The series was initial published by Banpresto and Bandai before they combined into Bandai Namco. There have been over 40 titles, with software sales of over 40 million units by 2014, and 58 million units as of 2020, making it one of the best-selling fighting game franchises, best-selling RPG franchises and best-selling licensed game franchises. Dragon Ball is a multimedia franchise debuting in the 1980s as a manga written by Akira Toriyama and published by Shueisha.
