Toriyama called the animators on the series 'excellent' and particularly complimented Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, who provided additional character designs for the series, as working well with Toriyama's iconic style. The response to GT remains mixed over 20 years after its conclusion in 1997, but Toriyama largely praised the show and its production team for their work.

Toriyama would later provide sketches of several versions of the characters as seen in the series, most notably a drawing of Super Saiyan 4 Goku that was included with the limited edition Dragon Box compilation of the series. Toriyama created several designs for the series, including the main trio's robotic companion Giru as well as the spaceship built by Capsule Corp to help them travel the stars.

It was Toriyama who gave the sequel series its 'GT' moniker, with the initials standing for 'Grand Tour' referring to Goku's interstellar adventure across the galaxy. While GT's story was not conceived or written by Toriyama, he oversaw the overall production of the anime series in a similar capacity to his role on previous anime series and films, providing his tacit approval on the story and depiction of his characters. RELATED: DBZ: Was Vegeta Allowed To Keep His Body After Death? Accompanied by Trunks and his granddaughter Pan, Goku encountered many powerful enemies in his travels and achieved the new combat transformation Super Saiyan 4. Accidentally wishing Goku back into a child, the heroes were shocked to discover they only had one year to travel the cosmos and bring all seven Black Star Dragon Balls back to Earth to prevent its destruction. Taking place five years after the conclusion of DBZ - ten years in the Funimation dub - Goku completes training Uub just as Emperor Pilaff and his associates infiltrate the Lookout to steal the Black Star Dragon Balls, the original Dragon Balls created when Piccolo and Kami were a single being.

While not based on a story by Toriyama, the franchise's creator still played a role in the series' development. 31, 1996, a sequel series Dragon Ball GT premiered on Fuji TV. However, exactly one week after DBZ aired its final episode on Jan. The latter focused on the more action-oriented adventures of fan-favorite protagonist Goku and concluded the story that Toriyama himself wrote and drew. Toriyama's manga series was adapted into two separate anime titles, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. In 1984, Akira Toriyama's original Dragon Ball manga quickly took the world by storm.

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