A Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール, Doragon Bōru, 龍球 Mandarin lóng-qiú, katakana ronchū) is a fictional artifact from the mangas and animes Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. A similar version of them with the same name also appear in the Akira Toriyama manga Dragon Boy (a series of manga before Dragon Ball).