Opening
The Dragon Ball fandom is vast and is evident in various media. I firstly want to give a quick description of Dragon Ball. Dragon Ball is a shonen jump manga written by Akira Toriyama back in the 1980s that is set in the world of martial arts, which later gives way to a more fantasy aspect, and was promptly given an animated show two years later. That's a bare bones explanation to the vast world of Dragon Ball.
One more thing before we hop into the parts I researched: I am a long-time fan of Dragon Ball. I was introduced to Dragon Ball by my dad since he watched the original Dragon Ball Z run as a kid, then we watched the reduced and re-animated Z Kai run when I was younger. Since then, we both watched Super and have played lots of the games as well. I'm probably into it way more than him now, but it was a huge part of my childhood, and I'm still an avid fan.
Fan Art & Creations
Dragon Ball, being a huge show and project in many ways, means that it takes time in between shows, manga, and games. In these times, people take matters into their own hands to stay entertained.
The biggest way, in my opinion, is all of the fan manga that come out. There are many out there, but the two ones I know and hear about the most are Dragon Ball AF and Dragon Ball Kakumei. These are both fan-made manga that follow what-ifs and continuations of non-canon stories. Both came out during a long drought in Dragon Ball manga and shows before Super came out. The most interesting part is that the writer of Dragon Ball AF, Toyotaro, became Akira Toriyama's second in command, and he is now the lead of Dragon Ball due to Toriyama's passing.
Many fan animations explore many characters that just don't get as much spotlight. There is also something that can't go without mention, and that is Dragon Ball Z Abridged, made by the YouTube channel Team Four Star. This wasn't a new animation but a redubbing of all of Dragon Ball Z up to the Buu saga. until recently, when they just did the Buu saga. Their most popular video is the dub of the Broly movie.
Cosplay Highlights
Online Community
The Dragon Ball Fandom get a bad reputation due to a common
hobby of power scaling in the anime world. With dragon ball being so strong its
annoying to argue with. Power scaling is "Power scaling refers to the
process of determining the relative strength, abilities, or performance levels
of characters, entities, or systems, often in the context of speculative
fiction, such as comics, anime, and video games. It is used to create a
comparative metric for analyzing and discussing character abilities."(goong)
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