Dragon Ball AF, meaning "Dragon Ball: After Future," is a non-canonical fan-made series that follows the debatably canonical Dragon Ball GT series. The rumor of Dragon Ball AF began with the circulation of a "Super Saiyan 5 Goku" image drawn by David Montiel Franco within the May 1999 issue of a Spanish magazine called: "Hobby Consolas." By October of year 2000 a popular website called Majin.com posted the picture as a new SSJ5 Goku, claiming that Dragon Ball AF was a real thing. Some people thought the SSJ5 Goku image was an image of a "god-transformation" of Goku after he was taken away by Shenron in the main series. On November of the same year, the website administrators apologized and said they were "tricked by a con-artist." Following this prank, a lot of fans—remarkably Toyble and Young Jiji—made their own fan fictions and fan artwork based on this rumored series. Some people call Dragon Ball AF: "Dragon Ball April Fools."
Dragon Ball AF by Toyble:
Toyotaro was a dojinshi artist going by the name "Toyble" and is the author of his very own fan-made Dragon Ball AF manga. There are four volumes of his Dragon Ball AF series, but it was never finished so he closed it up with "4th volume special" which is meant to be read after volume 4 to give some closure to his series. Toyble has drawn Dragon Ball ever since he was young, generally drawing it after eating breakfast. After his Dragon Ball AF series in the 2000s he was hired by Shueisha in 2012 and became an official manga artist. Toyble is the author of the spin-off manga "Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission," which came out in the November 2012 issue of V-Jump and is the illustrator of the Dragon Ball Super manga. He created the manga adaptation of the "Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F" film as well. Toyble drew two pages of Dragon Ball Super as a demonstration, and Toriyama chose him as his successor. (For more information check out: http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Toyble ) Toyble became the official artist of the manga version of Dragon Ball Super. As of the "Universe Survival Saga" Toyble has also become a character designer for Dragon Ball Super, creating designs while working with Toriyama. He also drew "Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 The Manga."
Dragon Ball AF by Young Jiji:
This version of Dragon Ball AF is separate from Toyble's but has many similarities. There is an obvious influence between the two. Young Jiji's Dragon Ball AF is significantly longer than Toyble's (it is 14 or more volumes) and appears to have less plot-holes or inconsistencies from the main series than Toyble's.
Here is a link to download the entire versions of both of these series of what is currently available in English:
(Note: There are other versions of Dragon Ball AF as well, these two are the most recognized by the Dragon Ball AF fan-base.)
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