Japanese - Artist | April 5, 1955 -
There have been times when I didn't quite make my deadline.
Akira Toriyama
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I've been really frugal with money since way back, so I can't buy something if it's too expensive. I'm not that brave.
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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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I'm flying by the seat of my pants, never creating with a thought to what's up ahead!
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Back when I watched 'Future Boy Conan,' I thought I might like to try my hand at animation, but now, not at all.
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It's a secret, but when I decided to apply to 'Shonen Magazine,' it was already past the deadline, so I had no choice but to go with 'Shonen Jump.' My motivation for becoming a cartoonist was... to put it bluntly, the ¥100,000 prize money.
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The setting of 'Dragon Ball' has a sort of Chinese feel to it, but it's not necessarily limited to China. For the time period as well, exactly when it takes place is indeterminate.
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If you make friends with dogs, they can be really cute!
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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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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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Since I liked to draw, I entered a design-oriented high school.
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I was one of the more talented ones at the design firm I joined, so I conducted my work pretty shrewdly. Except I wasn't a morning person, so I was quite frequently late for work. On top of that, it was a fairly big company, they were fussy about the dress code, and I got chewed out quite often.
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