Akira Toriyama turns out to have had a massive influence on the development of Dragon Ball Daima, preparing many iconic ...

Japanese news website MantanWeb recently shared an exclusive interview with Dragon Ball DAIMA producer Akio Iyuko, in which he revealed how involved Akira Toriyama truly was in the series.

The popularity of the chibi-style is in part thanks to Toriyama's early work, but it was influenced by many others before and after him. Chibi refers to small, cute figures; Toriyama's chibi-like ...

Not only were the servers of Crunchyroll crashing on the day of the airing, but the most famous pirated websites were also inaccessible, hinting that Akira Toriyama might have given the fans the ...

The Dragon Ball manga isn't as popular as the iconic Dragon Ball Z anime, but Akira Toriyama's illustrations make it the ...

As Akira Toriyama drew Dragon Ball after the Cell Games, he did not want to introduce a new villain in the form of Majin Buu.

It was a detail Toriyama had in mind for years!” This might have been an idea Toriyama had for years, but Iyoku clarified that these elements were already present in Dragon Ball. “We’re not ...

If there is an indelible image from the 1988 classic anime film Akira , this is it: Shōtarō Kaneda atop his famous motorcycle, headed straight toward the viewer.

This article was originally published in Japanese in Nikkei Entertainment!, a monthly magazine and part of Nikkei Business Publications, a Nikkei group company. TOKYO -- Since its inception, the ...

Dragon Ball DAIMA's last episode's release date has most fans on X tearing up due to its metaphorical and symbolic connection ...

Change is hard to accept when you can’t reconcile longstanding feelings with current reality. Trust me, I was just like most detractors when word first came out in October 2023 of Dragon Ball ...

The award-winning artist Gabo has illustrated for DC Comics and Oni Press. After moving to the Quad-Cities, he left full-time freelancing behind in pursuit of a more fulfilling artistic life.