History Fanfic / DragonBallAF

* AscendedFanon: Some ideas of the series, such as an [[Characters/DragonBallGokuBlack Evil Counterpart to Goku]], [[Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero Gohan and the rest of the cast reaching power levels equivalent to Goku and Vegeta]] (which was seen as impossible by the time GT was on air), and [[Anime/DragonBallResurrectionF the resurrection of old villains]], were eventually used in canon.

Fans, unaware that this supposed transformation was an OriginalCharacter ''FanArt'' done by a guy named Tablos, thought the character was Goku as a Super Saiyan 5, and AF meant "After Future", which put fake news about a new series. Despite the origins, a very active community in the ''Dragon Ball'' fanbase would open up and create more rumors, synopsis, transformations and characters (like Xicor), including works named after the fake series, that inspired more confusion in the fanbase.

* '''Dragon Ball AF''' by Daniel Montiel Franco, also known as Tablos, the creator of the original illustration. Being Spanish, Tablos never had that much luck outside his homeland. It is of no help that the author, during the 2010's, has become quite vocal about despite starting the trend, didn't receive anything from Shueshia despite multiple attempts to work with them and his design and idea being stolen by other fan creators.

* '''[[Webcomic/DragonBallAFToyble Dragon Ball AF]]''' by Toyble. Toyble was a Japanese aficionado who loved ''Dragon Ball'' since he was young, and during's AF days, took all the multiple rumors from the fandom internationally and tried to make a story out of it. He didn't create BigBad Xicor, for example, he merely adapted it. Toyble was the most successful of the three, directly working in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise as Creator/{{Toyotaro}}.

!!Due to the rumors being too vast and there aren't enough sources to state what they all have in common, we'll try our best to say what these rumors had in common:

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragon_ball_af.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The picture that started it all.]]

Fans, unaware that this supposed transformation was an OriginalCharacter ''fan art'' done by a guy named Tablos, thought the character was Goku as a Super Saiyan 5, and AF meant "After Future", which put fake news about a new series. Despite the origins, a very active community in the ''Dragon Ball'' fanbase would open up and create more rumors, synopsis, transformations and characters (like Xicor), including works named after the fake series, that inspired more confusion in the fanbase.

Among these works, four doujinshi's were notable enough:

Compare Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse.

* '''Dragon Ball AF''' by Youngjijii, a very prolific Japanese artist that drew multiple works. He was, however, infamous for [[UsefulNotes/{{Plagiarism}} tracing almost everything in his work]].

'''Dragon Ball AF''' is not exactly the name of a single work, but of a phenomenon in the ''Anime/DragonBall'' fanbase in the 2000's about a supposed sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallGT''.

While the rumor's exact origin is unknown, this being the early days of the internet, after all, the picture that would open the debate and even name this supposed series was an illustration of a Super Saiyan transformation with a logo spelling AF published in Spain's magazine Hobbyconsolas.

-->-- '''Geekdom101''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBI8p2bEj34 The Story of Dragon Ball AF.]]''

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragon_ball_af.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The picture that started it all.]]

* '''Dragon Ball New Age''' by Malik Torihane. Despite not sharing the name with the series, it follows the trend of being a FanSequel to ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' with similar ideas. Originally it had a series in the 2000's, but was rebooted in 2018.

* BackFromTheDead: Saiyans that were long dead would return [[TookALevelInBadass stronger than before, and Super Saiyan transformations.]]

Among these works, three doujinshi's were notable enough:

* '''[[Webcomic/DragonBallAFToyble Dragon Ball AF]] by Toyble. Toyble was a Japanese aficionado who loved ''Dragon Ball'' since he was young, and during's AF days, took all the multiple rumors from the fandom internationally and tried to make a story out of it. He didn't create BigBad Xicor, for example, he merely adapted it. Toyble was the most successful of the three, directly working in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise as Creator/{{Toyotaro}}.

* '''Dragon Ball AF''' by Tablos, the creator of the original illustration. Being Spanish, Tablos never had that much luck outside his homeland. It is of no help that the author, during the 2010's, has become quite vocal about despite starting the trend, didn't receive anything from Shueshia despite multiple attempts to work with them and his design and idea being stolen by other fan creators.

While the rumors exact origin is unknown, this being the early days of the internet after all, the picture that would open the debate and even name this supposed series was an illustration of a Super Saiyan transformation with a logo spelling AF published in Spain's magazine Hobbyconsolas.

Fans, unaware that this supposed transformation was an OriginalCharacter '''fan art''' done by a guy named Tablos, thought the character was Goku as a Super Saiyan 5, and AF meant "After Future", which put fake news about a new series. Despite the origins, a very active community in the ''Dragon Ball'' fanbase would open up and create more rumors, synopsis, transformations and characters (like Xicor), including works named after the fake series, that inspired more confusion in the fanbase.

Among these works, three doujinshi's were notable enough. Among them were:

* '''Dragon Ball AF''' by Tablos, the creator of the original illustration. Being Spanish, Tablos never had that much luck outside his homeland. It is of no help that the author, during the 2010's, has become quite vocal about despite starting the trend, didn't receive anything and his design and idea being stolen by other fan creators.

* '''[[Webcomic/DragonBallAFToyble Dragon Ball AF]] by Toyble. Toyble was a Japanese aficionado who loved ''Dragon Ball'' since he was young, and during's AF days, he took all the multiple rumors from the fandom internationally and tried to make a story out of it. He didn't create BigBad Xicor, for example, he merely adapted it. Toyble was the most successful of the three, directly working in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise as Creator/Toyotaro.

Fans, unaware that this supposed transformation was an OriginalCharacter done by a guy named Tablos, thought the character was Goku as a Super Saiyan 5, and AF meant "After Future", which put fake news about a new series. Despite the origins, a very active community in the ''Dragon Ball'' fanbase would open up and create more rumors, synopsis, transformations and characters (like Xicor), including works named after the fake series, that inspired more confusion in the fanbase.

* '''Dragon Ball AF''' by Youngjijii, a very prolific Japanese artist that drew multiple works. He was, however, infamous for [[{{Plagiarism}} tracing almost everything in his work]].
* '''[[DragonBallAFToyble Dragon Ball AF]] by Toyble. Toyble was a Japanese aficionado who loved ''Dragon Ball'' since he was young, and during's AF days, he took all the multiple rumors from the fandom internationally and tried to make a story out of it. He didn't create BigBad Xicor, for example, he merely adapted it. Toyble was the most successful of the three, directly working in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise as Creator/Toyotaro.

''Dragon Ball AF'' is not exactly the name of a single work, but of a phenomenon in the ''Anime/DragonBall'' fanbase in the 2000's about a supposed sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallGT''.

While the rumors exact origin is unknown, this being the early days of the internet after all, the picture that would open the debate and even name this supposed series was an illustration of a Super Saiyan transformation with a logo under it published in Spain's magazine Hobbyconsolas. Fans, unaware that this supposed transformation was an OriginalCharacter done by a guy named Tablos, thought the character was Goku as a Super Saiyan 5, and AF meant "After Future".

Despite the origins of this rumored series, a very active community in the ''Dragon Ball'' fanbase would open up and create countless rumors, synopsis, transformations and characters, including works named after the fake series.