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The Beloved Shonen, Dragon Ball, would have never been possible without the influence of Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy.
Kohei Horikoshi pays his respect to the late Akira Toriyama in the best why he knows; Through My Hero Academia. Here's how.
The greatest anime of the 80s that inspired Dragon Ball and Berserk, Fist of the North Star is finally getting a reboot after ...
Manga is a cultural product and, as such, reflects the social situation of the era in which it emerges, but also influences ...
Originally published as part of a 2024 feature, this piece revisits three local creators whose work draws on toys, '90s pop ...
On her X (formerly Twitter) account, Lamsam said the color page for My Hero Academia included in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 19, 2024, was an intentional nod to Toriyama's Dragon Ball series.
In 1984, Akira Toriyama met Kunihiro Suzuki, a scale model maker, through his assistant Takashi Matsuyama. It wasn’t until 1986 that Suzuki asked Toriyama to help him create a soldier named LISA.
NAGOYA -- There are signs of momentum for a museum dedicated to the late "Dragon Ball" and "Dr. Slump" creator Akira Toriyama to be built in Aichi Prefecture, where he was born, after the ...
Akira Toriyama, a seminal figure in the world of manga and anime, was born on April 5, 1955, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. From a young age, Toriyama exhibited a natural talent for drawing and ...
His family kept the news private until March 8. Toriyama was 68-years-old. Toriyama, who was born on April 5, 1955, made his manga debut in 1978 with the Wonder Island anthology adventure series.
Lock in 7.2% until 2028 from ten individual bonds. Toriyama, a renowned Japanese mangaka, was born on April 5, 1955, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.