The death of Akira Toriyama, creator of the most famous manga, revives the nostalgia and passion of several generations of fans. The 42 volumes, drawn between 1984 and 1995, have sold more than 260 million copies worldwide, including 30 million in France.
The French discovered the phenomenon on television in 1988, in Club Dorothée. “I discovered this Japanese object, which is read from left to right... I remember sitting down to read it. And it never left me.”