The story follows the adventures of Son Goku, from childhood to adulthood, as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the Dragon Balls, seven magical orbs which summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. It initially had a comedy focus but later became an action-packed fighting series. Dragon Ball was inspired by the Chinese novel Journey to the West as well as Hong Kong martial arts films. Originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 1984 to 1995, the 519 individual chapters were printed in 42 tankōbon volumes by the publisher Shueisha.
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An English translation of The Strange Tale of Panorama Island work was published by Last Gasp in July 2013.ĭragon Ball is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. Two of his most recent works are adaptations of stories by Edogawa Rampo, such as "The Strange Tale of Panorama Island" and "The Caterpillar". Maruo also has a fascination with human oddities, deformities, birth defects, and "circus freaks." Many such characters figure prominently in his stories and are sometimes the primary subjects of his illustrations. The stories often take place in the early years of Showa Era Japan. Maruo's nightmarish manga fall into the Japanese category of "erotic grotesque". Many of Maruo's illustrations depict graphic sex and violence and are therefore referred to as contemporary muzan-e (a subset of Japanese ukiyo-e depicting violence or other atrocities.) Maruo himself featured in a 1988 book on the subject with fellow artist Kazuichi Hanawa entitled Bloody Ukiyo-e, presenting their own contemporary works alongside the traditional prints of Yoshitoshi and Yoshiiku.
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