it is derived from a figurine modeled by Mr. Popo. The North American English releases of the manga series by Viz Media, which saw its first publication in March 2003, reduced the size of Mr. Popo's lips by shading them in completely. In 2009, the CW4Kids airing of Dragon Ball Z Kai recoloured Mr. Popo's black skin to be blue and his lips orange-yellow in hue. Voice acting Mr. Popo is voiced by Toku Nishio in the original series and Yasuhiko Kawazu in Kai. Prior to Kawazu, Dai Matsumoto voiced him in Budokai 3 and Budokai Tenkaichi. In English, he was voiced by Alvin Sanders in the Ocean dub, and by Chris Cason and Christopher Sabat in the Funimation dubs. Cason's lines as Popo in the original airings of Dragon Ball Z were dubbed over by Sabat by the time the remastered DVDs were released, only for Cason to take over again as Mr. Popo in Kai. Other English voice actors include Doug Rand, who voiced Mr. Popo in the AB Groupe dub of the sixth DBZ film; Apollo Abraham, who was heard in the obscure Philippine dub of said film by Creative Products Corp.; and David Alan Pettitt, who lent his voice in the Blue Water dubs of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball GT. Sabat in particular is fond of the character, and was hopeful that the character would eventually be added into the roster of the popular fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ as part of future downloadable content. Appearances A supporting character who has few overall appearances within the series, Mr. Popo's duties consist of looking after Kami, tending to his residence, and reconstructing Shenron if the dragon's physical form is destroyed. He also tends to an ancient butterfly garden that he cultivated thousands of years prior to the events of the series. In Dragon Ball, Popo is far stronger than Son Goku when he first arrives at Kami's Palace. He trains Goku for three years until the boy learns everything he knows. Some of the techniques Goku developed under the tutelage of Mr. Popo include the Chou Kamehameha, a more lethal version of his signature attack. In Dragon Ball Z, he helps Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan by divulging the location of Kami's old starship to facilitate their journey to Planet Namek. He then serves Dende as his attendant upon the latter's ascension as Earth's new guardian deity