The official voice actor behind Dragon Ball's Piccolo almost quit the industry entirely after severe fan backlash.

When asked who his favorite character was during an interview for Daizenshuu 2, Toriyama said Goku was ever-so slightly topped by a green alien. “I guess I like Piccolo the most after all ...

Amidst this, Toyotarou, Toriyama's apprentice in the Super manga, revealed the latter's final input in chapter 103 and how it highlighted his favorite character in the series.

Prior to the next film in the Shonen franchise hitting theaters in Japan next month, creator Akira Toriyama shared who he considers to be his favorite character and how that affected his creation ...

Akira Toriyama, the famous manga author creator of such influential works as Dragon Ball or Dr. Slump and character designer of the Dragon Quest video game series, among others, has revealed which ...

The introduction to characters like Beerus and the King of All, Grand Zeno, undid Toriyama's original claim of Goku being the strongest in the universe, but it also helped expand the franchise and ...

Gohan easily became a fan-favorite character during Dragon Ball Z 's Cell Arc. Despite many not liking his development in the Buu Saga, Gohan still remains fairly popular among Dragon Ball fans.

This fan-crafted revelation of Toriyama's final suggestion hits home all the harder when you take into account that Piccolo was his favorite character. "Mr. Toriyama.

For Dragon Quest 2, Toriyama created new variations, including the jellyfish-like Healslime and the noxious Bubble Slime — an iteration that hewed more closely to the creature’s Wizardry roots.