Chobit

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Chobit
Weekly Shōnen Jump Tankōbon Chobit title page
CHOBIT（チョビット） Chobitto
Author	Akira Toriyama
Publisher	Shueisha (JP)
Publication	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Manga Series
Original Run	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1983 No. 10 (08 February 1983)
Chapters	3

Chobit is a three-chapter manga series by Akira Toriyama spanning 45 pages (one limited color title page, two black-and-white title pages, and 42 black-and-white content pages) which debuted in the 1983 No. 10 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released 08 February 1983 in Japan; this same issue also contained chapter 157 of Dr. Slump.

Summary

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Characters

Major Characters

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Supporting Characters

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Miscellaneous

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Production

Chobit — originally published in the 1983 No. 10 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released 08 February 1983 in Japan — was Akira Toriyama's entry in the 11th "Jump Readers' Award" competition from 1983, in which popular Jump artists entered one-shots and readers voted for their favorite contribution. Toriyama had previously won the competition in 1981 with Pola & Roid, getting a trip to Europe out of it; although he did not win again in 1983 with Chobit, he would take third place. This was the last year until the competition was (briefly) revived in 1997 as the "Jump Readers' Cup"; Toriyama won again that year with Bubul of the Demon Village, which became the prototype for COWA!

Each issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump includes a comment from that issue's respective authors. Toriyama's comment in the issue is as follows:

今週は『Dr.スランプ』と『CHOBIT』３本の豪華４本だて!!　いそがしさも格別でした。さて、面白さはどうかな!?　あ〜、これでやっとプラ模作りに専念できる!!＜明＞

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This week, it's a deluxe quadruple-header with Dr. Slump and three chapters of CHOBIT!! I was exceptionally busy. Now then, how did you like them?! Ah~, with this, I can finally devote myself to building plastic models!! <Akira>
— Akira Toriyama

In the fifth "Me Back When I Drew This" comic column in Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theater, Vol. 2, Toriyama describes being told how he would have plenty of time to draw his contribution so long as he is not first up; as luck would have it, of the ten authors, Toriyama gets the first slot. He is forced to draw it in a rush as everyone else gets a chance to enjoy New Year's, and to add insult to injury, it was not particularly popular.

In the third Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX compilation, released 21 June 2004 in Japan, Toriyama reflected on Chobit:

この辺は何に載せたかな。レギュラーではないけど何か雑誌を立ち上げるときは、必ず描かされてましたねえ。あ、『CHOBIT』はジャンプ本誌の愛読者賞で、『CHOBIT 2』がフレッシュジャンプか。『CHOBIT』が３話形式なのは「キミは15ページ以上無理だから３本描け」って言われたから（笑）。今でも言われますよ「彼は15ページ以上は無理なんだよねえ」って（笑）。たしかに15ページ超えると先が読みにくくて、目安がつきにくいってのはありますね。30ページなら15ページが2回分と考えて組み立てないと、なかなか出来ない。女の子を描く抵抗は、この頃はもうないですね。

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(translation forthcoming)
— Akira Toriyama

Releases

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Cover of the 1983 No. 10 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump featuring Chobit

Chobit debuted in the 1983 No. 10 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump (spanning pages 50-94), released 08 February 1983 in Japan. In addition to its original Weekly Shōnen Jump publication, Chobit has been republished several times in Japan:

• Greyscaled in the Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1 compilation, released 08 July 1983
  • A digital version of Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1 compilation was released TBD
• Greyscaled in the second Shueisha Jump Remix re-release of the Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre compilation, released 28 July 2003
• Greyscaled in the An Emperor's Feast of Akira Toriyama, Vol. 2 compilation, released 18 September 2008

Each manga chapter within any given Weekly Shōnen Jump is typically printed on paper of different color; Chobit's original serialization is printed on standard white paper.

Viz released an English translation of Chobit, translated by Greg Werner, as part of their Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater compilation release 07 December 2021.

The Toriyama's World team released an unofficial English "scanlation" of Chobit online in (TBD).

Legacy

Akira Toriyama produced a direct follow-up, Chobit 2, for the June 1983 issue of Shueisha's Fresh Jump, published 23 April 1983 in Japan.

Chobit and Chobit 2 were Toriyama's last one-shots before transitioning into what would ultimately be Dragon Ball pre-production, next producing Dragon Boy and The Adventure of Tongpoo later that same year before moving on to Dragon Ball itself in 1984.

TO DO: Bird Land Press volume five cover - https://twitter.com/EndingAuthority/status/1370139973333098496

Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1's 2014 collected volume new obi and comment from Akira Toriyama

In April 2014, in celebration of the Jaco the Galactic Patrolman collected manga volume release, Shueisha began including new comments from Akira Toriyama on the obi (paper band surrounding the book, generally promotional in nature) of his seven other (non-Dr. Slump and non-Dragon Ball) manga volumes. While each comment was only a short few lines, they provide a quick bit of insight with the occasional nod or comparison to Dragon Ball. Toriyama also contributed a new illustration for each comment showcasing a representative character crossing their arms. These comments were also briefly archived on Shueisha's promotional Jaco the Galactic Patrolman website. For the first volume of his one-shot collection, Toriyama stated:

これはひどい！碧い頃にしてもひどい！ボクは読む勇気がありませんでした。赤恥の歴史その１ですな。とりやまあきら

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This is awful! Even given the fact that I was still green, it's awful! I didn't have the courage to read it. This is Part 1 of my shameful history.
— Akira Toriyama

The original Weekly Shōnen Jump title page for Chobit was featured as the Dragon Ball Official Site's 17th entry in its The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama ongoing weekday column in February 2018.

Chobit was featured again ...

External Links

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