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	==Releases==		==Releases==
	''Pola & Roid'' debuted in the 1981 No. 17 issue of [[Shueisha]]'s ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' (spanning pages #-#), released '''24 March 1981''' in Japan. In addition to its original ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' publication, ''Pola & Roid'' has been republished several times in Japan:		''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'''		* Greyscaled in the ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1'' compilation, released '''08 July 1983'''

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	==Production==		==Production==
	''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 [[Dr. Slump Chapter 63\|chapter 63 of ''Dr. Slump'']], "Peasuke's First Love" ~~(the title page of ''Dr. Slump'' this issue promoted the upcoming anime adaptation, which would be starting up on April 8th)~~. Each issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' includes a comment from that issue's respective authors. Toriyama's comment in the issue is as follows:		[[File:Pola-and-roid-wj-photo-auction.jpg\|thumb\|200px\|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 [[Dr. Slump Chapter 63\|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:

	{{quotation\|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〉<br><br><hr /><br>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}}		{{quotation\|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〉<br><br><hr /><br>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}}
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	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.<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1362817987561029635\|Website=Twitter\|Title=@VIZMedia\|Date=19 February 2021\|AccessDate=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2021/02/20/viz-announces-akira-toriyamas-manga-theater-english-release-for-fall-2021/\|Website=Kanzenshuu\|Title="Viz Announces “Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater” English Release For Fall 2021"\|Date=20 February 2021\|AccessDate=20 February 2021}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1362817987561029635\|Website=Twitter\|Title=@VIZMedia\|Date=19 February 2021\|AccessDate=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2021/02/20/viz-announces-akira-toriyamas-manga-theater-english-release-for-fall-2021/\|Website=Kanzenshuu\|Title="Viz Announces “Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater” English Release For Fall 2021"\|Date=20 February 2021\|AccessDate=20 February 2021}}</ref>

	The "Hellz Yeah Toriyama" Tumblr blog released a "scanlation" with a rough (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>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==

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	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.		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 ~~is slated to include~~ an English translation of ''Pola & Roid'', translated by [[Greg Werner]], as part of their ''Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater'' compilation release in Fall 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1362817987561029635\|Website=Twitter\|Title=@VIZMedia\|Date=19 February 2021\|AccessDate=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2021/02/20/viz-announces-akira-toriyamas-manga-theater-english-release-for-fall-2021/\|Website=Kanzenshuu\|Title="Viz Announces “Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater” English Release For Fall 2021"\|Date=20 February 2021\|AccessDate=20 February 2021}}</ref>		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.<ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1362817987561029635\|Website=Twitter\|Title=@VIZMedia\|Date=19 February 2021\|AccessDate=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2021/02/20/viz-announces-akira-toriyamas-manga-theater-english-release-for-fall-2021/\|Website=Kanzenshuu\|Title="Viz Announces “Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater” English Release For Fall 2021"\|Date=20 February 2021\|AccessDate=20 February 2021}}</ref>

	The "Hellz Yeah Toriyama" Tumblr blog released a "scanlation" with a rough (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 "Hellz Yeah Toriyama" Tumblr blog released a "scanlation" with a rough (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>

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| jpn_title = POLA&ROID (ポラアンドロイド)
| rom_title = Pora Ando Roido
| eng_title = Pola & Roid
| author = [[Akira Toriyama]]
| publisher = [[Shueisha]] (JP)
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'''''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 [[Dr. Slump Chapter 63|chapter 63 of ''Dr. Slump'']], "Peasuke's First Love."

==Summary==
TBD

==Characters==

===Major Characters===

* TBD

===Supporting Characters===

* TBD

===Miscellaneous===

* TBD

==Production==
''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 [[Dr. Slump Chapter 63|chapter 63 of ''Dr. Slump'']], "Peasuke's First Love" (the title page of ''Dr. Slump'' this issue promoted the upcoming anime adaptation, which would be starting up on April 8th). Each issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' includes a comment from that issue's respective authors. Toriyama's comment in the issue is as follows:

{{quotation|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〉 <hr /> 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 #-#), 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 is slated to include an English translation of ''Pola & Roid'', translated by [[Greg Werner]], as part of their ''Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater'' compilation release in Fall 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://twitter.com/VIZMedia/status/1362817987561029635|Website=Twitter|Title=@VIZMedia|Date=19 February 2021|AccessDate=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2021/02/20/viz-announces-akira-toriyamas-manga-theater-english-release-for-fall-2021/|Website=Kanzenshuu|Title="Viz Announces “Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater” English Release For Fall 2021"|Date=20 February 2021|AccessDate=20 February 2021}}</ref>

The "Hellz Yeah Toriyama" Tumblr blog released a "scanlation" with a rough (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>

==Legacy==
[[File:obi_2014_5.png|thumb|200px|''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre, Vol. 1'''s 2014 collected volume new ''obi'' and comment from [[Akira Toriyama]]<ref name="obiwebsite">{{Cite web|URL=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409185825/http://www.shonenjump.com/j/sp_jaco/|Website=shonenjump.com|Title="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!!"|AccessDate=09 April 2014}} [https://www.kanzenshuu.com/2016/04/08/new-translations-april-2014-akira-toriyama-obi-comments/ Kanzenshuu News Archive: New Translations: April 2014 Akira Toriyama Obi Comments] [https://www.kanzenshuu.com/translations/april-2014-akira-toriyama-obi-comments/ Kanzenshuu Translations Archive: "April 2014 Akira Toriyama Obi Comments"]</ref>]]
In the third ''Akira Toriyama's _____piece Theatre REMIX'' compilation, released '''21 June 2004''' in Japan, Toriyama reflected on ''Pola & Roid'':<ref>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)</ref>

{{quotation|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）。 <hr /> TBD|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.<ref name="obiwebsite"></ref> For volume 1, Toriyama stated:

{{quotation|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 <hr> 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}}

==Notes==
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==External Links==

* TBD

==References==
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