Dragon Ball has only ever been a video game.
is a Japanese media franchise created by Akira Toriyama . Several companies have developed various types of merchandising based on the series leading to a large media franchise that includes films , both animated and live-action , collectible trading card games , numerous action figures , along with several collections of soundtracks and a large number of video games . A media franchise is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work , such as a film , a work of literature , a television program or a video game .