dragonball actually had a story.
dragonball Z had a 30 minute story, stretched into 6 episodes, and then repeated for 7 straight years.
Hero: "oh no! what is that!?"
Friend: "I don't know!"
bad guy: "AGAGHGHG I KILLED ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS!"
"OH NOES!"
2 episodes of bleached hair and sparring, with half of each episode devoted to 2nd tier characters who are off looking for the magical sushi palace of King Hakurandan or Emperor Hijakaso or Magi Kakkarato
and last episode, Goku (or Gohan, or whoever) almost dies, clothes all ripped, covered in dirt, thrown through 3 mountains, and manages to suprise the badguy by winning.