Editing Akira Toriyama (section)

=== ''Dragon Ball'' and international success (1983–1997) ===
[[File:Dragon Ball manga 1st Japanese edition logo.svg|thumb|left|''[[Dragon Ball]]'' logo]]
Torishima suggested that, as Toriyama enjoyed [[kung fu films]], he should create a kung fu ''shōnen'' manga.<ref name="Story">{{Cite book |title=Dragon Ball 大全集 2: Story Guide |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |year=1995 |isbn=4-08-782752-6 |pages=261–265 |language=ja |trans-title=Dragon Ball Complete Works 2: Story Guide}}</ref> This led to the two-part ''[[Dragon Boy (manga)|Dragon Boy]]'', published in the August and October 1983 issues of ''Fresh Jump''.<ref name="theworld"/> It follows a boy, adept at martial arts, who escorts a princess on a journey back to her home country. ''Dragon Boy'' was well-received and evolved to become the serial ''[[Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball]]'' in 1984.<ref name="Forbes"/><ref name="AnimeEncyc">{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Jonathan |author-link1=Jonathan Clements |last2=McCarthy |first2=Helen |author-link2=Helen McCarthy |title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917 |date=September 1, 2001 |publisher=[[Stone Bridge Press]] |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=1-880656-64-7 |oclc=47255331 |pages=101–102 |edition=1st}}</ref> But before that, ''[[The Adventure of Tongpoo]]'' was published in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''{{'}}s 52nd issue of 1983 and also contained elements that would be included in ''Dragon Ball''.<ref name="theworld"/>

Serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1984 to 1995 and having sold 159.5{{nbsp}}million ''[[tankōbon]]'' copies in Japan alone,<ref name="jump2014">{{cite web|url=http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf |title=Shueisha Media Guide 2014: Boy's & Men's Comic Magazines |publisher=[[Shueisha]] |access-date=April 20, 2015 |page=2 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721170746/http://adnavi.shueisha.co.jp/mediaguide/2014/pdf/boys.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> ''Dragon Ball'' is one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]] of all time.<ref name="Shueishabest">{{cite web |title=Top 10 Shonen Jump Manga by All-Time Volume Sales |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales |work=[[Anime News Network]] |date=October 23, 2012 |access-date=November 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008192850/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-10-23/top-10-shonen-jump-manga-by-all-time-volume-sales |archive-date=October 8, 2016 |url-status=live  }}</ref> It began as an adventure/gag manga but later turned into a martial arts fighting series, considered by many to be the "most influential ''shōnen'' manga".<ref name="ANNJT"/> ''Dragon Ball'' was one of the main reasons for the magazine's circulation hitting a record high of 6.53 million copies (1995).<ref name="IbarakiInterview">{{cite web |url=http://comipress.com/article/2008/03/31/3452 |title=The Reminiscence of My 25 Years with Shonen Jump |last=Ibaraki |first=Masahiko |translator=Ohara, T. |publisher=ComiPress |date=March 31, 2008 |access-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912001524/http://comipress.com/article/2008/03/31/3452 |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://comipress.com/article/2007/05/06/1923 |title=The Rise and Fall of Weekly Shonen Jump: A Look at the Circulation of Weekly Jump |publisher=ComiPress |date=May 8, 2007 |access-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213050220/http://comipress.com/article/2007/05/06/1923 |archive-date=February 13, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the series' end, Toriyama said that he asked everyone involved to let him end the manga, so he could "take some new steps in life".<ref>{{cite book |last=Toriyama|first=Akira|title=Dragon Ball, Volume 42 |year=1995 |publisher=[[Shueisha]]|isbn=978-4-08-851090-3}}</ref> During that near-11-year period, he produced 519 chapters that were collected into 42 volumes. Moreover, the success of the manga led to five anime adaptations, [[List of Dragon Ball films|several animated films]], [[List of Dragon Ball video games|numerous video games]], and mega-merchandise. Aside from its popularity in Japan, ''Dragon Ball'' was successful internationally as well, including Asia, Europe, and the Americas, with 300–350{{nbsp}}million copies of the manga sold worldwide.

While Toriyama was serializing ''Dragon Ball'' weekly, he continued to create the occasional one-shot manga. In 1986, ''[[Mr. Ho]]'' was published in the 49th issue of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref name="theworld"/> The following year saw publication of ''[[Young Master Ken'nosuke]]'', which had a Japanese ''[[jidaigeki]]'' setting.<ref name="theworld"/> Toriyama published two ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' one-shots in 1988; ''[[The Elder (manga)|The Elder]]'' and ''[[Little Mamejiro]]''.<ref name="theworld"/> ''[[Karamaru and the Perfect Day]]'' followed in issue #13 of 1989.<ref name="theworld"/>

Also during ''Dragon Ball''{{'}}s serialization, Torishima recruited him to work as character designer for the 1986 [[role-playing video game|role-playing]] video game ''[[Dragon Quest (video game)|Dragon Quest]]''. The artist admitted he was pulled into it without even knowing what an RPG was and that it made his already busy schedule even more hectic, but he was happy to have been a part after enjoying the finished game.<ref name="Chozenshu"/> Toriyama continued to work on every installment in the [[Dragon Quest|''Dragon Quest'' series]] until his death. He also served as the character designer for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]] RPG ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' (1995) and for the [[fighting game|fighting]] games ''[[Tobal No. 1]]'' (1996) and ''[[Tobal 2]]'' (1997) for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]].<ref name="IGN">{{cite news|title=74. Akira Toriyama|url=http://www.ign.com/top/game-creators/74.html|work=[[IGN]]|access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616092517/http://www.ign.com/top/game-creators/74.html |archive-date=June 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The September 23, 1988, festival film ''Kosuke & Rikimaru: The Dragon of Konpei Island'' marked the first time Toriyama made substantial contributions to an animation. He came up with the original story idea, co-wrote the screenplay with its director [[Toyoo Ashida]], and designed the characters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jcstaff.co.jp/sakuhin/nenpyo/1988/04_kosukesama/kosukesama.htm|title=小助さま 力丸さま コンペイ島の竜|work=[[J.C.Staff]]|language=Japanese|access-date=July 15, 2022|archive-date=April 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402122926/http://www.jcstaff.co.jp/sakuhin/nenpyo/1988/04_kosukesama/kosukesama.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It was screened at the Jump Anime Carnival, which was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Taniguchi|first=Riuichi|url=https://jp.ign.com/manga/73874/feature/|title=漫画・アニメ・ゲームすべてに新たな扉を開いた鳥山明、その大きすぎる功績を振り返る|work=[[IGN Japan]]|language=Japanese|date=2024-03-11|access-date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>