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Akira Toriyama () is a author of Manga Japan board born the April 5th 1955 with Kiyosu, Préfecture of Aichi.

It begins its career in 1978 with Wonder Island , published in the Weekly Shōnen Jump, and becomes famous thanks to its weekly publication of Dr. Slump of 1980 with 1984.

He works on Dragon Ball of 1984 with 1995. During these eleven years, it draws 42 volumes of approximately 200 each one pages (what makes Dragon Ball a work of approximately 10  000 pages). Dragon Ball becomes an immense success, and knows animated adaptations , video games, card decks…

Thanks to its creative direction, Toriyama obtains work with several projects of video games such Dragon Quest . It also designs the characters of Chrono Trigger on Super Nintendo, of the plays of combat Tobal No 1 and Tobal 2 on PlayStation, and finally of Blue Dragon on Xbox 360.

After Dragon Ball , Toriyama produces One shot or short accounts (from 100 to 200 pages), such as Go! Go! Ackman , Cowa , Kajika , Sand Land or Cross-country race epoch in collaboration with Eiichirō Oda.

Comment

Initially specialist in the illustration more than of the Cartoon, it affirmed to have done many efforts to work the impression of movement of the characters, as well as the dynamics of his boxes. With Dragon Ball it becomes one of the most important representatives of the Shōnen manga , and like Osamu Tezuka (but to a lesser extent), it sees its graphic style often copied and integrated per many mangaka .

Its style adapts to the evolution of Dragon Ball , its feature hardens for this period (the angular features become more systematic) compared to a rounder style for its first productions, then for Dr. Slump . Whereas the stories became almost exclusively based on the combat, it puts an end to the series Dragon Ball . It carries out then stories (in One shot ) in the tone of its first productions, or certain chapters of Dr. Slump , although having evolved/moved graphically.

Akira Toriyama often affirms in its messages with the reader being deeply attached to his life in the Japanese countryside, and to fear the urban life. This share of its personality feels in practically all the stories which it created: the hero often comes from the countryside, and the topic of the child who discovers the city without never to have seen it, or conversely of the person accustomed to the city which undergoes the risks of the countryside is often re-used ( Dr. Slump , Sand Land , Dragon Ball , Kajika , etc), on the ton of the comedy.

Work

Mangas

Illustrated stories

Animation

The occupied functions are those of realizer and scenario writer.

Video games

The occupied functions are those of Character designer (creative of the characters) and illustrator.

Publications

Albums

Art Books

  • Akira Toriyama - The world

See too

Related articles

External bonds

  • universe of Toriyama Site of fan very documented

  • Toriworld Presentation of principal works

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