 Esther Keller, Robin Brenner and Eva Volin of "School Library Journal" had no opinion on whether or not removing the manga from all schools in that district was right.However, Brenner and Volin criticized 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 carried the manga.<ref></ref>

While "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 Glénat Editions,<ref></ref> in Spanish by Planeta DeAgostini for European versions,<ref></ref> and Panini Comics for Latin American versions,<ref></ref> in Italian by Star Comics,<ref></ref> in German by Carlsen Verlag,<ref></ref> in Russian by Comix-ART,<ref></ref> in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica,<ref></ref> and in Swedish by Bonnier Group.<ref></ref>

A special side story, titled , was developed by Toriyama and published together with chapter 386 on August 31, 1992, in issue No.36/37 of "Weekly Shōnen Jump".<ref></ref> Toriyama created a short series, "Neko Majin", that became a self-parody of "Dragon Ball".