Akira Toriyama

Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明 Toriyama Akira, born on April 5, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist.

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April 5 - 1955 - Kiyosu - Aichi Prefecture - Japan - Manga

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He debuted in 1978 with the story Wonder Island, published in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and gained fame for Dr. Slump, serialized weekly in Shonen Jump from 1980 to 1984.

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1978 - Weekly Shonen Jump - Dr. Slump - 1980 - 1984

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He is probably best known for his series Dragon Ball. This work was one of the linchpins for what is known as the Golden Age of Jump. Its success "forced" Toriyama to work on Dragon Ball from 1984 to 1995. During that eleven-year period, he produced 519 chapters, collected into 42 volumes. Each volume has an average of 200 pages, so the entire Dragon Ball storyline extends to almost 9,000 pages. Moreover, the success of Dragon Ball led to an animated television series, feature-length animated movies, video games, and mega-merchandising.

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Dragon Ball - 1984 - 1995 - Movies - Video games

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His clean line and design sense led to jobs designing characters for the phenomenally popular Dragon Quest series of role-playing game (formerly called Dragon Warrior in the United States). He has also served as the character designer for the Super Famicom and SNES RPG Chrono Trigger and the popular fighting game Tobal No. 1 for the PlayStation (as well as its sequel, Tobal 2, released only Japan), and continues to produce the occasional manga story.

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Dragon Quest - Role-playing game - Super Famicom - Chrono Trigger - Fighting game - Tobal No. 1 - PlayStation - Tobal 2 - Manga

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His works after Dragon Ball tend to be short (100-200 page) stories, including Cowa!, Kajika, and Sandland, as well as one-shots, like the spoof Neko Majin Z.

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Cowa! - Kajika - Sandland - Neko Majin Z

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