Akira Toriyama's original Dragon Ball manga doesn't feature any bad arcs, but that doesn't mean they're all equal.

The narrative structure of the King Piccolo Arc was replicated, and perfected, by Dragon Ball Z's first three story arcs, with Vegeta, Frieza, and Cell all following in the demon's footsteps.

Piccolo’s arc began in the 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai when Goku spared his life, claiming that he wasn’t as evil as the Demon King, and continued to grow as they teamed up to battle Raditz.

Original Dragon Ball is wonderful. I think the King Piccolo arc has the best realization of the kind of hero Goku’s meant to be. For Goku that arc is a revenge story, not a save the world story ...

This is the first time that the Dragon Ball story arc will make it to the Nintendo Wii, and Namco Bandai is taking advantage of it by creating a good-looking 2.5D action game.

In many ways, King Piccolo was the beginning of Dragon Ball focusing sagas around a single insurmountable villain. Previously, storylines had a wider focus, such as Goku and friends being pursued ...

Revenge of King Piccolo has the young Goku, clad in his traditional orange and armed with his fists and fighting staff, hunting down the dragon balls that have been scattered across the world.

Revenge of King Piccolo is 100% a pure action beat-em-up. Comprised of stages within multiple overarching worlds, the single-player campaign consists of about six hours of running through ...