Akira Toriyama

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born

April 05, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan, Japan

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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Books by Akira Toriyama

Average rating: 4.22 · 16,031 ratings · 368 reviews · 252 distinct works

	Dragon Ball: The Monkey King, Vol. 1 (Dragon Ball, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 2,453 ratings — published 1984 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 1: A Never Before Seen Terror (Dragon Ball Z, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 2 (Dragon Ball, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 453 ratings — published 1986 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 3: The Tenkaichi Budokai Begins!! (Dragon Ball, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 427 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball, Vol. 4: The Grand Finals (Dragon Ball, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 405 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball: Bulma's Big Mistake!!, Vol. 6 (Dragon Ball, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 392 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball: The Terror of Muscle Tower, Vol. 5 (Dragon Ball, #5) 4.18 avg rating — 370 ratings — published 1987 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball Z: Son Gohan and Piccolo Daimao, Vol. 2 (Dragon Ball Z, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 368 ratings — 9 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball Z: Goodbye, Warriors, Vol. 19 (Dragon Ball Z, #19) 4.31 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Dragon Ball: Pursuit!! General Blue, Vol. 7 (Dragon Ball, #7) 4.17 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	My rating: