Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山 明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating his highly successful manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama is regarded as one of the authors who changed the history of manga, as his works are highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered to be one of the main reasons for the period when manga circulation was at its highest in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered to be one of the main reasons for the period when manga circulation was at its highest in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
Known for
SAND LAND: THE SERIES
Sand Land
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Dragon Quest X: The Miracles of the Adventurers
Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai
Dragon Quest - 30th Anniversary NHK Special
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ - Future Trunks Special Edition
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Dragonball Evolution
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
Blue Dragon
Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan
The World of Dragon Ball Z
Dr. Slump: Arale's Surprise Bang
Dr. Slump: Robot Showdown! Dr. Mashirito Appears / A Kiin Win! Penguin Grand Prix
Dr. Slump
Saving Soldier Cashman
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
Dragon Ball GT
Nuumamonjaa: Time and Space Adventures
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon
Fantascience World Gulliver Boy
Go! Go! Ackman
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation
ドラゴンボールZ 危険なふたり!超戦士はねむれない
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan
Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku
Kennosuke-sama
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Quest Fantasia Video
Kosuke and Rikimaru: Dragon of Konpei Island
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Dragon Ball: Goku's Traffic Safety
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
Dragon Ball
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle
The Return of Godzilla
Crusher Joe
Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island
Dr. Slump
Acting
Writing
2013
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!
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1998
Dr. Slump: Robot Showdown! Dr. Mashirito Appears / A Kiin Win! Penguin Grand Prix
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1985
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! City of Dreams, Mechapolis
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1984
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle
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