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Akira Toriyama

Born

in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan

April 05, 1955

Died

March 01, 2024

Genre

Manga, Comics & Graphic Novels

Influences

Osamu Tezuka, Walt Disney, Jackie Chan ...more

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Akira Toriyama (鳥山明) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular 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 came to be regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga with his works 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/shōjo manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successfu ...more

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Average rating: 4.39 · 329,431 ratings · 13,133 reviews · 1,908 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dragon Ball, Vol. 1: The Monkey King (Dragon Ball, #1) 4.43 avg rating — 57,320 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1: The World's Greatest Team (Dragon Ball Z, #1) 4.50 avg rating — 9,070 ratings — published 1989 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 2: Wish Upon a Dragon (Dragon Ball, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 8,593 ratings — published 1986 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 3: The Training of Kame-Sen'nin (Dragon Ball, #3) 4.44 avg rating — 7,596 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 4: Strongest Under the Heavens (Dragon Ball, #4) 4.45 avg rating — 6,678 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 5: The Red Ribbon Army (Dragon Ball, #5) 4.40 avg rating — 6,287 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 6: Bulma Returns! (Dragon Ball, #6) 4.38 avg rating — 5,963 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 2: The Lord of Worlds (Dragon Ball Z, #2) 4.51 avg rating — 5,383 ratings — published 1989 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 7: General Blue and the Pirate Treasure (Dragon Ball, #7) 4.34 avg rating — 5,348 ratings — published 1987 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ドラゴンボール超 1 第6宇宙の戦士たち [Dragon Ball Super 1: Dai Roku Uchū no Senshi-tachi] by Akira Toriyama, Toyotaro (Illustrator), 鳥山明 4.22 avg rating — 4,407 ratings — published 2016 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ドラゴンボール超 [Dragon Ball Super] (24 books)
by

Akira Toriyama (writer),

鳥山明,

Toyotaro (illustrator),

とよたろう

4.29 avg rating — 39,345 ratings

Dragon Ball Vizbig Edition (14 books)
by

Akira Toriyama

4.53 avg rating — 12,078 ratings

Dragon Ball Omnibus (14 books)
by

Akira Toriyama

4.45 avg rating — 9,232 ratings

Dragon Ball (62 books)
by

Akira Toriyama

4.37 avg rating — 2,651 ratings

Dragon Ball Z Anime Comics (15 books)
by

Akira Toriyama

4.41 avg rating — 1,699 ratings

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Quotes by Akira Toriyama (?)

“Too much FANTASY loses REALITY, too much HOPE may seem somehow EMPTY.”
― Akira Toriyama

tags: inspirational

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“But there's people I care about! And this time around, I’m not gonna just stand by and let them all get hurt!”
― Akira Toriyama

tags: dbz, gohan

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“I think there's a little me hiding behind your leg, Chichi."
"I'm Goten."
"I'm Goku. Hi!"
....
"Daddy!”
― Akira Toriyama

tags: chichi, cute, dbz, father-son, goku, goten, reunion

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