Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山 明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating his highly successful manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama is regarded as one of the authors who changed the history of manga, as his works are highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration.
He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga with Dr. Slump, and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan. It was adapted into a successful anime series, with a second anime created in 1997, 13 years after the manga ended. His next series, Dragon Ball, would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world. Having sold 260 million copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered to be one of the main reasons for the period when manga circulation was at its highest in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Overseas, Dragon Ball's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime's popularity in the Western world. In 2019, Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sand Land (2023) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 2 | Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022) | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 3 | Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 4 | Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015) | Director / Writer | 6.6 | |
| 5 | Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) | Director / Writer | 6.8 | |
| 6 | Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock (2011) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 7 | Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans (2010) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 8 | Dragonball Evolution (2009) | Director / Writer | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 10 | Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 11 | Saving Soldier Cashman (1997) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 12 | Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 13 | Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 14 | Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn (1995) | Director / Writer | 7.8 | |
| 15 | Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly (1994) | Director / Writer | 5.7 | |
| 16 | Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming (1994) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 17 | Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 18 | Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks (1993) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 19 | Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 20 | Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992) | Director / Writer | 6.8 | |
| 21 | Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992) | Director / Writer | 6.4 | |
| 22 | Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991) | Director / Writer | 7.2 | |
| 23 | Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991) | Director / Writer | 6.2 | |
| 24 | Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (1991) | Director / Writer | 5.5 | |
| 25 | Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) | Director / Writer | 5.8 | |
| 26 | Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku (1990) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 27 | Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) | Director / Writer | 6.8 | |
| 28 | Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 29 | Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 30 | Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987) | Director / Writer | 5.5 | |
| 31 | Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 32 | Godzilla 1985 (1985) | Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 33 | The Return of Godzilla (1984) | Man fleeing from Godzilla (uncredited) | 7 |
