said energy, with which he can destroy planets with relative ease. Some of Frieza's signature ki techniques include the Death Beam ( デスビーム , Desu Bīmu ) , a sharp piercing beam from his finger, and

8904-477: Is close. Therefore, he paid special attention to how Frieza spoke; because villains typically speak rudely, he gave him polite speech making for an unsettling contrast with his cruelty. The character's name is a pun on freezer , and because of this, his minions and the members of the Ginyu Force are named after fruits and dairy products, items one would normally put in a refrigerator. The Shenlong Times issue #2,

9072-473: Is his left arm from the shoulder down, with scarring and metal accoutrements covering what little was left of his organic self. It is stated that these enhancements have made him even more powerful. However, he was never able to unleash his full power in this form, since he was quickly destroyed by Trunks. Frieza attains another transformation in the 2015 film Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' and Dragon Ball Super . According to Frieza, his sixth transformation

9240-416: Is his true form, while a fifth and later sixth further transformation that he discovers after performing vigorous times of training that increase his power drastically and lets out most of his latent strength. In his weakest form, Frieza is a relatively short humanoid with a large chestnut-shaped skull and two horns. He also has a tail with a spiked end, as well as having three talon-like toes. Frieza wears

9408-400: Is known as "Golden Frieza" ( ゴールデンフリーザ , Gōruden Furīza ) in this form. Also, his muscles appear bigger and more defined while in this form, though not as engorged as they became when he used 100% of his power on Namek. In this form at peak power, Frieza can overpower Goku in his Super Saiyan Blue form with relative ease. However, much like when he used 100% of his power in his fourth form,

9576-658: Is now a pure, solid white with purple sections on his head, shoulders, forearms, chest, and shins. All injuries taken in other forms are healed. This is the form that allows him to release his full potential. Frieza can attain 100% power in this form, making his muscle mass engorged compared to his previously sleek frame. This is the peak of Frieza's natural potential, and the maximum amount of energy his body can output. In this state, Frieza's power increases immensely, making him able to inflict damages to even Super Saiyan Goku and match him in terms of strength and speed. However, to unleash his full power, Frieza needs to subject his body to

9744-589: Is now the universe's strongest warrior. The events of this film, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022), were adapted into this arc in the manga. Commander Magenta, CEO of Red Pharmaceuticals and son of the late Commander Red , recruits Dr. Gero 's surviving grandson and genius scientist Dr. Hedo to help revive the Red Ribbon Army and seek revenge on the Z fighters, while Goku, Vegeta, and Broly train under Whis on Beerus' planet. The army send one of their two latest androids, Gamma 2, to ambush Piccolo, who survives

9912-497: Is only featured as a background character. When he is eight, Trunks participates in the 25th Tenkaichi Budokai ( 天下一武道会 , lit. "Strongest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament") and defeats Son Goten in the junior division, although the two of them cheated equally. Goten is his best friend and childhood rival, though Trunks is stronger and older than Goten as it is later pointed out by Goku. Eager to compete in

10080-496: Is saved at the last second by Gogeta, a merged warrior between Goku and Vegeta created when they perform the fusion dance technique, who thwarts his attempt to kill off his former subordinates Cheelai and Lemo when they use the Dragon Balls to save Broly's life by wishing him off the planet. Frieza falls back while deciding not to go after Cheelai and Lemo as intends to use them to make Broly docile enough for him to use against Goku in

10248-481: Is saved by Cheelai and Lemo, who use the Dragon Balls to transport him back to Vampa. Cheelai and Lemo later flee from Frieza by travelling to Vampa themselves. Some time later, Goku arrives on Vampa to make amends with Cheelai, Lemo, and Broly. Goku and Vegeta are asked by the Galactic Patrol to recapture the fugitive Moro, an evil magician who can siphon energy from planets. On New Namek, Moro defeats them and uses

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10416-442: Is swiftly defeated by Gohan. In Dragon Ball GT , when Goku is sent to Hell by accident, Frieza and Cell confront him, their bodies having been rendered temporarily immortal due to the unbalance between the two worlds. Using a joint attack, Frieza and Cell send Goku to a lower level where he is frozen by a witch, but the two villains end up frozen themselves when they foolishly venture downwards to gloat at Goku. Goku accidentally breaks

10584-547: Is the cause of their actions. After numerous fights, including Goku Black and Zamasu fusing with the Potara earrings, Trunks gathers the energy from all remaining life on the planet into his sword into the Spirit Bomb Sword and cuts Fusion Zamasu in half. Despite losing his body, Zamasu's essence began to envelop the entire universe, before being destroyed alongside the entire multiverse by that timeline's version of Zeno. Trunks and

10752-584: The Dragon Ball Super Card Game website in February 2018 and was available until March 29, 2019. On November 4, 2016, Funimation (currently known as Crunchyroll LLC ) announced the company acquired the rights to Dragon Ball Super through Toei Animation USA and would be producing an English dub, with many cast members of their previous English-language releases of Dragon Ball media reprising their respective roles. As well as officially announcing

10920-460: The Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' arcs made it a lot easier to speed through and added suspense. He also said that for the first time he could not decide whether the anime or manga was superior. The anime adaption received generally positive reviews from critics and fans. The first episode was highly praised from initial reactions for its improved quality. Richard Eisenbeis of Kotaku praised

11088-585: The Dragon Ball series. The second opening theme song for episodes 77 to 131 is "Genkai Toppa × Survivor" ( 限界突破×サバイバー , "Limit Break × Survivor") by enka singer Kiyoshi Hikawa in Japanese and Nathan "NateWantsToBattle" Sharp in English. Mori wrote the lyrics for the rock song, while Takafumi Iwasaki composed the music. The first ending theme song for episodes 1 to 12 is "Hello Hello Hello" ( ハローハローハロー , Harō Harō Harō ) by Japanese rock band Good Morning America in Japanese and Jonathan Young in English. The second ending theme song for episodes 13 to 25

11256-747: The Famicom game (and later Playdia remake) Dragon Ball Z Gaiden: Saiyajin Zetsumetsu Keikaku . Frieza seems to be somehow resurrected, and he and other past villains start attacking Goku and his friends. Once it's revealed these are merely ghost-warriors meant to distract the heroes, however, the false Frieza and his allies are easily dealt with. Other games highlight Frieza in alternate story paths; including those where he successfully attains immortality and goes on to threaten Earth such as Dragon Ball Z: Budokai , and Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 where Frieza and Cell are resurrected and controlled by Bobbidi as

11424-406: The "most beloved characters" in an article by GamePro . The casting and direction of his English voices has often been criticized over the years, with IGN 's Ramsey Isler writing that, coupled with the ambiguous physical features, the "old lady" voice led to some gender confusion with fans. The Ledger ' s December 8, 1999, paper names him as one of the reasons that Dragon Ball Z was listed as

11592-515: The 2004 Fuji TV interactive feature Kyūtai Panic Adventure Returns! , where he and six other Dragon Ball characters delivered the Dragon Balls to restore the aqua city of Odaiba . In music, the song "Chīsa na Senshi~Goten to Trunks no Theme~" by Shin Oya focuses on both Trunks and Goten. Trunks has been featured in his own brand of soft drink called Trunks Cola. Trunks, especially the future incarnation, has been very positively received. While reviewing

11760-572: The Androids and later the Cell of his time. A few years later, Trunks is accosted by the Supreme Kai of Universe 7, whom he helps in defeating Babidi and Dabura in order to prevent the revival of Majin Buu . Years later, having reached Super Saiyan 2 during his fight against Badidi and Dabura, Trunks encounters a new dark enemy known as Goku Black, who slaughters the Earth's residents as the Saiyan survivor helps

11928-561: The Cerealians were not a warrior race but did enjoy fighting, Toyotarou imagined them as sharpshooters and gave Granolah his unique goggles. The goggles double as a communicator because he is a "lone warrior" and Toriyama had previously told him that having two characters converse better conveys characters' inner thoughts than having them talk to themselves. This led to the creation of the character Oatmeel. Toyotarou's designs for The Heeters were rejected three or four times before he came up with

12096-461: The Death Ball ( デスボール , Desu Bōru ) , a large energy sphere he used to destroy planet Namek and previous to that, Planet Vegeta. He is capable of surviving in the vacuum of space and also seems to possess some form of telekinesis, being able to lift opponents without touching them and causing them to explode. Frieza's power was so great over time, that his body could not comfortably contain it and

12264-539: The Dragon Balls, with the Ginyu Force dealing with the interlopers, his inability to speak Namekian forces him to find the Great Elder of Namek. Frieza ends up fighting Namekian warrior Nail, whom he beats repeatedly until Nail reveals that their fight was only to buy time for Dende to give the words needed to activate the Namekian Dragon Balls, for the warriors from Earth. With his entire army killed by Vegeta and

12432-525: The Fanboy reported that "Dragon Ball Super" episode 39 may be the best installment of the series to date. Goku and Hit's fight "starts off explosively from the get-go." The Future Trunks arc also garnered positive response from fans and critics alike. IGN ' s Shawn Saris acclaiming episode 66, stating that, "episode 66 of Dragon Ball Super has a few missteps but ultimately leads to a great final battle with Zamasu." However, Anime News Network criticized

12600-507: The Fated Child special. Frieza has made numerous appearances in other media. The Japanese nu metal/hardcore punk band Maximum the Hormone released the song " F " as part of a double A-side single on July 9, 2008. The entirety of the song references Frieza, with the single itself rising as high as number two on the Oricon music chart. The song was the source of reference used by Toriyama for

12768-415: The Frieza arc. In a one-thousand ballot popularity poll held in Weekly Shōnen Jump , Dragon Ball received 815 of them. In 2004, fans of the series voted Frieza the ninth most popular character for a poll in the book Dragon Ball Forever . Frieza topped a poll of Dragon Ball antagonists by fan vote, the results of which was published by the March 2018 issue of V Jump . Frieza was mentioned as one of

12936-600: The Galactic King have "classic alien"-like designs, Toyotarou wanted Merus to have a retro look as well and so gave him a silver bob cut . But he also gave the character bishōnen elements because he wanted him to be popular. For the Yardratian race, who are mentioned but never appear in Toriyama's original Dragon Ball manga, Toyotarou and his editor Victory Uchida decided to use both the design seen in Dragon Ball Z and

13104-460: The Ginyu Force defeated by Goku, Frieza intercepts Vegeta and the others personally. Enraged to find he is too late, as the Dragon Balls have become inert on Guru's death, Frieza briefly battles Vegeta, with the Saiyan Prince goading him into transforming and revealing his true power. Frieza transforms into his second form, and during the battle, he finally admits to being the one who had destroyed

13272-444: The Ginyu Force. Frieza fights Goku and the two seem evenly matched, but Frieza powers up to 50% of his maximum power and brutally beats him; however, Goku manages to seriously wound the tyrant with a Spirit Bomb. In retaliation, Frieza critically injures Piccolo and kills Krillin, which sends Goku into a rage, consequently assuming Super Saiyan form for the first time. Goku takes the upper hand and viciously pummels Frieza, who damages

13440-609: The Goku Black arc, having beforehand interacted with him as an infant. In the Universe Survival arc, Trunks and Goten are stopped from taking part in the Tournament of Power, and instead instructed to look after Android 17's haven for animals so that he can aid Goku in the tournament. He, alongside Goten, both grown up, appear in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero , assisting Gohan, Piccolo, and their friends in combating

13608-519: The Namekians' Dragon Balls to restore his abilities and release all criminals in the Patrol's custody. Moro and the convicts rampage across the galaxy while Goku and Vegeta train for a rematch. Goku learns to use Ultra Instinct and Mastered Ultra Insinct at will, while Vegeta heads to Planet Yardrat to learn a new technique to overcome Moro's magic. Moro leads his army of criminals to Earth, and Goku's allies make

13776-634: The Ninth Universe's Roselle and the Tenth Universe's Murichim as the tournament commences. After eliminating Frost when he appears to commence their arrangement, Frieza eventually ends up being one of the four remaining combatants alongside Goku, Android 17, and Jiren of the Eleventh Universe. Frieza unexpectedly teams up with Goku to force Jiren out in a triple elimination with 17 declared the winner, resurrected soon after by Whis at Beerus's behest as

13944-421: The Saiyans spar with each other, Goku teleports everyone (except Broly) back to Earth. When Dragon Ball Super was first announced, Akira Toriyama was reported to be credited for the "original story and character design concepts" of the anime , in addition to his regular role as series creator. The official Japanese name of the series uses the ending suffix 超 which can translate as "super" but instead of using

14112-463: The Super Saiyan Blue transformation, a transformation achieved by using and controlling God Ki. In spite, Frieza destroys the Earth, but Whis reverses time, allowing Goku to slay Frieza. Following Frieza's defeat, Beerus's twin brother, Champa, the God of Destruction of Universe 6, and his assistant and Whis's sister, Vados, visit Beerus while Goku and Vegeta are in the middle of training and host

14280-539: The TV special The History of Trunks , which was adapted from the stand-alone manga Trunks the Story: The Lone Warrior , Bobby Cooper of DVD Talk praised Trunks' background story, saying that it was a "good origin story that explains Trunks' motivation for becoming a fighter." Similarly, Chris Shepard of Anime News Network also enjoyed the background story and felt that Trunks was an understandable character who "I

14448-494: The Tournament of Power, Frieza rebuilds his empire, and tasks Cheelai and Lemo, two low-class soldiers, with a recruitment mission. The duo chances upon the planet Vampa, and recruit both Broly and Paragus into the Frieza Force. Frieza sends Broly to fight against both Goku and Vegeta in Wrath state, while covertly killing Paragus to turn Broly into a Super Saiyan Berserk. Goku and Vegeta fuse into Gogeta and almost defeat Broly, but Broly

14616-407: The Tournament of Power. After being cut in half by his own attack and being caught in Namek's huge explosion, what remains of the still-living Frieza is salvaged and rebuilt with cybernetic enhancements by scientists under the order of King Cold; this form is referred to as Mecha Frieza ( メカフリーザ ) in video games. The whole of the lower half of his body and the right side of his face are replaced, as

14784-528: The Universal Tournament Arc as a replacement member for the Seventh Universe team after Majin Buu is ineligible to fight due to having fallen into a deep sleep from which nobody could wake him, revealed to have mentally trained himself to maintain his Golden form. When approached by Goku, who is arranging for him to be temporarily revived by Fortuneteller Baba for a day, Frieza accepts the offer on

14952-547: The ability at the age of eight. Some of Future Trunks' signature attacks are the Burning Attack ( バーニングアタック , Bāningu Atakku ) and the Super Buster Cannon ( スーパーバスターキャノン , Sūpā Basutā Kyanon ) . Trunks is also known for his use of a longsword that he keeps in a scabbard mounted across his back. His main means of conveyance is a technique called Bukū-jutsu ( 舞空術 , "Air Dance Technique") which gives him

15120-565: The ability of flight . However, Trunks does not rely on this technique as his only conveyance as he can also be seen piloting various crafts manufactured by his family's company, including the time machine which allowed him to visit Goku in the past. Unlike his present time counterpart, Future Trunks obtains two additional grades of Super Saiyan during his training with Vegeta in the Room of Spirit and Time. Unfortunately, these forms would greatly increase his ki consumption and greatly decrease his speed at

15288-491: The adult division, Trunks and Goten together impersonate another competitor, Mighty Mask ( マイティマスク , Maiti Masuku ) and are pitted against Android #18 and others in the Tenkaichi Budokai. But they are disqualified when #18 figures out the ruse and blows their cover, revealing that they are really two people. Upon the arrival of Majin Buu , Trunks is forced to train with Goten in the Room of Spirit and Time to become

15456-475: The anime readapted the events of the Dragon Ball Z films Battle of Gods (2013) and Resurrection 'F' (2015), the latter which was only summarized in the manga. A sequel film, Dragon Ball Super: Broly , was released in December 2018 and became the highest-grossing anime film of the franchise; like Resurrection 'F ' , it was included in the manga as a quick summarization. A second film, Super Hero ,

15624-475: The appearance of Cell from another alternate timeline, Trunks trains with Vegeta in the Room of Spirit and Time . After Vegeta's defeat, Trunks fights Cell in his newly gained Perfect form before conceding once learning his new Super Saiyan form proves to be ineffective. He later participates in Cell's martial arts tournament, where he is killed by Cell. After Trunks is revived by the Dragon Balls following Cell's defeat, he returns to his own timeline to defeat both

15792-409: The artificial humans for the next three years until Bulma finishes her time machine. Once he informs Goku of the events to come, Trunks gives Goku a special medicine and returns to his own time. Trunks returns to help in the present day battle against the artificial humans, only to learn that his actions only affected the present timeline with a new future while his own timeline remains unaffected. With

15960-409: The attack and Namek's explosion and drifts through space until he is found by his father King Cold ( コルド大王 , Korudo Daiō ) , who was on his way to Namek to aid him against Goku. Over the next year, Frieza is rebuilt with cybernetic prosthetics, increasing his strength significantly, and the two immediately head for Earth to exact revenge on Goku and his friends, but they are confronted by Trunks ,

16128-488: The attack and discovers the Red Ribbon Army's plan. He conjures a plan with Pan to lure Gohan to the base. Gohan attacks the base, and teams up with Piccolo to take on both Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, while trying to convince the androids that they are being manipulated. Magenta activates Cell Max, a powerful android based on Cell, as a last resort. Both Gamma androids realize their mistake, and assist Gohan and Piccolo to take on

16296-514: The attack, the Heeters, who were behind Cereal's destruction, killed Granolah's mother Muezli. Bardock saved Monaito and Granolah, defeating the youngest Heeter Gas. In the present, the Heeters Oil, Maki, and Gas arrive to finish off Granolah, Monaito, Goku, and Vegeta. Gas easily defeats Granolah and Goku as Vegeta retrieves a Senzu bean. Vegeta feeds the bean to Granolah, who confronts Gas, and overwhelms him. Elec arrives and removes Gas's pendant that

16464-413: The best-selling manga; volumes one and two sold 29,995 and 56,947 copies in their debut weeks respectively. Volume three was the fourth best-selling for its week with 92,114 copies sold, and volume four was fourth its week with 150,889. According to Nielsen BookScan , the English version of volume one was the second best-selling graphic novel of May 2017, the ninth of June, the fourteenth of July, and

16632-492: The category "best male character" in the 1992 poll and fifth again in the 1993 poll and nineteenth in the 1994 poll. Jian DeLeon of Complex magazine named him thirteenth on a list of the 25 Most Stylish Anime Characters. Trunks' Japanese voice actor, Takeshi Kusao , has cited Trunks as his favorite Dragon Ball character. He further stated in an interview that he was elated when he was cast to voice him. Kusao noted that Trunks' first appearance had an incredible impact and left

16800-473: The condition of being fully resurrected by the Dragon Balls after the tournament. Upon being revived, Frieza slaughters a group of assassins hired by the deities of the Ninth Universe to kill him while trapping Goku in a Destroyer-based energy attack meant for him. He then attempted to offer his services to the Ninth Universe deities in return for a place in their universe until Beerus and Whis appeared. Despite Beerus's reservations, Goku vouches for him as they join

16968-551: The core of Namek in an act of desperation, knowing he can survive in the vacuum of space. The tyrant then uses 100% of his power and briefly regains the advantage, but his power level begins to drop and he is again outclassed by Goku and ultimately sliced in half by one of his own attacks. Though Goku spares the crippled Frieza while leaving for his ship to escape the planet's destruction, Frieza attempts to blast Goku from behind, prompting Goku to retaliate with his own attack that apparently destroys Frieza. However, Frieza survives both

17136-518: The cost of additional strength, resulting in Future Trunks abandoning these grades after his initial fight with Cell. Upon his return to the past, Trunks is able to attain Super Saiyan 2 and can now also use his father's signature techniques, such as the Galick Gun and Final Flash . Later, when Black and Zamasu blame him for his constant time traveling, it fueles Trunks' rage and lets him transform into

17304-434: The dub, it was also announced they would be simulcasting the series on their streaming platform, FunimationNow . The Funimation English dub of Dragon Ball Super began airing on Adult Swim on Saturdays at 8 p.m., with an encore showing in their Toonami block later that night at 11:30 p.m. starting on January 7, 2017, alongside Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters . Toei Animation Asia-Pacific has commissioned

17472-420: The editorial department, "As with last time, I wrote the overall plot outline, and the scriptwriters have been compiling and expanded the story content into individual episodes, making various changes and additions, and generally doing their best to make the story more interesting." In addition to new characters designed by Toriyama, other characters for the "Universe Survival arc" were designed by Toyotarou , and

17640-411: The eighteenth of August. Dragon Ball Super volume 4 topped NPD BookScan's graphic novels list for January 2019. In The New York Times ' Graphic Books and Manga bestseller monthly list, the sixth volume ranked fourteenth for October 2019; eighth volume was fifteenth of April 2020; fifteenth volume was twelfth of February 2022; sixteenth volume was thirteenth of September; eighteenth volume

17808-462: The end of the series, Trunks, now grown up, participates in the 28th Tenkaichi Budokai against the fighter Otokosuki. Trunks appears in Dragon Ball Super , which chronologically takes place before the ending of Dragon Ball Z , as a recurring support character. He is usually paired with Goten and often used as comic relief. He then meets his future counterpart in person for the first time during

17976-471: The entire Dragon Ball Z anime series and in all other media, Trunks is voiced by Takeshi Kusao with the only exception being in Dragon Ball Daima , where a mini Trunks was voiced by Tsubasa Yonaga . Akira Toriyama stated that it was difficult to decide on Present Trunks' voice. The producer at Toei Animation and the editorial department discussed that, perhaps, it would be better if they changed to

18144-509: The events of the Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' films. The series ran for 131 episodes, broadcast from July 5, 2015, to March 25, 2018, on FNS (Fuji TV). An English-subtitled simulcast of Dragon Ball Super was made available in North America and Europe through Crunchyroll and Daisuki . Following the closure of Daisuki, the hosted Dragon Ball Super episodes were transferred to

18312-449: The exception of Broly . Before the start of the series, Frieza destroys Planet Vegeta out of both fear of a potential uprising by the Saiyans due to their increasing power, and the prophecy of the coming of the legendary Super Saiyan and Lord Beerus telling and instigating him to destroy planet Vegeta. Frieza only knowingly spares Vegeta , Nappa , and Raditz , who were away on a mission when he blew Planet Vegeta up, after telling them it

18480-423: The exception of Goku's son Gohan , has fallen at the hands of the artificial humans. Trunks has been living with Bulma and secretly training with his master Gohan. After an unsuccessful ambush, Gohan is murdered by the Androids. When Trunks finds the body, he becomes engulfed in rage and sadness, awakening his Super Saiyan transformation. After Gohan's death, Trunks assumes the mantle of Earth's sole protector against

18648-416: The fifth episode received harshly negative responses from Japanese and Western audiences due to its poor animation style compared to the previous four episodes. These problems continued at episode twenty-four, and several more episodes onward. Dragon Ball Kai and Resurrection 'F' producer Norihiro Hayashida felt that the criticism was overblown. He said that people were criticizing the entire series based on

18816-485: The film's original story "will probably be totally different [from Broly ]." On July 23, 2021, the sequel's official title was revealed as Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero . The film was released in Japan on April 22, 2022, and internationally on August 19, 2022. In Japan, the anime series was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Happinet between December 2015 and July 2018, with each "box" also containing textless opening and closing credits sequences and packaged with

18984-622: The final version, while Toriyama designed the Sugarians after Toyotarou's first two designs were rejected. Toriyama also designed the Namekian Monaito, whom he originally named "Slug" before it was changed to differentiate him from the character of the same name in the film Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991). The main story and postlude of the "Super Hero arc", chapters 91 to 103, were largely written by Toriyama, although Toyotarou made some additions. With input by Toriyama, Toyotarou came up with

19152-417: The first released on April 4, 2016. Viz Media began posting free English translations of the manga chapters to their website on June 24, 2016. A print release of the first volume followed in spring 2017. The anime television series was produced by Toei Animation , with individual episodes written by different screenwriters, and aired on Fuji TV from July 2015 to March 2018. The first 27 episodes readapt

19320-476: The fused warrior Gotenks. Gotenks fights Buu, first in the time dimension, then in the real world until the thirty-minute fusion time limit expires. Through Buu's treachery they, along with Piccolo , are absorbed by Buu, thus increasing his power. Once freed, Trunks, along with Goten, Gohan, and Piccolo are killed when Buu blows up the Earth. After being resurrected, Trunks helped to rally the people on Earth to support Goku's Genki-Dama in his defeat of Majin Buu. At

19488-505: The future timeline are erased from existence by Future Zeno, who accompanies Goku back to the present, where he becomes Present Zeno's friend. Future Trunks and Future Mai leave for an alternate timeline. Both Zenos hold the Tournament of Power, where teams of ten fighters from eight of the twelve universes will battle, with defeated universes being erased from existence. Goku, Vegeta, Gohan , Piccolo , Krillin , Android 18 , Tien Shinhan , and Master Roshi are joined by Android 17 and

19656-478: The future. Years later, Frieza is contacted by a former subordinate named Elec to meet him and his group on planet Cereal. Meanwhile, Elec wishes for his younger brother, Gas, to be the strongest warrior in the universe. After Elec sets up a trap to have Granolah and Gas kill Goku and Vegeta, Frieza arrives and murders Gas. Frieza then kills Elec after revealing that he was aware of the latter's plan to assassinate him. Frieza reveals to Goku and Vegeta that he had found

19824-724: The globe fighting the villains that escape from Hell. Trunks also appears in the promotional anime for Super Dragon Ball Heroes, as Xeno Trunks. Xeno Trunks is able to use the Super Saiyan God transformation using God Ki. Both incarnations of Trunks have appeared in most Dragon Ball related video games. He has also appeared in other related games such as Jump Super Stars , its sequel Jump Ultimate Stars , and Battle Stadium D.O.N . The game Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai – Another Road centers around Trunks' battle with Majin Boo in his future timeline. In 1992, Trunks would act as escort through time in

19992-399: The ice holding Frieza and Cell and it shatters to pieces, implying that Frieza and Cell have been erased from existence. However, in a future scene, Frieza and Cell are seen being taken away in a jail cell with tape over their mouths and appear in the live-action GT show where he and Cell gain new forms to track down Goku. He appeared in a TV ad for Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods , as he makes

20160-540: The idea of eternal life from his time in Earth's Hell. Frieza recruits the Saiyan Broly and his father Paragus, who accompany him to Earth for the last Dragon Ball, realizing the former's potential as he matched Goku and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan Blue forms. This inspires Frieza to kill Paragus to force Broly's transformation into a Super Saiyan, only to be caught in Broly's rampage after the latter quickly defeats Goku. Frieza

20328-445: The ideas for the prequel chapters 88 to 90, explaining; "I loved Gohan's high school arc [in the original manga] and wanted to place Trunks and Goten into that world." The Saiyaman X costume was conceived by Toyotarou to be both "lame and cool", before Toriyama polished and completed the design. Toyotarou, illustrator of the Dragon Ball Super manga, which began serialization before the anime began airing, explained that he received

20496-473: The interactive Videkko game Dragon Ball Z: Get Together! Goku World . Future Trunks is also featured in the MMORPG Dragon Ball Online , where he is referred to as Time Patrol Trunks ( タイム・パトロール・トランクス , Taimu Patorōru Torankusu ) . This version of Trunks plays a major role in the plot of Dragon Ball: Xenoverse , helping the player to correct changes in the Dragon Ball timeline caused by

20664-549: The major plot points from Toriyama, before drawing the storyboard and filling in the details himself. He would send the manga storyboard to Toriyama for review, who would edit the initial draft, making changes to dialogue and art, before sending it back to Toyotarou, thus illustrating the final draft and sending it to Shueisha for publication. After the death of Akira Toriyama in March 2024, the Dragon Ball Super manga has been put on an indefinite hiatus. Toei Animation producer Atsushi Kido previously worked on Dragon Ball Z for

20832-401: The manga's second half, Frieza is widely considered to be the most iconic and popular villain in Dragon Ball , and the archenemy of Goku – since he effectively catalyzes many of the events depicted in the story, due to the destruction of the Saiyan homeworld Planet Vegeta at his hands and Goku's arrival on Earth and subsequent conflicts with Raditz, Nappa and Vegeta . Frieza later appears as

21000-543: The manga, is a fictional character and a primary antagonist in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama . He makes his debut in Chapter #247: "Dark Clouds Swirl Over Planet Namek", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on October 24, 1989, as the main antagonist of his eponymous saga, depicted as a galactic tyrant feared as the most powerful being in the universe. Despite not appearing until

21168-493: The manipulations of Towa and Mira and fights the player in the game's climax alongside the game's main antagonist Demigra after becoming possessed by him. After the duo are defeated and Trunks is returned to normal, he intervenes when Demigra tries to take control of the player. In the Dragon Ball and One Piece crossover manga Cross Epoch , Trunks is a member of Captain Vegeta's air pirate crew. Trunks also made an appearance in

21336-435: The memories of his defeats at the hands of Goku and Trunks. But Frieza is resurrected by Sorbet, who saw Frieza's return as essential to restore the Frieza Force to its former glory, and his right hand, Tagoma. The two then bring Frieza's diced Mecha Frieza form to their ship, where they use their advanced medical technology to restore him to his full organic form. After learning that Goku defeated Majin Buu and fought Beerus to

21504-475: The new enemy; Bulma, Goten , Trunks, Android 18, and Krillin arrive as reinforcements. Gamma 2 sacrifices himself, while Gohan and Piccolo achieve new "Beast" and "Orange" forms, respectively. The team successfully defeats Cell Max while a repentant Hedo and Gamma 1 are given job positions at Capsule Corporation. Goku and Vegeta learn of the events from Whis, including Gohan's new power. Goku teleports to Earth to fetch Gohan, Goten, and Trunks to Beerus' planet. After

21672-443: The one in which he easily killed Frieza. In an interview, actor Masi Oka compared his Heroes character Hiro Nakamura to Trunks, as both are time travellers who carry swords. Manga creator Tite Kubo stated that to this day no fight scene has shocked him more than Trunks' first appearance. Dragon Ball Super Dragon Ball Super ( Japanese : ドラゴンボール 超 （ スーパー ） , Hepburn : Doragon Bōru Sūpā )

21840-427: The original unaltered timeline where Goku dies of a viral heart disease, Frieza and King Cold are intercepted and killed on Earth by Goku, who arrived via Instant Transmission, and Cell is later killed by Future Trunks. Ending up in Earth's Hell after being killed by Future Trunks, Frieza spends the next fourteen years being tortured by the playful antics of an overly saccharine cadre of angels and fairies while reliving

22008-487: The other non-canon movies. Alexis Tipton voices him as a child starting from Dragon Ball Super . Trunks possesses several abilities including superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, and energy blasts, which can be utilized by the use of ki . Both incarnations of Trunks have access to the Super Saiyan transformation, although their achievement of this form differs between incarnation. Future Trunks achieved this in his early teens, while present Trunks would be shown to have

22176-442: The others retreat to the past. Goku later invited Trunks to get Future Zeno. The two go back, with Trunks and Mai bidding their farewells as they live for a new future timeline where Zamasu's actions never occurred that is home to another Mai and another Trunks. Trunks' second incarnation first appears as an infant in chapter #337 Super Warriors Assemble ( 集う超戦士たち , Tsudō Super Senshi-tachi ) , published on August 26, 1991. He

22344-481: The planet where the Saiyans had settled. After defeating Vegeta, Frieza takes on Piccolo , who has at this point fused with Nail. Although Piccolo appears to be even with him, he transforms into his third form and dominates the powerful Namekian. Following a brief tussle with Gohan, Frieza decides to transform into his final form. He kills Dende to stop him from healing the others and mortally wounds Vegeta just as Goku arrives, who just recovered following his fight with

22512-476: The planet. This arc retells the events of the 2015 film Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' and was summarized in the manga. While Goku and Vegeta train with Whis, the remnants of the Frieza Force collect the Earth's Dragon Balls and resurrect Frieza. After training, Frieza returns to Earth, seeking revenge of Goku. Despite achieving his Golden transformation, he is defeated by Goku and Vegeta, who have mastered

22680-465: The plot proposal and added the group known as The Heeters. It was Toriyama's decision to have the newly revealed backstory on the Namekian race. Toyotarou called it the "sort of huge decision" that he (Toyotarou) can not make. Because Granolah's race went extinct in the story 50 years prior, Toyotarou made his clothing old-fashioned in addition to adding steampunk elements. After Toriyama reminded him that

22848-1212: The poor animation and narrative quoted as "shameless soap opera" based on the handling of the cast. The final arc, Universe Survival arc, particularly episodes, 109/110 and 116 have been cited as some of the Super series' best episodes due to Goku's new power up form known as the Ultra Instinct; Despite this praise, Jay Gibbs of ComicsVerse criticized the series for its inconsistent narrative, having heard "an explanation within an episode, then see that very explanation invalidated seconds later." The United States premiere of Dragon Ball Super obtained 1,063,000 viewers for its 8 p.m. showing on Adult Swim. Episodes 130 and 131 were live streamed in various cities across Latin American countries including Mexico , El Salvador , Bolivia , Ecuador , and Nicaragua for free in public venues. The public screenings drew large record audiences, which included filling stadiums in Mexico and other Latin American countries, with each screening drawing audiences numbering in

23016-581: The primary villain in the 2015 film Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' and as a recurring character in Dragon Ball Super . Frieza, a broker who forcibly takes over planets to resell them, often rendering the planet's population extinct first, was created around the time of the Japanese economic bubble and was inspired by real estate speculators , whom Toriyama called the "worst kind of people." Toriyama purposely does not draw bad guys so unscrupulous that it affects one psychologically, although he admits Frieza

23184-478: The rest by Toei itself using the OkraTron 5000 dub. In Australia, ABC Me started airing the series on November 3, 2018, with a new episode every Saturday at 2:45 pm. In the United Kingdom, the series aired on Pop from July 1, 2019, with episodes first airing at 7 pm on weekdays. As of 2022, the series now airs on CBBC and can also be found on BBC iPlayer . An animated film, Dragon Ball Super: Broly ,

23352-458: The rest of their team. As the tournament commences, Frieza meets his Sixth Universe counterpart Frost ( フロスト , Furosuto ) , a con artist who posed as a hero until a previous contest between the Seventh and Sixth Universes exposed his criminal activities and forced him into hiding. Frieza tricks Frost into believing they have forged an alliance to take out the Saiyans, proceeding to take out both

23520-542: The revived Red Ribbon Army. Gotenks also appears, albeit is in the obese state due to the duo doing the fusion technique wrong. In Dragon Ball GT , Trunks' second incarnation has become the President of Capsule Corporation, but does not take the job seriously. He accompanies Goku and Pan into space to recover the Black Star Dragon Balls. They have many strange encounters and meet many unusual characters including

23688-709: The robot named Giru, who would act as the gang's Dragon Radar. Upon arriving on Giru's home world, the trio are hijacked by Dr. Myu's robots and Trunks is solidified in living metal for study. Although, the contents of the plate was not really Trunks, but a cleverly made decoy by both Trunks and Giru. Trunks uses the opportunity to uncover Dr. Myu's plan, which is to awaken Baby , and sabotage the process. Trunks' plan fails as Baby had managed to escape to Earth. When they return home, Baby has managed to possess Vegeta and brainwash everyone else into becoming his followers. Shortly after arriving, Trunks also falls victim to Baby's mind control and battles Goku. Later, he along with Goten travel

23856-597: The role of series director with Kōhei Hatano (no relation), another storyboard artist and episode director for the series. Masako Nozawa reprises her roles as Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Son Goten. Most of the original cast reprise their roles as well. However, Jōji Yanami 's roles as the North Kaio and the narrator were indefinitely taken over by Naoki Tatsuta as of episode 12, so that Yanami could take medical leave. Kōichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita also return as Beerus and Whis , respectively. The first preview of

24024-423: The same time embracing his humanity. Trunks is a popular character in the series; his future incarnation placed third in both the 1993 and 1995 Dragon Ball character popularity polls voted on by Weekly Shōnen Jump readers. In 2004, fans of the series voted him the fourth most popular character for a poll in the book Dragon Ball Forever . Trunks has appeared in various Anime Grand Prix polls, appearing fifth in

24192-435: The same upper-body armor and shorts that many of his subordinates are shown to wear, and while traveling, often gives the appearance of weakness by exclusively using his hoverchair for transportation, leaving his henchmen to do his "dirty work". Though frail in comparison with his succeeding forms, Frieza still boasts sufficient force to destroy planets. While shifting to his next stage, Frieza breaks his battle-jacket, revealing

24360-450: The series aired on June 14, 2015, following episode 164 of Dragon Ball Z Kai . The next day, the main promotional image for Dragon Ball Super was added to its official website and unveiled two new characters, who were later revealed to be named Champa and Vados , respectively. A thirty-second trailer including the new characters was uploaded to the series' official website on June 26, 2015. The anime began airing on July 5, 2015, and

24528-497: The series' title sequence and said "My middle-school self is so happy right now, you guys." Jamieson Cox of The Verge also praised the title sequence and said that " Dragon Ball Super' s intro will have you begging for its North American release". Cox was also surprised that, considering how popular the franchise is, the series did not launch internationally at the same time. He called it "a move that wouldn't be unprecedented" giving Sailor Moon Crystal as an example. However,

24696-536: The series' most entertaining villain in the entire series which led to the staff to revive him multiple times in order to appeal to returning fans. Response to Frieza's revival in Resurrection F has been mixed to negative. DVD Talk enjoyed the rematch between Frieza and Goku in Resurrection F but still lamented that its length was too much when compared with other subplots. IGN was more positive in regards Frieza's new powers and rivalry with Goku. Anime News Network lamented Frieza's role as he felt that he barely gave

24864-515: The series. Norihito Sumitomo, the composer for Battle of Gods and Resurrection 'F' , is scoring Dragon Ball Super . An original soundtrack for the anime was released on CD by Nippon Columbia on February 24, 2016. The first opening theme song for episodes 1 to 76 is " Chōzetsu☆Dynamic! " ( 超絶☆ダイナミック！ , Chōzetsu Dainamikku , "Excellent Dynamic!") by Kazuya Yoshii of The Yellow Monkey in both Japanese and English. The lyrics were penned by Yukinojo Mori who has written numerous songs for

25032-479: The son of Vegeta and Bulma , who has traveled back to their time from the future. After a brief battle, Frieza is sliced to pieces by Trunks and his remains blasted into oblivion, with his father following shortly afterward. Though finally gone, Frieza's cells are later used as a catalyst for the future villain Cell . Cell is eventually destroyed by Gohan, thereby destroying the last traces of Frieza's biological tissue. In

25200-468: The stamina for a prolonged fight in his powered state. He then has Sorbet shoot Goku, forcing Vegeta to take up his place. Vegeta nearly kills Frieza, who instead causes his death by destroying Earth. but Whis rewinds time so Goku can quickly kill off Frieza before he destroys the planet. Frieza returns to Hell, where he is once more tormented by the angels. Frieza appears in the manga adaption omake alongside Sorbet and Susami in Hell. Frieza later returns in

25368-494: The stand-alone manga side story Trunks: The Story – The Lone Warrior ( TRUNKS THE STORY －たったひとりの戦士－ , Torankusu za Sutōrī -Tatta Hitori no Senshi- ) and chapters #419 and 420, Trunks has traveled from twenty years in the future where the world is in constant ruin due to the terror of the two androids #17 and #18 which were created by Doctor Gero , the former chief scientist of the Red Ribbon Army . By this time, Goku has succumbed to an unknown heart virus and everyone, with

25536-456: The strongest warrior in the universe, at the cost of his lifespan. The Heeters manipulate Goku and Vegeta into fighting Granolah. While Goku and Vegeta grow stronger fighting Granolah, and Vegeta gains a new Ultra Ego transformation, the two are defeated by Granolah. Before he can finish them, Granolah's foster father, the Namekian Monaito, reveals that Bardock , Goku's father, had saved them during Frieza's attack on Cereal forty years prior. During

25704-428: The survivors defend themselves, before attempting to recruit Goku and Vegeta from the present timeline. During Goku and Goku Black's fight, Trunks' time machine is destroyed, leaving him stuck in the present era, until Bulma rebuild a new one. After a reunion with a now adult Gohan, Trunks becomes encouraged to defeat Goku Black in order for the people of his own timeline to have a chance at that same happiness, also having

25872-416: The thousands to the tens of thousands. Even though the fan reaction has been positive, Dragon Ball Super has been criticized by fans for lacking the blood and gore that was present in its predecessor Dragon Ball Z . This is, however, due to the fact that the series is targeted towards a younger demographic than the previous installments, and as such, censorship would not allow such content to be shown on

26040-428: The title of the film Fukkatsu no F and is featured in the movie. Seikima-II frontman Demon Kakka wrote and performed the song "Tada Kogoeru Elegy ~The Theme of Frieza~" ( ただ凍える挽歌(Elegy)〜The Theme Of FREEZER〜 ) that appeared in two episodes of Dragon Ball Kai and on the 2009 Dragon Ball Kai Song Collection album. In the manga Black Cat , the character Sven Vollfied is often seen using his cell phone with

26208-448: The tournament's arena was found surprising for how such characters who have hated each other for years have decided to join forces to the point even Vegeta is shocked at seeing this. IGN noted that Frieza was absent through so many episodes of the final arc and praised his team up with Goku not only due to their differences but also animation highlights. However, the fact that Frieza is not only revived but also given his own empire back left

26376-430: The traditional on'yomi Chō ( ちょう ) or kun'yomi Ko ( こ ) reading for the kanji , it is meant to be pronounced and read as Sūpā ( スーパー ) , the English word for "super" in katakana . Other media in the series had done the same like the video game Super Dragon Ball Z (2005). Toriyama explained his involvement with the "Future Trunks arc" by saying that he created the story based on suggestions from

26544-526: The transformation quickly drains Frieza's energy and stamina due to him not training himself further to become accustomed to the form, and thus is unsuitable for prolonged combat, as he soon finds himself unable to compete with Goku and Vegeta in their Super Saiyan Blue forms. After his second revival in the Tournament of Power Saga, Frieza reveals he mastered his Golden form due to intense meditation while in hell. This "True Golden Frieza" can be used indefinitely without any drain on Frieza's stamina or even while he

26712-419: The universes in the future. Future Trunks reappears, with news of an dark enemy who resembles Goku, known as Goku Black . They discover that Goku Black's true identity is Zamasu , a Kaioshin apprentice from Universe 10, who used the Super Dragon Balls to steal Goku's body from a different timeline, as part of his plan to wipe out every mortal. Ultimately, Fused Zamasu (the union between Black and Zamasu) and

26880-425: Was broadcast on Sundays at 9:00 a.m. on Fuji TV . On January 19, 2018, it was revealed that Super 's timeslot would be replaced with GeGeGe no Kitarō starting on April 1, 2018. According to Amazon Japan, the final Blu-ray set indicated the series' end at episode 131. The series ended on March 25, 2018, with the conclusion of the "Universe Survival Saga". Fuji TV stated that there were no plans to continue

27048-655: Was really able to get into and sympathize for during his battles." In an IGN article on Dragon Ball GT , Trunks' character design in GT was criticized as being "goofy". Trunks' final fight against the villain Zamasu from Dragon Ball Super earned praise by Sam Leach from Anime News Network. However he also called it "cheesy" based on the way Trunks receives energy from all his allies in order to face his enemy. Shawn Saris from IGN shared similar comments, praising how he accidentally absorbs humanity's powers into his sword to defeat Zamasu while at

27216-453: Was released on June 11, 2022, and was later adapted into the manga. The anime series concluded at the end of the Tournament of Power saga, while the manga is currently on hiatus with the conclusion of the Super Hero saga following Toriyama's passing in March 2024. This arc retells the events of the 2013 film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods . After the defeat of Majin Buu , Son Goku works as

27384-1245: Was seventh of July 2023; and the nineteenth volume ranked eleventh of October. In Japan, the manga's tankōbon volumes 1 and 2 sold 594,342 copies by June 2017, volume 3 sold 236,720 copies by July 2017, volume 4 sold 267,417 copies by November 2017, volume 5 sold 400,000 copies by April 2018, volume 6 sold 216,871 copies by June 2018, volume 7 sold 208,796 copies by September 2018, volume 8 sold 314,269 copies by January 2019, volume 9 sold 188,027 copies by April 2019, volume 10 sold 196,204 copies by August 2019, volume 11 sold 119,283 copies by December 2019, volume 12 sold 146,305 copies by April 2020, volume 13 sold 155,095 copies by August 2020, volumen 14 sold 95,101 copies by December 2020, volumen 15 sold 150,971 copies by April 2021, volume 16 sold 107,812 copies by August 2021, volume 17 sold 156,744 copies by December 2021 and volume 18 sold 193,333 copies by April 2022. According to Oricon's Yearly Sales Ranking 2020 - Top 50, Dragon Ball Super ranked at #38 with Yearly Sales - 1,019,655 Copies Sales. This adds up to at least 3,747,280 tankōbon copies sold in Japan by April 2022. Tom Speelman of ComicsAlliance noted that Toyotarou's condensed and altered versions of

27552-560: Was struck by a meteor. However, when Bardock made a final stand when Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta, he did not notice the Saiyan's second son being sent to Earth, where he became known as Goku. Frieza makes his official appearance in the story after Vegeta's defeat on Earth at Goku's hands, having traveled to Planet Namek to find the seven Namekian Dragon Balls to wish for immortality. He and his men massacre Namekian villages one after another, until Gohan , Krillin, and Vegeta begin to hamper his efforts in their way. Though Frieza manages to gain

27720-464: Was suppressing his powers. Gas goes berserk, but regains control of himself, with Elec's help. With Granolah and Vegeta incapacitated, Goku uses Instant Transmission to lure Gas away from Cereal. Goku, Granolah, Vegeta and Monaito retreat to Monaito's house to recuperate. Monaito gives Goku Bardock's scouter, which contains an audio recording of him defeating Gas through sheer will and determination. As Monaito heals Granolah, Goku and Vegeta face off against

27888-416: Was surprisingly not regenerated, the rest of his wounds disappeared as if nothing ever touched him. Drastically differing from his previous transformations, in his final, true form, Frieza's third form (being more like a shell for this final form) cracks and shatters open, revealing a shorter and less bulky appearance. His horns and spikes disappear with his physique becoming entirely streamlined and his skin

28056-449: Was the first film in the Dragon Ball franchise to be produced under the Super chronology. Released on December 14, 2018, with a new art style, most of the film is set after the "Universe Survival" story arc (the beginning of the movie takes place in the past). A second Dragon Ball Super film was confirmed to be in pre-production on June 4, 2019, by Toei executive Akio Iyoku. Iyoku feels that

28224-547: Was voiced by Pauline Newstone in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. In Funimation's in-house English dub, Frieza was voiced by Linda Young in the Dragon Ball Z series and continued playing him in all subsequent media up until the first episode of Dragon Ball Z Kai . Christopher Ayres voiced the character in later episodes of Kai and all subsequent media through Dragon Ball Super . Due to being diagnosed with end-stage COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and requiring

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