Akira Toriyama is a japanese manga artist most well known for the creation of the series Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball. Other works include Dragon Quest and Sand Land.
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Life Timeline
- 1955 Apr 5th - Toriyama is born
- 1974 Apr 1st - Toriyama graduated from Industrial High School
- 1974 - Toriyama began to study graphic design at the Aichi University
- 1977 - Toriyama entered a contest created from the manga publishing company Shueisha. While he did not win, Kazuhiko Torishima, an editor from Weekly Shonen Jump pushed him to continue
- 1978 - Toriyama published multiple mangas which all failed. His first of being Wonder Island
- 1980 Jan - The first success Toriyama saw was through the manga Dr. Slump
- 1983 - The success of the Dr. Slump anime and manga allowed Toriyama to create a new series which eventually lead to Dragon Ball
- 1984 - Dragon Ball was one of the main factors of what led to the golden age of Shonen Jump
- 1986 - Toriyama was given the job opportunity to design the characters for the video game series Dragon Quest
- 1994 - Toriyama also became the character designer for the video game series Chrono Trigger
- 1995 - Toriyama stopped drawing for Dragon Ball, wanting to take a break and move onto other projects in life
- 2024 Mar 1st - Akira Toriyama unfortunately passed away from a subdural hematoma (a blood clot in the brain)
Dr. Slump Timeline
- 1980 Sep 10th - Issues 5 & 6 of Dr. Slump is released along side Weekly Shonen Jump
- 1981 Apr 8th - The first episode of Dr. Slump - Arale-chan is aired on Fuji TV
- 1981 Jul 18th - The first Dr. Slump movie named Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island is released
- 1982 - The first Dr. Slump video games called Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo Bomber, Dr. Slump: Gatchan! Kazi Kazi, and Dr. Slump: Ncha! Bycha were released
- 1984 Sep 10th - The final chapter of Dr. Slump is released
- 1986 Feb 19th - Dr. Slump - Arale-chan finishes airing on Fuji TV
- 1997 Nov 26th - The first episode of Dr. Slump is aired on Fuji TV
- 1999 Sep 22nd - Dr. Slump finishes airing on Fuji TV
- 2007 Mar 3rd - The eleventh and final movie Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito - Abale-chan was released. It was a 5 minute short to promote a one-shot manga created by Toriyama
Dragon Ball Timeline
- 1985 Sep 10th - Chapter 1 of Dragon Ball is released in Japan
- 1986 Feb 26 - The first episode of Dragon Ball is aired on Fuji TV
- 1986 Sep 27 - The first ever Dragon Ball video game called Dragon Ball: Dragon Daihikyo was released. It was only available in Japan and was created for the Super Cassette Vision
- 1986 Dec 20 - The first ever Dragon Ball movie named Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, is released
- 1988 Oct 24 - Chapter 1 of Dragon Ball Z is released as part of Weekly Shonen Jump. Although it should be noted that it was not originally called Dragon Ball Z, but instead just Dragon Ball. This is because the manga was still a continuation of the original work. Dragon Ball Z was a marking brand decision made later on to differentiate between the two animes. This is actually Dragon Ball chapter 195
- 1989 Apr 19th - Dragon Ball finishes airing on Fuji TV
- 1989 Apr 26th - The first episode of Dragon Ball Z is aired on Fuji TV
- 1989 Jul 15th - The first Dragon Ball Z movie named Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone is released
- 1995 Jul 15th - The thirteenth movie Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon is released. For a while this was considered the final Dragon Ball Z movie until Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods was released in 2013
- 1996 Jan 31st - Dragon Ball Z finishes airing on Fuji TV
- 1996 Feb 7th - Toei Animation premiers a sequal to Dragon Ball Z dubbed Dragon Ball GT, as a true ending to the anime series. It was the first Dragon Ball TV series to be orginally created without a manga to adapt elements from
- 1996 Mar 4th - The forth and final Dragon Ball movie named Dragon Ball: The Path to Power is released
- 1997 Aug 21st - The video game Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout is released. It was the first 3D Dragon Ball game to ever exist
- 1997 Nov 19th - Dragon Ball GT finishes airing on Fuji TV
- 2007 - The video game Dragon Radar Mobile is the first mobile game in the series. It was released exclusively in Japan
- 2009 - The first and only live action Dragon Ball Movie nammed Dragon Ball Evolution is released world wide
- 2009 Apr 5th - The first episode of a remastered version of Dragon Ball Z dubbed Dragon Ball Z Kai is aired on Fuji TV
- 2013 March 30 - The movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods is released
- 2015 Feb 21st - The fifteenth and final Dragon Ball Z movie named Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' is released
- 2015 Jul 5th - The first episode of Dragon Ball Super is released on Fuji TV, as a secondary sequal to Dragon Ball Z aside from GT. It adapted the movies Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' as the first two arcs
- 2016 Apr 4th - Volume 1 of Dragon Ball Super is released in Japan as a manga adaptation of the anime
- 2018 Mar 25 - Dragon Ball Super final episode airs on Fuji TV
- 2018 Jul 4th - The first episode of Super Dragon Ball Heroes was released online as an anime adaptation of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes card game. It took elements from Dragon Ball, Z, GT, and Super.
- 2018 Dec 14th - The first Dragon Ball Super movie named Dragon Ball Super: Broly is released
- 2022 Jun 11th - The second and final Dragon Ball Super movie named Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is released
- 2024 Aug 8th - Super Dragon Ball Heroes final episode debuted online
- 2024 Oct 11th - The first episode of Dragon Ball Daima is aired on Fuji TV
- 2024 Oct 11th - The video game Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is the most recent released Dragon Ball video game