Pola & Roid

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Pola & Roid
Weekly Shōnen Jump Pola & Roid Title Page (Weekly Shōnen Jump) Tankōbon Pola & Roid title page
POLA&ROID (ポラアンドロイド) Pora Ando Roido
Author	Akira Toriyama
Publisher	Shueisha (JP)
Publication	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Demographic	Shōnen
Manga Series
Original Run	Weekly Shōnen Jump 1981 No. 17 (24 March 1981)
Chapters	1

Pola & Roid is a single-chapter ("one-shot") manga by Akira Toriyama spanning 45 pages (one color[?] title page and 44 black-and-white content pages[?]) which debuted in the 1981 No. 17 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released 24 March 1981 in Japan; this same issue also contained chapter 63 of Dr. Slump, "Peasuke's First Love."

Summary

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Characters

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Production

Photograph of the Pola & Roid title page from its original Weekly Shōnen Jump 1981 No. 17 publication

Pola & Roid was first published in the 1981 No. 17 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released 24 March 1981 in Japan; this same issue also contained chapter 63 of Dr. Slump, "Peasuke's First Love".

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

昨年の終わりごろから愛読者賞候補作品を書くために、日程調整。なのに、映画のハシゴのくせが直らなくて……。やっとできあがりました。どう？　楽しめましたか？　〈明〉

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I had adjusted my schedule from the end of last year in order to write my candidate for the Readers' Award, but I just couldn't shake my movie-hopping habit…. It's finally ready. What'd you think? Did you like it? <Akira>
— Akira Toriyama

Pola & Roid was Toriyama's entry in the 9th "Jump Readers' Award" competition, which he won handily, getting a free trip to Europe.

Releases

Pola & Roid debuted in the 1981 No. 17 issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump (spanning pages 43-TBD), released 24 March 1981 in Japan. In addition to its original Weekly Shōnen Jump publication, Pola & Roid 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 18 July 2014
• Greyscaled in the second Shueisha Jump Remix re-release of the Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre compilation, released 01 July 2003
• Greyscaled in the An Emperor's Feast of Akira Toriyama, Vol. 1 compilation, released 08 August 2008

Each manga chapter within any given Weekly Shōnen Jump is typically printed on paper of different color; Pola & Roid's original serialization is printed on pink-ish/orange-ish paper.

Viz included an English translation of Pola & Roid, translated by Greg Werner, as part of their Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater compilation release in Fall 2021.

Legacy

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

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

これはジャンプの愛読者賞で描いたやつ。おかげで貴重な正月休みがなくなってしまったんです。サインペンで描いてますね。イヤイヤだったから。名目上は新しいタッチを探すってことで（笑）。だから愛読者賞がなくなったときは、すっごく喜んだな、開放されたって（笑）。

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— 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 volume 1, 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

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