1, 1, 3 1, from February 3rd, the annual international cartoon festival was held in Angula, southwest France. Because this cartoon festival coincides with the 40th anniversary special commemoration, a 40th anniversary special prize was specially set up. This 40th Anniversary Special Award was awarded to Japanese cartoonist Toriyama Akira!
2. Toriyama Akira is recognized as the chief representative of Japanese animation industry. His famous works "Dr. Collapse" and his masterpiece "Dragon Ball" are very popular all over the world. By July 1995, the sales volume of Dr. Crash had exceeded 28 1 10000, and Dragon Ball had created a sales record of over1093 million.
3. 1974, Toriyama Akira graduated from the design department of the county industrial high school and entered an advertising design company to engage in design work. As he was often late, he resigned after only three years. One day, he saw the weekly magazine "Youth Leap" in the teahouse, and was attracted by the bonus of comic book composition. He went to solicit customers with great joy, but he lost the election. He never gave up, so he drew another one and sent it. In this way, he continued to contribute, and finally his "Wandering on the Island" was published in 1978' s "Youth Jump". This is his first time to become famous.
4. 1980, his Ala Lei began to be serialized in Youth Leap. Genius doctor in the story and Alalei, the robot doll he made, aroused great interest of readers. The assistants who helped him finish his work were Yu Xi (who later resigned to draw cartoons himself and changed to Koji Matsuyama) and Koji Matsuyama. The three of them often paint themselves in cartoons (Toriyama Akira often paints himself as an alloy robot and a masked cartoonist). The irregular words that Alalei often said have become buzzwords in the streets (such as hey, shit, etc. This work made the author famous at one fell swoop. However, Toriyama Akira is not satisfied with this. In the following ten years (1985- 1995), he incredibly completed the world-famous Dragon Ball, and his career achievements reached a new peak. During this period, Toriyama Akira also served as the role designer of six series of "The Brave Fight the Dragon" by ENIX Company, and the game "The Journey of Krollo in Time and Space" by Squawell Company, which also achieved great success. After that, Mr. Toriyama Akira was also responsible for the personnel design of "The Brave Fight the Dragon".
5. After two and a half years' rest, Toriyama Akira released another work named Vampire COWA on June 1997 1 1. Describe a world where people and monsters coexist, mainly for young readers. 1In July, 1998, Toriyama Akira released a new work, Cagica 12, which was greatly influenced by Dragon Ball. Later, in Neko Majin Z, influenced by the Dragon Ball, a large number of Dragon Ball figures appeared, such as Vegeta, Magic Man Buo and the Monkey King (Kakarot). There are also some original figures, such as Neko Majin Z and Kulisha (the son of Felizaz).
Second, Toriyama Akira's supplementary explanation:
Toriyama Akira (1955, born in Aichi, Japan on April 5th) is a famous Japanese cartoonist.
His masterpiece Ala Lei and his masterpiece Dragon Ball are very popular all over the world. His works are serialized in the famous comic magazine "Weekly Youth JUMP" of Jiyingshe, ranking first in popularity all the year round, and one of the absolute ace main forces. They are deeply loved by readers of all ages and have also influenced many cartoonists, directors and other figures in later generations.
Among them, "Dragon Ball" is even more popular all over the world, creating a sales volume far exceeding 230 million copies (the original official data has been 350 million, but for some special reasons, it has been changed to at least 230 million copies).
Dragon Ball, serialized by 1984, was different from many works that were popular all over the world at that time, and quickly cooled down after the end. The popularity of Dragon Ball has continued since the cartoon 1995 ended, and it has continued until now.
Toriyama Akira won the 40th Anniversary Special Award at the Angulan International Comic Festival.