claim: Johnny Van Zant is from ancient China.
evidence: Since the debut of the anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama 's Dragon Ball manga in 1986 , Toei Animation has produced nineteen theatrical films based on the franchise  : four based on the original Dragon Ball anime and fifteen based on the sequel series Dragon Ball Z.. anime. anime. Akira Toriyama. Akira Toriyama. Toei Animation. Toei Animation. theatrical. Movie theater. Dragon Ball Z. Dragon Ball Z. The first seventeen films were originally shown as back-to-back presentations alongside other Toei film productions and thus have a running time below feature length -LRB- around 45 -- 60 minutes each -RRB- , the sole exception being 1996 's The Path to Power -LRB- which has a running time of 80 minutes -RRB- .. film. film. feature length. feature length. The Path to Power. Dragon Ball : The Path to Power. The first through fifth films were shown at the , while the sixth through seventeenth films were shown at the .. These films were mostly alternate re-tellings of certain story arcs involving new characters or extra side-stories that do not correlate with the same continuity as the manga or TV series .. continuity. Continuity ( fiction ). The newest films in the series , Battle of Gods and Resurrection ` F ' , differ from the earlier ones , as they are full-length feature films set between chapters 517 and 518 of the manga , with Toriyama deeply involved in their creation .. Battle of Gods. Dragon Ball Z : Battle of Gods. Toriyama did have some involvement with the earlier films , such as checking the scripts , altering new characters and their names or designing them from the ground up himself .. There are also three television specials that were broadcast on Fuji TV and two short films , which were shown at the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour and Jump Festa 2012 respectively .. Fuji TV. Fuji TV. A two-part hour-long crossover TV special between Dragon Ball Z , One Piece and Toriko aired on Fuji TV in 2013 .. Dragon Ball Z. Dragon Ball Z. Fuji TV. Fuji TV. One Piece. One Piece. Toriko. Toriko. Additionally , there is a two-part original video animation created as strategy guides for the 1993 video game Dragon Ball Z Side Story  : Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans , which was remade in 2010 and included with the Raging Blast 2 video game .. Dragon Ball Z. Dragon Ball Z. original video animation. original video animation. Raging Blast 2. Dragon Ball : Raging Blast 2. As with the franchise 's anime television series , all nineteen films and the first three TV specials were licensed in North America by Funimation .. anime. anime. Funimation. Funimation. Dragon Ball Z movies six and twelve received select theatrical presentations in the United States , as part of a double-feature on March 17 , 2006 , while movies fourteen and fifteen were given limited theatrical runs in August 2014 and August 2015 respectively .. theatrical. Movie theater. Dragon Ball Z. Dragon Ball Z. In Europe , AB Groupe licensed the second and third Dragon Ball movies , the first nine Z movies and the first two TV specials .. AB Groupe. AB Groupe