Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール Doragon Bōru) is an anime television series that was produced by Toei Animation. It is an adaptation of the first 194 chapters of the manga of the same name created by Akira Toriyama, which were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1988. The anime is composed of 153 episodes that were broadcast on Fuji TV from February 26, 1986 to April 12, 1989. Chapters 195-519 of the manga were adapted into the Dragon Ball Z anime.