Bulma is a girl in search of the seven mystical Dragonballs who is told that that, when brought together, can grant any wish. Son Goku is a strange boy with a tail who lives in the woods and is the owner of one of the Dragonballs. The two cross paths and a grand adventure begins, on the way meeting a cast of characters such as a desert bandit, Yamucha; the transforming pig, Oolong; and the great martial master of Kame-Sennin, Muten Roshi. The story starts off based on the traditional Chinese folktale 'Journey to the West.' This series also includes what is known in the United States as 'Dragonball Z.' Young Son Goku has lived in the mountains all his life after his adoptive grandfather passed away, with not a shred of contact to the outside world, and with only a strange sphere his grandfather left him to talk to. All of this changes when a young girl named Bulma nearly runs him over with her car. She is quick to notice Son Goku's sphere is no ordinary ball; it is a Dragon Ball, of which there are only seven in the world. The legend goes that, whenever these seven balls are united, the Eternal Dragon will come forth to grant the discoverer a single wish. Son Goku and his superhuman strength join her to find these balls, setting in motion a never-ending adventure for Son Goku and his friends as they struggle to keep the enormously powerful spheres from evil hands.