Savings Soldier Cashman
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 Savings Soldier Cashman manga chapter 1 title page | |||
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| Original Creator(s) | Akira Toriyama | ||
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| Title | Savings Soldier Cashman | ||
| Format | Manga | ||
| Author(s) | Akira Toriyama | ||
| Years | 1990-1991 | ||
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| Animated Adaptations | Savings Soldier Cashman (Anime) | ||
| Reboots | Savings Soldier Cashman (Manga) | ||
Savings Soldier Cashman is a multimedia franchise dating back to a three-chapter manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama, which ran in the first trial run of Shueisha's V-Jump magazine from 1990 to 1991.
A reboot manga by Takao Koyama and Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru ran in V-Jump starting in 1997, and a short animated adaptation based on this new run debuted as a part of V-Jump Festival 1997.
Plot
Diora, an alien who crash-lands on planet Earth, fights to rid the world of evil as Savings Soldier Cashman in order to earn enough money to fix his spaceship.[1]
Name
The title Savings Soldier Cashman is comprised of three parts:
- 貯金 (chokin) meaning "savings" (i.e., money put aside)
- 戦士 (senshi) meaning "soldier" or "warrior" or "fighter"
- キャッシュマン (kyasshuman) combining the English words "cash" and "man"
Alternate English translations of the series' title across time and fandoms have included "Savings Warrior Cashman" and "Soldier of Savings Cashman".
The character's name has been written as "CASH MAN" in certain splashes (including V-Jump covers and Weekly Shōnen Jump promotions), but was consistently written as one word within Toriyama's own illustrations.
History
Shueisha launched V-Jump as a special extra publication of Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1990 with a three-issue trial run. Akira Toriyama provided three chapters (one per issue) of the original Savings Soldier Cashman for this run. Cashman served as the main character of focus of the first issue's cover, secondary/background on the second issue cover, and as an insert-circle spotlight on the third issue cover.
In the trial run's second issue (and alongside the second Cashman manga chapter), a three-page splash showcased an upcoming 25cm soft vinyl figure kit of Cashman in the works, planned for around a ¥2,000 price tag at general release. A prototype of the figure was hand-painted by Toriyama, and was set as a giveaway for V-Jump readers at that upcoming summer's V-Festival.
During this roughly year-long span of the initial V-Jump trial run, Dragon Ball's ongoing serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump spanned from midway into the Freeza arc up to Trunks' appearance and the subsequent battle with No. 19 and No. 20.
Shueisha rebooted V-Jump at a different print size in 1992, this time running for four issues, and Toriyama once again contributed an original manga: the four-chapter series Dub & Peter-1. The magazine was rebooted once again in May 1993, this time launching as an independent monthly magazine (a schedule it maintains to this day) — Toriyama returned yet again, this time with Go! Go! Ackman, which ran for 11 chapters over the span of its debut issue (the July 1993 issue that May) through to the October 1994 issue (released that August).
From the original three-chapter run over 1990-1991 into early 1997, no new Cashman material was produced.
The May 1997 issue of V-Jump included an announcement that a new "cel comic" (セルコミック seru komikkusu) series — in line with those done for Go! Go! Ackman sequels in V-Jump's then-recent-history — for Savings Soldier Cashman would debut in the following issue written by Takao Koyama and illustrated by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, with editorial supervision from Akira Toriyama. The rebooted series debuted in the June 1997 issue and ran for 17 chapters (with a single-issue break), wrapping up in the December 1998 issue.
In August 1997, the original Savings Soldier Cashman chapters by Toriyama were collected into the third Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theater (alongside Dub & Peter-1, Go! Go! Ackman, and select other one-shots).
In 1998, a single volume (labeled as "Credit 1") was released compiling the first 13 chapters of the 1997 Cashman reboot manga. No further volumes were released, leaving the final four chapters exclusive to their original V-Jump serialization.
In April 2024, Toyotarō provided a drawing of Cashman (alongside other Toriyama V-Jump characters) for his ongoing "Toyotarō Drew It!" column on the Dragon Ball Official Site.[2]
Media
The overall Cashman franchise consists of the original three-chapter manga series by Akira Toriyama, the 17-chapter reboot series by Takao Koyama and Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, and the single OVA which premiered as a part of V-Jump Festival 1997.
| Debut Chapter Page | Title | Media | Publication/Platform | Creator | Timeframe | Chapters |
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貯金戦士キャッシュマン Chokin Senshi Kyasshuman Savings Soldier Cashman |
Manga | V-Jump | Akira Toriyama | 1990-1991 | 3 |
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貯金戦士キャッシュマン Chokin Senshi Kyasshuman Savings Soldier Cashman |
Manga | V-Jump | Story: Takao Koyama Artwork: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru |
1997-1998 | 17 |
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貯金戦士キャッシュマン Chokin Senshi Kyasshuman Savings Soldier Cashman |
Anime | V-Jump Festival VHS |
Toei Animation Shueisha |
1997 | n/a |
International Distribution
Viz included an English translation of the original three Savings Soldier Cashman chapters, translated by Greg Werner, as part of their Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater compilation release in 2021.[3][4]
No official English translations of the 1997 reboot manga or the V-Jump Festival OVA have been released.
References
- ↑ "Dragon Ball-ism Toriyama Showcase #14: Savings Soldier Cashman!" (16 June 2022). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 02 March 2026.
- ↑ "【2024年 特別編】とよたろうが描いてみた！【鳥山先生作品から一挙３キャラ掲載!!】" (04 April 2024). Dragon Ball Official Site. Retrieved: 02 March 2026.
- ↑ @VIZMedia (19 February 2021). Twitter. Retrieved: 19 February 2021.
- ↑ "Viz Announces “Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater” English Release For Fall 2021" (20 February 2021). Kanzenshuu. Retrieved: 20 February 2021.
Notes
External Links
- https://dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_1153.html
- https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_1153.html
- https://dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2592.html
- https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2592.html
- https://dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2565.html
- https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_2565.html
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