Super Jump
In 2004, Shimabukuro returned to manga with a sports comedy, "Ring", which continued for 3 volumes (24 chapters) in "Super Jump" magazine. He then temporarily resumed serialization of "Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!" in "Super Jump" in 2005. Shimabukuro returned to work for "Weekly Shōnen Jump" in 2008 with "Toriko". It became one of the magazine's top sellers, with over 25 million copies in circulation, and was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taishō award in 2009. "Toriko" was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation that aired from 2011–2014 before the manga ended in November 2016. The manga was released in North America by Viz Media and the anime by Funimation.