Akira Toriyama

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born

in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan, Japan

April 05, 1955

gender

male

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

influences

Osamu Tezuka, Walt Disney, Jackie Chan

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Akira Toriyama is a widely known and acclaimed Japanese manga artist known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984. It is difficult to pin point the source of Toriyama's artwork inspiration. He admires Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and was impressed by Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which he remembers for the great art. Jackie Chan's early movies had a noticeable influence on Toriyama's stories. (from Wikipedia)

Series:
* Dragon Ball
* Dragon Ball Z
* Dr. Slump

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Akira Toriyama's Books

Average rating: 4.28 · 30,914 ratings · 485 reviews · 388 distinct works · Similar authors

	Dragon Ball, Vol. 1: The Monkey King (Dragon Ball, #1) 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 8,167 ratings — published 1984 — 19 editions	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: A Never Before Seen Terror (Dragon Ball Z, #1) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 1,103 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	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) 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 833 ratings — published 1984 — 15 editions	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) 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 1995 — 14 editions	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: Son Gohan and Piccolo Daimao, Vol. 2 (Dragon Ball Z, #2) 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 669 ratings — published 1990 — 11 editions	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) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1995 — 12 editions	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) 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 697 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions	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) 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 655 ratings — published 1987 — 15 editions	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) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 1987 — 12 editions	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: Goodbye, Warriors, Vol. 19 (Dragon Ball Z, #19) 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	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