Toriyama Short Stories 2: Dragon Boy und andere Geschichten

鳥山明○作劇場 [Toriyama Akira Marusaku Gekijou] #2

by Akira Toriyama

Willkommen im Reich von Akira Toriyama – diese Serie versammelt die besten Kurzgeschichten des Altmeisters!
In diesem Band findet ihr zum Beispiel SONCHOH: Der alte Sonchoh ist Bürgermeisterund Dorfsheriff in Einem. Als ein Autofahrer neben ihm Müll aus seinem Fenster wirft, beginnt eine wilde Verfolgungsjagd!

Genres: Manga, Comics, Japanese Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels

208 pages, Hardcover

First published March 15, 1988

About the author

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 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 a key work in increasing manga circulation to its peak 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.
In October 2024, Toriyama was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Feli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ach ja, die alte Leier: perverse Opas, nackige Frauen (na ja, vielleicht sogar eher Kinder..), wenn einem die Story ausgeht fällt das Wort 'Höschen'. Ich weiß, ich weiß, andere Zeiten und so. Aber auch in diesem Kontext wird es irgendwann eintönig.
Dennoch haben die Kurzgeschichten einen gewissen Unterhaltungswert, also kein totaler Schrott. Irgendwie.

[Ady Weasley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hoy en la Isla Haira 2⭐️
Escape 2.5⭐️
Pink 4⭐️
Dragón boy 4⭐️
La gran aventura de Tongpoo 4⭐️
Mr Ho 4⭐️
Kennosuke 3⭐️
El jefe de la aldea 2.5⭐️

[Santiago Sotoca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me quedo con dos historias, “Sonchoh” y “Mr.Ho”. Son las que tienen un lápiz más suelto, y si no me equivoco, gráficamente coinciden con el estado de gracia, narrativo, creativo y visual de Toriyama, antes de empezar su etapa oscura (profesional y personal).

Además, al contrario que las historias del tercer tomo, por ejemplo, “Mr.Ho” tenía potencial para dos o tres capítulos extra.

[Diogo Muller · Rating 4 out of 5]

If the previous volume was Toriyama's comedic work like Dr. Slump (and a bit of early Dragon Ball), this is 100% for the Dragon Ball prototypes. Still heavy on comedy, of course, but with a bit more action, and some elements you can recognize that would be reused on DB.

This is a fun collection, if you like early DB.