Through the work of Dragon Ball Akira Toriyama managed to capture the hearts of millions of viewers around the world. But did you know that behind the shadow of the brilliant Dragon Ball, he created a multitude of other works that are no less impressive?
While working in the world of Japanese entertainment since 1978, Akira Toriyama is known for his unique work. His expressive drawing style and stories full of action and humor make his work easily captivate people's hearts.
During his lifetime, Akira Toriyama was a genius artist, he was an influential figure in the history of the manga and anime industry.
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To commemorate him, we have summarized 11 of Akira Toriyama's best works besides Dragon Ball, see below!
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11 Akira Toriyama's Works Apart from Dragon Ball
Akira Toriyama's work is not only about anime and manga Of course, during his life he created several games too.
To commemorate this, it is important for Dragon Ball fans to recall Toriyama's extraordinary works as follows:
Dr. Slump
Before creating the Dragon Ball manga, Toriyama created a comedy manga entitled Dr. Slump. This manga tells the story of the adventures of Arale, a little Android who has super powers.
Although not as popular as Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump can be said to be quite successful. This manga was adapted into a video game which was released for the PlayStation console in 1998.
Just like the manga, players will experience the excitement of Arale's adventures using her sophisticated tools.
Blue Dragon
Even though he is famous for his legendary manga, this does not stop him from working in just one field of art. Akira Toriyama was involved in the preparation of the game Blue Dragon as a designer.
Through the RPG game Blue Dragon, Akira Toriyama managed to prove himself as a flexible artist. He succeeded in creating a character with a distinctive appearance.
Thanks to his unique drawing style, Akira Toriyama succeeded in creating the characters and world of the Blue Dragon game so alive. Until the Blue Dragon game was successfully sold on the market.
Dragon Quest
Akira Toriyama was not only involved in a video game creation project once. He was also involved as a character designer in the Dragon Quest game project.
The character he created in the game Dragon Quest has its own uniqueness. He has consistently done this from the first Dragon Quest to the latest series.
Akira Toriyama played an important role in supporting the success of the Dragon Quest game. Thanks to the graphics, Dragon Quest is a visually attractive game. It's no surprise that this video game franchise has become the most successful.
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Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger is an RPG game that has a classic visual style. In this video game creation project, Toriyama acted as a designer.
Through this project, Akira Toriyama once again succeeded in creating iconic characters and a charming visual style. Toriyama is a genius artist, never failing to define a story through an image.
Apart from innovative game mechanics for its time, Toriyama's involvement makes Chrono Trigger the best game in history.
Tobal
Tobal is a game by developer DreamFactory which was published by Square in 1996. In the Tobal 1 and 2 game creation project, Akira Toriyama was involved as a character designer.
fThe visual style of the characters in the Tobal game is very similar to the characters Dragon Ball anime. It's not surprising that when this project took place, Daragon Ball was on the rise.
So many game developers invited Akira Toriyama to be involved in making games. This game was launched twice by Square for Tobal 1 and Tobal 2.
Unfortunately, these two games failed to compete with competing games in the Indonesian market. So Akira Toriyama's work is not well known.
But in this game, Akira Toriyam's hand scratches are still immortalized to this day.
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Go! Go! Ackman
Go! Go! Ackman is a manga by Toriyama that is not as well known as his other works. Even though the story in this manga is short, Toriyama still manages to attract readers by inserting sarcastic humor.
Toriyama's flexibility and genius in creating works in various genres is clearly visible in this manga. Toriyama brings mature themes but with a light approach.
Sandland
The Sand Land manga is included in the spring 2024 anime list. This series is the work of the legend Akira Toriyama. In this manga, Toriyama invites readers into a world damaged by apocalyptic events.
You will witness the adventures of the devil, the Sheriff, and an old man who struggles to find a water source. Like his previous works, Toriyama always inserts humor between tense action scenes.
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Kajika
Before seeing the short review on YouTube, Kajika looked strange to the ear. However, after paying attention in detail, the visual characteristics of the characters in the Kajika manga are very identical to Akira Toriyama's drawing style.
Through anime Toriyama invites readers to follow Kajika's adventures. Toriyama inserts the values of justice and humanity in this work.
This manga also still has a touch of fantasy in it. Kajika as the main character is a boy who has the power to turn humans into animals.
Cowa!
This manga created by Akira Toriyama is not as popular as Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump or Blue Dragon. However, this manga is very interesting to follow because it has an interesting story.
The Cowa manga is Akira Triyama's first work after completing Dragon Ball in 1997.
Cowa! Tells the story of a group of mini monsters who go on an adventure to find a cure for a mysterious disease. Akira Toriyama's antics are clearly depicted in this manga.
Thanks to this, this manga actually has the potential to reach readers from various circles, even though it was originally created for children. Unfortunately, not many people have read this manga in Indonesia.
Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
This manga is included in Akira Toriyama's latest works, published in 2013. Jaco the Galactic Patrolman tells the story of a galactic explorer who is stranded on planet Earth.
An interesting side of the Jaco the Galactic Patrolman manga is its connection to the Dragon Ball Universe. This work may not be very well known, but you need to read it once to experience Akira Toriyama's typical humor again.
This manga is not just humorous but also presents fighting action that is no less tense like Dragon Ball.
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Neko Majin
This manga has a story style with light comedy which is quite representative of the humor of Akira Toriyama.
Neko Majin tells the story of a cat that is similar to a human who can fly and uses the Nekohameha technique. The name of Neko Majin's technique is enough to illustrate that this manga is a parody of Dragon Ball.
Basically, the Neko Majin manga is closely related to the Dragon Ball series.
Reported from gamerant.com, the Neko Majin manga is in the same universe with the character Neko Majin Z who is Goku's student.
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