Even when the artist actually wanted to wrap the story up, the massive popularity of the title meant that its cancellation could even have impacted the stock price of publisher Shueisha, hence Dragonball ended up running for a full 11 years, from 1984 to 1995.
如日本漫畫界首席人物鳥山明連載《七龍珠》時，曾數度有意讓故事完結，但出版社考量《七龍珠》席捲全球的影響力之大，一旦下檔，甚至可能影響到所屬的「集英社」相關企業股價而遲不點頭，最後《七龍珠》整整連載 11 年之久（1984～1995 年）。