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{{nihongo|'''''Dragon Ball Z'''''|ドラゴンボールZ|Doragon Bōru Zetto|commonly abbreviated as '''''DBZ'''''}} is an ] series produced by Toei Doga (now ]). ''Dragon Ball Z'' is the ] to the ], which covers the first 16 volumes of a 42 volume ] series created by ], while ''Dragon Ball Z'' adapts the last 26 volumes of the original ].<ref>''Dragon Ball Z'' manga, volumes 1-26</ref>

The anime first aired in Japan from ], ], to ], ], and was ] in several countries around the world, including ] and in the ].

== Plot ==
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The series continues the adventures of ] who, along with his companions, defend the ] and other fictional planets against various ]s. While the original ] followed Goku through childhood into adulthood, ''Dragon Ball Z'' parallels his adult life with the maturation of his first child, ]. The series also gives focus to the evolution of his rivals, ] and ], from evil to good, with the former's evolution occurring early in the series and latter's spanning across the entire series. The separation between the series is also significant as the later series takes on a more dramatic and serious tone, with a number of ]s either threatening or committing acts of ] or outright ].

]'s ] ] series '']'' satirizes many concepts introduced in '']'' and ''Dragon Ball Z''.

== Media==
===Anime===
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''Dragon Ball Z'' premiered in Japan on ], ] and ran for 291 episodes until its conclusion on ], ].<ref name="DBZ-ANN">{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=244&page=25|title=Anime News Network Dragon Ball Z episode list|accessdate=2007-11-08|publisher=]}}</ref>

] created an ] ] of the episodes using ] for the voice acting. The dubbed episodes premiered in the ] on ] in September 1996. Due to US censorship laws, the episodes were heavily edited, with blood, nudity, profanity, and character deaths removed. In May 1998, the broadcast was canceled and Funimation stopped production of the dubbed episodes. Three months later, the series began airing on ] as part of the channel's new ] programming block. In 1999, Funimation started dubbing the series again, now using their own in-house voice actors and with a new musical score. The series completed its run in April 2003. In 2003, Funimation redubbed the first 67 episodes of the series, restoring the removed content and replacing the Ocean Group dubbing with the same voice cast used in the later episodes. These reduns were released to ] ] in Uncut box sets, starting in April 2005. The Funimation dubbed episodes also aired in ], the ], ], and the ].

In the United Kingdom, the Funimation dubs of episodes 168 through the final episode were replaced with a new dubbed version. This version used a dub language track produced by ] studios, but continued using most of Funimation's English language scripts.

==Reception==
In September 2002, ''Dragon Ball Z'' was the number one cable television series for boys 9-14.

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