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'' franchise has spawned thirteen television specials that aired on

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. Of these specials, the first four, as well as the sixth, eighth, tenth and eleventh are original stories created by the anime staff with the exception of the fifth, seventh, ninth, twelfth and thirteenth specials, which are alternate re-tellings of certain story arcs. On April 7, 2013, a two-part hour-long crossover TV special, between ''Dragon Ball Z'', ''

'' and ''

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'', referred to as ''Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!'' aired on Fuji TV. The first part is named and the second is titled . The plot has the International Gourmet Organization (from ''Toriko'') sponsoring the Tenka'ichi Shokuōkai, a race with no rules that characters from all three series compete in. Three of the specials received limited theatrical releases in South Korea in 2014; ''Episode of Merry'', ''Episode of Nami'' and ''Episode of Luffy'' were released on August 28, December 6 and December 10, grossing 28,590,200 (), 12,319,500 () and 11,342,500 () respectively. As with the franchise's anime television series, specials eight through thirteen have been streamed with English subtitles in North America by

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and

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and released on home video by Funimation with Japanese and English-dubbed versions.

Specials

Home Media

Japan

The first special was released on VHS, and specials five onward have been released on Blu-ray. The Log Collections are available on DVD only.

English

The TV specials have been released on DVD and Blu-ray.

Notes

References

External links

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