The Adventure of Tongpoo
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ONE_SHOT • 1983
status
Completed
start-date
29/11/1983
end-date
29/11/1983
country-origin
JP
popularity
281
studios
synonyms
ザアドベンチャオブトンプー
Tongpoos großes Abenteuer
Tongpoos grosses Abenteuer
The Adventures of Tongpoo is a one-shot manga by Akira Toriyama that was published in the 1983 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump and was later released in the compilation Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater Vol. 2.
Along with Dragon Boy, The Adventures of Tongpoo served as an inspiration for Dragon Ball. It is forty-five pages long, and it introduced an early concept of the Capsule as well as story elements for the second Dragon Ball chapter, "No Balls!"
(Source: Dragon Ball Wiki)