For most Filipinos my age, may it be the first or not, the animation became part of our weekly lives. It became a sort of reward after a week-long of grueling nights of homework and ear-shattering nagging of our mothers.
Needless to say, if not for Akira Toriyama, life then would have been unbearable.
Akira Toriyama, though his name escaped most of us while we were watching Goku doing his Kamehame Wave moments, is the one we should be thankful for. His craft and imagination brought Dragon Ball to life.
Akira Toriyama was born on April 5, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi, Japan. Because of the phenomenal effect of the animation Dragon Ball, not just in Asia but also in Americas (both north and south), he has become an acclaimed and world-known Japanese manga artist. He is the one responsible for both the manga and the media franchise of the said animation.
Toriyama’s fame already started way before Dragon Ball became known world-wide. Owing to his influences, Osama Tezuka’s Astro Boy, and Walt Disney’s One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Toriyama was able to come up with 20 or more mangas, contributed character designs for five video games, and even came up with a children’s book.
MANGA
- Awawa World
- Wonder Island
- Today's Highlight Island
- Tomato
- Hetappi
- Dr. Slump
- Escape
- Pola & Roid
- Pink
- Mad Matic
- Chobit
- Dragon Boy
- Tongpoo
- Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.1
- Dragon Ball
- Mr. Ho
- Lady Red
- Kennosuke-sama
- Sonchoh
- Mamejiro
- Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.2
- Karamaru
- Wolf
- Cashman Saving Soldier
- Dub & Peter 1
- Go!Go!Ackman
- Chotto Kaettekita Dr. Slump
- Tokimecha
- Alien X-Peke
- Bubul
- Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol.3
- Cowa!
- Cashman Saving Soldier/New Cashman Saving Soldier
- Tahi Mahi
- Kajika
- Neko Majin
- Sand Land
- Bitch's Life
- Kochikame
- Cross Epoch
- Untitled Masakazu Katsura Collaboration
- Dragon Quest series
- Dragon Quest Monsters series
- Chrono Trigger
- Tobal
- Blue Dragon
- Toccio the Angel
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