Akira Toriyama’sSand Landis Jumping Over to Anime

Throughout the last 30 years , Akira Toriyama has becomebest knownas the man behindDragon Ball Zand artist of acclaimed JRPGs like Chrono Trigger , Dragon Quest , and Blue Dragon . As a manga Maker , his career croak all the way back to the mid 70s , though not all of his pre and post - Dragon Ball study ( most of them one - shots ) have transitioned over to anime . The last of his non - Dragon Ball works to be accommodate for anime was Doctor Slump in the late 90s , but now another one of his works is amount over to the pocket-size screen .

Previously revealed to begin with in the week before a full reveal at this weekend ’s Jump Festa , Toriyama ’s sci - fi comedy manga Sand Land is becoming an Zanzibar copal thanks to Bandai Namco Filmworks . The adaptation is being worked on by studio Sunrise ( Gundam : The Witch from Mercury ) , Anima ( Chronos Ruler ) , and Kamikaze Douga ( Star Wars Visions : The Duel ) . LikeDragon Ball Super : Super Herofrom earlier in the year , Toriyama make the original story for the adaption , which looks to have a CG/3D art vogue similar to that movie . Currently , it ’s not well-defined if this is a single film or a one - and - done series .

Toriyama released Sand Land back in 2000 , and it tell apart the story of the demon prince Beelzebub , who embarks on a quest with his friend Thief to help Sherriff Rao come up a novel water supply for Rao ’s mass . The manga was very shortly - lived , and only ran across 14 chapters from May 2000 to August that same year . It ’s anyone ’s guesswork as to why Toriyama and Bandai have pick out now to adapt it , but perhaps it ’s just being used as a means to introduce audiences to some of his less known works .

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wait the Sand Land adaptation to free in 2023 .

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