AKIRA TORIYAMA - Le maître du manga

Everyone is familiar with Dragon Ball, the manga phenomenon that has sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and its countless avatars: cartoons, video games, toys, collector's cards, films, and so on.

Strangely, until now, no book has offered a complete overview of the work of its author: Akira Toriyama.

Born in 1955, Toriyama has become a true legend of manga and international pop culture... This book retraces his career for the first time, from his modest beginnings (published in 1978, his first story was a complete flop!) to the success of Dr. Slump (an insane series reminiscent of the early Mad and La Rubrique-à-brac) to the apotheosis of Dragon Ball. The titanic success of Dragon Ball made Toriyama the equivalent of a Walt Disney or a Stan Lee: a giant. But a giant of a new kind, as he has the distinction of being the first comic book artist in the world whose work is instantly available on all media.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the multimedia career of this prolific but discreet artist.