Akira Toriyama 17 Astonishing Quotes

Akira Toriyama 17 Astonishing Quotese

With things like 'Dragon Ball,' in the case of fight scenes, I'd take the panel layout across two pages when the book is opened and alter it by angling them, and making them bigger or smaller, to give movement to the panels themselves.

— Akira Toriyama

I'm an economic human without any likes or dislikes!

— Akira Toriyama

I don't like music that much... I put on the TV. But I often play things like fast-tempo disco or Queen. I've liked those since way back when.

— Akira Toriyama

I've always liked to draw.

— Akira Toriyama

I prefer things nice and simple.

— Akira Toriyama

Lumped in as a hobby, I don't really like drawing pictures all that much, but thinking of it as work, it's the greatest.

— Akira Toriyama

I liked how 'Star Wars' felt both old and new. I even built a model of R2-D2, taking about two months mixing two kits to make one that looked just like the real thing. I'm the kind of person who gets really into it when I do something like that.

— Akira Toriyama

In the second half of primary school, I liked live-action shows and giant-monster movies, and then in junior high, I got into regular movies.

— Akira Toriyama

I'm not the kind of person who enjoys big crowds very much.

— Akira Toriyama

When I'm out and about, it's rare for me to be recognized. But for some reason, every now and then, someone will know who I am. It might be because my picture occasionally appeared in 'Weekly Jump.'

— Akira Toriyama

Rather than deliberately trying to draw something, use something you yourself like and want to draw, and I think the characters that come out of that will really have their own individuality.

— Akira Toriyama

A teleporter would be nice. There are lots of places I want to go, but getting there is a pain.

— Akira Toriyama

It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for 'Dragon Quest.'

— Akira Toriyama

'Dragon Ball''s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo.

— Akira Toriyama

I'm not very good at depicting the characters' psychology on the page.

— Akira Toriyama

Awww, I was so shy about watching my own work broadcast on TV.

— Akira Toriyama

Weekly, monthly, or whatever, I'm just not good with being told I have to finish up according to a set schedule.

— Akira Toriyama

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