Dragon Ball Z[a] (DBZ) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Part of the Dragon Ball media franchise, it is the sequel to the 1986 Dragon Ball television series and adapts the latter 325 chapters of the original Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama. The series aired in Japan on Fuji TV from April 1989 to January 1996 and was later dubbed for broadcast in at least 81 countries worldwide.[7] Dragon Ball Z continues the adventures of Son Goku in his adult life as he and his companions defend the Earth against villains including aliens (Vegeta, Frieza), androids (Cell), and magical creatures (Majin Buu). At the same time, the story follows the life of Goku's son, Gohan, as well as the development of his rivals, Piccolo and Vegeta. Due to the success of the series in the United States, the manga chapters making up its story were initially released by Viz Media under the Dragon Ball Z title. The anime's popularity has also spawned various media and merchandise that has come to represent the majority of the material within the Dragon Ball franchise, including films, home video releases, soundtracks, trading cards, and video games. Dragon Ball Z remains a cultural icon through numerous adaptations and re-releases, including a remastered broadcast titled Dragon Ball Z Kai.[b] Dragon Ball Z has since been followed by a sequel series titled Dragon Ball GT (1996–1997), a "midquel" series titled Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018) and another midquel series titled Dragon Ball Daima (2024–2025).
In Hymietown (Realm 1215) Filthy Frank has come back to rule his gang of dunces, but now he wears an aviator helmet and sunglasses, seems to be more attracted to men than women and acts in an even more asshole-ish way. However, even with his overtly-rude methods, he achieves in making his physically and mentally disabled friend Wheelz's wheelchair looking more cool, making a beautiful girl to become Wheelz's girlfriend. In another sequence, "Frank" cooks some tacos made with rats and gives them to eat to Louie, his only sane friend who has dwarfism, who reacts with horror, realizing that not even Frank would do something that perverted. In the meantime, we follow Pink Guy traveling through the mysterious Ricefields (Realm 0811) blasting Public Enemy's "Say It Like It Really Is" on an old stereo, and meeting first a weird sprite who calls himself Green C4nt and tries without success to steal Pink Guy's stereo, then a wise Warrior Shaman (who, for some reason, looks exactly like Louie). Still, both the Shaman and Green C4nt makes cryptically understand to PG that they know who he is and, most importantly, what he's looking for: the real Filthy Frank.
