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.
Series
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Books
Dragon Ball 26
2003
Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Edition, Vol. 13
Includes Vols. 37, 38 39
2016
Dragon Ball 6
2020
Dragonball Vol. 33
2004
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 9
2003
Dragon Ball, Tome 5
L'ultime combat
1987
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 23
Boo Unleashed!
1994
DRAGON BALL カラー版 サイヤ人編 3 (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)
1989
Dragon Ball Full Color
Freeza Arc, Vol. 1
2016
Dragon Ball tome 20
Yajirobé
1990
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 20
The New Generation
1992
Dragon Ball Full Color
Saiyan Arc, Vol. 2
2014
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 22
The Ultimate Teacher and Pupil
2023
Dragon Ball 3-in-1 Edition, Vol. 11
Includes Vols. 31, 32, 33
2015
Dr. Slump, Vol. 05
1981
Dr. Slump, Vol. 1
1980
Dr. Slump & Arale, Vol. 14
1997
Dr. Slump (Ultimate Edition) Nº2
1980
Dragonball Vol. 29
2003
Dragon Ball, Tome 41
Super Gotens
1995
Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 4
Includes vols. 10, 11 & 12
2014
Dragon Quest Illustrations
2016
Dr. Slump, Vol. 08
1982
Dragon Ball, Tome 21
Monsieur Freezer
1990
Dragon Ball, Tome 25
Piccolo
1991
Dragon Ball 14
2009
Dragon Ball, Tome 34
Le combat final de Sangoku
1993
Dragon Ball, Tome 24
Le Capitaine Ginue
1991
Dr Slump, Vol. 6
1981
DRAGON BALL カラー版 ピッコロ大魔王編 7 (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)
1989
Dragon Ball, Vol. 15
The Titanic Tournament
1988
Dragon Ball, Tome 13
L'empire du chaos
1988
Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1
Includes vols. 1, 2 & 3
1984
Dr. Slump, Vol. 10
1983
Dragon Ball, Vol. 8
Taopaipai and Master Karin
1987
DRAGON BALL カラー版 レッドリボン軍編 1 (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)
1987
Dragon Ball, Tome 23
Recoom et Guldo
1990
Dragonball Vol. 23
2002
Dragon Ball (volume double) - Tome 12
2006
Sandland
2000
Dragon Ball, Tome 10
Le miraculé
1987
Dragon Ball 7
1989
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 9
Battle's End And Aftermath
2019
DRAGON BALL T32
TRANSFORMATION ULTIME by TORIYAMA AKIRA
2025
Dragon Ball Full Color
Freeza Arc, Vol. 3
2014
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 8
2002
Dragon Ball Tome 31
Cell se rapproche à pas de loup
1900
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1 (Collector's Edition)
2008
Dragonball Vol. 27
2004
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 7
Universe Survival! The Tournament of Power Begins!!
2018
Dr. Slump Ultimate Edition Nº1
1980
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 21
2023
Dr. Slump Ultimate Edition 6
2014
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 12
Meru's True Identity
2020
DRAGON BALL 18
2003
Dragon Ball
The Complete Illustrations
1995
Dragon Ball 30
Réunification
1992
DRAGON BALL カラー版 孫悟空修業編 4 (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)
1986
DRAGON BALL 14
2003
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 5
2009
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 8
2018
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 23
Son Gohan's Ultimate Awakening!
2024
Dragon Ball Super Anime Comic
Broly la película
2019
Dragon Ball, Vol. 4
Le tournoi
1986
Nekomajin
2005
Dragon Ball, Tome 26
Le petit Dendé
1991
Histoires courtes de Toriyama - Tome 01
1983
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 20
2023
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 3
2003
Dragon Ball, Vol. 9
Test of the All-Seeing Crone
1987
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 3
Zero Mortal Project!
2017
Dr. Slump & Arale, Vol. 16
1998
Dragon Ball Super 2
2017
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 5
The Decisive Battle! Farewell, Trunks!
2018
Dragon Ball Full Color
Android & Cell Arc, Vol. 1
2014
Shonen Jump Graphic Novels Power Pack, Vol. 1
2003
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 10
2019
Dragonball Kanzenban #16
2003
Dragon Ball 4
2020
Dr. Slump & Arale, Vol. 9
1997
Dragon Ball 1
1989
Dragon Ball Full Color
Saiyan Arc, Vol. 1
2014
DRAGON BALL カラー版 サイヤ人編 1 (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)
1989
DRAGON BALL カラー版 サイヤ人編 2 (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)
1989
Dr. Slump Ultimate Edition Nº10
240
Dragon Ball, Tome 28
Trunks
1991
Dragon Ball Super 19
2019
Dragonball Vol. 34
2004
Dragon Ball, Vol. 12
The Demon King Piccolo
1988
Dr. Slump, Vol. 4
1981
Dragon Ball, Tome 7
La ménace
1987
Dragon Ball, Vol. 2
2008
Cowa!
1998
Dragon Ball, Tome 22
Zabon et Doria
1990
Dr. Slump, Vol. 12
1983
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1
Arriva Goku
1995
Dragon Ball, Vol. 3
L'initiation
1986
Dr. Slump, Vol. 03
1980
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 14
2020
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1
2008
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 11
Great Escape
2019
Dr. Slump (Ultimate Edition) Nº9
2014
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 4
Last Chance for Hope
2017
Dragon Ball 1
2019
Dragon Ball 15
1992
Dragon Ball, Vol. 14
Heaven and Earth
1988
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 21
Tournament of the Heavens
1994
Dragon Ball, Tome 19
Végéta
1989
Kajika
1999
Dragon Ball 3
2001
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 16
2021
Dr. Slump, Vol. 16
1985
Dragon Ball 2
2019
DRAGON BALL 15
2003
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 19
Death of a Warrior
1993
Dragon Ball (sens français) - Tome 18
Maître Kaïo
1989
Dragon Ball Tome 33
Début du Cell Game
1992
Dragon Ball Z Anime Comics, Vol. 13
2000
Dragonball Vol. 31
2002
Cross Epoch
2006
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 24
Hercule to the Rescue
1995
Dragon Ball, Tome 27
Le Super Saïyen
1991
Dr. Slump, Vol. 13
1984
Dr. Slump, Vol. 02
1980
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1
The Monkey King
1985
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 7
2002
Dr. Slump (Ultimate Edition) Nº14
2007
DRAGON BALL 17
2003
Dragonball Z
1994
Dottor Slump & Arale, Vol. 1
1996
Dragon Ball Full Color
Saiyan Arc, Vol. 3
2014
Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
2014
Dragon Ball Full Color
Freeza Arc, Vol. 4
1984
Dragon Ball, Tome 6
L'empire du Ruban Rouge
1987
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 22
Mark of the Warlock
1994
Dragon Ball, Vol. 11
The Eyes of Tenshinhan
1988
Dr. Slump, Vol. 14
1984
Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 2
Includes vols. 4, 5 & 6
2013
Dragon Ball, Tome 42
La Victoire
1995
L'Apprenti Mangaka
1985
L'héritier
1989
Dragon Ball, Vol. 2
Wish Upon a Dragon
1986
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1
The World's Greatest Team
1989
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 13
The Red Ribbon Androids
1992
Dragon Ball 3
2020
Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 16
The Room of Spirit and Time
1992
DRAGON BALL T.40
LA FUSION by TORIYAMA AKIRA
2025
Dragon Ball Super, Vol. 13
Battles Abound
2020
Dragonball Vol. 30
2004
Dragon Ball Super 16
2019
Dragon Ball 5
2020
Dragon Ball (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 3
Includes vols. 7, 8 & 9
2013
DRAGON BALL カラー版 ピッコロ大魔王編 2 (ジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)
1988
Dr. Slump, Vol. 07
1982
Dragon Ball Super 1
2017
