Dragon Ball (artifact)
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A Dragon Ball is a fictional artifact from the manga and anime Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z, as well as Dragon Ball GT. They also appear in the Akira Toriyama manga Dragon Boy (the proto-Dragon Ball one-shot series).
Dragon Balls in "Dragon Ball" series
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Unlike the Dragon Balls of Earth, the approximately soccerball-sized Dragon Balls of Planet Namek summon a different dragon Porunga and can grant three wishes. Since the years on Namek are shorter, they can also be used more frequently.
In Dragon Ball GT, the concept of "Black Star Dragon Balls" is introduced. Later, it is implied many of the wishes granted thru the series creates an equal amount of negative energy, and the overuse of them is extremely dangerous. This special set of Dragon Balls feature black stars (as opposed to dark orange ones) and can call forth a dragon with the ability to cast any wish, with no power restriction. After a wish has been cast with the Black Star Dragon Balls, the balls are scattered across "space" and if they are not collected again with in one year, the planet the wish was cast on will explode.
Like many aspects of GT, some fans consider them non-canonical.
Dragon Balls in "Dragon Boy"
In the manga Dragon Boy, Dragon Balls are small balls that appear very similar to the balls in the Dragon Ball series. However, instead of granting wishes, they can be opened using ki energy to release a small baby dragon that does not grant wishes.