Manga
Written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, Toriko was serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 19, 2008,[10] to November 21, 2016.[11] The 396 individual chapters were collected and published into 43 volumes by Shueisha between November 4, 2008,[12] and December 31, 2016.[13] Readers and fans of the series were able to submit ideas and designs for monsters and ingredients that appear in the manga.[14]
At San Diego Comic-Con in 2009, Viz Media announced they had licensed Toriko for English release.[15] They released the 43 volumes from June 1, 2010,[16] to August 7, 2018.[17] The manga premiered in the February 2010 edition of a digital supplement available only to subscribers of Viz's printed Shonen Jump magazine.[18][19] 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.[20] 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,[21] and have released twenty-six volumes as of April 10, 2015.[22]
Shimabukuro collaborated with Eiichiro Oda, author of One Piece, for a crossover one-shot of their series titled Taste of the Devil Fruit!! (実食! 悪魔の実!!),[23] which ran in the April 4, 2011 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump. There is also a spin-off manga series titled Gourmet Academy Toriko (グルメ学園トリコ), written by Toshinori Takayama and illustrated by Akitsugu Mizumoto. It was serialized in Saikyō Jump from December 3, 2010, to December 2, 2016,[24] with the chapters collected into 9 between April 4, 2012, and December 31, 2016.[25]
Films
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.[26][27] It was streamed on Weekly Shōnen Jump's English website one month later.[27] 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.[28]
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!!), 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.[29]
Anime
In December 2010, it was announced that Toei Animation would be adapting Toriko into an anime television series in 2011.[32] It is directed by Akifumi Zako and began broadcasting in Japan on Fuji Television on April 3, 2011.[33][34][35] It took over Dragon Ball Kai's 9:00 am slot on Sunday in the "Dream 9" time-slot, airing before One Piece.[32] 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,[36]
A book titled Toriko Gaiden (トリコ外伝) was published on October 2, 2009, consisting of an interview with Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro, the 2007 Toriko one-shot, and other unrelated one-shots by the author.[43] 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.[44] A third companion book, listed as simply the 29.5 volume of Toriko, was released on June 4, 2014.[45]
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),[46]
