Dragon Ball

Whether you’ve been watching it as it airs in Japan on Crunchyroll, Daisuki or FunimationNow or watching it Saturday nights in English on Adult Swim, you have to admit that “Dragon Ball Super” — the anime continuation of Akira Toriyama’s legendary “Dragon Ball” franchise — is a heck of a ride. Far superior to the derided “Dragon Ball GT,” “Super” widely expands the cosmic scope of Toriyama’s universe while keeping the action and humor that makes the rest of the franchise so entertaining. RELATED: Dragon Ball Launches ‘What If…?’-Style Manga The first volume of the “Dragon Ball Super” manga, written and drawn by Toyotarou from outlines by Toriyama, continues that trend while also cutting a lot of the dead air that crops up when you have to stretch out a story arc across several episodes of a television show (one based on a movie, no less). Toyotarou starts out adapting 2013’s “Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods” in just four chapters, then skips the fun fanservice of 2015’s “Dragon Ball Z: