The mangaka Akira Toriyama is the father of the most worldwide popular Japanese Manga: Dragon Ball.

Eleven years of success ...

The first release of the serie was published in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump in 1984. The serie was so popular that it lasted 11 years, with the last episode released in 1995.  A collection of 42 individual books was then published.

A revised version of Dragon Ball was released in 2004 in 34 volumes under the name of Kanzenban with new covers and color artwork.

... and still the most popular.