Sand Land (Manga)
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| Author | Akira Toriyama | ||
| Publisher | Shueisha (JP) | ||
| Publication | Weekly Shōnen Jump | ||
| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
| Manga Series | |||
| Original Run |
Weekly Shōnen Jump 2000 No. 23 to Weekly Shōnen Jump 2000 No. 36/37 (09 May 2000 to 08 August 2000) | ||
| Chapters | 14 | ||
| Volumes | 1 | ||
Sand Land is 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 with animation produced by Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and Anima. Its home video release in Japan is due out 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. 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.[1]
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.
Synopsis
幻の泉をみつけだせ!! 魔物も人間も慢性の水不足にあえぐ砂漠世界で、悪魔の王子・ベルゼブブと元天才軍人・シバが強力タッグを組み、水源を求めて冒険に旅立った!! 灼熱の荒野で彼らを待ち受けるのは!?[2]
Characters
- Beelzebub (ベルゼブブ Beruzebubu)
- Rao (ラオ Rao)
- Thief (シーフ Shiifu)
- General Are (アレ将軍 Are Shōgun)
- General Zeu (ゼウ大将軍 Zeu Daishōgun)
- King (国王 Kokuō)
- Satan (サタン Satan)
- Etc.
Production
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.[3]
Original Serialization
| Chapter Number | Chapter Title | Pages | Publication | Issue | Sale Date |
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| 1 | Setting Out | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 23 | 09 May 2000 |
| 2 | A Gang of Thieves | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 24 | 16 May 2000 |
| 3 | The Tank | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 25 | 23 May 2000 |
| 4 | The Flying Tank | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 26 | 30 May 2000 |
| 5 | Truth in the Darkness | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 27 | 06 June 2000 |
| 6 | Rao's Good-Luck Charm | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 28 | 13 June 2000 |
| 7 | Tank Battle | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 29 | 20 June 2000 |
| 8 | General Shiba vs. General Are | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 30 | 27 June 2000 |
| 9 | What Was Found in the Sandstorm | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 31 | 04 July 2000 |
| 10 | The Phantom Lake | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 32 | 11 July 2000 |
| 11 | The Secret of the Water's Source | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 33 | 18 July 2000 |
| 12 | The Demon Beelzebub | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 34 | 25 July 2000 |
| 13 | The Outcome of the Deciding Battle | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 35 | 01 August 2000 |
| 14 | The River | # | Weekly Shōnen Jump | No. 36/37 | 08 August 2000 |
Colorized Serialization
| Title Page | Chapter Number | Chapter Title | Pages | Publication | Issue | Sale Date |
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1 | Setting Out | # | Saikyō Jump | September 2023 | 04 August 2023[4] |
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2 | A Gang of Thieves | # | Saikyō Jump | October 2023 | 04 September 2023[5] |
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3 | The Tank | # | Saikyō Jump | November 2023 | 04 October 2023[6] |
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4 | The Flying Tank | # | Saikyō Jump | December 2023 | 04 November 2023[7] |
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5 | Truth in the Darkness | # | Saikyō Jump | January 2024 | 04 December 2023[8] |
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6 | Rao's Good-Luck Charm | # | Saikyō Jump | February 2024 | 04 January 2024[9] |
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7 | Tank Battle | # | Saikyō Jump | March 2024 | 02 February 2024[10] |
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8 | General Shiba vs. General Are | # | Saikyō Jump | April 2024 | 04 March 2024[11] |
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9 | What Was Found in the Sandstorm | # | Saikyō Jump | May 2024 | 04 April 2024[12] |
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10 | The Phantom Lake | # | Saikyō Jump | June 2024 | 02 April 2024[13] |
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11 | The Secret of the Water's Source | # | Saikyō Jump | July 2024 | 04 June 2024[14] |
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12[note 1] | The Demon Beelzebub | # | Saikyō Jump | August 2024 | 04 July 2024[15] |
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13 | The Outcome of the Deciding Battle | # | Saikyō Jump | September 2024 | 02 August 2024[16] |
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14 | The River | # | Saikyō Jump | October 2024 | 04 September 2024[17] |
Releases
Sand Land received a single-volume complete tankōbon release 02 November 2000 in Japan.[2] The volume is presented exclusively in black-and-white, with any color pages from the original serialization presented instead in greyscale. Toriyama's comment on the inside of the dust jacket states:
今回は、どうせなら個人的に描いてて楽しい（はずだった）、じいさんと戦車の漫画でいこうと短期連載で始めたのだが…。戦車は思った以上に描くのが大変で、しかも例によって全てをひとりだけで仕上げる事に意地を張っていることもあり、たちまち後悔をするはめに。珍しく最後まで話はほとんど決まっていたので、変更するわけにもいかず、かくして私は自ら地獄に落ちていったのであった……。
English translation
— Akira Toriyama
A digital release later came in 2014.
Sand Land received a new kanzenban edition — similar in style to that of Dragon Ball and Neko Majin — in Japan on 04 August 2023.[19]
Legacy
In the third Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX compilation, released 21 June 2004 in Japan, Toriyama noted some of the structural similarities in Sand Land as they related to one of his 1982 one-shots, Pink:[20]
女の子が主人公だけど特に｢描け」って言われた記憶がないなあ。とにかく砂漠が好きなんですよ。砂漠に水がないネタって何回やったことか（笑）…『SAND LAND』とかね。簡単に描けるしね（笑）。ただ実際には行ったことなくて（笑）。実際に見ると違うんでしょうね、スケール観とか。
TBD
— Akira Toriyama
In the "Special Project: 'Tera-P'" interview within the December 2013 issue of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine, Toriyama noted that the then-new Jaco the Galactic Patrolman was one of his own works that he loved alongside COWA! and Sand Land.[21]
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.[18] For Sand Land, Toriyama stated:
男のマンガであります。今読んでもよくがんばったなと感心します。COWA!と並んでお気にいりなのがこいつであります。とりやまあきら
This is a man's comic. Even reading it now, I admire how hard I worked on it. Next to COWA!, this is my favorite.
— Akira Toriyama
In March 2023, ahead of the Sand Land theatrical film debut, Akira Toriyama provided a short Q&A on the film's official Japanese website:[22]
When and how was Sand Land born?
Dragon Ball had ended, and I had tried my hand at a few different short series and one-shots, so I figured I'd draw a work that poured everything of who I was at the time into it, which I intended to be one last hurrah. Thinking back on it now, even with it being limited to a single volume's worth of material, it was quite a feat to have drawn all that myself, without an assistant, in a weekly series. I'm amazed at it myself.Knowing that COWA! is number one, are there any parts of Sand Land that you can definitively say are your favorite work?
When I draw comics myself, the contents tend to be rather plain, lightweight fluff, which doesn’t lend itself to finding an audience. The truth is that even here, I held back on the fluff, and worked hard to make it a proper, serious story. Reasonably speaking, my favorite comic should be my most recent one. Thinking back on it now, though, I do feel that, at least in terms of the quality of the art and the vitality of it, the stuff I was drawing around the time of Sand Land was incredible.Are there any unique charms or characteristics of this work that only you yourself would know, Toriyama-sensei?
For Sand Land, I scanned the inked paper manuscripts into my computer, then using software, I did the blacking and applied tone I made myself to finish it up. I think probably got almost no sleep…. After I'd finished drawing the whole thing, I lost the wooden penholder I had been using ever since before my professional debut. That penholder was one I had whittled down here and there with a knife and sandpaper, and which had worn in perfectly to the shape of my hand through years of use. I bought a new one and tried whittling it down here and there as before, but it just didn’t feel quite right. Since then, I’ve been using it as an excuse for why I hardly ever draw comics anymore. (laughs)How do you feel about this work being evaluated as one with your "Toriyama-sensei-ness" packed into the characters, machines, world, and story?
Certainly, that might be the case. I feel that I really ought to have given more thought to the readers, but instead, I let my own preferences take center stage. Maybe I'm not cut out to be a professional.What do you think about its being made into a movie after 23 years?
To me, anyone who tells me that this is fun is truly a god-tier fan who really "gets" me, I suppose is how I feel.How did you feel when you saw the current in-progress visuals?
The video I saw still had a lot of unfinished bits, but even then I could see well enough that the quality was extraordinarily high. I never dared to think it would ever be animated, so for it to have this kind of quality, it's already a dream come true.
International Media Coverage
TBD
Notes
- ↑ In its original Saikyō Jump serialization, this chapter was mislabeled as 13 instead of 12.
External Links
- TBD
References
- ↑ "“Sand Land” Animated Series Debuts on Streaming Services Worldwide" (21 March 2024). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 21 March 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SAND LAND／鳥山 明". 集英社の本 公式. Retrieved: 02 May 2022.
- ↑ Ask Akira Toriyama: "Sand Land" Production Secrets. Sand Land Kanzenban. Japan: Shueisha, 04 August 2023. ISBN 978-4-08-792607-1. (pp. ###-###)
Kanzenshuu Translations Archive: "Ask Akira Toriyama: "Sand Land" Production Secrets" - ↑ "最強ジャンプ9月号大好評発売中！鳥山明ワールド大特集＆付録やマンガも満載!!" (04 August 2023). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』のマンガや最新情報が盛りだくさん！最強ジャンプ10月特大号大好評発売中！" (04 September 2023). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "最強ジャンプ11月特大号大好評発売中！『ドラゴンボール』の付録カードやマンガ&最新情報が満載！" (04 October 2023). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』のマンガや最新情報が盛りだくさん！最強ジャンプ12月特大号大好評発売中！" (04 November 2023). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』のふろくやマンガが盛りだくさん！最強ジャンプ1月号大好評発売中！" (04 December 2023). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "最強ジャンプ2月号大好評発売中！『ドラゴンボール』のマンガや最新情報が満載！" (04 January 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』のふろくやマンガが盛りだくさん！最強ジャンプ3月特大号大好評発売中！" (02 February 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "最強ジャンプ4月特大号大好評発売中！『ドラゴンボール』のふろくやマンガが盛りだくさん！" (04 March 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』のふろくやマンガが満載！最強ジャンプ5月特大号大好評発売中！" (04 April 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 15 April 2024.
- ↑ "最強ジャンプ6月特大号大好評発売中！『ドラゴンボール』のふろくやマンガが盛りだくさん！" (02 May 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 02 May 2024.
- ↑ "最強ジャンプ7月特大号大好評発売中！『ドラゴンボール』のふろくやマンガが盛りだくさん！" (04 June 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 04 June 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』のふろくやマンガが満載！最強ジャンプ8月特大号大好評発売中！" (04 July 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 04 July 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』の新情報やマンガが満載！最強ジャンプ9月特大号大好評発売中！" (02 August 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 02 August 2024.
- ↑ "『ドラゴンボール』の新情報やマンガが満載！最強ジャンプ10月特大号大好評発売中！" (04 September 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 04 September 2024.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "鳥山明先生13年ぶりの「週刊少年ジャンプ」連載作品が遂にコミックス化!!通常版と特装版の２バージョンで登場!!". shonenjump.com. Retrieved: 09 April 2014.
Kanzenshuu News Archive: New Translations: April 2014 Akira Toriyama Obi Comments
Kanzenshuu Translations Archive: "April 2014 Akira Toriyama Obi Comments" - ↑ "SAND LAND 完全版". 集英社の本 公式. Retrieved: 16 April 2024.
- ↑ Toriyama, Akira. "Me Back Then". Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX, Volume 3. Japan: Shueisha, 21 June 2004. ISBN 4-08-106434-2. (p. 56)
- ↑ "V-Jump December Issue Special Project: “Tera-P”". V-Jump, December 2013. Japan: Shueisha, 21 October 2013. (pp. 453-457)
Kanzenshuu Translations Archive: V-Jump December Issue Special Project: “Tera-P” - ↑ "New Translation: Akira Toriyama Q&A on Upcoming “Sand Land” Movie" (21 March 2023). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 21 March 2023.
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