A biography for Akira Toriyamahasn’t been written yet.
“A teleporter would be nice. There are lots of places I want to go, but getting there is a pain.”
“It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for 'Dragon Quest.'”
“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.”
“With things like 'Dragon Ball,' in the case of fight scenes, I'd take the panel layout across two pages when the book is opened and alter it by angling them, and making them bigger or smaller, to give movement to the panels themselves.”
“When I draw, I always recall my mindset when I was a child.”
“If you make friends with dogs, they can be really cute!”
“Weekly, monthly, or whatever, I'm just not good with being told I have to finish up according to a set schedule.”
“I'm a lazy person, but if I'm not absent-mindedly doing something, I can't really relax. I can't just veg out.”
“Saiyans don't have much of a concept of 'family.'”
“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.”
“The nice thing about gag manga is how it has this aspect where, at the very least, you're permitted to come out with anything. In my case, anything can talk. Like the mountains.”
“Do you remember 'Super Saiyan 3?' I forgot about it, and I thought that was 'Super Saiyan 2,' even though I created those characters.”
“There have been times when I didn't quite make my deadline.”
“I prefer things nice and simple.”
“Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks.”
“'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.”
“I'm personally not terribly interested in designing wholesome characters, so I don't have many variations to offer.”
“When I look at it, I don't really like people, and socializing is really awful. Outside of my family, friends, and those connected to my job, I don't think I actively want to meet anyone. I've always lived in the country, after all.”
“In the beginning, I was planning to end 'Dragon Ball' when all seven Dragon Balls had been collected.”
“I'm entirely of the mindset that when it comes to books, they've got to be paper.”