Based on Akira Toriyama's hot amime DragonBall, now being developed by NTL Inc., Dragon Ball Online is set in Age 1000, exactly 216 years after Goku left the 28th Tenkaichi Budokai to train Uub in Age 784, in Dragon Ball Z. In this MMO, players will meet familiar characters appeared in the original work and conduct interesting stories of new characters.

As with other MMORPGs, players control a character avatar within a persistent game world, where they will be able to explore the landscape, search for the Dragon Balls, train to compete in the Tenkaichi Budokai, aspiring to become like the warriors of legend, as well as interacting with NPCs as well as other players. As in most MMORPGs, players will be able to obtain money and experience which will allow them to level up and obtain new abilities. Players will also be able to participate in "Timemachine Missions", in which they will receive guidance from Time Patrol Trunks, in order to travel back in time and take part in notable aspects of the Dragon Ball history.

- In this dragon's dreamlike world, players will be able to experience many interesting contents in the original anime such as dragonball searching, Tenkaichi Budokai. Owing to the 3D rendering technology, the ingame characters has been given appearance of original flavor and the fierce battle scenes in the original work would be vividly re-presented.