Stop! Hibari-kan! unintentionally helped to create Dragon Ball
Not only was Akira Toriyama stopped writing Dr. Slump out of fear about the series's declining popularity, but he also wanted to finish Arale's tale just six months after beginning it. Toriyama originally wanted to stop the series since he first didn't want to create a Manga with a female lead and the auto-conclusive chapter style was a nuisance for him. However, things wouldn't be so easy for him since Shōnen Jump and Shueisha wouldn't let it since the series was still rather popular. Until Hibari-kun began.
From the start, Hibari-kun rose to be the Shōnen Jump top ranking. There was a chance Toriyama may break free from Dr. Slump with Hibari-kun going strong, but this didn't happen since the editor-in-chief started missing deadlines and denied Higachi's demand to publish the Manga fortnightly. Toriyama was driven to keep going until he reached a deal with the editors as a manga as successful as Hibari-kun could not relieve his weight as the pillar of Shōnen Jump enabled him to finish Dr. Slump in exchange for producing a new original manga.
Author influences between Dragon Ball and Stop Hibari-kun
When Heishi Eguchi started penning Stop Hibari-Kun, he was clearly greatly inspired by the revolutionary art of Toriyama and the drawing technique of Dr. Slump. Both stories include strong quantities of slapstick humor, and the paintings really have striking similarities. In episode #13 of the anime Stop!! Senbei, Arale, and Taro from Dr. Slump make a cameo as yakuza gang members. Hibari-kun (). Higuchi claimed to be well-known for painting beautiful girls since he poured all his effort into creating Hibari-kun to be as charming as possible.
The female characters of Stop Hibari-kun were remarkably attractive, rendered with quite soft, feminine forms. Women's actual attractiveness greatly influenced Higashi, who drew female characters in a quite pleasing manner without exaggerated dimensions. Among the first artists to faithfully depict characters in trendy clothing in a weekly manga was also him. When creating the female characters in Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama was inspired since Bulma's design mimics the drawing style of Hibari-Kun female characters and might easily pass as an older version of Suzume, Hibari's younger sister.
Without One Milestone Queer Manga By an Industry Titan, Dragon Ball Wouldn't Exist
Created by Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball is among the most well-known series that evolved into a titan of popular culture. But Toriyama developed another highly popular tale before Goku and Vegeta: Dr. Slump. Inspired by the golden age of joke manga nearing the end of the seventies, the tale about the ridiculous exploits of Arale Norimaki began in 1980 in Weekly Shōnen Jump rapidly became the main hit of the magazine. Later on, though, came another show that attracted even greater popularity than Dr. Slump: Stop!! Hibari-kun>.
Former editor-in-chief of Shōnen Jump, Eguchi Higashi, and Torishima Kazuhiko discussed in a recent interview shared by Manga Mogura RE on X how the manga was so popular that could have become the lead series of the magazine. This led the editorial department to take Toriyama's desire to discontinue penning Dr. Slump under serious thought.
Stopping is 40 Years Later: The Story of Hibari-kun Still Relevant
Stopping is Based on a concept like gender identity and presenting it in a really natural way in a magazine targeted at young boys like Shōnen Jump, Hibari-kun! was unquestionably a revolutionary manga, achieving first place in the surveys, and all this at the beginning of the 80s. The heart of the characters is polite and engaging even if some gags didn't stand the test of time very well; this is to be anticipated after forty years.
Though with the societal restrictions of the time and a little held back by being a humor comedy, Hibari-kun is fiercely near to being a positive representation of a trans girl. The last chapter of the series before its cancellation even included a trans man. Like any other romantic comedy, Eguchi showed Hibari with naturalism and delicacy but also as a strong woman with great individuality. One of the most significant transgender figures in the world of manga, Hibari is resolved, sure of her identity, and not frightened of anything.
Development of Dragon Ball
Originating from the great imagination of Akira Toriyama, the mammoth multimedia series Dragon Ball spans the 1980s. Rising from a serialized manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan, Dragon Ball expanded quickly. It was published abroad in manga and anime adaptations loved all around. Dragon Ball, the first animated series, followed young Son Goku as he searched for the Dragon Balls, legendary objects that would fulfill any wish to anyone who gathered them. The show then moved to the immensely well-known Dragon Ball Z, which tracked Goku as an adult and had fierce fighting and Goku's unrelenting quest to become the most powerful. The program has also been popular because of its multiple well-known video game adaptations and continues to offer various animated series and theatrical movies up to the most recent Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.
Dragon Ball is a huge multimedia series spanning back to the 1980s from the creative mind of Akira Toriyama. Originally serialized manga for Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan, Dragon Ball grew rapidly. It found its way abroad via a manga and an anime version enjoyed all around. Originally commencing with the exploits of the young Son Goku as he pursued the Dragon Balls, Dragon Ball was the first animated series. Any person who gathered these enchanted balls would be granted their wish. Then, the series would branch off into the immensely popular Dragon Ball Z, which followed Goku as an adult and featured high-intensity battles and Goku's never-ending search to be the strongest. The series has also enjoyed several popular video game adaptations and continues to release several new animated series and theatrical films up to the recent popular Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.
