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| "Dragonball", Toriyama's second manga turned TV series, was |
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| an extremely successful show which spawned 4 movies and two |
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| additional TV series. It is based on an ancient Chinese folk tale |
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| about a monkey boy (Goku), a three-eyed god (Tenshinhan), and |
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| a desert bandit (Yamcha). Even though all three series have long |
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| since ended, Dragonball still has a large legion of fans all across |
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| the globe. With it's fairly recent release on American TV, |
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| Dragonball has become one of the most popular animated series |
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| The first anime based on Toriyama's manga, it lasts until the battle |
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| with Piccolo Daimao ends. It focuses more on humor than action, quite |
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| unlike the following two anime. |
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| When the first series ended it's run on TV, the manga was still being |
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| produced by Toriyama. Wanting to tap into the comic's success, a new |
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| series was created known as "Dragonball Z," which continued the story |
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| of Son Goku and his adventures. |
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| "Dragonball GT" was produced mainly for one thing: money. When |
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| Toriyama finally ended his massive manga, the TV executives decided |
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| to go on without him. Dragonball GT proved to be a moderately successful |
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| series, but by this time Dragonball had become stale in Japan, and it ended |
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