In the summer of 1990, when a manga exhibition was exhibited at a public art museum in Japan, some people questioned why public art museums should hold an exhibition of manga artists. This question probably contains several elements.
First, because the social status of cartoonists is lower than that of painters and sculptors, the exhibition of cartoonists held by the art museum will reduce the status of the museum itself. Second, unlike painting and sculpture, comics have reached an independent position through the medium of "publication", so there is no need to make a fuss and show it again through the form of an exhibition. This opinion has the value of discussion. The exhibition "Akira Toriyama's World" was exhibited under this question.
The purpose of the exhibition "Akira Toriyama's World" is not to present Akira Toriyama's manga at the museum, but to present a complete picture of Akira Toriyama's work. This can only be achieved through exhibitions, but it is impossible to use other media. Everyone knows that Akira Toriyama constantly publishes in the "publishing" media; in addition, his activity in the field of "cartoon films", which is a video media, is well known: in the field of video games, he is even more popular. In addition, for Akira Toriyama's activities, this exhibition can be said to be a first-time field.
From the 1978 up-and-coming works "The Island of No wonders" to "Alare" and "Dragon Ball", Akira Toriyama's original manuscripts have become the pillars of the exhibition, and these original manuscripts can not only directly show the excellent depictive power of this manga artist, but also trace the trajectory of character formation through the display of these original manuscripts, from the perspective of pursuing the development of the story.
The exhibition "Akira Toriyama's World" is designed to highlight the characteristics of Akira Toriyama as a manga artist, but at the same time, the exhibition also clearly shows that the manga artist's work has gone beyond the single form of manga, and Akira Toriyama is arguably the most distinctive manga artist of this style today.
Subsequently, a collection of paintings was published, called "The World of Akira Toriyama", at this time, "Dragon Ball" was not finished, but this album let us know a lot, let's enjoy the contents of the painting collection of that year, and see what works were exhibited that year...
Published after Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll (Alare), Akira Toriyama's popular writer was as stable as Tarzan's work.
Dragon Ball is a hugely structured long-form adventure action manga that begins with the appearance of Son Goku as a teenager and ends with the activities of his descendants, Goku and Goten. Originally, it was inspired by the basic structure of the book "Nan Zong Li Mi Hachi Dog Biography" - the search for eight beads, so it set the various plots derived from the characters in the drama mainly Goku when they were pursuing the seven Dragon Balls as the story outline. However, with the gradual development of the storyline, the characters who were originally subject to this basic structure also got more room for character development when the story was carried out to the world's first martial arts conference, and the fighting action became the new theme of the story, which also gave the story a deeper and farther charm and the possibility of adding branches and leaves. Dragon Ball was originally seen in the same painting style as Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll (Alare), but once the theme of fighting was used, it developed a unique style to depict the heroic fighting scenes, and also opened up a new creative realm for the cartoonist himself.
A showdown of super showdowns!!
In the manga's method of expression, Akira Toriyama's action scene depiction can be said to be one of the most worthy of a big book. The battle scenes, full of speed, show a sense of presence and full of boldness. The main reason is due to the ever-changing angle of vision adopted by the painter in the composition. The scenery and human body that appear in the fight action scenes are depicted from various angles and viewpoints, so that a three-dimensional sense and a sense of presence can be produced, and the painter's unique use of storyboarding (large, medium, and small) has also developed its unique sense of story rhythm, and in action comics, Yu Yan has a forced performance known as "Akira Toriyama style". As you can see in this chapter, the action scenes in Dragon Ball use a number of background lines that add effects. We can say that the use of this technique takes the development of this work to a whole new field. The works in this chapter are all colored in full color, so readers can also appreciate a dazzling "Dragon Ball" charm that is completely different from the monochromatic works.
Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll (Alare)
His first serial after becoming a cartoonist.
It depicts a fantastical hilarious story developed by a genius scientist who lives in the penguin village of Gengoro Island, a scroll of Senbei and a girl robot created by him, a scroll of Aralei. Before this, there were many comics with robots as the protagonists, but there was only one protagonist with such a messy style but a distinct personality. And the fun of this comic is the comic characters that come to life around Alare. The manga is basically a story based on one sentence, and the many characters in the story, such as torn, baogua, Nicole Gun King, etc., are not used to fill the scene, but can play the charm of each character and achieve a clever performance. These characters, who have the style of "Akira Toriyama" and have a deep personality, were very popular at the beginning of the series and were recognized by readers. Even the main character Alare's mantra ("Mum Cha", "Bai Cha", etc.) is widely used by teenagers, and even adults are affected, which simply creates a "Whirlwind of Alare".
Many of the characters in Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll (Alare) are animals.
These animals have a general expression and mix with ordinary citizens, which is very interesting. But whether it is a pig, a horse, or a wolf, all the animals' bodies, looks, and words are very suitable, and although they only play supporting roles, they become wonderful characters.
By the time of Dragon Ball, reptiles began to play an important role. Although the dragon is an elevated animal, it is obviously a reptile, for example, the powerful Seru, from the feeling and expression of the skin, gives the first impression of a reptile. But it also has beetle-like winged wings on its back. Cerru peels after the eggs hatch, and then absorbs artificial humans No. 17 and No. 18 before becoming a complete body, and the morphology will change. These features are completely insect characteristics, and I can't help but be very happy to see insects.
Of course, Saru walks, walks, and moves exactly like a human being. In other words, in this super-animal named Serro, there are three extremely ingenious biochemical synthesis or reconciliation of reptiles, insects, and humans.
Usually when synthesizing various animals like this, most of them will have design errors. For example, the Appearance of the Bergassus (Pegasus) and the Winged Lion in Greek mythology, the winged horse, even if Burgassus wanted to let the heavy horse body float in mid-air, but because there was no muscle to encourage the wings, it was so that people did not think that it would fly, but Seru did not make people feel this way.
If you want to talk about the cleverness of Toriyama's drawings, you can't fail to list the sense of speed of his battle pictures. There is also a dark and rough depiction of the intensity of the performance explosion is also very good. The thought that he could express such a strong feeling in the grid of the manga was really skilled.
Another attraction is the charm of the women depicted by Toriyama. Not only is the green that later became Mrs. Senbei very beautiful, but there are beautiful and sexy beauties everywhere. Even artificial human number 18 is a cold beauty. Horror though. But I didn't want her to die. There are so many beautiful women, not only turtle immortals, but even we readers will be dizzy and nosebleeds.
This is the commemorative first episode of the five-year-long "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" (Alare).
The author originally set the protagonist as the side-scroll Senbei, but as the series progressed, the "humanoid robot" side-scroll Alare invented and manufactured by Senbei gradually became the central figure. This is the birth of Alare, although a robot, but because of deep myopia and knocking on the glasses; the appearance is an ordinary cute girl, but has amazing power - this is the basic setting of the character of Alare, the last scene of Alare's car crash buried the foreshadowing that she will be extremely active in the future. The brushstrokes of Alare's face and posture in this part are more prominently highlighted by the more explicit line changes (4 heads and 3 heads) as the series progresses.
In the 1970s and 1980s, when Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll (Alare) was serialized in tandem, culture and the overall way of thinking about its history seemed to be assimilated by the work.
For example, in Soviet Russia there was a critic of social civilization named Bakhtin, who had read his books even by many people who did not belong to his domain. The point of Pavkin's claim is that no matter how proud the human mind is and how good the intelligence is, it is still unable to get rid of the physical needs of reproduction, excretion and so on. The three centuries of mankind known as modern times have been ashamed of this matter, and unconsciously formed a common consensus of inferiority of the head and kidneys, and the superiority of the right brain and the inferiority of the left brain, but this idea itself is actually quite far-fetched. In short, human beings are both heads and buttocks, and to be able to create great inventions is also to be defecated, and as long as this fact can be understood, a more inclusive physical culture can be created. This is a summary of Pavkin's theory, which analyzes the world of the French poop writers Rabelais and Dostoyevsky as a model for their long live the world. Bafkin's claim certainly sparked all sorts of discussions, but it also had a great impact. For a time, modern society is a repressive institution headed by reason, and the discussion that human beings also include physical nature, and the duality of cognition itself has swept the world.
But: it's nothing. "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" (Alare) does just that, without having to use obscure words. Just read Bafkin and look at Alare. So I secretly held seminars in college, and the students had a happy year.
When it comes to the head and the buttocks, it is impossible not to mention the king of the Nico Gun. This ass grows on the head, and the king of the universe who comes out of the head with a stool almost faints every time he gets on the big one because he has a nose on his head (buttocks). The Nicole Gun King could not return to his home planet because the spaceship was eaten by the treasure melon, and had to work on Earth to scoop human excrement in order to live. Seeing that the king had fallen into such a situation, the ministers thought he was pitiful and pathetic. Is scooping feces so shameful? Tear up the and touch the stool to boast of your courage. Originally, big is the most common, the most ordinary thing, why did it become like this? Toriyama himself once held a contest called "My First Race", calculating the most frequent themes in Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll (Alare), and found that the stool and the sun were both winning and losing, and competed for the first place at the same time. The king who can't tell the difference between head and ass is the king of the universe, which is the world where the stool and the sun are on an equal footing. It is a wonderful world where Baffkin would cry with joy.
What the new physics calls chaos today is. It is a world of materiality that does not distinguish between things and things, and is completely material. The world of "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" (Alare), where monsters, people, and things coexist, language turns into a flood of foley, in other words, the materialized and toyed world of Alare is exactly that kind of world. The world that completely fooled and invented the "original function of the left brain" has the power to liberate our "one-sided mind".
Alare often squatted on the side of the road at the first opportunity and began to poke and play with the stool. A friend of mine took inspiration from this and took a child who was suffering from unexplained spasms and sat on the side of the road with a stick to poke his stool, prompting the child to gradually open his heart. I would like to take this opportunity to report this matter to you with gratitude.
In addition to the masterpieces "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" (Alare) and "Dragon Ball", this section exhibits 17 works that are basically short stories (the 45-page novella of the POLA & ROID department that won the love of readers' award). The degree of completion of these works goes without saying, but these works can also be said to be the "experimental field" of ideas in newly created works. In these works, we can easily find the interconnection with "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" (Alare) and "Dragon Ball".
In addition, from the debut work "Incredible Island" in 1978, which still retains the style of the designer era, to "GO! GO! ACKMAN), we can see the evolution of what is now known as the "Toriyama Akira style" to refine the brush strokes.
Akira Toriyama can be said to be a representative writer in the manga industry. With a total of more than 130 million copies of the comic book circulation, two theater movies scheduled for release a year, the screening of the TV "Dragon Ball Z", and the TV amusement device software "Dragon Ball", "Dragon Ball Z" (since 1986, a total of 9 kinds of software have been launched, 7.3 million pieces have been sold), "Dragon Quest" (as a character design), etc., as these figures show, through the combination with other media, Toriyama World has shown an amazing expansion. The biggest difference between modern comics and past comics is that modern comics can be developed more broadly through the combination of modern media. Regardless of its relationship with major media such as television and film, by combining with video games that debuted around 1980, the modern comic has a broader space for development. (Data as of 1993)
This work was specially produced for the exhibition "Akira Toriyama's World"
In the previously created two-dimensional animation world, a computer drawing (CG) representing the 3-dimensional space was added, and the performance effect was enhanced with physical images, thus creating a completely new "Dragon Ball" world, which was an "experiment" in pursuit of the possibilities that animation has not yet exploited.
For a long time, "only comic books for children in the film industry will sell well!" statement. Even looking at the achievements of Japan's film entertainment industry in recent years, almost all the top ten are occupied by manga movies and cartoons.
However, it is not because it is a comic book movie, so children are willing to pay for money and take a tram to the movie theater.
It was because for them at that time, the characters or stories in the original comic books that resonated with them the most occupied a place in the process of being cultivated into various peripheral products, computer games, and finally developing into huge multimedia.
In addition to their involvement in huge multimedia, they also get intelligence from the latest comic book movies so as not to fall behind.
Manga movies have gradually evolved to be different from traditional Japanese movies, and have become part of the new media. This beginning was created by Akira Toriyama's original Dragon Ball.
For those involved in cartoon making, the secret of success lies in how to create a new charm that is different from the original. In order to achieve this goal, the most important factor is the original itself. The greatest charm of Toriyama's original works lies in the colorful characters and machines with personality and dense nature, and the ability to create unlimited imagination space, allowing people to run in it freely. Goku's surprising fighting moves, Aralei, who easily overthrows the common sense of the world in penguin village, his fast and highly sensitive remarks - it is precisely because the characters appearing in the original book have their own charms, so we can create a new Toriyama world for the audience. For those of us who make the original a new medium of film and then provide it to the audience, Akira Toriyama's character is a source of stimulation and inspiration that often gives us stimulation and inspiration, and also gives us a strong passion to produce works that surpass the original.
In addition, all the staff of the exhibition also collected 7 "Dragon Ball" to ask the dragon to fulfill our big wish.
This wish is that the "World of Akira Toriyama" will be visualized in the highest quality.
It is hoped that high-tech such as 3D movie cartoons will be used to make "Akira Toriyama's World" and make it a highest quality image and transmit it to all parts of the world.
Akira Toriyama's monographs were published in six countries in Europe and Asia, and cartoons were screened in 14 countries
The saying that Japanese manga cannot be accepted by foreign countries is a thing of the past. The word "manga" has gradually become the common language of the world, Japanese manga has also been translated and published in many countries, and cartoon films adapted from manga have also been broadcast on tv channels in many countries and have received high ratings, and this tendency will be even more pronounced in the future. For better or worse, manga can be said to be a media that represents Japanese culture, and it is also a medium that is very likely to become a means of communication.
Peripheral products exhibition
If it is necessarily impossible to talk about modern comics apart from the connection with other media, then the existence of huge character peripheral products is also an important factor in shaping comics to become contemporary media.
In addition to diversifying into films, television, game software, and other media, popular works published in manga magazines have also been printed onto stationery, toys, daily necessities, and other goods used for generations, and circulated to the market. On the photo on the left, a part of the peripheral products created by Akira Toriyama are shown, and there are currently 2275 kinds of peripheral products of "Dragon Ball", "Dragon Ball Z", "Doctor Strange and The Robot Doll" in circulation (as of 1993).
Attached "Toriyama Next Year's Score"
(Note: Since it was published in 1993, his chronology is only until 1993)
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month
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1955
April
Born in Aichi Prefecture
1974
Graduated from the Design Department of the Prefectural Industrial High School, entered the advertising design company, and became a designer
1977
March
Quit his job at a design firm
1978
December
Launched "Incredible Island" (Weekly Shonen JUV P No. 52) entered the manga industry, and in December "Incredible Island 2" was published (Weekly Shonen JUMP January 25 supplement) .
1979
"Happy Island today" published (Weekly Shonen JUMP April 20 supplement)
July
"Women's Police Red Tomato" published (Weekly Shonen JUMP August 15 supplement)
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1980
January
"Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" begins serialization (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 5.6)
August
The first episode of the Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll was released.
October
The second episode of the Dr. Strange and the Robot Doll was released
The 3rd episode of the Dr. Strange and the Robot Doll was released
1981
POLA PIN ROI DJ published (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 17) won the Most Popular Readers Award for the first time
The TV cartoon "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll Alare" began to be screened
The doctor and the robot doll is released in episode 4 of the single book
The movie "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll Alare - HELLO!/Incredible Island" was released
The 5th episode of the Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll was released
The Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll is released in episode 6
"ESCAPE" published (Weekly Shonen JUMP January 10 supplement)
1982
February
Published in MAD MATIC (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 12.
May
Episode 7 of The Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll was released
The movie "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" was released
Published in PINK (FRESH JUMP December issue)
Episode 9 of The Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll was released
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1983
Published by CHO BIT (Weekly Shonen JUN P No. 10)
The movie "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll Alare ONE HO YOYO! / World Week Grand Prix" was released
"CHO BIT 2" published (FRESH JUMP June issue)
The 10th episode of the Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll was released
June
"Dragon Rider Boy One" published (FRESH JUV P August issue)
O Theater VoL.1 was released
September
The 11th episode of The Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll was released
"Dragon Rider Ii" published (FRESH JUMP October issue)
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November
Published in "The Adventures of Tongpu" (Weekly Shonen JUV P No. 52)
The 12th episode of The Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll was released
1984
The 13th episode of The Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll was released
The 14th episode of The Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll was released
"Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll" ends the series (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 39)
The 15th episode of The Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll was released
Dragon Ball Begins Serialization (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 51)
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The movie "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll Alare – HO YOYO!/Treasure of Banana City" was released
1985
The 16th episode of the Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll was released
The 17th episode of the Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll was released
The 18th episode of The Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll was released
Akira Toriyama Classroom (co-authored) was released
The movie "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll Alare - HO YOYO!/Meca Polis in the City of Dreams" was released
Dragon Ball is released in episode 1
1986
Dragon Ball is released in episode 2
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The TV cartoon "Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll Alare" ended
The Dragon Ball TV cartoon began to play
Nintendo game "Dragon Quest" released (as styling design)
Dragon Ball episode 3 was released
Episode 4 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Published by "Mr. He" (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 49)
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball Dragon Sword was released
Dragon Ball : Legend of the Dragon movie released Box office: 800 million yen
1987
Episode 5 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Nintendo game "Dragon Quest II" released (as styling design)
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Dragon Ball episode 6 was released
"Women's Police Red Tomato" published (SUPER JUMP April 10 issue)
Episode 7 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Episode 8 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Dragon Ball – Sleeping Beauty in The Magic City movie was released at the box office: 850 million yen
"Little Young Master Kennosuke" published (Weekly Shonen JUN P No. 38)
Dragon Ball is released in episode 9
Episode 10 of the Dragon Ball solo book was released
1988
"Mr. Village Chief" published (Zhou Yu Juvenile JUMP No. 5)
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Episode 11 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
Nintendo electric toy software "Dragon Quest III" released (as styling design)
O-Play Theater Vol.2 was released
Episode 12 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
Children's TV show "Open The Door! The puppet drama "APPLE POP" begins to be staged (as a stylist)
Episode 13 of the Dragon Ball solo book was released
Dragon Ball : The Incredible Adventures of Maha was released At the box office: 650 million yen
Published by "Tonijiro" (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 38);
Episode 14 of the Dragon Ball solo book was released
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball – Resurrection of the Great Demon King was released
The cartoon "Kosuke Young Master Li Maru Imaru Imairashima No Dragon" has been released in 30 places nationwide (until October 1989)
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Episode 15 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
1989
Episode 16 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
Published in "Empty Pill Boy Japan Daisen Haru" (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 13)
Dragon Ball TV cartoon ended screening;
Dragon Ball Z TV cartoons began to be screened
Episode 17 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Dragon Ball Z – Bring My Goku Back!! The film was released, and the box office: 720 million yen
Episode 18 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball 3 Goku was released
Episode 19 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
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"Dragon Quest" TV cartoon began screening (as the design of the main character model)
1990
Episode 20 of the Dragon Ball solo book was released
Nintendo game "Dragon Quest IV" released (as styling designer)
"Dragon Ball Z – The World's Strongest Master" Movie Released Box Office: 950 million yen
Episode 21 of the monograph is released
"Dragon Ball Z - Earth Battle" movie released Box office: 800 million yen;
The movie "Pink Rain Thief" was released;
The movie "Little Young Master Kennosuke" was released;
Episode 22 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
The "Dragon Quest" TV cartoon ended
Episode 23 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball Z Strikes saiyans was released
Episode 1 of "The Golden Warrior" is published (V JUMP December 12)
1991
Episode 24 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
The "Dragon Quest 2" TV cartoon began to be screened
"Dragon Ball Z - Super Saiyan Monkey King" movie released Box office: 1.3 billion yen
Episode 25 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
"Dragon Quest 2" ended its TV screening
Episode 2 of "The Golden Warrior" is published (V JUMP June 26);
Episode 26 of the Dragon Ball solo book was released
"Dragon Ball Z - The Strongest Vs. the Strongest Beyond the Limit" Movie Released Box Office: 1.4 billion yen
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Episode 27 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
Nintendo game Dragon Ball ZII. Frieza" was released
Episode 28 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Episode 3 of The Golden Warrior is published. (V JUMP I January 27)
1992
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball Z – Super Saiyan Legends was released
"Dragon Ball Z - Fighting! 10 Billion Warriors" Movie Staged Box Office: 1.6 billion yen;
Episode 29 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Episode 30 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Dragon Ball Z - Extreme Battle!! The Three Super Saiyans movie was released At the box office: 1.45 billion yen
Episode 31 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
Nintendo game Dragon Ball ZIII Guild Wars! Cyborgs" was released;
TRUNKS THE STORY – The Only Warrior (Weekly Shonen JUMP No. 36.37)
Nintendo game "Dragon Quest V" released (as styling design)
Episode 32 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Episode 1 of Ada and Peter I (V JUN P November 22)
Episode 33 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball Z Guild World First Martial Arts Conference was released;
Ada and Peter I Episode 2 Published (V JUMP December 30)
1993
"Doctor Strange and The Robot Doll" continues to be serialized (V JUMP, February 21)
Episode 3 of Ada and Peter I (V JUMP February 21)
Dragon Ball Z – Burn It! Hot War, Fierce Battle, Super Fierce Battle Movie Released Box Office: 1.45 billion yen;
Doctor Strange and the Robot Doll Alare – Mm-Hmm! Penguin Village Shines" movie released;
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball Z Super Martial Arts Was Released;
Ada and Peter I, Episode 4 Published (V JUMP April 4)
Demon Boy begins serialization (V JUMP July issue)
Episode 34 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
Dragon Ball Z - Galaxy in Crisis! "The Master of Extraordinary Skills" movie released Box office: 1.35 billion yen;
"Strange Doctor and the Robot Doll Alare One Hmmm!" The movie "Love From penguin village" was released
The Nintendo game Dragon Ball Z Spin-Off Super Saiyan Extinction Project was released
Episode 35 of the Dragon Ball single book was released;
Nintendo game "Truneke's Adventures" released (as styling design)
Episode 36 of the Dragon Ball single book was released
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