Akira Toriyama is a famous Japanese manga artist. It was not until the advent of a "Alare" that he became one of the most influential cartoonists of the time.
As the chief representative of the Japanese manga industry today, Akira Toriyama is recognized as the chairman of The Japanese manga artists, and his contribution to Japanese manga is enormous. The influence of his manga on Japanese and even American comics also has far-reaching significance.
Early on, Akira Toriyama showed a talent for painting, and at an early age, he was deeply influenced by Disney and began to cultivate an interest in painting. Before becoming a cartoonist, he also worked as a designer in a design company. After not being able to stand the nine-to-five life of an office worker, he resolutely resigned and regained his paintbrush to enter the comic circle.
In 1980, Akira Toriyama, who was 25 years old at the time, was still a rookie, and the appearance of "Alare" this year became the "blockbuster" masterpiece of the year.
As we all know, "Shonen JUMP" takes the route of hot-blooded hardcores, and insists on the main theme of "friendship", "effort" and "victory", and its serial works are also based on blood, sweat, and tears to show that it is a manga magazine for boys. Even the editorial board has publicly stated that the slogan of Shonen JUMP magazine is "Juvenile Comics Made by Men for Boys."
And the appearance of Alare broke the pattern of "Junior JUMP"!
In 1980, "Alare" only had the first episode of the series and entered the top three of the popularity list at that time. In the questionnaire, there was an unprecedented support rate, with almost no support from the lower grades to the upper grades, and more surprisingly, the highest support from female readers, which jump magazine had never had.
As mentioned earlier, the comics serialized in JUMP magazine were based on hardcore and hot-blooded male comics, but "Alare", which ran counter to this, became the darling of the time. At one point, it was even dubbed "the best manga recognized by the mother".
It can be said that the emergence of "Alare" has added a fresh and beautiful color to JUMP magazine, and the two most important factors are "fantasy" and "family". This is also the first time that jump magazine has appeared in such a light comedy family fantasy comic.
It is a fantasy-filled alternate world, a peaceful and harmonious penguin village, the reckless and adventurous robot doll Alare and the genius Dr. Senbei, as well as their friends around them, bringing the reader into a fantasy-filled "Toriyama World". All kinds of new and interesting props, all kinds of nonsense bridge sections, all make people full of fantasies about penguin village.
The two protagonists in the story have different personalities: Nobuchi is very eager for the desire to get married, has a strong sense of family, and sometimes appears a very serious and rational "handsome" face, which can be said to be a projection of Akira Toriyama himself.
The other protagonist, Alare, exudes a strong interest in the unknown world, with an innocent and unrestrained personality like every reader's childhood. The rash Alare also threw stones to break the moon and split the earth with strange force, and these rash moves are also reminiscent of their naughty and naughty childhood.
Some people once joked that Alare was like the unrestrained and mischievous childhood toriyama Akira, while Senbei was an adult Toriyama Akira who went to society to experience the baptism of time.
The ending of the manga is naturally a reunion of Akira Toriyama as always, in addition to Chibei hugging the beauty return, Taro and Tsurugi, Picker and Akane, Xiao xiong and chicks also have lovers and eventually become dependents, each living a happy life.
The penguin village that reappears in Dragon Ball
Perhaps in Toriyama's heart, he has always longed for such a dream world full of peace and happiness.