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Akira Toriyama. Akira Toriyama , born on April 5, 1955, in Kiyosu , Aichi, Japan, is a widely known and acclaimed Japanese manga artist known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama, born on April 5, 1955, in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan, is a
widely known and acclaimed Japanese manga artist known
mostly for his creation of Dragon
Ball in 1984.
He admires Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and was impressed by Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which he remembers for the great art. Jackie Chan's early movies had a noticeable influence on Toriyama's stories.
In 1982, he won the Shogakukan
Manga Award for Dr. Slump for
best shōnen or shōjo manga series of the
year.
He produced 519 chapters, collected into 42 volumes. Each volume has an average of 200 pages. Moreover, the benefit of the manga led to three
anime adaptations, numerous feature-length animated movies, several video games, and mega-merchandising.
Toriyama has also served as the
character designer for the Super Famicom
RPG Chrono Trigger, the fighting game
Tobal No. 1 for the PlayStation (as well as
its sequel, Tobal 2, released only in Japan), and the
Mistwalker Xbox 360 exclusive RPG Blue
Dragon.
His works after Dragon Ball tend to be short (100-200
page) stories, including Cowa!, Kajika, and Sand
Land, as well as one-shots, like Neko Majin.
In 2009, Toriyama was
commissioned by Avex Trax to draw a portrait
of Japanese singer, Ayumi Hamasaki, it
was printed on the CD of her
single Rule/Sparkle.
Video games (character design)
Dragon Quest series Role-playing game (RPG) series published by Enix
(now Square Enix). Appeared on Nintendo's Famicom/NES, Super Famicom/Super NES, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Sony's PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Wii.
Dragon Quest Monsters series Role-playing game (RPG)
series published by Enix (now Square Enix). Appeared on Nintendo's Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and Sony's PlayStation.
Chrono Trigger Role-playing game (RPG) developed by SquareSoft (now Square Enix) for
Nintendo's Super NES. It was relaunched with a few additions for Sony's PlayStation. Toriyama appeared in an alternate ending to the game along with all the other developers; the game is now also available for the Nintendo DS in Japan, North America, and Europe.
Tobal No. 1 and Tobal 2 Fighting games for Sony's PlayStation developed
by SquareSoft (now Square Enix).
Blue Dragon Role-playing game (RPG) for Microsoft's Xbox 360 developed by Artoon for
Mistwalker studio based on a design by Final Fantasy originator Hironobu Sakaguchi.
Dragon Ball Online An MMORPG based on the manga Dragon Ball. He has worked
on designs for the game for the last five years.
Children's books
Toccio the AngelBIOSPHERE
Awawa World 1977 UnpublishedWonder Island 1978-1979 2 One-shotsToday's Highlight Island 1979 One-shotTomato 1979 One-shot
Hetappi 1982 1 tankōbon, drawing lesson - Co-author: Akira Sakuma
Dr. Slump 1980-1985 18 tankōbon, kanzenbanEscape 1981 One-shotPola & Roid 1981 One-shotPink 1982 One-shotMad Matic 1982 One-shot
Chobit 19832 One-shots, This is not to be confused with the later Chobits, by Clamp
Dragon Boy 1983 2 One-shotsTongpoo 1983 One-shotAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.1 1983 1 tankōbon
Dragon Ball 1984-199542 tankōbon, later reassembled into 34 kanzenban special editions
Mr. Ho 1986 One-shot
Lady Red 1987 4 one-shots, adult gag manga
Kennosuke-sama 1987 One-shotSonchoh 1987 One-shotMamejiro 1988 One-shotAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.2 1988 1 tankōbon
Karamaru 1989 One-shotWolf 1990 One-shot
Cashman Saving Soldier 1991 3 one-shots - 1998, 1 tankōbon
Dub & Peter 1 1992 4 one-shots
Go!Go!Ackman 1993 11 one-shotsChotto Kaettekita Dr. Slump 1994-1997 4 slim tankōbonTokimecha 1996 One-shotAlien X-Peke 1997 One-shotBubul 1997 One-shotAkira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.3 1997 1 tankōbon
Cowa! 1997-1998 1 tankōbonCashman Saving Soldier/New Cashman Saving Soldier 1998 1 tankōbon
Tahi Mahi 1998 1 tankōbonKajika 1998 1 tankōbon
Neko Majin 1999-2005 5 one-shots, 1 tankōbon/kanzenban
Hyowtam 2000
One-shot drawn entirely on a computer in E-Jump, a special edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump focusing on electronics.
Sand Land 2000 1 tankōbonBitch's Life 2001 1 illustrationKochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo
2006 One-shot, omake
Cross Epoch 2006 One-shot, with Eiichiro Oda
Dr. Mashirito Abale-chan 2007 One-shot in Monthly Shōnen Jump
Sachi-chan Gū!! 2008 One-shot in Jump SQ., art by Masakazu Katsura
Jiya 2009-2010 3 One-shots in Young Jump, art by Masakazu Katsura