Akira Toriyama's new manga "Jaco the Galactic Patrolman" released it's first chapter just last week and every reader that is also a Dragon Ball fan found many connections between that manga and Dragon Ball. Shonen Jump has now confirmed this new manga does indeed tie in with Dragon Ball's story, here's some quotes.
The shocking revival of “Dragon Ball”!!
Akira Toriyama-sensei’s First New Series in 13 Years is “Jaco the Galactic Patrolman”
The shocking revival of “Dragon Ball”! In celebration of the 45th anniversary, the superstar returns!
A mysterious space alien comes from a far-off galaxy, Jaco!! What’s his true identity?!
The whole world’s long-awaited return of a “legend” is here!!
There are many theories on how this new manga will tie in and where it will be placed in Dragon Ball's storyline. The most popular and logical one being this manga is a prequel to Dragon Ball and we will see baby Goku towards the end of the chapters.
Read Jaco the Galactic Patrolman:
GO HERE TO READ CHAPTER ONE
What are you theories? We will have to wait for each new chapter to be released via Shonen Jump to find out!