Akira toriyama biography book

Japanese manga artist (1955–2024)

Not to be confused with Akira Takayama.

This article is about the manga artist.

For the ophthalmologist and photographer, see Akira Toriyama (ophthalmologist).

Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer.

He came to be regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga, authoring highly influential and popular series, particularly Dragon Ball.

Toriyama first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the manga series Dr.

Slump, for which he earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen/shōjo. Dr. Slump went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan.

Now that the man that made my childhood and early teens oh so brighter is no more I would like to hear about his entire life story.

Now that the man that made my childhood and early teens oh so brighter is no more I would like to hear about his entire life story.

Dive into the extraordinary life and legacy of Akira Toriyama, the visionary behind the iconic Dragon Ball series, in this definitive biography.

Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist and character designer.

Renowned worldwide for his playful, innovative storytelling and humorous, distinctive art style, Akira Toriyama burst onto the manga scene in with the.

A Japanese manga artist and character designer.

It was adapted into an anime, with a second series created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended.

From 1984 to 1995 he wrote and illustrated the Dragon Ball manga, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It became one of the best-selling manga s