“Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump” took the world by storm but their creator, manga artist Akira Toriyama, initially harbored deep reservations when starting out on the projects. Toriyama died ...

Akira Toriyama's Dr. Slump surprisingly connects to Breaking Bad through Bryan Cranston, who voiced "Toriyama" in the English ...

Dragon Ball’ has managed to beat ‘One Piece’ in both domestic and overseas licensing, bringing in a total of ¥12.7 billion (over $82 million) in the second quarter of the year. It should be noted that ...

Dragon Ball and Naruto's art styles are very different, but that didn't stop one talented illustrator from faithfully ...

This is due to his own surname, Tori, which means bird in Japanese, and in his early days, his fictional representation in “Dr. Slump” was even a blue-colored bird. In addition, Bird Studio ...

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It’s important to remember that prior to Dragon Ball, the late manga author Akira Toriyama had created Dr. Slump, a comedy series about a little robot girl and the gaggle of weirdos that ...

Akira Toriyama was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball and ...