Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball franchise is a phenomenon that needs no introduction, one that has inspired countless other works of anime, manga and various other media. After the end of the anime-original Dragon Ball GT in 1996, Dragon Ball as a franchise continued well into the 2000s, with several eras of videogame adaptations, original video animations (OVAs) and films, but as far as the canonical story was concerned, it ended with the Buu Saga. The absence of Dragon Ball, after it had been such an integral part of the Golden Age of Shōnen Jump, was a scary prospect, especially for fans who followed Goku's journey from childhood to adulthood, which is a big reason why a certain image of Goku in his "Super Saiyan 5" transformation spread as far and wide as it did.