1. Akira Toriyama originally did not want to make Dragonball Z because he felt that it ruined the plot. However, fame and money prevailed over this.

2. There are 27 Dragonball Z Video Games.

3. Akira's favorite character is Trunks.

4. Dragonball Z was originally supposed to be about Gohan, and not focus on Goku as much.

5. Dragonball is based on a chinese folk tale about a monkey boy, a three-eyed god, a monk, a desert bandit, and Shen-lon the god dragon.

6. Dragonball Z was originally supposed to end after the Frieza Saga, but it was Akira's wife that convinced him to keep going.