Monthly Shōnen Jump
"Neko Majin" is a series of one-shots written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama that were published irregularly in both "Weekly Shōnen Jump" and "Monthly Shōnen Jump". The first, "Neko Majin is Here", was published in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" 1999 #22-23, the second in 1999 #37-38. Although there were some similarities, it did not become a self-parody of "Dragon Ball" until "Neko Majin Z" in "Monthly Shōnen Jump" 2001 #6, published in May 2001. After the second "Neko Majin Z" in "Monthly Shōnen Jump" 2003 #9. "Neko Majin Mike" was published in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" 2003 #37-38, concurrently with "Neko Majin Z 2". "Neko Majin Z" was published in "Monthly Shōnen Jump" 2004 #3, while the final two "Z" chapters were published back-to-back in "Monthly Shōnen Jump" 2005 #1 and #2. All eight chapters were compiled into a single "kanzenban" volume on April 4, 2005 by Shueisha (). On April 4, 2013, the chapters were fully colored and the "kanzenban" was released digitally.