Origin of Dragon Ball

[MoonlightShadow]

The origin of Dragon Ball series is Chinese classic novel Journey to the West, or.. it's parody of the novel to be exact. In the novel.. a priest from Tang dynasty is making a journey to India to get a manuscript of Holy Book in Thunder temple, the Priest then accompanied by Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing

In Dragon Ball, Priest Xuanzhang is Bulma, Sun Wukong is Goku, Zhu Bajie is Oolong, and Sha Wujing is Yamcha. Also.. the mission to get the Holy Book was changed into collecting 7 Dragon Balls

 

[gemxtria]

Oh wow, that's cool. Have you got the source for this? i'd love to read more into it

 

[MoonlightShadow]

Oh wow, that's cool. Have you got the source for this? i'd love to read more into it

I forgot how did i know this lol i read this long time ago

 

[gemxtria]

I forgot how did i know this lol i read this long time ago

I'm going to do some researching later. might even try find a copy

 

[Grungie]

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Oh wow, that's cool. Have you got the source for this? i'd love to read more into it
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This wasn’t really a secret, as Journey to the West is fairly well known in Japan, especially with the concept of Goku. Sun Wukong is pronounced Son Goku in Japanese, and what’s Goku called in Japanese? Son Goku.

Sun Wukong also is a monkey who fights with a stick and flies around on a cloud. Guess who else fights with a stick and flies around on a cloud?

 

[gemxtria]

I've just never heard of it before and wanted to read more into it

 

[Blackangel]

oh wow and i never knew
great info you got there clo and great going as well

 

[Demon_skeith]

I still have yet to read the source material, one of these days I need to.

 

[MoonlightShadow]

I still have yet to read the source material, one of these days I need to.

Journey to the West? I download the ebook, it's massive, it have 1410 pages lol