Claim: Akira Toriyama achieved mainstream recognition for Dr. Slump in 2005.
Evidence: He first achieved mainstream recognition for his highly successful manga Dr. Slump , before going on to create Dragon Ball -- his best-known work -- and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series , Blue Dragon and Chrono Trigger.
The manga was released in North America by Viz Media from 2004 to 2009.