Legendary comics creators help flesh out character personalities and designs
One of the greatest anime and manga series is undoubtedly dragon ball Made by Akira Toriyama In 1984, 11 years after Toriyama retired from the manga industry, he contributed to countless comics dragon ball Projects, including manga adaptations of animated sequels dragon ball super. But how was Akira Toriyama involved in the production of this work? dragon ball super comics? in a recent interview Shueishaof vertical jump magazines, artists Toyotaro Giving us some insight into Akira Toriyama’s involvement in superhero stories.
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Interview in the August issue vertical jump is the third part of the interview series Toyotaro. “dragon ball super Spaced Special Volume. 3″ focuses on the superhero prequel mini-story line, which is one of the last story lines before the comic is suspended indefinitely. Although the interview focused more on ToyotaroThe experience of creating the story and his favorite parts, Toyotaro Noting where Toriyama made the comment.
Toyotaro Said he was very happy when he got the signal from Toriyama that he would do the mini-arc. The reason for this (roughly translated) was, “I love Gohan’s high school story and wanted to put Trunks and Goten into that world.” So we see how Toriyama still controls the wider plot point dragon ball super. However, further in the interview Toyotaro Talking about how Toriyama modified some of his original designs for Saiyaman X.
However, one of the most striking parts of Toriyama’s input is that dragon ball super It was to express the personality of Teenage Trunks. As Teen Trunks’ design gets closer to the pre-existing Future Trunks (from the Android arc) dragon ball), Toyotaro Pointing out that he had difficulty distinguishing between the two characters. However, Toyotaro It’s revealed that Toriyama himself made Teen Trunks want to be a hero. It’s a bit shocking that Toriyama came up with this idea, but it shows that he understands the difference between Teen Trunks and Future Trunks. Surprisingly, this setting is also consistent with ToyotaroThe original tone was to mimic Gohan’s Trunks and Goten’s high school life.
Although it’s a shame we’ll never know what other ideas Toriyama had for future storylines dragon ball franchise, knowing he was involved until his death is comforting. hope we can see more dragon ball future. But without Toriyama’s involvement, these stories would have been very unfamiliar to us. Then again, it would be interesting to see this Toyotarothe opinion of franchise.
source: vertical jump August 2024 issue
