Thank you for attending the Akira Toriyama Career Retrospective panel at Otakon 2024! As promised, this page will list a variety of resources that we covered during the panel, links to purchase some of the works discussed, and eventually we’ll post a video recording of the panel.
… and if you didn’t attend, that’s fine, too! There’s lots of great stuff for you, as well!
Panel Video Archive
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Resources Shared During the Panel
- Our own “Translations Archive” right here at Kanzenshuu is your #1 source for comprehensive, accurately-translated interviews, comments, articles, and more from Akira Toriyama (and beyond!). Some of the specific items we shared and/or referenced include:
- Monthly Starlog 1980 #11: Akira Toriyama Interview
- FOCUS 1982 #19: Akira Toriyama Wedding
- Bird Land Press 15 – The Making of Dragon Ball
- Jump Original CD (1993) – Akira Toriyama Interview
- Our “Prototypes” section here in the “Manga Guide” at Kanzenshuu covers (in-depth!) Dragon Boy, The Adventure Tongpoo, and the drafts leading up to Dragon Ball
- The “Dragon Ball Official Site” is a great resource, and includes the special daily column “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama“
- Forbes: Kazuhiko Torishima On Shaping The Success Of ‘Dragon Ball’ And The Origins Of ‘Dragon Quest’
Purchases: Japanese
- Amazon Japan: Akira Toriyama – The World
- Amazon Japan: Dragon Ball – Super Art Collection
- Amazon Japan: Dragon Quest 25th Anniversary Monster Encyclopedia
- Amazon Japan: Akira Toriyama Dragon Quest Illustrations
Purchases: English
- Amazon: Dragon Ball – A Visual History (English release of the Japanese “Super Art Collection”)
- Amazon: Akira Toriyama Dragon Quest Illustrations (English release of the Japanese version)
- Amazon: Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater
- Amazon: Sand Land