Akira Toriyamas reaction to Dragonball Evolution secretly saved the Dragon Ball franchise by proving to the manga creator that he needed to be more directly involved with projects based on his beloved characters. Originally written and drawn by Toriyama, Dragon Ball was serialized in Weekly Shnen Jump from 1984 to 1995 before being collected into manga volumes. By combining the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West with the marital arts stylings of Hong Kong cinema, Dragon Ball became incredibly popular in Japan and, eventually, around the world. Even now, Toriyama’s Dragon Ball is an enduring pop-cultural phenomenon.
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