<P> In December 2016, a spin - off manga titled Dragon Ball Side Story: The Case of Being Reincarnated as Yamcha began in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ digital magazine . Written and illustrated by Dragon Garow Lee, it is about a high school boy who after an accident wakes up in the body of Yamcha in the Dragon Ball manga . </P> <P> Toriyama also created a short series, Neko Majin (1999--2005), that became a self - parody of Dragon Ball . In 2006, a crossover between Kochira Katsushika - ku Kameari Kōen - mae Hashutsujo (or Kochikame) and Dragon Ball by Toriyama and Kochikame author Osamu Akimoto appeared in the Super Kochikame (超 こち亀, Chō Kochikame) manga . That same year, Toriyama teamed up with Eiichiro Oda to create a crossover chapter of Dragon Ball and One Piece titled Cross Epoch . </P> <P> Toei Animation produced an anime television series based on the first 194 manga chapters, also titled Dragon Ball . The series premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on February 26, 1986 and ran until April 12, 1989, lasting 153 episodes . </P> <P> Instead of continuing the anime as Dragon Ball, Toei Animation decided to carry on with their adaptation under a new name and asked Akira Toriyama to come up with the title . Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボール Z (ゼット), Doragon Bōru Zetto, commonly abbreviated as DBZ) picks up five years after the first series left off and adapts the final 325 chapters of the manga . It premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on April 26, 1989, taking over its predecessor's time slot, and ran for 291 episodes until its conclusion on January 31, 1996 . Two television specials based on the Z series were aired on Fuji TV in Japan . The first, The One True Final Battle ~ The Z Warrior Who Challenged Freeza--Son Goku's Father ~, renamed Bardock--The Father of Goku by Funimation, was shown on October 17, 1990 . The second special, The Hopeless Resistance!! Gohan and Trunks--The Two Remaining Super Warriors, renamed The History of Trunks by Funimation, is based on a special chapter of the original manga and aired on March 24, 1993 . </P>

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