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Torishima would leave his first mark on the industry when he was assigned to be the editor for ''Detective Doberman'', an unpopular vigilante series illustrated by [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E6%9D%BE%E4%BC%B8%E4%BA%8C Shinji Hiramatsu] and written by [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E8%AB%96%E5%B0%8A Buronson]. The manga ranked thirteenth in overall popularity among reader of Jump and upper management had decided to cancel it within three months, placing Torishima on the project just to give him more experience. The rookie editor would quickly turn the situation around, however, after identifying the key flaw in Hiramatsu's art: the man was good at drawing action, but terrible at drawing women. When presented with the concept art of the new character Saki Ayakawa, Torishima handed the artist a photo of the most popular idol in Japan at the time, Ikue Sakakibara, and instructed him to model Saki's face on her's. The redesigned heroine proved to be a smash hit among readers, catapulting ''Detective Doberman'' from dead last to third in popularity rankings almost overnight. This incident showed Torishima how interesting the job of an editor could be, and motivated him to continue his career<ref>https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1810/26/news017.html</ref>. | Torishima would leave his first mark on the industry when he was assigned to be the editor for ''Detective Doberman'', an unpopular vigilante series illustrated by [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E6%9D%BE%E4%BC%B8%E4%BA%8C Shinji Hiramatsu] and written by [https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A6%E8%AB%96%E5%B0%8A Buronson]. The manga ranked thirteenth in overall popularity among reader of Jump and upper management had decided to cancel it within three months, placing Torishima on the project just to give him more experience. The rookie editor would quickly turn the situation around, however, after identifying the key flaw in Hiramatsu's art: the man was good at drawing action, but terrible at drawing women. When presented with the concept art of the new character Saki Ayakawa, Torishima handed the artist a photo of the most popular idol in Japan at the time, Ikue Sakakibara, and instructed him to model Saki's face on her's. The redesigned heroine proved to be a smash hit among readers, catapulting ''Detective Doberman'' from dead last to third in popularity rankings almost overnight. This incident showed Torishima how interesting the job of an editor could be, and motivated him to continue his career<ref>https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/1810/26/news017.html</ref>. | ||
Torishima first encountered the work of [[Akira Toriyama]] in 1978, when the amateur artist submitted his entry in Jump's newcomer competition for the prize of | Torishima first encountered the work of [[Akira Toriyama]] in 1978, when the amateur artist submitted his entry in Jump's newcomer competition for the prize of ¥500,000. Toriyama entered into the comedy division because the prize money was the same as that of the story-focused division, but the page count minimum was half. In the end Toriyama's manga was rejected outright on the grounds of being a parody of the film ''Star Wars'' when the rules stated that all submissions must be original works, but his use of the English alphabet for onomatopoeia instead of the traditional katakana, the amount of detail he gave to his drawings, and the masterful ability of conveying a three-dimensional space in drawing form immediately caught Torishima's attention. The two entered a dialogue via telegram that lead to the creation of the one-shot [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama's_Manga_Theater ''Wonder Island'']. Despite ranking dead last on a reader survey, the duo would continue to work together over the course of the next year until Toriyama began his first serialized work: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Slump Dr. Slump]. | ||
===Involvement with ''Dragon Quest''=== | ===Involvement with ''Dragon Quest''=== | ||