<P> Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final 325 chapters of the manga series which were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1988 to 1995 . 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 . Because Toriyama was writing the manga during the production of the anime , Dragon Ball Z added original material not adapted from the manga , including lengthening scenes or adding new ones , and adding new attacks and characters not present in the manga . For example , Toriyama was asked to create an additional character for Goku 's training with King Kai , resulting in the cricket Gregory . </P>
<P> Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final 325 chapters of the manga series which were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1988 to 1995 . 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 . Because Toriyama was writing the manga during the production of the anime , Dragon Ball Z added original material not adapted from the manga , including lengthening scenes or adding new ones , and adding new attacks and characters not present in the manga . For example , Toriyama was asked to create an additional character for Goku 's training with King Kai , resulting in the cricket Gregory . </P>
when did dragon ball z manga come out
when did dragon ball z manga come out
1988
1988