There are hundreds of anime that have permanently changed the state of the industry, but Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball and Yoshihiro Togashi's Yu Yu Hakusho are two of the biggest shonen success stories to come out of the 1990s. Dragon Ball and Yu Yu Hakusho share a lot in common and often feature comparable storytelling structures, even if they're ultimately about different things. These two shonen series have also gained evergreen status and are arguably even more popular today than when they were first released. Dragon Ball, even now, turns out new content like feature films, video games, and manga, while Netflix recently released the first season of a live-action Yu Yu Hakusho series.
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