Texas Attorney General-Elect Nathan Johnson Scored 67 Dragon Ball Z Episodes

Texas attorney general-elect Nathan Johnson is heading into one of the most powerful law-enforcement jobs in the country with a résumé no other state prosecutor can match: he scored 67 episodes of Dragon Ball Z and five of the franchise’s films.

Johnson, a Democrat from Dallas, won the statewide race Tuesday (November 3) against Republican Mayes Middleton.

The victory made him the first Democrat elected Texas attorney general since 1994, but the anime chapter of his career quickly became the part of his biography that traveled far beyond political circles.

Long before Johnson entered the Texas Senate, he worked on music for Funimation’s English-language version of Dragon Ball Z. His film credits included The World’s Strongest, The Tree of Might, Broly — Second Coming, Fusion Reborn and Wrath of the Dragon.

The work also gave Johnson an unexpected bond with his young son.

“I remember him sitting on my knee and stuff blowing up,” Johnson recalled. “He was like, ‘Oh, Daddy, Goku!'”

He later described the job as a “creative outlet and a cultural connection.”

That background was not a campaign gimmick. Johnson studied physics at the University of Arizona before earning his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

He built a career as a litigator and mediator, then won his Texas Senate seat in 2018 and took office in 2019.

His official Senate biography credits him with work on the state’s electrical grid, healthcare access, government transparency, criminal justice and infrastructure.

His campaign biography says he authored roughly 433 bills and passed 134 into law across four legislative sessions.

Those issues will matter far more to his new office than anime music, but the combination explains why his election story reached culture pages as quickly as political ones.

Johnson is expected to succeed Republican Ken Paxton, who left the attorney general’s race to seek a U.S. Senate seat.

The attorney general oversees major civil litigation, consumer protection, child-support enforcement and legal representation for the state, putting Johnson’s courtroom experience at the center of his next job.

The Dragon Ball Z credits remain a revealing piece of that route.

Before statewide office and legislative battles, Johnson was writing music for scenes built around transformation, survival and impossible fights. Now the former composer will bring a very different kind of score sheet into the Texas attorney general’s office.