"Color Edition" | Original Dragon Ball Manga.
All the information about the "Color Edition" of Dragon Ball in Spain.
Details about the format, binding, release, volumes, and curiosities of the "Color Edition" of this manga.
This page contains all the necessary information to collect the "Color Edition" of the original Dragon Ball manga. Details about its format and printing, number of volumes and how they are divided, release years, all covers, along with more details and curiosities about the Spanish edition brought by the publisher Planeta.
What is the "Color Edition" of Dragon Ball?
The "Color Edition" of the Dragon Ball manga, as its name suggests, is the "Colored" version of the original DB drawn by Toriyama. It was published in Japan by Shueisha in digital format in 2012 and later in physical format in 2013, arriving in Spain in 2014 through the publisher Planeta.
The characteristics of this edition of the Dragon Ball manga.
This is a special edition that comes after the "Ultimate" edition, so it also has a series of unique features that we detail here:
- Fully colored: Unlike the "Ultimate" or "Legend" versions, which retain the pages originally colored by Toriyama, this edition has fully colored the manga, using colors chosen by Akira, such as yellow for the Namekian musculature instead of pink, as seen in the anime.
- Divided by sagas: For this edition, Shueisha decided to adapt the manga by parts or sagas, encompassing each storyline arc in specific volumes, resulting in 6 parts and 32 volumes (less than the Ultimate edition).
- New covers: Shueisha decided to use and mix the original covers included with the individual issues to create the covers for all the volumes in this collection, giving us something different from previous editions.
- Better printing and paper quality: Since these are color pages that require more ink, it was inevitable that this aspect was significantly improved for this edition.
- Physical and digital publication: With this edition, the publisher ventured to release the manga in both formats, betting on the future.
- Kanzenban format: After the "Ultimate" edition, Shueisha could not return to a smaller format for this special edition, but in Spain, Planeta Cómics published this collection in Tankobon size to the dismay of many.
Facts and curiosities about the Spanish edition by Planeta Cómic.
Here we provide some facts and curiosities about this edition of the Dragon Ball manga released by Planeta in Spain, which has some differences from the Japanese edition.
Printing Specifications of the Volumes:
- Reading direction: Right to left (Oriental).
- Cover: Softcover with dust jacket.
- Binding: Paperback.
- Format: Tankobon.
- Number of pages: 230-300 per volume.
- Total volumes: 32.
- Total parts: 6.
32 Volumes Divided into 6 Parts
As previously mentioned, this collection features fewer volumes, structured to follow the story arcs more cohesively. The sagas are divided as follows:
- Part 1: Saga of Origins (8 volumes)
- Part 2: Saga of the Great Demon King Piccolo (4 volumes)
- Part 3: Saiyan Saga (3 volumes)
- Part 4: Frieza Saga (5 volumes)
- Part 5: Android & Cell Saga (6 volumes)
- Part 6: Majin Buu Saga (6 volumes)
A downgrade compared to the Japanese edition.
As mentioned in the specifications, the Spanish edition was published in Tankobon format, whereas the Japanese edition was released in a larger format (Kanzenban), allowing for better appreciation of the colors and artwork.
It was not released in chronological order.
This detail, although merely a curiosity, is interesting for collectors. Currently, with the entire collection for sale, it can be noted that due to the greater popularity of Dragon Ball Z compared to Goku's more childlike phase, the arcs of DBZ were published first, leaving the volumes corresponding to the protagonist's childhood for last.
The complete list or checklist of the 32 volumes of the Dragon Ball Color Edition, with illustrations of the covers and sorted by sagas.
Here is a complete list or checklist, featuring illustrations of all the covers, the corresponding part or saga, their numbers (both total and within the saga), and their original release year in Spain. Additionally, it includes a filter to view only the volumes from a specific saga, and all volumes have links to stores where you can check availability and compare prices.
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Some individual issues from the other collections and formats of the original DB.
This is a sample of some covers from the different issues or volumes of the other 4 collections published in Spain of this manga.
The other paper collections from the Dragon Ball universe.
