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Published by 25 February 2018, 9:00 PM ESTComment

Growing with each new adventure, the “Dragon World” has expanded from the small blue planet of Earth to the expansive twelve universes that comprise it. Along the way Akira Toriyama has also established a bureaucratic, hierarchical system of gods, from the individual planetary gods to the Omni-King, to oversee nearly every aspect of the world

Published by 23 February 2018, 8:31 AM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-ninth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is page 138 from the 2003 anime guide book, Son Goku Densetsu, featuring Toriyama’s updated character designs for Bardock and his crew from

Published by 21 February 2018, 9:31 PM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-eighth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is Toriyama’s contribution to the cover of the 1999 No. 37-38 double issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump (originally released 10 August 1999), selected

Published by 20 February 2018, 10:21 PM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-seventh entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the Son Goku sketch that accompanied his thank you message in the seventh Daizenshuu in February 1996: Toriyama’s message begins in the

Published by 20 February 2018, 9:47 PM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-sixth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the February page from a special Dr. Slump-themed calendar included with the 1982 No. 3-4 double issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump in

Published by 20 February 2018, 9:39 PM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-fifth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is a page from V-Jump‘s Tobal No.1 Part 1 Playing Manual, which went on sale the same day as the game (02 August

Published by 19 February 2018, 8:06 PM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-fourth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is a citation from the 2002 book Genius PC Cram School. The book explains how to draw comics on a personal computer, and

Published by 14 February 2018, 8:26 PM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-third entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the cover for the Dragon Quest IV strategy guide — released 11 February 1990 alongside the game itself — featuring an original

Published by 13 February 2018, 6:35 PM ESTComment

The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-second entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is a postcard the author sent to his fanclub in February 1984. The website’s commentary notes the cute scene between Arale and Obotchaman