Akira Toriyama (April 5, 1955 to March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer, regarded as one of the most influential authors in the history of manga. His most famous and successful project was the Dragon Ball franchise. He first reached mainstream recognition with the series Dr. Slump, serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, which earned him the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shonen series and sold over 35 million copies in Japan. The atlas records him as the creator of the Dragon Ball franchise, which grew from manga into anime, films and games.
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Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira; April 5, 1955, March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer.
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