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Dragon Ball ( ドラゴンボール )
The mangaka Akira Toriyama is the father of the most worldwide popular Japanese Manga: Dragon Ball.
Akira Toriyama is one of the most popular creator of manga (mangaka in Japanese). His works have also reached a worldwide fame.
He began his magaka career in 1978, when he was 23, with a weekly series Dr. Slump, published in Shonen Jump. He became popular very quickly.
Dr. Slump is about a wacky scientist who creates a female android under the name of Arale. The serie was 8 years old when Toritama decided to end it.
Right after he created the hit serie Dragon Ball. This serie was so popular that Toriyama was able to continue it for aver ten years.
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2007-02-11