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VegettoEX: Updating English release status and adding extra note about can kick joke

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Updating English release status and adding extra note about can kick joke

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	In addition to the ongoing ''[[Dr. Slump]]'' manga serialization at the same time, ''Escape'' was preceded by ''[[Pola & Roid]]'' earlier that year in March, and followed by ''[[Mad Matic]]'' just two months later (all published in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'').		In addition to the ongoing ''[[Dr. Slump]]'' manga serialization at the same time, ''Escape'' was preceded by ''[[Pola & Roid]]'' earlier that year in March, and followed by ''[[Mad Matic]]'' just two months later (all published in ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'').

	~~Though it~~ has been compiled several times in Japan and ~~has received other international translations, '~~'~~Escape~~'~~' remains officially unreleased~~ in ~~English~~.		''Escape'' has been compiled several times in Japan, and officially saw an English release as part of Viz's "Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater" in December 2021.

	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
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	Of the small group of characters seen in ''Escape'', only one is given a name: スコンプ (''Sukonpu''), though it is unclear who exactly is being referred to by this name. The name is likely sourced from 酢昆布 (''sukonbu''), a vinegar ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombu konbu]''.		Of the small group of characters seen in ''Escape'', only one is given a name: スコンプ (''Sukonpu''), though it is unclear who exactly is being referred to by this name. The name is likely sourced from 酢昆布 (''sukonbu''), a vinegar ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombu konbu]''.

	Text written on the can that the girl accidentally kicks reads あきかんはくずかごに (''akikan wa kuzukago ni''), or "throw empty cans in the trash." Toriyama used the same phrase as the final gag in the 1987 one-shot ''[[Sonchoh]]''.<ref>Toriyama, Akira. ''[[Sonchoh]]''. ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', 1988 #5. Japan: Shueisha, 18 December 1987.</ref>		Text written on the can that the girl accidentally kicks reads あきかんはくずかごに (''akikan wa kuzukago ni''), or "throw empty cans in the trash." Toriyama used the same phrase as the final gag in the 1987 one-shot ''[[Sonchoh]]''<ref>Toriyama, Akira. ''[[Sonchoh]]''. ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', 1988 #5. Japan: Shueisha, 18 December 1987.</ref>, and prior to that, as a background character's gag line in [[Dr. Slump Chapter 226\|''Dr. Slump'' manga chapter 226]]<ref>{{Cite manga\|Series=Slump\|Chp=226}}</ref>.

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	The ''[[Toriyama's World]]'' team released a complete English "scanlation" of ''Escape'' in the early 2000s (completed by at least some point in 2001); in their release, Planet Umekobucha is erroneously transliterated as "Umegabucha".<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20020102040733/http://www.toriyamaworld.com/oneshots/\|Website=Toriyama's World\|Title="One-shots"\|AccessDate=02 January 2002}}</ref> The "Hellz Yeah Toriyama" Tumblr blog released a "scanlation" with a far rougher (and at key points seemingly fabricated out of nothing) "translation" in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://hellzyeahtoriyama.tumblr.com/post/13857940247/escape-by-akira-toriyama\|Website=Tumblr\|Title="Escape by Akira Toriyama"\|Date=07 December 2011\|AccessDate=09 November 2020}}</ref>		The ''[[Toriyama's World]]'' team released a complete English "scanlation" of ''Escape'' in the early 2000s (completed by at least some point in 2001); in their release, Planet Umekobucha is erroneously transliterated as "Umegabucha".<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20020102040733/http://www.toriyamaworld.com/oneshots/\|Website=Toriyama's World\|Title="One-shots"\|AccessDate=02 January 2002}}</ref> The "Hellz Yeah Toriyama" Tumblr blog released a "scanlation" with a far rougher (and at key points seemingly fabricated out of nothing) "translation" in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://hellzyeahtoriyama.tumblr.com/post/13857940247/escape-by-akira-toriyama\|Website=Tumblr\|Title="Escape by Akira Toriyama"\|Date=07 December 2011\|AccessDate=09 November 2020}}</ref>

			''Escape'' finally saw an English release as part of Viz's "Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater" in December 2021 (a hardcover print and digital release combining all three ''____piece Theater'' volumes), translated by [[Greg Werner]].<ref>''Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater''. America: Viz, 07 December 2021. ISBN 1974723488.</ref>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==

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	Beyond its original serialization in the January 1982 Extra Issue of Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump'', ''Escape'' has been reprinted in various publications:		Beyond its original serialization in the January 1982 Extra Issue of Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump'', ''Escape'' has been reprinted in various publications:

	* In limited color in issue 22 of ''Bird Land Press'', Akira Toriyama's official fanclub newsletter, distributed in December of '''1986'''		* In limited color in issue 23 of ''Bird Land Press'', Akira Toriyama's official fanclub newsletter, distributed in December of '''1986'''
	* Greyscaled in the ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 2'' compilation, released '''10 March 1988'''		* Greyscaled in the ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 2'' compilation, released '''10 March 1988'''
	* In its original full color in the ''Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL'' art book, released '''19 September 1990'''		* In its original full color in the ''Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL'' art book, released '''19 September 1990'''

VegettoEX at 21:09, 19 December 2020

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	Of the small group of characters seen in ''Escape'', only one is given a name: スコンプ (''Sukonpu''), though it is unclear who exactly is being referred to by this name. The name is likely sourced from 酢昆布 (''sukonbu''), a vinegar ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombu konbu]''.		Of the small group of characters seen in ''Escape'', only one is given a name: スコンプ (''Sukonpu''), though it is unclear who exactly is being referred to by this name. The name is likely sourced from 酢昆布 (''sukonbu''), a vinegar ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombu konbu]''.

	Text written on the can that the girl accidentally kicks reads あきかんはくずかごに (''akikan wa kuzukago ni''), or "throw empty cans in the trash."		Text written on the can that the girl accidentally kicks reads あきかんはくずかごに (''akikan wa kuzukago ni''), or "throw empty cans in the trash." Toriyama used the same phrase as the final gag in the 1987 one-shot ''[[Sonchoh]]''.<ref>Toriyama, Akira. ''[[Sonchoh]]''. ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'', 1988 #5. Japan: Shueisha, 18 December 1987.</ref>

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	{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? Since this is back when I was doing ''Dr. Slump'', I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. Times were, I’d bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive [at Shueisha] the same day. In the summer, the morning sun would reflect off the traffic lights, making them hard to see; it was exhausting. And then if I got a “Rejected!”, I’d have to do it all over again, which was rough.\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? Since this is back when I was doing ''Dr. Slump'', I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. Times were, I’d bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive [at Shueisha] the same day. In the summer, the morning sun would reflect off the traffic lights, making them hard to see; it was exhausting. And then if I got a “Rejected!”, I’d have to do it all over again, which was rough.\|Akira Toriyama}}

	==Releases==		==Releases==
	[[File:escape-sample-panels.png\|thumb\|250px\|Sample panels from ''Escape'' sourced from its full-color reprint in the September 1990 ''Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL'' art book]]		[[File:escape-sample-panels.png\|thumb\|250px\|Sample panels from ''Escape'' sourced from its full-color reprint in the September 1990 ''Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL'' art book]]

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	==Characters & World==		==Characters & World==
	Opening narration states that the short work takes place on "Planet Umekobucha" (惑星ウメコブチャ ''Wakusei Umekobucha''), a name likely sourced from 梅昆布茶 (''ume konbucha''), a [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%86%E5%B8%83%E8%8C%B6 plum kelp tea]. The planet appears to be home to dragons, as the protagonist comes across and initially frightened by a young/child dragon (コドモドラゴン ''kodomo doragon'').		Opening narration states that the short work takes place on "Planet Umekobucha" (惑星ウメコブチャ ''Wakusei Umekobucha''), a name likely sourced from 梅昆布茶 (''ume konbucha''), a [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%86%E5%B8%83%E8%8C%B6 plum kelp tea]. The planet appears to be home to dragons, as the protagonist comes across and is initially frightened by a young/child dragon (コドモドラゴン ''kodomo doragon'').

	Of the small group of characters seen in ''Escape'', only one is given a name: スコンプ (''Sukonpu''), though it is unclear who exactly is being referred to by this name. The name is likely sourced from 酢昆布 (''sukonbu''), a vinegar ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombu konbu]''.		Of the small group of characters seen in ''Escape'', only one is given a name: スコンプ (''Sukonpu''), though it is unclear who exactly is being referred to by this name. The name is likely sourced from 酢昆布 (''sukonbu''), a vinegar ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombu konbu]''.
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	Beyond its original serialization in the January 1982 Extra Issue of Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump'', ''Escape'' has been reprinted in various publications:		Beyond its original serialization in the January 1982 Extra Issue of Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump'', ''Escape'' has been reprinted in various publications:

			* In limited color in issue 22 of ''Bird Land Press'', Akira Toriyama's official fanclub newsletter, distributed in December of '''1986'''
	* Greyscaled in the ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 2'' compilation, released '''10 March 1988'''		* Greyscaled in the ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 2'' compilation, released '''10 March 1988'''
	* In limited color in issue 22 of ''Bird Land Press'', Akira Toriyama's official fanclub newsletter, distributed in December of '''1986'''
	* In its original full color in the ''Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL'' art book, released '''19 September 1990'''		* In its original full color in the ''Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL'' art book, released '''19 September 1990'''
	* Greyscaled in the Shueisha Jump Remix re-release of the ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 2'' compilation, released '''07 July 2003'''		* Greyscaled in the Shueisha Jump Remix re-release of the ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 2'' compilation, released '''07 July 2003'''

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	In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:		In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:

	{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? Since this is back when I was doing ''Dr. Slump'', I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. I’d bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive the same day. In the summer, the morning sun would reflect off the traffic lights, making them hard to see; it was exhausting. And then if I got a “Rejected!”, I’d have to do it all over again, which was rough.\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? Since this is back when I was doing ''Dr. Slump'', I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. Times were, I’d bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive [at Shueisha] the same day. In the summer, the morning sun would reflect off the traffic lights, making them hard to see; it was exhausting. And then if I got a “Rejected!”, I’d have to do it all over again, which was rough.\|Akira Toriyama}}

	==Releases==		==Releases==

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	[[File:escape-auction-issue-cover.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Cover to the 1982 "Extra Issue" of ''Shōnen Jump'' containing Akira Toriyama's ''Escape'' one-shot manga]]		[[File:escape-auction-issue-cover.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|Cover to the January 1982 "Extra Issue" of ''Shōnen Jump'' containing Akira Toriyama's ''Escape'' one-shot manga]]
	Alongside [[Dr. Slump Chapter 96\|chapter 96]] of the original ''[[Dr. Slump]]'' manga series, [[Akira Toriyama]]'s author comment in the 1981 No. 50 issue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' (released '''10 November 1981''') notes that he is working on a five-page, full-color special manga for an upcoming extra issue of Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump'' magazine series:		Alongside [[Dr. Slump Chapter 96\|chapter 96]] of the original ''[[Dr. Slump]]'' manga series, [[Akira Toriyama]]'s author comment in the 1981 No. 50 issue of ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' (released '''10 November 1981''') notes that he is working on a five-page, full-color special manga for an upcoming extra issue of Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump'' magazine series:

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	Alongside other special inclusions, the issue is notable for containing Hirohiko Araki's ''Outlaw Man'' one-shot manga. Toriyama's author comment this issue states:		Alongside other special inclusions, the issue is notable for containing Hirohiko Araki's ''Outlaw Man'' one-shot manga. Toriyama's author comment this issue states:

	{{quotation\|NHKの年末チャリティーでテープカットを！緊張でハサミがふるえてしまった <明><br><br><hr><br>I cut the ribbon at the year-end NHK charity! I was so nervous that the scissors kept ~~trembling~~ in my hands. <Akira>\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|NHKの年末チャリティーでテープカットを！緊張でハサミがふるえてしまった <明><br><br><hr><br>I cut the ribbon at the year-end NHK charity event! I was so nervous that the scissors kept shaking in my hands. <Akira>\|Akira Toriyama}}
	In an accompanying comment in the ''[[Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL]]'' art book, [[Akira Toriyama]] mentions having completed ''Escape'' by himself in a hotel room over the span of two days:		In an accompanying comment in the ''[[Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL]]'' art book, [[Akira Toriyama]] mentions having completed ''Escape'' by himself in a hotel room over the span of two days:

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	In an accompanying comment in the ''[[Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL]]'' art book, [[Akira Toriyama]] mentions having completed ''Escape'' by himself in a hotel room over the span of two days:		In an accompanying comment in the ''[[Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL]]'' art book, [[Akira Toriyama]] mentions having completed ''Escape'' by himself in a hotel room over the span of two days:

	{{quotation\|時間がないので某ホテルにカンヅメになって描いたんです（笑）。これは大変だったな…ベタも自分でやらなきゃなんなかったし。２日で仕上げました。<br><br><hr><br>I was short on time, so I shut myself up in a certain hotel to draw it. (''laughs'') It was rough… I even had to do all the ~~inking~~ myself. I finished it up in two days.\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|時間がないので某ホテルにカンヅメになって描いたんです（笑）。これは大変だったな…ベタも自分でやらなきゃなんなかったし。２日で仕上げました。<br><br><hr><br>I was short on time, so I shut myself up in a certain hotel to draw it. (''laughs'') It was rough… I even had to do all the blacking myself. I finished it up in two days.\|Akira Toriyama}}
	In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:		In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:

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	In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:		In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:

	{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? I was doing ''Dr. Slump'' ~~at the time~~, so I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. ~~It was back when I had to~~ bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive the same day. In the summer, the morning sun would reflect off the traffic lights, making them hard to see; it was exhausting. And then if I got a “Rejected!”,\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? Since this is back when I was doing ''Dr. Slump'', I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. I’d bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive the same day. In the summer, the morning sun would reflect off the traffic lights, making them hard to see; it was exhausting. And then if I got a “Rejected!”, I’d have to do it all over again, which was rough.\|Akira Toriyama}}

	==Releases==		==Releases==

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	In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:		In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:

	{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? I was doing ''Dr. Slump'' at the time, so I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. It was back when I had to bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive the same day. In the summer, ~~______~~\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? I was doing ''Dr. Slump'' at the time, so I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. It was back when I had to bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive the same day. In the summer, the morning sun would reflect off the traffic lights, making them hard to see; it was exhausting. And then if I got a “Rejected!”,\|Akira Toriyama}}

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	In an accompanying comment in the ''[[Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL]]'' art book, [[Akira Toriyama]] mentions having completed ''Escape'' by himself in a hotel room over the span of two days:		In an accompanying comment in the ''[[Akira Toriyama: The World SPECIAL]]'' art book, [[Akira Toriyama]] mentions having completed ''Escape'' by himself in a hotel room over the span of two days:

	{{quotation\|時間がないので某ホテルにカンヅメになって描いたんです（笑）。これは大変だったな…ベタも自分でやらなきゃなんなかったし。２日で仕上げました。<br><br><hr><br>I was short on time, so I ~~barricaded~~ myself in a certain hotel to draw it. (''laughs'') It was rough… I even had to do all the inking myself. I finished it up in two days.\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|時間がないので某ホテルにカンヅメになって描いたんです（笑）。これは大変だったな…ベタも自分でやらなきゃなんなかったし。２日で仕上げました。<br><br><hr><br>I was short on time, so I shut myself up in a certain hotel to draw it. (''laughs'') It was rough… I even had to do all the inking myself. I finished it up in two days.\|Akira Toriyama}}
	In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:		In an accompanying comment in ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX 3'', Toriyama once again touches on the condensed production timeframe and completing the work in a hotel:

	{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカァラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>~~TRANSLATION~~\|Akira Toriyama}}		{{quotation\|東京のホテルでカンヅメになって描いたんですよ。面倒なことにカラー用の画材一式持っていって。でもなんで東京でやったのかな、間に合わなかったのかな。『Dr.スランプ』をやってた頃だから自宅にコピー機もなくて、隣の会社で１枚何十円か払って貸してもらったり。原稿は名古屋空港まで車で持って行くんですけど、朝６時までじゃないと当日に着かない時代で。夏は朝日が信号に当たると見づらくてしんどかったなあ。それで「ボツ！」とか言われると、また行かないといけないから大変。<br><br><hr><br>I shut myself up in a hotel room in Tokyo to draw this. To make it even more of a pain, I even dragged along all the materials I needed to color it. But I wonder why I did it in Tokyo… maybe it’s because I wouldn’t have made the deadline otherwise? I was doing ''Dr. Slump'' at the time, so I didn’t even have a photocopier at home, so I’d have the office next door let me use theirs to the tune of 10 yen or so per page. It was back when I had to bring my manuscripts to the Nagoya airport by car, and had to get there by 6 a.m., or they wouldn’t arrive the same day. In the summer, ______\|Akira Toriyama}}

	==Releases==		==Releases==