Few people understood the manga industry like Akira Toriyama. In his early 20s ... in 1978 he eventually got his break with Wonder Island - a one-shot manga picked up by Weekly Shonen Jump.

Japanese manga artist Toriyama Akira — creator of "Dragon Ball ... He made his debut as a manga artist in 1978 with "Wonder Island," a story that ran in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

Akira Toriyama, best known for creating the manga ... This working relationship led to Toriyama's first published work, "Wonder Island." Throughout the late '70s and early '80s Toriyama created ...

Acclaimed manga artist Akira Toriyama, creator of the global hits ... Toriyama made his debut in 1978 with "Wonder Island" published in Weekly Shonen Jump. The lovably goofy comedy "Dr. Slump ...