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Akira Toriyama wanted Gohan to replace Goku as Dragon Ball’s protagonist—but it didn’t work. Here’s why he changed his mind.
Akira Toriyama used to despise one Dragon Ball character who left even Goku behind in popularity during the early days of the ...
Countless iconic Kamehamehas have been fired throughout Dragon Ball's history, but Akira Toriyama's favorite is the series' ...
Tao Pai Pai marked Dragon Ball's first true dark turn, shaping how Akira Toriyama wrote villains going forward, giving us the ...
Dragon Ball is home to some of the most iconic fights in anime and manga history, but Akira Toriyama's favorites are entirely ...
The loss of Akira Toriyama is still being felt in the anime community to this day as the Dragon Ball creator and his work helped influence so many stories in its wake. Thanks to the release of ...
Namco Bandai released a trailer for the new DLC 2 characters in Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero. The characters are based on their ...
Frieza hasn’t held the power edge over Goku and Vegeta since the original Namek saga—but that all changed recently in the ...
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.
After nearly four decades, the original Dragon Ball anime has been officially launched internationally on Crunchyroll, ...
Akira Toriyama, one of Japan’s leading comics authors, whose manga and anime franchise “Dragon Ball” achieved worldwide success with its mix of comedic characters and rousing martial arts ...
“The secret story behind the birth of ‘Saiyaman X‘ that I got to draw for the end of this volume was based on text written by Toriyama-sensei, which I revised and made into a manga ...