Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama born on April 5

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 Play. Station (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 Play. Station, Play. Station 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 Play. Station. Chrono Trigger Role-playing game (RPG) developed by Square. Soft (now Square Enix) for Nintendo's Super NES. It was relaunched with a few additions for Sony's Play. Station. 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 Play. Station developed by Square. Soft (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 on designs for the game for the last five years. An MMORPG based on the manga Dragon Ball. He has worked

Children's books Toccio the Angel BIOSPHERE

Awawa World Wonder Island Today's Highlight Island Tomato 1977 1978 -1979 Hetappi 1982 Dr. Slump Escape Pola & Roid Pink Mad Matic 1980 -1985 1981 1982 Chobit 1983 Dragon Boy Tongpoo Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 1 1983 Unpublished 2 One-shots One-shot 1 tankōbon, drawing lesson - Co-author: Akira Sakuma 18 tankōbon, kanzenban One-shot 2 One-shots, This is not to be confused with the later Chobits, by Clamp 2 One-shots One-shot 1983 1 tankōbon

Dragon Ball 1984 -1995 Mr. Ho 1986 Lady Red 1987 Kennosuke-sama Sonchoh Mamejiro Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 2 Karamaru Wolf 1987 1988 42 tankōbon, later reassembled into 34 kanzenban special editions One-shot 4 one-shots, adult gag manga One-shot 1988 1 tankōbon 1989 1990 Cashman Saving Soldier 1991 Dub & Peter 1 1992 One-shot 3 one-shots - 1998, 1 tankōbon 4 one-shots

Go!Go!Ackman 1993 Chotto Kaettekita Dr. Slump 1994 -1997 Tokimecha 1996 Alien X-Peke 1997 Bubul 1997 Akira Toriyama's Manga 1997 Theater Vol. 3 Cowa! 1997 -1998 Cashman Saving Soldier/New 1998 Cashman Saving Soldier Tahi Mahi 1998 Kajika 1998 Neko Majin 1999 -2005 11 one-shots 4 slim tankōbon One-shot 1 tankōbon 1 tankōbon 5 one-shots, 1 tankōbon/kanzenban

Hyowtam 2000 Sand Land Bitch's Life Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo Cross Epoch 2000 2001 One-shot drawn entirely on a computer in E-Jump, a special edition of Weekly Shōnen Jump focusing on electronics. 1 tankōbon 1 illustration 2006 One-shot, omake 2006 Dr. Mashirito Abale-chan 2007 Sachi-chan Gū!! 2008 Jiya 2009 -2010 One-shot, with Eiichiro Oda One-shot in Monthly Shōnen Jump One-shot in Jump SQ. , art by Masakazu Katsura 3 One-shots in Young Jump, art by Masakazu Katsura