Majin Buu, generally spelled Majin Boo in subtitles of the Japanese anime, and rendered as Djinn-Boo in the Viz Media manga, is the final antagonist in the Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama, before the release of Dragon Ball Super.
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Majin Buu is a genie-like magical life form awoken by the evil warlock Bibidi that terrorized galaxies by destroying entire planets, millions of years before the events of Dragon Ball take place.
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Majin Buu was temporarily sealed away and brought to Earth; however, Bibidi was killed and Buu remained hidden.
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Majin Buu has several different forms, each with a different appearance and personality; however, all are pink creatures with an antenna on their head and several pores on both sides of their heads, arms, chest and vertebrae.
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Majin Buu's manner is very naive and childlike, taking joy in fighting and scaring people.
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Personality-wise, Super Majin Buu is more intelligent than Innocent Majin Buu and is described as "pure rage".
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Majin Buu then absorbed Gohan, gaining his power while wearing his dogi top and undershirt.
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Super Majin Buu was forced into that state after the fat Majin Buu was completely removed from his body along with Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Piccolo.
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Majin Buu said he looked at the character as a self-centered three-year-old.
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Meanwhile, in the Ocean Group dubs, Fat Majin Buu is voiced by Scott McNeil, while Evil, Super, and Kid Majin Buu are voiced by Brian Dobson.
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Majin Buu is able to channel his inner ki energy for devastating offensive techniques capable of destroying planets or star system.
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Majin Buu holds the unique ability of being able to transform objects or living things into chocolate or other sweet foods which he then consumes to satiate himself, using the antenna on his head, and he is shown to be capable of magically altering an object's appearance.
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Majin Buu is able to instantly recover and regenerate from severe trauma, dismemberment and even combustion at a sub-molecular level, and heal wounds from other people.
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Majin Buu's body is soft but flexible, able to stretch his limbs and any part of his body on indefinite lengths, as well as changing shape into whatever he desires.
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Majin Buu is capable of detaching a large part of his body for various purposes, like ensnaring his targets like a lasso rope, and making clones of himself.
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Majin Buu is revealed to possess godly ki after absorbing the two Supreme Kai, granting him a tremendous surge in power, retaining it after reverting to his pure state.
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Majin Buu even killed two of the five Supreme Kais who govern the universe and absorbed another two including their leader the Grand Supreme Kai, which dulled his destructive nature and turned him into his current form.
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When Babidi threatens to re-seal him, Majin Buu begins to obey his orders and destroys and kills everything and everyone in sight in order to get Piccolo, Trunks and Goten to come out of hiding.
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Majin Buu is resting in his house when Mr Satan befriends him while waiting for an opening to kill him.
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The friendship coupled with the affection from a dog he healed, has Majin Buu resolve not to kill anymore when two civilians shoot the dog and then Mr Satan.
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Majin Buu is later selected to participate in the Universe 7 team's tournament with Universe 6.
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Majin Buu is disqualified before the tournament begins by falling asleep during the exam.
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Alas, due to the intensity of his training, Majin Buu falls asleep and will not wake for 3 months, forcing him to miss the Tournament of Power.
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Shortly after the events of the Tournament of Power and Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Majin Buu is kidnapped by the Galactic Patrol and taken to their headquarters.
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Majin Buu briefly appears in an episode of the 1997 anime remake of Toriyama's Dr Slump, and makes a brief cameo appearance in Toriyama's manga series Neko Majin Z He appears in chapter four of the Saikyo Jump manga Dragon Ball SD, a super deformed spin-off of Dragon Ball written by Naho Oishi, which depicts a comedic alternate retelling of him being released.
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Majin Buu is playable in the Weekly Shonen Jump crossover games Battle Stadium D O N, Jump Ultimate Stars and Jump Force.
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Majin Buu is referenced in the song "Pink Matter" by Frank Ocean featuring Andre 3000 in the lyrics "That soft pink matter, Cotton candy Majin Buu".
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Majin Buu is a popular character in the Dragon Ball series, in 2004 Japanese fans voted him the eighth most popular character.
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Majin Buu was rated by Wizard magazine as the 40th-greatest villain of all time, the only anime or manga character from Japan to make the list.
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Majin Buu called Josh Martin's English vocal performance far more childish than Kozo Shioya's, but felt that Shioya's voice does not fit Buu's behavior.
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