<P> In February 2009, Dragon Ball Z celebrated its 20th anniversary, with Toei Animation announcing that it would broadcast a re-edited and remastered version under the name Dragon Ball Kai (ドラゴンボール 改, Doragon Bōru Kai, lit . "Dragon Ball Revised"). The footage would be re-edited to follow the manga more closely, eliminating scenes and episodes which were not featured in the original manga, resulting in a more faithful adaptation, as well as in a faster - moving, and more focused story . The episodes were remastered for HDTV, with rerecording of the vocal tracks by most of the original cast, and featuring updated opening and ending sequences . On April 5, 2009, the series premiered in Japan airing in Fuji TV . Dragon Ball Z Kai reduced the episode count to 159 episodes (167 episodes internationally), from the original footage of 291 episodes . Damaged frames were removed, resulting in some minor shots being remade from scratch in order to fix cropping, and others to address continuity issues . The majority of the international versions, including Funimation Entertainment's English dub, are titled Dragon Ball Z Kai . </P> <P> On April 28, 2015, Toei Animation announced Dragon Ball Super (ドラゴンボール 超, Doragon Bōru Sūpā), the first all - new Dragon Ball television series to be released in 18 years . It debuted on July 5 and ran as a weekly series at 9: 00 am on Fuji TV on Sundays until its series finale on March 25, 2018 after 131 episodes . Masako Nozawa reprises her roles as Goku, Gohan, and Goten . Most of the original cast reprise their roles as well . Kouichi Yamadera and Masakazu Morita also reprise their roles, as Beerus and Whis, respectively . </P> <P> The story of the anime is set four years after the defeat of Majin Boo, when the Earth has become peaceful once again . Akira Toriyama is credited as the original creator, as well for "original story & character design concepts ." It is also being adapted into a parallel manga . </P> <P> The short film Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! was created for the Jump Super Anime Tour, which celebrated Weekly Shōnen Jump's 40th anniversary, and debuted on November 24, 2008 . A short animated adaptation of Naho Ōishi's Bardock spinoff manga, Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock, was shown on December 17--18, 2011 at the Jump Festa 2012 event . </P>

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