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Cover of the first English volume of Dr. Slump, as published by Viz Media on May 3, 2005.. Dr. Slump is a Japanese manga series, written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama.It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from issue No. 5/6 on February 4, 1980 to No. 39 on September 10, 1984.
Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山 明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) [1] was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump (1980–1984), before going on to create Dragon Ball (1984–1995); his most famous work.
The Dr. Slump manga has had over 30 million copies in circulation. [65] Only a year after its debut, the series was awarded the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen and shōjo manga. [66] Viz Media's North American release of the first volume of Dr. Slump was nominated for the 2005 Quill Award in the Graphic Novel category. [67]
The two made a bet; Toriyama would create a one-shot manga with a female lead and if it took fourth place or lower in the magazine's reader poll, he could get rid of Arale after the single chapter. Torishima won when Tomato the Cutesy Gumshoe (1979) came in third place, but because Toriyama is stubborn, he refused to change the Dr. Slump name. [4]
In 1981, Dr. Slump earned Toriyama the Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen or shōjo manga series of the year. [18] An anime adaptation began airing that same year, during the prime time Wednesday 19:00 slot on Fuji TV. Adaptations of Toriyama's work would occupy this time slot continuously for 18 years—through Dr. Slump ' s original run ...
This is a list of the series that have run in the Shueisha manga anthology book Weekly Shōnen Jump. This list is organized by decade and year of each series' first publication, and lists every single notable series run in the manga magazine, along with the author of each series and the series' finishing date if applicable.
The characters of Dr. Slump as seen in the first anime.. The Dr. Slump manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Akira Toriyama.It follows the humorous adventures of the little girl robot Arale Norimaki, her creator Senbei Norimaki and the other residents of the bizarre Penguin Village.
Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater (Japanese: 鳥山明 作劇場 （ とりやまあきらマルさくげきじょう ）, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira Marusaku Gekijō, lit. "Akira Toriyama's Blankpiece Theater") is a Japanese manga anthology consisting of three tankōbon volumes released between 1983 and 1997 that collect several one-shots written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama.