Dragon Ball Super Manga
Original runDecember 3, 1984 – June 5, 1995Volumes42. (anime).Dragon Ball (: ドラゴンボール,: Doragon Bōru) is a Japanese series written and illustrated. Originally serialized in magazine from 1984 to 1995, the 519 individual chapters were printed in 42 volumes by the publisher. Dragon Ball was inspired by the Chinese novel as well as. It initially had a comedy focus but later became an action-packed fighting series. The story follows the adventures of, from childhood to adulthood, as he trains in and explores the world in search of the Dragon Balls, seven magical orbs which summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered.
Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls.The manga was adapted into two series produced by: and, which were broadcast in Japan from 1986 to 1996. A has built up around the series; among the merchandise, there have been, action figures,. The series was licensed for an English-language release in North America and the United Kingdom by, and in Australia and New Zealand. The companies initially split the manga into two parts, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z to match the anime series but the most recent edition of the series was released under its original title.Dragon Ball has become one of the most successful manga series of all time. Its collected volumes have sold over 160 million copies in Japan, and are estimated to have sold 250–300 million copies worldwide, making it the. Regarded as one of the most influential manga series, Dragon Ball has inspired including ( ), ( ) and ( ).
Critical reception to the series has been mostly positive. Reviewers have praised the comedy, fight scenes and pacing while recognizing the theme and the use of cultural references from. Complaints from parents in the United States resulted in English-language releases being edited to remove nudity, racial stereotypes, and other content. A sequel, titled, has been published in since 2015.
It is written by Toriyama and illustrated. See also:, a monkey-tailed boy, and, a teenage girl, travel to find the seven Dragon Balls, which summon the dragon to grant the user one wish. Their journey leads to the desert bandit, who later becomes an ally;, whom Goku unknowingly agrees to marry; and, an impish man who seeks the Dragon Balls to fulfill his desire to rule the world.
Goku undergoes rigorous training regimes under the martial arts master to fight in the Tenkaichi Budōkai ( 天下一武道会, lit. 'Strongest Under the Heavens Martial Arts Tournament'). He becomes friends with a monk named, his training partner and initial rival. After the tournament, Goku searches for the Dragon Ball his grandfather left him and almost single-handedly defeats the and their hired assassin,. Goku then reunites with his friends to defeat the fortune teller 's fighters and use her to find the last Dragon Ball in order to revive a friend killed by Taopaipai.Three years later at the Tenkaichi Budōkai, Goku and his allies oppose Kame-Sen'nin's rival and Taopaipai's brother, Tsuru-Sen'nin, and his students. Kuririn is killed after the tournament; Goku tracks down the murderer's leader, but is defeated. The samurai takes Goku to the hermit, who heals him and gives him a power boost.
Meanwhile, Piccolo defeats and kills Kame-Sen'nin and Chaozu before using the Dragon Balls to regain his youth and destroy Shenlong. Goku then kills Piccolo Daimao, who, before dying, spawns his son/reincarnation.
Karin then directs Goku to, the original creator of the Dragon Balls and Piccolo Daimao's other half, to restore Shenlong and revive his slain friends. Goku trains under Kami for the next three years, once again reuniting with his friends at the Tenkaichi Budōkai. There, he defeats Piccolo, whose life he spares as it would also kill Kami. Goku leaves with Chi-Chi to keep his promise to marry her.Five years later, Goku is a young adult and father to a son,. A man named arrives on Earth, identifies Goku as his younger brother Kakarrot, and reveals to him that they are members of a nearly extinct extraterrestrial race called the Saiyans ( サイヤ人, Saiya-jin), who sent Goku to conquer Earth for them; however, Goku had suffered a as an infant and lost all memories of his mission.
Goku refuses to continue the mission, and sides with Piccolo to kill Raditz at the cost of his own life. In the afterlife, Goku trains under the until he is revived by the Dragon Balls to save the Earth from the invading. In the battle, Yamcha, Chaozu, Tenshinhan, and Piccolo are killed, and the Dragon Balls cease to exist. Kuririn and the galactic tyrant learn of another set of Dragon Balls on the planet Namek ( ナメック星, Namekku-sei), Piccolo's homeworld. Bulma, Gohan, and Kuririn search for them to revive their friends and restore Earth's Dragon Balls. Their goal leads to several battles with Freeza's minions and Vegeta, the latter standing alongside the heroes to fight the, a team of mercenaries.
Dragon Ball is credited as one of the main reasons manga circulation was at its highest between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. During Dragon Ball ' s initial run in Weekly Shōnen Jump, the manga magazine reached an average circulation of 6.53 million weekly sales, the highest in its history. The manga version of the Dragon Ball Super story (also an anime) serialized monthly in V-Jump, written by Toriyama and drawn by Toyotarō, who previously created the Dragon Ball Heroes spin-off manga Victory Mission.As Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ was adapted in V-Jump just prior to the start of Super, the manga skips from the Battle of Gods arc to the Champa arc. Dragon Ball Super Manga Majin Buu Return Majin Buu while using his elastic leg, he kicked Moro in the stomach, grabbing him by the leg and slinging Moro around in circles. This would be really fun to see animated.
The long battle with Freeza ends when Goku transforms into a legendary Super Saiyan ( 超サイヤ人, Sūpā Saiya-jin) and defeats him. Barely surviving, Freeza recovers and goes to Earth to take his revenge on Goku; however, he is killed by a Super Saiyan from the future named.Three years later, a group of ( 人造人間, Jinzōningen, lit. 'Artificial Humans') created by a member of the former Red Ribbon Army, appears, seeking revenge against Goku. During this time, an evil life form called also emerges and, after absorbing two of the Androids to achieve his 'perfect form', holds his own fighting tournament to challenge the protagonists. After Goku sacrifices his own life to no avail, Gohan avenges his father by killing Cell. Seven years later Goku, briefly revived for one day, and his allies are drawn into a fight against.
After many battles, including the destruction and re-creation of the Earth, a resurrected Goku destroys Boo with a Genki-Dama (a sphere of pure energy drawn from all intelligent beings on Earth) and wishes for him to be reincarnated as a 'good person'. Ten years later, at the Tenkaichi Budōkai, Goku meets Boo's human reincarnation,. After testing his powers, Goku departs with Oob to train him to be the Earth's new guardian.Production WritingWithin roughly six months of creating the popular manga in 1980, wanted to end the series but his publisher would only allow him to do so if he agreed to start another serial for them shortly after. He worked with his editor, on several but none were successful. Torishima then suggested that, as Toriyama enjoyed, he should create a kung fu. He was a fan of such as and in particular, and he was influenced by the fight scenes from movies by famous martial arts actor, as he wanted to create a story with the basic theme of Journey to the West, but with 'a little.'
This led to the two-part ( 騎竜少年 （ ドラゴンボーイ ）, Doragon Bōi), published in the August and October 1983 issues of Fresh Jump. It follows a boy, adept at martial arts, who escorts a princess on a journey back to her home country. Dragon Boy was very well-received and evolved to become the serial Dragon Ball.Dragon Ball was loosely modeled on the classic Chinese novel. Torishima said he chose it largely because it was a free intellectual property, but also because its Chinese setting was not common in manga at the time and would make it both unique and differentiate it from Dr. Slump 's West Coast of the United States feel.
While the characters in Journey to the West travel to collect sacred scrolls, Toriyama added the idea of the Dragon Balls to give the characters a game-like activity of gathering something in order to appeal to its shōnen magazine audience. With Goku being, Bulma as, as, and Yamcha being, he originally thought the story would last about a year, or end once the Dragon Balls were collected. Toriyama said that although the stories are purposefully easy to understand, he specifically aimed Dragon Ball at an older audience than Dr. Slump.The manga was not popular initially. Although he suspected the fighting genre would appeal more to its shōnen audience, Toriyama tried to stick to the Journey to the West adventure aspect which he himself enjoyed.
Such as having the setting change each chapter, different enemies popping up, and different locations. It was only after he became tired of Torishima nagging about its popularity that Toriyama gave in and developed more battles with the first shown Tenkaichi Budōkai. Despite his reluctance, the author said it felt good when the series picked up in popularity at that point. However, he said he still tried to resist by returning to the adventure aspect with the Red Ribbon Army arc, and visiting Penguin Village from Dr. Slump to add comedy. When that did not work out, fighting became the main theme for the manga.Toriyama said that by the second half of the series, he had become more interested in coming up with the story than drawing it, and that the battles became more intense by him simplifying the lines. He also said he would get letters from readers complaining that the art had become 'too square', so he intentionally made it more so.
Years later he stated that because Dragon Ball is an action manga the most important aspect is the sense of speed, so he did not draw very elaborately, suggesting that he was not interested in the art. As the manga progressed, Toriyama struggled with the Android and Cell arc, feeling that he could not outdo the Freeza arc. He added, but said he had a hard time with the plot, only being able to think of what to do that week.
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After Cell's death, Toriyama intended for Gohan to replace Goku as the series' protagonist, but felt the character was not suited for it and changed his mind. Even after the Cell arc, Toriyama felt it could not end there and so continued to the Majin Boo arc. Having resolved it would be the finale, he decided to draw what he wanted and inserted comedy with Gohan's Great Saiyaman persona and the character Gotenks. However, he did not think of an ending until the final chapter. At the time, Toriyama said he gave Dragon Ball a low-key ending to make it seem as if the story might continue. But would later say he skipped 10 years ahead in the story to signal that it was truly the end.
Wanting to make it even clearer that Goku's battles were over, and a new generation was taking over, Toriyama slightly altered the ending for the kanzenban re-release of Dragon Ball which finished in 2004. Akira Toriyama did not plan the series' story in advance; he developed it on a weekly basis as he drew it.Typically, when creating a manga chapter, an artist draws a rough draft or ', then a more detailed, and lastly the finalized version. However, Toriyama only draws a storyboard and then the final product simply because it is less work. He did not plan the details of his stories in advance. When he began the serialization of Dragon Ball, he had only prepared storyboards for three chapters.
The author said that during its serialization he would wait about two days before his deadline to begin developing the storyboard. Starting around midnight, he would finish it around six in the morning and spend until that night inking, finishing everything in about a day-and-a-half. Unlike other artists, he had only one assistant helping him.
Toriyama said that thinking only about the story for each chapter put him in some tight spots, particularly with Trunks' time travel. The only thing he has confidence in is his ability to connect a story back to an earlier aspect, making it seem to have been. The author used suggestions in fan mail he received, though generally doing the opposite of what was suggested. As an example, many fans told him not to kill Vegeta, which is exactly what he did.Wanting to escape the Western themes that influenced Dr. Slump, Toriyama used scenery in Dragon Ball, referencing Chinese buildings and scenery. The island where the Tenkaichi Budōkai is held is modeled on, which he visited in 1985. The area around Bobbidi's spaceship was inspired by photos of Africa.
When including fights in the manga, Toriyama had the characters go to uninhabited locations to avoid the difficulties of drawing residents and destroyed buildings. Toriyama wanted to set Dragon Ball in a fictional world largely based on, taking inspiration from several including,.
The author said that Muscle Tower in the Red Ribbon Army storyline was inspired by the video game, in which enemies appear very fast, and that the fights were similar to the ones in the Tenkaichi Budōkai, just not in a tournament setting.Toriyama personally dislikes the idea of naming fighting techniques, joking that in a real fight you would be killed before you could yell their names, but Torishima felt it would be best. Toriyama proceeded to create names for all the techniques, except for the series' signature Kamehameha ( かめはめ波 （ かめはめは ）, lit. 'Kamehame Wave') which his wife came up with when he was indecisive about what it should be called.
He even selected them specifically for each character, saying someone like Vegeta would use English names, and using for the more sophisticated like Piccolo.In order to advance the story quickly by having characters travel without inconvenience, he created the flying cloud Kinto-un ( 筋斗雲 （ きんとうん ）, lit. 'Somersault Cloud'), then gave most fighters the flying technique Bukū-jutsu ( 舞空術 （ ぶくうじゅつ ）, lit.
'Air Dance Technique'), and granted Goku the ability Shunkan Idō ( 瞬間移動 （ しゅんかんいどう ）, lit. 'Instant Teleport'). While talking to his long-time friend and fellow manga artist about how there was nothing stronger than a Super Saiyan, Katsura suggested having two characters 'fuse' together, leading to the creation of the Fusion ( フュージョン, Fyūjon) technique.Toriyama enjoyed designing and drawing the distinctive machines of the series. He finds the most fun in designing original, thinking about how a pilot enters and where the engine is.
With real world items he would have to look at references, and being off even a little would be noticeable. He goes against whatever is popular at the time, explaining that when he was creating Dragon Ball, most cars were very square, so he drew only round car designs.In 1995, Toriyama detailed the equipment he used for Dragon Ball. He used a G-pen by, usually getting three chapters out of one because he typically does not press down hard. Toriyama used black drawing ink made by, but his color ink was produced by Luma and applied with a ten-year-old fine point Tenshōdō brush.
His was also made by Luma. He received free Kent paper, similar to, from a seller connected to Shueisha, and used a 0.5mm 2B lead and a wide at least 30 cm long. CharactersWhen creating a character, his process was to draw their face and body type first, and then the clothes, while thinking if the fighters can move around in them. He said that he does not draw 'bad guys' so unscrupulous that it affects readers psychologically.
This is not out of concern for others, but because he does not enjoy drawing such things. Few of his characters have because he found it difficult to use. Toriyama was not concerned about consistency with the color of characters' clothes for the occasional color pages, having sometimes used different ones than he had before. He even specifically asked Torishima to produce as few color pages as possible.
Character names are almost always puns sharing a theme with characters related to them, most commonly food. For example, all Saiyans are named after vegetables, saiya ( サイヤ) being an of the for yasai ( 野菜) which means vegetable; such as ( カカロット, Kakarotto) taken from ( キャロット, kyarotto).Going against the normal convention that the strongest characters should be the largest in terms of physical size, he designed many of Dragon Ball 's most powerful characters, including Goku, with small statures. Toriyama explained that he had Goku grow up so that drawing fight scenes would be easier, even though Torishima was against it initially because it was rare to have the main character of a manga series change drastically. Torishima later referred to this as his own biggest crisis during the series, with Toriyama threatening to end it if Goku could not grow up. The editor said his concerns were unfounded, as readers accepted the change without complaint.Having created Piccolo Daimao as the first truly evil villain, he said that his part of the series was the most interesting to draw. Freeza was created around the time of the and inspired by, who Toriyama called the 'worst kind of people'.
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 the Freeza arc. In a one-thousand ballot popularity poll held in Weekly Shōnen Jump, Dragon Ball received 815 votes. Finding the escalating enemies difficult, Toriyama created the Ginyu Force to add more balance to the manga.
See also: Japanese publicationDragon Ball was serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from issue No. 51 on December 3, 1984, to No. 25 on June 5, 1995. As the readership of Dragon Ball grew up, the magazine changed to reflect their changing interests. The 519 individual chapters were collected into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha from September 10, 1985, through August 4, 1995. These saw any color or partly colored artwork. Mass effect 1 filtering mode.
For the series' 24th anniversary, the tankōbon received new cover art that has been used on all reprints since 2009. Between December 4, 2002, and April 2, 2004, the series was released in a collection of 34 volumes that retain the color artwork from its Weekly Shōnen Jump run. This edition received newly drawn cover illustrations, and each volume included a poster of their respective cover image. These new illustrations were initially drawn in ink, scanned into a computer and colored using. Midway through, Toriyama changed to drawing them on a and coloring them with.The December 2012 ( February 2013) issue of V Jump announced that parts of the manga would be fully colored digitally and re-released. Twenty volumes, beginning from chapter one hundred and ninety-five and grouped by story arcs, were released between February 4, 2013, and July 4, 2014.
Twelve volumes covering the first one hundred and ninety-four chapters were published between January 4 and March 4, 2016. Dragon Ball was also released in a edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in the same size, with the color pages, promotional text, and next chapter previews, in addition to foldout posters. Eighteen volumes were published between May 13, 2016, and January 13, 2017.
English publicationThe English language version of the Dragon Ball manga is licensed for North America by Viz Media. Viz originally published the first 194 chapters as Dragon Ball and chapters over 195 as Dragon Ball Z to mimic the names of the anime series, feeling it would reduce the potential for confusion by its readers. They initially released both series simultaneously, chapter by chapter in a monthly format starting in 1998, before stopping in 2000 to switch to a format similar to the Japanese tankōbon. In 2000, while releasing Dragon Ball in the monthly format, Viz began to censor the manga in response to parental complaints about. Viz changed their publishing format for the series again in 2003; the first ten collected volumes of both series were re-released under their Shonen Jump. They have slightly smaller dimensions.
The manga was completed in English with Dragon Ball in 16 volumes between May 6, 2003, and August 3, 2004, and Dragon Ball Z in 26 volumes from May 6, 2003, to June 6, 2006. However, when publishing the last few volumes of Z, the company began to censor the series again by changing or removing gun scenes and changing the few sexual references. Dragon Ball Z, from Trunk's appearance to chapter 226, was published in Viz's monthly magazine from its debut issue in January 2003 to April 2005.Viz released both series in a format called 'Viz Big Edition', which collects three volumes into a single large volume. Dragon Ball was published in five volumes between June 3, 2008, and August 18, 2009, while Dragon Ball Z was published in nine volumes between June 3, 2008, and November 9, 2010.
Viz published new 3-in-1 volumes of Dragon Ball, similar to their Viz Big Edition, across 14 volumes between June 4, 2013, and September 6, 2016. This version uses some Japanese kanzenban covers and marks the first time in English that the entire series was released under the Dragon Ball name, though it is still censored.
Viz serialized chapters 195 to 245 of the fully colored version of the manga in their digital anthology from February 2013 to February 2014. They began publishing Dragon Ball Full Color Edition in large format volumes on February 4, 2014. Although it uses the same translation as their other versions, this release has some slight dialogue changes including censoring any profanity and abbreviating lengthy sentences. It also leaves the Japanese sound effects and word bubbles unaltered.The manga has also been licensed in other English-speaking countries, distributed in the same Viz format separating it into Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. From August 2005 to November 2007, an imprint of the released the 16 volumes of Dragon Ball and the first four of Dragon Ball Z in the United Kingdom. Viz took over the UK license after Gollancz left the manga market.
In Australia and New Zealand, has released all 16 volumes of Dragon Ball and the nine 'Viz Big' volumes of Dragon Ball Z between 2009 and 2010. Controversy in the United StatesThe manga's content has been controversial in the United States. In November 1999, removed Viz's Dragon Ball from their stores nationwide when a parent complained the series had 'borderline soft porn' after he bought them for his four-year-old son.
Commenting on the issue, manga critic determined the ban as a difference in culture due to Japan having tolerance for sexuality in manga while other countries not feeling the same way. After the ban, Viz reluctantly began to censor the series in 2000 to maintain its wide distribution. Viz made some 'concessions' as well, and assured readers that all changes were approved by Toriyama and Shueisha. Toriyama made suggestions himself such as obscuring Goku's genitals with objects, rather than 'neuter him'. A fan petition was created, garnering over 10,000 signatures, and a year later, Viz announced they would stop censoring Dragon Ball and increased its 'age rating' to 13 and up instead, reprinting the first three graphic novels. However, they continued to censor several characters' lips by shading them in completely.
This avoided racist stereotypes, such as that of 's image. In October 2009, in Maryland banned the Dragon Ball manga from their school district because it 'depicts nudity, sexual contact between children and sexual innuendo among adults and children'. Esther Keller, Robin Brenner and Eva Volin of had no opinion whether or not removing the manga from all schools in that district was right. However, Brenner and Volin criticize the parents who had a problem with the manga for going to a county council member who is involved with politics instead of to the librarian of the school that carries the manga. Other publicationsWhile Dragon Ball was licensed in the United States by Viz Media, it has been licensed in other countries as well for regional language releases in French by, in Spanish by for European versions, and Panini Comics for Latin American versions, in Italian by, in German by, in Russian by, in Polish by, and in Swedish. Spin-offs and crossoversA special side story, titled '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-), was developed by Toriyama and published together with chapter 386 on August 31, 1992, in issue No.
36/37 of Weekly Shōnen Jump. Toriyama created a short series, that became a self-parody of Dragon Ball. First appearing in August 1999, the eight-chapter series was released sporadically in Weekly Shōnen Jump and until it was completed in 2005.
These chapters were compiled into one kanzenban volume released on April 4, 2005.In 2006, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of (or Kochikame), a special manga titled Super Kochikame ( 超こち亀, Chō Kochikame) was released on September 15. It included characters from the series appearing in special chapters of other well-known manga. The 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) was a Dragon Ball crossover by Toriyama and Kochikame author. That same year, Toriyama teamed up with to create a single crossover chapter of Dragon Ball and One Piece. Entitled 'Cross Epoch', the chapter was published in the Christmas 2006 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japanese and the April 2011 issue of Shonen Jump in English. The final chapter of Toriyama's 2013 manga series revealed that it is set before Dragon Ball, with several characters making appearances.
Jaco 's collected volume contains a bonus Dragon Ball chapter revealing Goku's mother. Jaco and the bonus chapter were both published by Viz in their digital English Weekly Shonen Jump, and later in print.Dragon Ball SD is a colored spin-off manga written and illustrated by Naho Ōishi was published in Shueisha's magazine in December 2010. It is a condensed retelling of Goku's various adventures, with many details changed, in a art style, hence the title. After four chapters, the quarterly Saikyō Jump switched to a monthly schedule. The chapters published after the monthly switch have been collected into five tankōbon volumes as of February 2, 2018.
Is a three-chapter manga, once again penned by Naho Ōishi, that was published in the monthly magazine V Jump from August to October 2011. It is a sequel to the 1990 TV special with some key details changed. The manga's story revolves around, Goku's father, who is featured in a scenario where he did not die at the hands of Freeza and fights his enemy's ancestor as a Super Saiyan.On December 12, 2016, the first chapter of a spin-off manga titled Dragon Ball: That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha! ( DRAGON BALL外伝 転生したらヤムチャだった件, Doragon Bōru Gaiden: Tensei-shitara Yamucha Datta Ken) was released in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ digital magazine. Written and illustrated by Dragon Garow Lee, it is about a high school boy who wakes up after an accident in the body of Yamcha in the Dragon Ball manga. Knowing what comes later in the story, he trains as Yamcha to make him the strongest warrior. Utilizing the 'reincarnated in a parallel world' theme popular in, the series was conceived by Shōnen Jump+ editor-in-chief Shuhei Hosono.
A second chapter was released on May 8, 2017 and the final one on August 14, 2017. A tankōbon collecting all three chapters was published on November 2, 2017 and has 240,000 copies in print.
Viz licensed the series for English publication and released the collected volume on November 6, 2018. Reception Dragon Ball manga tankōbon volume sales Market(s)PublisherVolume salesAs ofRef160,000,000+2016(15 countries)119,603,554+30,020,000,000+200920,012,000,000+201710,000,000+20138,000,000+20157,56,02,185,000+20161,500,000+20071,35420,000+2008/ Viz Media60,000+2009Worldwide (16 countries)279,603,554+Popularity. Tankōbon volume sales of original Dragon Ball manga, not including Dragon Ball Super. ^ Additionally, more than 100 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in China, as of 2005. ^ Additionally, more than 30 million unofficial pirated copies are estimated to have been sold in South Korea, as of 2014. Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies. When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea, an estimated total of approximately 250 million official and unofficial copies have been sold overseas.
60,000 copies sold annually in Vietnam, as of 2009. ^ Tally does not include unofficial pirated copies. When including the over 130 million unofficial pirated copies sold in China and South Korea, an estimated total of over 400 million official and unofficial copies have been sold worldwide. SeeReferences.