 Within roughly six months of creating the popular manga "Dr. Slump" in 1980, Akira Toriyama wanted to end the series but his publisher Shueisha would only allow him to do so if he agreed to start another serial for them shortly after.<ref name="Forbes"></ref><ref name="Chozenshu"></ref> He worked with his editor, Kazuhiko Torishima, on several one-shots but none were successful.<ref name="Shenlong2"></ref> Torishima then suggested that, as Toriyama enjoyed kung fu films, he should create a kung fu "shōnen" manga.<ref name="Story"></ref> He was inspired by Hong Kong martial arts films such as Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" (1973) and Jackie Chan's "Drunken Master" (1978).<ref name="GokuDensetsu"></ref><ref></ref> He was particularly influenced by the fight scenes in Jackie Chan movies, and said he would never have come up with "Dragon Ball" if he had not watched "Drunken Master".<ref></ref> <br> This led to the two-part , published in the August and October 1983 issues of "Fresh Jump".It follows a boy, adept at martial arts, who escorts a princess on a journey back to her home country.