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Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人)

Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (ドラゴンボールZ 極限バトル!!三大超サイヤ人), also called Extreme Battle!! The Three Great Super Saiyans, is Toei's tenth Dragon Ball film (July 11, 1992, 45 min), in which Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks fight Dr. Gero's Androids 13, 14, and 15.

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち)

Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (ドラゴンボールZ 激突!!100億パワーの戦士たち) is Toei's 1992 sixth DBZ film, directed by Daisuke Nishio: Metal Cooler, revived by the Big Gete Star, attacks New Namek; first movie appearance of Vegeta and the series' top Japanese gross to that point.

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦)

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (ドラゴンボールZ 地球まるごと超決戦), also known as Chikyū Marugoto Chōkessen, is Toei's 1990 sixth Dragon Ball film: Saiyan pirate Turles plants the energy-draining Tree of Might on Earth, and Goku fights him; non-canon, 60 minutes, directed by Daisuke Nishio.

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (ドラゴンボールZ この世で一番強いヤツ)

Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (ドラゴンボールZ この世で一番強いヤツ) is the second DBZ theatrical film, released March 10, 1990, directed by Daisuke Nishio, in which Dr. Wheelo seeks Goku's body as a vessel.

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (ドラゴンボールZ 龍拳爆発!!悟空がやらねば誰がやる)

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (Ryū-Ken Bakuhatsu!! Gokū ga Yaraneba Dare ga Yaru), also called Explosion of Dragon Punch, is the 13th DBZ film, released July 15, 1995, featuring Tapion, Hirudegarn, and the Dragon Fist debut.

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (ドラゴンボール 神龍の伝説)

Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (ドラゴンボール 神龍の伝説) is a 1986 Japanese animated film, the first manga adaptation, featuring Son Goku and Bulma seeking the Dragon Balls.

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (ドラゴンボール 最強への道, The Way to the Strongest) is Toei Animation's 1996, 80-minute, 17th and final Dragon Ball theatrical film, a tenth-anniversary retelling merging the Pilaf and Red Ribbon Army arcs, directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi.

Dragon Beard Ditch

Dragon Beard Ditch (Longxugou) is a 1951 play by Lao She about the cleanup of a notorious open sewer in Beijing and the poor families living beside it.

Dragon Blade (天将雄师) (film)

Dragon Blade (天將雄師) is a 2015 Chinese-Hong Kong historical action film directed by Daniel Lee, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack, and Adrien Brody as Han and Roman forces clash on the Silk Road; $65M budget, $122.6M worldwide gross.

Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)

Dragon Boat Festival (端午节, Duanwu Festival), a major Chinese festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, marked by dragon boat racing, zongzi, and mugwort customs; origins tied to Qu Yuan and Wu-Yue dragon totem rites; UNESCO-inscribed in 2009.

Dragon Con

Dragon Con: annual five-day multi-genre pop culture, sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming convention in Atlanta each Labor Day weekend; founded 1987, capped at 75,000 attendees, known for its parade and Dragon Awards.

Dragon dance (舞龙)

Dragon dance (舞龙, wǔ lóng), also called longwu or dragon lantern dance, is a Chinese folk performance in which teams manipulate a long cloth-and-bamboo dragon led by a dragon pearl; it originated in ancient rain-praying rituals and is widely listed as intangible cultural heritage.

Dragon Lord (龙少爷)

Dragon Lord (龙少爷) is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy directed, co-written by, and starring Jackie Chan, in which two young friends uncover a plot to smuggle Chinese antiquities.

Dragon Pony (드래곤포니)

Dragon Pony (드래곤포니) is a South Korean rock band formed by Antenna in 2022, which debuted September 26, 2024 with the EP POP UP; members born in dragon and horse zodiac years, later releasing Not Out and Run to Run.

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ3 魔族の王子とエルフの旅)

Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (ドラゴンクエストモンスターズ3 魔族の王子とエルフの旅) is Square Enix's December 2023 Nintendo Switch monster-collecting RPG starring Dragon Quest IV's Psaro, cursed and traveling Nadiria with the elf Rose while scouting and synthesizing over 500 monsters.

Dragon Quest: Your Story (ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー)

Dragon Quest: Your Story (ドラゴンクエスト ユア・ストーリー) is a 2019 Toho full-3DCG anime film adapting Dragon Quest V, directed by Takashi Yamazaki with Yuji Horii's supervision, famous for its VR-game twist ending and the fan controversy it sparked.

Dragon Raja (龙族) (Chinese novels)

Dragon Raja (龙族) is Jiangnan's (Yang Zhi's) Chinese fantasy novel series, serialized from 2009, following Lu Mingfei at Cassell College in a hidden human-dragon war; over 21 million copies sold, five parts, still unfinished.

Dragon robe

The dragon robe (龙袍) is the dragon-embroidered ceremonial robe of Chinese emperors, classified in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) as festive dress worn one rank below formal court robes.

Dragon Slayer (series)

Dragon Slayer (ドラゴンスレイヤーシリーズ) is Nihon Falcom's 1984–1995 Japanese RPG series, progenitor of the action RPG via Xanadu, whose Legend of Heroes spin-off became the Trails series; revival announced 2026.

Dragon Striker

Dragon Striker is a 2026 animated sports fantasy series by La Chouette Compagnie and Disney Television Animation, created by Sylvain Dos Santos and Charles Lefebvre. Farm boy Key may be the legendary Dragon Striker at the magical soccer school Kal Asterock; 11 episodes premiered June 9, 2026, with season 2 due early 2027.

Dragon Tales

Dragon Tales is a PBS animated preschool series (1999-2005, 94 episodes) created by Ron Rodecker and produced by Sesame Workshop and Columbia TriStar, following Emmy and Max in Dragon Land with dragons Ord, Cassie, Zak, Wheezie, and Quetzal.

Dragon Tiger Gate (龙虎门)

Dragon Tiger Gate (龙虎门) is a 2006 Hong Kong action film by Wilson Yip, adapted from Tony Wong Yuk-long's comic, starring Donnie Yen as action director and lead, with Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue; noted for comic-faithful fight design and strong mainland box office.

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story is a 1993 American biographical drama directed by Rob Cohen, with Jason Scott Lee starring as martial artist Bruce Lee and Lauren Holly as his wife Linda.

Dragon's Dogma (ドラゴンズドグマ)

Dragon's Dogma (ドラゴンズドグマ) is a 2020 Netflix original anime, seven episodes by studio Sublimation, adapting Capcom's 2012 action RPG; Ethan, an Arisen, hunts the dragon that stole his heart.

Dragonar Academy (星刻のドラグナー)

Dragonar Academy (Seikoku no Dragonar) is a Japanese light novel series by Shiki Mizuchi, illustrated by Kohada Shimesaba, published in MF Bunko J from 2010; adapted into manga and a 2014 C-Station anime.

Dragonball Evolution

Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 American live-action film adaptation of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga, directed by James Wong and starring Justin Chatwin as Goku.

DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang (龙刀奇缘)

DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang (龙刀奇缘) is a 2005 Hong Kong 3D CGI animated kung fu film directed by Antony Szeto, produced by Stanley Tong, the first fully Hong Kong-made 3D animated feature, with Karen Mok and Daniel Wu voicing.

Dragonfly (2002 film)

Dragonfly is a 2002 American supernatural drama directed by Tom Shadyac, starring Kevin Costner as a widowed doctor who believes his dead wife is messaging him.

Dragonfly in Amber

Dragonfly in Amber is Diana Gabaldon's 1992 second Outlander novel, following Claire and Jamie Fraser from the court of Louis XV to Culloden, framed by a 1968 Inverness story with Brianna and Roger; adapted as Outlander season two.

DragonForce

DragonForce: London-founded (1999) British power metal band by Herman Li and Sam Totman, ex-DragonHeart, famous for Inhuman Rampage and 'Through the Fire and Flames' from Guitar Hero III; new frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz.