It was released in Japanese (December 22, 2005) and European (2006) arcades running on System 256 hardware, and later for the PlayStation 2 (Japan: JUS, JPAL, July 28, 2006). Super Dragon Ball Z ( Japanese: 超 ( スーパー )ドラゴンボールZ, Hepburn: Sūpā Doragonbōru Zetto) is a cel-shaded 3D fighting video game, based on the Japanese manga series Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama.