Timeline
1955:- Born: Aichi Prefecture Japan
1978: -Debut: ‘Wonder Island’ weekly Shonen jump.
1979-Dr Slump manga starts.
1982:-Prizes: 27th Shogakukan Manga Award .
1984- Dr Slump ends manga . Dragon Ball manga starts.
1993-5 Akira Toriyama’s World art exhibit tours Japanese Department stores ( known as Toriyama Akira no Sekai)
1995: Dragon Ball manga ends ( that includes Z)
1997- Cowa published.
1998:- Kajika
2000:-Sandland
Best Known works: Dr Slump, DragonBall, Cowa, Sandland, Dragon Quest character design.
Ask Toriyama ( Questions and interesting replies from Toriyama)
From Monthy Shonen Jump ( the US version of Jump)
Volume 1 Issue 3 p174: Takeshi is a guest interviewing Toriyama.For the sake of space I’ve only picked the Slump related stuff.
Takeshi: So now I’ve met you face to face, I have to say Senbei Norimake is pretty much exactly like you-
Toriyama: Yup! I get told that a lot, including how I’m as perverted as the character too (laughs) and when Dragon Ball came out it was said I put myself in as Kame-Sen’nin ( Aka Master Roshi the Turtle Hermit).
Takeshi: Was there a model for Arale-chan?
Toriyama: Yes, it turned out that way. I hated drawing little girls, so much so I originally had intended Senbei to be the main character, but my editor really liked girls then, so demanded I create a girl and I created Arale-chan, with a lot of dissatisfaction. And he looked at it and said ” Hey, this one is better, make her the main character!” and I was thinking “WHAT!?”. And it ended up being a big hit and I was in shock.
This section lists my sources on Toriyama info:
‘Manga’, Amano Masanao, Ed Julius Wiedemann, Taschen, 2004 ISBN (international version): 3-8228-2591-3 p370-373
Monthly Shonen Jump (AKA Shonen Jump America)
-Volume 1, Issue 3
-Volume 1, Issue
Toriyama’s World-has translated many Toriyama one shot chapters.
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