Akira Toriyama Quotes

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Akira Toriyama

Profession : Artist

Birth : April 5, 1955

It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for 'Dragon Quest.'

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Saiyans don't have much of a concept of 'family.'

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In spite of being so absorbed in comics when I was in primary school, for whatever reason, I stopped reading them that much once I started junior high. I think it's probably because I got caught up in movies and TV.

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I've always liked to draw.

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Basically with everything, I choose my criteria based on what can be easy. If I made the real world the setting, I'd have to draw looking at reference materials for stuff like buildings and vehicles. When you do that, people complain even if it's just a little bit off.

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I'm personally not terribly interested in designing wholesome characters, so I don't have many variations to offer.

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In manga, nothing actually moves, and you just have to draw the poses in each panel, but in anime, you have to draw the movements between those poses.

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I think comics are faster to draw with a pen and then fill and tone by computer. But my illustrations are all done via computer. I even draw the lines on a tablet.

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'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.

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For characters where, in a comic, I'd avoid using screen tone because it's such a bother, I'd deliberately use it in animation in order to highlight their individual characteristics.

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I'm always impressed with the work of animators. You have to be able to draw the scenes in between movements. I'm impressed with the way they can do that - I don't think I could.

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I'm just a manga artist, so I can't stand being scrutinized.

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I use Pilot's document ink, but their drawing ink is OK, too. It's just that I don't like the impression that clings to the pen tip.

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I used to play role-playing games a lot when I was younger, but once you start an RPG, it takes a lot of time. So I like things like action games you can just pick up and play.

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I don't like music that much... I put on the TV. But I often play things like fast-tempo disco or Queen. I've liked those since way back when.

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Come to think of it, even though I've received tons of fan letters and presents from everyone, I've never written anyone back. How rude of me!

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I wanted to change up the tempo and setting of my comics in the sense of giving them some variety, for one thing. So where, for 'Slump,' the art was very America-esque, in the case of 'Dragon Ball,' I made it as Chinese as could be.

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Back before I entered primary school, I liked to draw, even though I was a brat. I especially liked animals and vehicles, and I drew that sort of thing constantly.

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With enemies, it's easier to just have them be straight-up bad guys so they can just get beaten up.

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