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'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.
A good aspect of me is that I'm not too particular about things. A bad aspect is that I'm indecisive.
A number of years ago, when I had an exhibition of my work, the people in charge who came to pick up my manuscripts saw them piled up haphazardly in the garage and were shocked. 'What? They'll grow mold like this!' they said. People who do things properly apparently make a dedicated manuscript room, where they can control humidity.
A teleporter would be nice. There are lots of places I want to go, but getting there is a pain.
After graduating from high school, I worked at an advertising agency as a designer. After I left, I spent a year doing nothing in particular. At age 23, I drew my first comic.
At one point, I had close to 100 birds.
Awww, I was so shy about watching my own work broadcast on TV.
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.
Back when I watched 'Future Boy Conan,' I thought I might like to try my hand at animation, but now, not at all.
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.
Basically, I'm always coming up with ideas for mixing the things I want to draw with things targeted at children.
Both my assistant and my wife tell me that during battle scenes, when a character is making a 'guwaa' sort of face, my face also ends up going 'guwaa.' So afterwards, my whole face is tired. I guess it's because I'm the kind of guy who gets caught up in his own work.
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!
Designing characters for 'Dragon Quest' is fun but difficult work.
Do you remember 'Super Saiyan 3?' I forgot about it, and I thought that was 'Super Saiyan 2,' even though I created those characters.
Ever since I was little, I've shied away from romance. It's not that I dislike women, but I'm not good with them.
For a long time, I've loved the kind of characters who are boastful yet petty. I was originally a gag manga artist, after all.
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.
I am not at all particular about things like hair styles and colors. Especially with women, changing their hairstyle or color is a bit too commonplace, don't you think?
I believe that comics are entirely for entertainment.
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Akira Toriyama
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