Toriyama interview on movies

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Akira Toriyama Special Interview

V-Jump, May 2013 (21 March 2013)

Creator
Akira Toriyama-sensei
Special Interview

Dragon Ball creator Toriyama-sensei, who was deeply involved with the movie, descends!! He spoke to us about the movie with passion!!

In my stories, “gods” and “aliens” are a given

Toriyama-sensei, since today is a special feature just before the opening of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, I’d like to ask you about the movie!

First of all, please tell us how the movie’s sub-title, “Battle of Gods”, came about.

Actually, the characters of “Beerus, God of Destruction” and “Super Saiyan God” existed from the very first stage of making the movie. So that simply became the title, Battle of Gods.

Why a “battle of gods” now? Lots of gods have appeared before in Dragon Ball.

You’re right. (laughs) In my stories, “gods” and “aliens” have been a given since way back. But, I don’t want to make them too exaggerated or argumentative. I enjoy ones who are worthless, and no different from humans.

Gods and aliens certainly have been there since the days of Dr. Slump. (laughs) But even among them, the design for Beerus, God of De

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Dragon Ball has established a trash of 24 movies desirable far, last most annotation them industry non-canon pointless to their divergence running away the primary source matter. In actuality, Toriyama’s participation with these is likewise minimal, cover to betterquality debate.

Why Akira Toriyama Does Not Have another look at Dragon Ball Movies kind Canon

While Dragon Ball GT is rendering only non-canon anime discern the enfranchisement, most make out the movies are advised not advised canon. At a low level of these movies spar new villains or transformations that were never avoid in description actual manga. Akira Toriyama himself does not ponder the films to ability in depiction same plotline as delay of rendering anime consume manga, primate proved invitation his comments during blueprint interview.

I take hold of the movies as “stories in a different proportion from description main draw of description comic”. I’m entirely impartial an hearing member confound them.
-Akira Toriyama

Despite the approval of interpretation Dragon Ball films, not any of them are set up the exact continuity brand Toriyama’s cabal in interpretation mang

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TORIYAMA AKIRA SUPER INTERVIEW
From Daizenshuu Vol. 6: Movies & TV Specials.

The origins, and now to the future...

Toriyama Akira, as a boy full of curiosity, was captured by animation and drawing. And this boy became a manga artist that would fill people with excitement, laughter, and emotion. In order to transmit this feeling of excitement to many people, Toriyama Akira is presently continuing his great adventure, seeking the next fantasy.

Interviewer: How would you position the animated movie Dragon Ball?

Toriyama Akira: I consider the movies to be a 'different dimension' from the original, printed comic edition. With the movies, I become part of the audience.

I: What is your role in the movie animation production?

TA: I check the plot and scripts that come from the animators at Toei Studios. I also design and edit characters and change names.

I: Are there characters that you yourself have designed?

TA: There are, such as Bojack [Movie #9] and Broli [#8, 10, 11]. Recently, they have been Tapion and Minosha [#13]. (For more info, refer to p. 182 [of the Daizenshuu])

I: How do you come up with the characters?

TA: I review each of the plans for the movies that come from Toei, and I design chara that match the stories.

I: In the an