Akira Toriyama

Akira Toriyama

  • Birthday: 1955-04-05
  • Deathday: 2024-03-01
  • Place of birth: Aichi, Japan
  • Also know as: 鳥山 明

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Return of Godzilla

1984

As Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited)

Production

Kennosuke-sama

1990

As Creator

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

2018

As Character Designer

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

2022

As Character Designer

Saving Soldier Cashman

1997

As Original Story

Go! Go! Ackman

1994

As Original Story

Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly

1994

As Characters

Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

1991

As Characters

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

2018

As Screenplay

Dragon Quest Fantasia Video

1988

As Characters

Sand Land

2023

As Comic Book

Kennosuke-sama

1990

As Original Story

Dragonball Evolution

2009

As Comic Book

Dragon Ball: Goku's Traffic Safety

1988

As Original Film Writer

Dragon Ball: Goku's Fire Brigade

1988

As Original Concept

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