Sand Land

Sand Land
	Sand Land tankōbon cover
サンドランド; Sando Rando
サンドランド; Sando Rando
Original Creator(s)	Akira Toriyama
Original Work
Title	Sand Land
Format	Manga
Author(s)	Akira Toriyama
Years	2000
Additional Works
Direct Sequels	TV Series
Animated Adaptations	Movie, TV Series
Games	Sand Land
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Sand Land is a multimedia franchise dating back a fourteen-chapter manga series by Akira Toriyama, debuting in the 2000 No. 23 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, originally released 09 May 2000 in Japan. The series ran through to the No. 36/37 double-issue that same year, and a collected volume was released that November.

A Sand Land theatrical film debuted 18 August 2023 in Japan^[1]^[2] with animation produced by Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and Anima. Its home video release in Japan was released 29 May 2024.

Meanwhile, the movie was expanded upon and received its own in-universe continuation by way of Sand Land: The Series, which began streaming worldwide 20 March 2024^[3]. Spanning 13 total episodes, the expanded series covers the events of the film (itself covering and expanding upon the events of the original 14-chapter manga series) over the course of the first six episodes in the "Demon Prince arc," and then moves on to all-new content developed in conjunction with original author Akira Toriyama in the "Angelic Hero arc" for the remainder of the series.^[4]

In America, Sand Land was serialized in English in Viz's monthly Shonen Jump print magazine beginning in the magazine's debut January 2003 issue and running through to completion in the November 2003 issue later that same year, followed by a collected print edition that December.

Plot

TBD

History

Cover to the 2000 No. 23 issue of *Weekly Shōnen Jump* containing the debut chapter of Akira Toriyama's *Sand Land* manga

Following Dragon Ball's completion, Akira Toriyama produced various one-shots and short works for Shueisha including Alien Peke and Tokimecha in 1996, and Bubul of the Demon Village in 1997. Series with longer runs — serializations that would ultimately comprise a single tankōbon — were also produced, including COWA! in 1997, Kajika in 1998, and Sand Land in 2000.

Sand Land was originally serialized within the pages of Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan from the 2000 No. 23 to No. 36/37 issues spanning 14 chapters. The series was compiled into a single tankōbon that November. A new kanzenban edition was released in Japan in August 2023; that same month, a colorized version of the manga began in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump magazine in its September 2023 issue which ran straight through to completion in the October 2024 issue.

Sand Land was Toriyama's third take on a story revolving around a drought, dating all the way back to 1978's Mysterious Rain Jack and then again in 1982's Pink: The Rain Jack Story, a fact he alluded to in his 2023 kanzenban interview.^[5]

Media

Debut Chapter Page	Title	Media	Publication/Platform	Creator	Timeframe	Chapters
	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン Gō! Gō! Akkuman Go! Go! Ackman	Manga	V-Jump	Akira Toriyama	1992-1993	11
	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン Gō! Gō! Akkuman Go! Go! Ackman	Manga (Cel Comic)	V-Jump	Writer: Takao Koyama Illustrator: Satoru Iriyoshi	1994-1995	TBD
	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン Gō! Gō! Akkuman Go! Go! Ackman	Video Game	Nintendo Super Famicom	Banpresto	1994	n/a
File:Tbd.png	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン2 Gō! Gō! Akkuman Tsū Go! Go! Ackman 2	Manga (Cel Comic)	V-Jump	Writer: Takao Koyama Illustrator: Satoru Iriyoshi	1995	4
	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン2 Gō! Gō! Akkuman Tsū Go! Go! Ackman 2	Video Game	Nintendo Super Famicom	Banpresto	1995	n/a
	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン Gō! Gō! Akkuman Go! Go! Ackman	Video Game	Nintendo Game Boy	Banpresto	1994	n/a
File:Tbd.png	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン2 Gō! Gō! Akkuman Surii Go! Go! Ackman 3	Manga (Cel Comic)	V-Jump	Illustrator: Satoru Iriyoshi	1995	4
	ゴー！ゴー!アックマン3 Gō! Gō! Akkuman Surii Go! Go! Ackman 3	Video Game	Nintendo Super Famicom	Banpresto	1995	n/a