Akira Toriyama: First

Akira Toriyama is manga artist and video game character designer. Explore interesting quotes on first.

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“Akira Toriyama: That's a tough question. I thought of Piccolo first, and I wanted to draw him as a scary character, and it was only afterwards that I had to come up with a species. Since they have antennae, I thought they looked like slugs. So "Namekian" is a play on words, but I didn't think too deeply about it. I don't think they're plants, but they may be hermaphrodites.”

Akira Toriyama

"Shonen Jump interviews Akira Toriyama http://www.gamespot.com/pages/unions/read_article.php?topic_id=24686028&union_id=3216 <br class="br">Interview with Shōnen Jump

“I believe mine would be Piccolo. He was the first character in my manga where I was like, "He has a scary face, but he's so cool!" It really is cliché when bad guys turn into good guys, but it just feels great drawing it!”

Akira Toriyama

In response to which character is his favorite from the Dragon Ball manga he created. Interview with Toriyama http://www.thegrandline.com/odainterview.html

“Drunken Master (the first one). If I hadn't seen this movie, I would never have come up with Dragonball.”

Akira Toriyama

About Jackie Chan being his inspiration. Interview with Toriyama http://www.myfavoritegames.com/dragonball-z/Info/Interviews/Interviews-AkiraToriyama.htm