Believe it or not, the author of dragon ball It was not always as popular as it is now and it seems that its first serialization was almost canceled due to it being overshadowed by another title. However, fate did not allow Dr. Slump went unnoticed, and in fact, right after it came the great success of the dragon balls, Goku and company, more details below.
Can you imagine a world without dragon ball? It would be quite strange, but perhaps the work would never have reached the world if Dr. Slump would have been cancelled, because it would not have opened the door to another serialization of Akira Toriyama.
And it is that, the work of the author of dragon ball It competed directly with Hibari-kun who completely led the audience, causing Toriyama’s series to come in second place and slowly fall behind. The mess was so intense that, according to the author’s editor, Toriyama had made the decision to leave the series.
The most impressive thing is that the publisher had said that yes, they could do without him because they had Hibari-kun, The problem is that Hisashi Eguchi, the author, was unable to maintain the weekly serialization and after some failed negotiations, ended up ending the delivery.
For this moment, Shuēisha could no longer afford the departure of the author of dragon ball. Here is what the editor mentioned about it:
“’Hibari-kun’ overwhelmingly took first place, leading the magazine absolutely. It was the number one manga. At that time, the popularity of ‘Dr. Slump’ was gradually tapering off. Toriyama kept saying, ‘I want to quit, I want to quit.’ [No obstante], The fact that ‘Hibari-kun’ had taken first place, implied that there was a possibility of ‘Dr. Slump’ to finish; since the main manga was another [Hibari-kun]. So even if Toriyama said that he wanted to quit, the editorial department could respond: “We have ‘Hibari-kun’, so it’s fine.” However, when ‘Hibari-kun’ started going on hiatus, Toriyama couldn’t leave ‘Dr. Slump’”.
Dr. Slump It was published between 1980 and 1984, bringing together 263 chapters in 18 compilation volumes. It had an anime adaptation from 1981 to 1986. It was a project run by Toei Animation and had 243 chapters.
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