Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama ( Japanese 鳥 山 明 , Toriyama Akira ; born April 5, 1955 in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture ) is a Japanese manga artist .
Life
Born in Aichi Prefecture on Honshū , the largest Japanese island, Akira Toriyama was an avid fan of comics and cartoons even as a child. With Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians came the initial spark to pick up the pen and put the first drawings on paper.
Toriyama graduated from the Department of Design at the Prefectural Business School in 1974 and began working as a designer for a design company in advertising that same year until 1977. The following year he took part in the Shukan Shonen Jump monthly "Young Jump Prize" and made his debut as a draftsman with Wonder Island , a wondrous adventure story about a caveman, a witch and a king published in Weekly Shonen Jump .
In 1979 he began working on the manga series Dr. Slump , which appeared in the same magazine with great success. Toriyama received this 1982 27th Shogakukan Manga Award in the category Shōnen . His greatest success so far is the 42-volume manga series Dragonball, which was published between 1984 and 1995 . With 152 million copies sold in Japan alone (as of 2010), it is the second most successful manga series in history.
In 1983 Akira Toriyama founded his own drawing studio, Bird Studio, and is involved in the graphic design of characters in video games , including the Dragon Quest series and the 1995 square role-playing game Chrono Trigger . He was also responsible for the idiosyncratic design of the QVOLT , which the Japanese car manufacturer CQ Motors launched in March 2005.
In March 2004 Akira Toriyama was the guest of honor at the Leipzig Book Fair and, in addition to an interview, also gave a one-hour drawing workshop entitled How to Draw .
In January 2007 Shonen Jump published "Dragonball x One Piece: Cross Epoch", a new short story in collaboration with Eiichirō Oda , the artist of One Piece .
On August 24, 2007, the video game Blue Dragon by Mistwalker was released in Europe and he again worked on its graphic design.
In 2013 he received the special award at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême .
In 2017 it became known through the publications known as the " Panama Papers " that Toriyama was involved in business with an offshore company in tax depreciation objects .
Works
Manga
| Surname | Year of origin | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Awawa World ( あ わ わ ワ ー ル ド ) | 1977 | unpublished contribution to the Monthly Young Jump Award, printed in Toriyama's Fan Club Newsletter, Bird Land Press # 5 & 6 1983 |
| Nazo no Rain Jack ( 謎 の レ イ ン ジ ャ ッ ク ) | 1978 | unpublished entry for the Monthly Young Jump Award, published in Toriyama's Fan Club Newsletter, Bird Land Press # 3 & 4 1982 |
| Wonder Island ( ワ ン ダ ー ・ ア イ ラ ン ド , Wandā Airando) | 1978-1979 | 2 one-shots in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Honjitsu no Hairaito-tō ( 本 日 の ハ イ ラ イ 島 ) | 1979 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Gal Keiji Tomato ( ギ ャ ル 刑事 ト マ ト ) | 1979 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Dr. Slump | 1980-1984 | 18 tankōbon , 1990 republished in 9 aizoban , 1995 9 bunkoban and 2006 in 15 kanzenban |
| Pola & Roid | 1981 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Escape | 1981 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Mad Matic | 1982 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| pink | 1982 | One-shot in Fresh Jump |
| Toriyama Akira no Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo ( 鳥山明 の ヘ タ ッ ピ マ ン ガ 研究所 ) | 1982-1984 | 1 Tankōbon , a drawing course in collaboration with Akira Sakuma |
| Chobit | 1983 | 2 one-shots in Weekly Shōnen Jump & Fresh Jump |
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1983 | 2 one-shots in Fresh Jump |
| Tongpoo no Daibōken ( ト ン プ ー 大 冒 険 ) | 1983 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.1 | 1983 | 1 tankōbon |
| Dragon ball | 1984-1995 | 42 Tankōbon , republished in 2002 in 34 kanzenban with a modified ending |
| Mr. Ho ( Mr. ホ ー ) | 1986 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Lady Red | 1987 | One-shot in Super Jump |
| Kennosuke-sama ( 剣 之 介 さ ま ) | 1987 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Sonchoh | 1987 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Mamejirō-kun ( 豆 次郎 く ん ) | 1988 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.2 | 1988 | 1 tankōbon |
| Karamaru-kun Nihonbare ( 空 丸 く ん 日本 晴 れ ) | 1989 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Rocky | 1989 | One-shot in Dōjinshi Neko Jū Jisha to Sono Yūjin-tachi ( 猫 十字 社 の 同人 誌 }), a collection of works by various artists |
| wolf | 1990 | One-shot, published in the Art Book Akira Toriyama: The World |
| Cashman - Saving Soldier ( 貯 金 戦 士 CASHMAN ) | 1990-1991 | 3 one-shots in V Jump , 1 tankōbon in 1998 |
| Dub & Peter 1 | 1992-1993 | 4 one-shots in V Jump |
| Go! Go! Ackman | 1993-1994 | 11 one-shots in V Jump |
| Uchūjin Peke ( 宇宙 人 ペ ケ ) | 1996 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Tokimecha | 1997 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Majinmura no Bubul ( 魔 人 村 の BUBUL ) | 1997 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.3 | 1997 | 1 tankōbon |
| Cowa! (こ わ! ) | 1997-1998 | 1 tankōbon |
| Kajika (カ ジ カ ) | 1998 | 1 tankōbon |
| Haigyō no Mahimahi ( ハ イ ギ ョ の マ ヒ マ ヒ ) | 1999 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Neko Majin (ネ コ マ ジ ン ) | 1999-2005 | 8 one-shots in Weekly Shōnen Jump & Monthly Shōnen Jump , 1 tankōbon / kanzenban |
| Hyowtam ( ヒ ョ ー タ ム Hyōtamu ) | 2000 | One-shot drawn entirely digitally for E-Jump , a special edition of the Weekly Shōnen Jump with a focus on electronics |
| Sand land | 2000 | 1 tankōbon |
| Kochira Namekku-sei Dragon Kōen-mae Hashutsujo ( こ ち ら ナ メ ッ ク 星 星 ド ラ ゴ ン 公園 前 派出所 ) | 2006 | 1 chapter of Super Kochikame ( 超 こ ち 亀 Chō Kochikame ), Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari-kōen Mae Hashutsujo and Dragon Ball Crossover with Osamu Akimoto for the 30th anniversary of Kochikame |
| Cross epoch | 2006 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump , a Dragon Ball and One Piece Crossover, in collaboration with Eiichirō Oda |
| Dr. Mashirito - Abale-chan (Dr. MASHIRITO ABALEち ゃ ん ) | 2007 | One-shot in Monthly Shōnen Jump |
| Sachie-chan Gū !! ( さ ち え ち ゃ ん グ ー !! ) | 2008 | One-shot in Jump SQ , drawn by Masakazu Katsura |
| Oishii Shima no Ū-sama ( お い し い 島 の ウ ー さ ま ) | 2009 | One-shot in the Saishū Senryaku Biosphere brochure ( 最終 戦 略 バ イ オ ス フ ィ ア ) for 2030 Magazine |
| Jiya ( JIYA - ジ ヤ - ) | 2009-2010 | 3 chapters in Weekly Young Jump , drawn by Masakazu Katsura |
| Kintoki ( KINTOKI- 金 目 族 の ト キ - ) | 2010 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Ginga Patrol Jaco (銀河 パ ト ロ ー ル ジ ャ コ ) | 2013 | One-shot in Weekly Shōnen Jump , 1 tankōbon ; Contribution to the 45th anniversary of the Weekly Shōnen Jump |
| Dragon Ball Super | 2015 | Only the plot is from Toriyama, the drawings are from Toyotarō. |
Anime
- Dr. Slump (1981-1986)
- Dragonball / Dragonball Z (1986–1996)
- New Dr. Slump (1997-1999)
- Blue Dragon (2007-2008) (character design)
- Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009-2011, 2014-2015)
- Dragon Ball Super (2015-2018)
Video games (character design)
- Dragon Quest franchise : RPG series developed by Square Enix . Appeared on Nintendo's Famicom / NES , Super Famicom / SNES , Game Boy Color , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS , Sony's PlayStation , PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's Wii .
- Dragon Quest Monsters series : RPG series developed by Square Enix. Appeared on Nintendo's Game Boy , Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and Sony's PlayStation.
- Chrono Trigger : RPG developed by Square (now Square Enix) for Nintendo's SNES. It was re-released with some additions for Sony's PlayStation and the Nintendo DS.
- Tobal : Two Beat 'em Ups (Tobal No. 1 and Tobal 2) for Sony's PlayStation, developed by DreamFactory .
- Blue Dragon : RPG for Microsoft's Xbox 360, developed by Mistwalker for Artoon , based on a design by Final Fantasy inventor Hironobu Sakaguchi .
criticism
His name was found in the data leak Paradise Papers . In 2000, he was one of several investors in a US real estate company whose accounting methods were later found to be inconsistent with US federal regulations, according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo. The manga artist has not commented on the investment.
Web links
- Literature by and about Akira Toriyama in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Akira Toriyama in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Akira Toriyama: The World Special. P. 127
- ↑ Naruto is 5th Shueisha Manga with 100 Million + Copies in Print (Update 2). Anime News Network, April 26, 2010, accessed September 23, 2016 .
- ^ Program of the Leipzig Book Fair , February 23, 2004
- ^ Akira Toriyama Wins Anniversary Award at France's Angoulême. In: Anime News Network. February 4, 2013, accessed February 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Paradise Papers Reveal Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama's Offshore Investment , November 12, 2017
- ↑ Paradise Papers - Gamblers, Tricksters, Billionaires | The first. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Shakira, Nicole Kidman, Akira Toriyama offshore links revealed in Paradise Papers. In: ICIJ. November 10, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ 漫画家 鳥山明 氏 、 米 不動産 に 投資 | ロ イ タ ー. November 10, 2017, accessed on August 31, 2019 (jp).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Toriyama, Akira |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 鳥山明 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese manga artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5th 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aichi prefecture |