Manga

Written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, Toriko began serialization in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump on May 19, 2008. The individual chapters have been published into tankōbon volumes since November 4, 2008.[9] As of July 4, 2013, the series spans over 200 chapters and 25 tankobon volumes.[10] Readers and fans of the series can submit ideas and designs for monsters and ingredients that appear in the manga.[11]

Shimabukuro collaborated with Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece, for a crossover one-shot of their series titled One Piece x Toriko: The True Food! Devil Fruit, which ran in the April 4, 2011 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. There is also a spin-off manga series of Toriko titled Gourmet Academy Toriko (グルメ学園トリコ), written by Toshinori Takayama and illustrated by Akitsugu Mizumoto. It has been serialized in Saikyō Jump since 2011, with four collected tankōbon as of August 2, 2013.[12]

At San Diego Comic-Con International 2009, Viz Media announced they had licensed Toriko for an English-language release.[13] The first collected volume of Toriko was released on June 1, 2010, and Viz has released fourteen volumes as of February 5, 2013.[14][15] The manga premiered in the February 2010 edition of a digital supplement available only to subscribers of Viz's printed Shonen Jump magazine.[16][17] When the printed magazine ended, Toriko was one of the launch titles of its digital successor Weekly Shonen Jump (originally named Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha), starting with chapter 171 in its debut issue on January 30, 2012.[18] The Toriko and One Piece crossover was sent out free to annual subscribers of the magazine who signed up before April 30, 2012. Madman Entertainment released the first volume in Australasia on July 10, 2010, and have released fourteen volumes as of March 10, 2013.[19][20]

Filem

A short film simply titled Toriko, directed by Mitsuru Obunai and produced by Ufotable, was shown on October 12, 2009 at the Jump Super Anime Tour 2009.[21][22] It was streamed on Weekly Shōnen Jump's English website one month later.[22] A second short, titled Toriko: Capture the Barbarian Ivy! (トリコ バーバリアンアイビーを捕獲せよ!), was shown at the following year's Jump Super Anime Tour on October 23, 2010.[23]

An animated 3D film short, Toriko 3D: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!! (トリコ3D 開幕!グルメアドベンチャー!!, Toriko Surīdī: Kaimaku! Gurume Adobenchā!!), produced by Toei Animation, was released in Japanese theaters on March 19, 2011 as a double feature with the One Piece film One Piece 3D: Mugiwara Chase.[24] A feature length film, Toriko the Movie: Bishokushin's Special Menu (劇場版トリコ 美食神の超食宝, Gekijō-ban Toriko Bishoku-shin no Chō Shoku Takara), was released in theaters on July 27, 2013.[25]

Anime

In December 2010, it was announced that Toei Animation would be adapting Toriko into an anime television series in 2011.[26] It is directed by Akifumi Zako and began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television on April 3, 2011.[27][28][29] It took over Dragon Ball Kai's 9:00 am slot on Sunday in the "Dream 9" time-slot, airing before One Piece.[26] A cross-over special between Toriko and One Piece, considered episode 1 of Toriko and episode 492 of One Piece, aired as the series' premiere,[30] with another between the two series airing on April 10, 2012, episode 51 of Toriko and episode 542 of One Piece. A two-part hour-long crossover special between Toriko, One Piece and Dragon Ball Z, referred to as Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!, aired on Fuji TV on April 7, 2013.[31]

In 2011, Funimation Entertainment announced that it has licensed Toriko for streaming in North America within four days after the Japanese broadcast. It premiered on Hulu and Funimation's official website on April 14.[32] Eventually, the series was rescheduled to stream within three days after the Japanese broadcast.[33] Funimation began releasing the series on DVD with an English dub from January 8, 2013.[34] Madmen Entertainment announced they licensed the anime for Australasia on February 3, 2013.[35]

Media lain

A book titled Toriko Gaiden (トリコ外伝) was published on October 2, 2009, it includes an interview with Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, the 2007 one-shot of Toriko, and other unrelated one-shots by the author.[36] The guidebook Toriko Gourmet Hunting Book (トリコ グルメハンティングブック) was released on November 4, 2011 and includes the original one-shot for Toriko from 2002 and the One Piece crossover chapter.[37]

The television show Sakiyomi Jum-Bang! created a Vomic, a portmanteau of voice and comic, of the first couple chapters of Toriko in 2009. The segment has voice actors act over a manga series as the pages are shown on screen, Toriko was played by Takashi Kondō and Komatsu by Daisuke Kishio.

There have been five video games created by Namco Bandai based on Toriko. Two for the PlayStation Portable, Toriko: Gourmet Survival! (2011) and Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 (2012), and three for the Nintendo 3DS, Toriko: Gourmet Monsters! (2012), Toriko: Gourmet Battle! (2013) and Toriko: Ultimate Survival (2013).[38][39][40][41] Toriko is also a playable character in the upcoming Weekly Shōnen Jump crossover Playstation 3 and PlayStation Vita fighting game J-Stars Victory Vs.[42]