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Looking for the flyest Manga? Great.. We got it! Lots of it too! Sand Land is a short manga series authored that was published in the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine during the summer of 2000 and in the Amercan Shonen Jump magazine in the winter of 2003. After Sand Land completed its run in the Weekly Shonen Jump, all fourteen chapters were collected into a single tankobon (book) that was released on November 11, 2000. In the United States Sand Land made a run of twelve issues in the Shonen Magazine and released as graphic novel on January 21, 2004. Sand Land manga series can be viewed online on the Shonen Jump website, which offers much more manga stuff such as downloads, games, E-cards, and other manga volumes.

The Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is published by the Japanese publisher Shueisha, while Shonen Jump magazine is published by the American company VIZ Media, who is co-owned by Shueisha and another Japanese publisher Shogakukan.

Sand Land manga series is written and illustrated by the Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama. The famous manganka is known all over the world for his playful storytelling and distinctive art style, and for one of the best manga of all time, The Dragon Ball. Akira Toriyama is also known in his native Japan for the wildly popular Dr. Slump, his first weekly series about the adventures of mad scientist and his android "daughter." His hit series Dragon Ball ran from 1984 to 1995 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. He is also known for his design work on video games such as Dragon Warrior, Chrono Trigger and Tobal No.1. His recent manga works include Cowa, Kajika, Sandland and Neko Majin.

The story of Sand Land manga series goes something like this. After enduring years of natural disaster and war, the world of Sand Land is deprived of its main supply of water; as the river that provided water to the country dried up long ago. With the greedy king of the land's personal water supply becoming increasingly more expensive for the citizens of Sand Land to buy, the angry people start robbing one another for water and money.

Sheriff Rao, tired of the king's greed, approaches the demons of Sand Land for help in searching for a new water supply. Demon prince Beelzebub and his friend Thief agree to join Rao. Soon after their quest begins, their car breaks down and they are left with no choice but to steal a tank from the king's army. This action angers the king and he mobilizes his forces to stop them. Sheriff Rao, a former legendary general of the king's army, is able to quickly deal with all of the current army's attempts to prevent their progress. Once they reach the supposed water supply at the end of the now dried up river bed, they find a lake that now acts as the king's private reserves. With the water sealed away behind a dam to give the king a monopoly over water, Rao, the demons, and those sympathetic to their cause demolish it. With the water returned to the world as a result, the king's unfair regime is brought to an end.