Awawa World
(Unpublished Work, 1977)
This gag story set in ancient Japan attempts to mix modern situations
with the older culture (such as a policeman issuing a ticket to a
peasant for keeping his horse in a no-parkig zone.) The artwork is
pretty traditional, but the character designs are flat, heavy and
rather ugly. This was an entry in the "Monthly Young Jump Award" contest.
Mysterious Rain Jack
(Unpublished Work, 1978)
A parody of Star Wars, this gag one-shot features many of the character
designs that would later appear in Dr. Slump. The character artwork is
a little cleaner than that of Awawa World, and the story has very little
to do with the Star Wars plot. This was a finalist for the "Monthly
Young Jump Awards" contest.
Wonder Island
(Shonen Jump #25, Jan., 1979)
A strange place inhabited by King Ghidra, a witch, and a Tarzan-like
caveman. The stories start off with things like a Japanese Special
Attack Force washing ashore, or a detective arriving to arrest a
criminal. Wonder Island continues the character designs from Rain
Jack and Awawa World, along with the same slapstick humor.
Today's Highlight Island
(Shonen Jump #20, April, 1979)
A junior high school student, Kanta, lives on Highlight. A toothache
keeps him from eating, even though he loves school lunches. The dentist
can't cure him, and when he is completely unable to attend classes,
the result is a huge uproar.
Tomato, Girl Detective
(Shonen Jump Special #15, Aug., 1979)
Akai Tomato, 18, is assigned to the Yoikora Police Station. Everything
she does gets messed up, but she eventually catches the criminal. This
work leads up to Dr. Slump, and the use of a girl as the main character.
Dr. Slump
(Shonen Jump, Jan. 1980 to Aug. 1984)
Inveterate, and mostly incompetent, inventor Senbe Norimake creates
a young girl robot named Arale. Lots of strange characters, visual puns,
catological humor, and sweird villains. Very funny. (The TV show lasted
243 episodes.)
Pola & Roid
(Shonen Jump #17, 1981)
Roid is a Galaxy Taxi pilot, called to planet Kongaratta by the young
girl Pola. Roid encounters and defeats the evil Emperor Gaganbo, then
returns home to Earth. Winner of the 1981 Shonen Jump Reader's award.
Escape
(Shonen Jump Special #10, Jan., 1982)
A short story heavily influenced by western comics. Very much like
something from Frank Miller in terms of visual feel and use of color.
It's simply a game of tag on the planet Umekobucha. Very good.
Mad Matic
(Shonen Jump #12, 1982)
Gag story influenced by The Mad Max movie.
Pink
(Fresh Jump, Dec., 1982)
A young girl named "Pink", lives on a planet where water is very scarce.
Pink survives by attacking shipping trucks owned by the company that
sells water to the populace. Later, Pink discovers that the company
president had captured the weather oni (a demon that controls rainfall),
which is why there hasn't been any rain on the planet for years. The
villain is defeated, the weather oni is freed, and the planet gets
flooded. Made into a movie, and shown as a triple feature with DBZ
and Kennosuke-sama.
Chobit
(Fresh Jump, June, 1983)
Gag manga about a tiny alien girl with magic powers.
Dragon Boy
(Fresh Jump, Aug., 1983)
Predecessor to Dragon Ball. A young martial artist faces challenges
to his skills.
The Adventure of Tongpoo
(Shonen Jump #52, 1983)
About a young adventurous space cyborg.
Dragon Ball
(Shonen Jump, Nov. 1984 to June 1995)
Originally based on the Chinese Monkey King legends. Son Gokuu starts
out as a strong, naive boy, who sets out to find the rumored 7 Dragon
Balls. The series follows Gokuu as he becomes an adult, and changes
from a gag manga to an adventure-combat series. Later, Gokuu stepped
aside to allow his boy, Son Gohan, to become the new focus of the series.
A kind of epic story.
Mr. Ho
(Shonen Jump #49, 1986)
A Black Beret fights cowboys.
Lady Red
(Super Jump #10, Apr. 1987)
An inept female crime fighter discovers that prostitution pays better
money. Gag one-shot for young adults.
Kennosuke-sama
(Shonen Jump #38, 1987)
A gag story about a very young samurai preparing for his first date.
Made into a movie and shown as a triple feature with DBZ and Pink.
Sonchoh
(Shonen Jump #5, 1988)
A super Mayor polices his city. He foils a super-spy out to destroy
the country, when said spy fails to properly dispose of an empty soda
can.
Mamejirou
(Shonen Jump #38, 1988)
A gag story about a young boy that likes ice cream.
Clear Skies, Karamaru
(Shonen Jump #13, 1989)
A Ninja, age 4, sells mushrooms.
Cashman, Savings Soldier
(V-Jump #12, 1990)
A crash-landed alien rescues people to raise money for refueling his
ship (which uses gold for fuel.) (Starting in V-Jump #6, 1997,
Cashman was turned into a series, with artwork by Katsuoshi Nakatsuru
and story by Takao Koyama.)
Dub & Peter 1
(V-Jump, started in 1992)
Dub has a computer-controlled car made, to impress girls. This was a
badly-written story, and did not last long. It was probably the work
of Toriyama's staff.
The New Dr. Slump
(V-Jump, started in 1992)
A revival of the earlier series, with a couple of new characters.
Consisted of full-color one-shot gag stories. Ended some time in 1996.
(Artwork by Katsuoshi Nakatsuru, and story by Takao Koyama.) The
stories were collected in four takubon volumes.
Go! Go! Ackman
(V-Jump, starting in July 1993)
Demon-boy Ackman sets out to find good-priced souls, and to kill
people in town. A gag series, Ackman's biggest enemy is a diaper-wearing
angel set out to stop him. This story was turned into three video games,
and it ended sometime in 1996. The work of Toriyama's staff artists.
Uchuujin Peke
(Shonen Jump #???, 1996)
"Alien X" is a 2-part story about an incompetent alien who is sent
to earth to scout it out before invading it and making it the property
of his own race. However, he ends up crash-landing.
Tokimeka
(Shonen Jump #???, 1996)
A three-part short story about a young girl that takes a time machine
into the distant past. She meets a few strange cave people, and
encounters an evil hunter that bags dinosaurs for fun. Eventually,
she returns to her present, and destroys the time machine so it can not
be misused, before noticing that the cave boy snuck along for the ride.
Bubul of the Magical Village
(Shonen Jump #22/23, 1997)
One-shot about a young demon that is fascinated with everything human.
One day, he gets a chance to meet a real human up close, when a bank
robber enters his world via a dimensional gate. This story was an entry
in the Jump '97 Reader's Cup contest.
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