With manga, in my art style, I don’t do much in the way of techniques to create depth. But even though I don’t do depth techniques through my art, I am conscious of depth itself. Akira Toriyama Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Ever since I was little, I’ve shied away from romance. It’s not that I dislike women, but I’m not good with them. Akira Toriyama Read Quote
I use a G-Pen from Zebra. Different people have different preferred pen nibs. I don’t put much force on it when I draw, so I’ll generally use a single nib for about three chapters. Akira Toriyama Read Quote
Basically with everything, I choose my criteria based on what can be easy. If I made the real world the setting, I’d have to draw looking at reference materials for stuff like buildings and vehicles. When you do that, people complain even if it’s just a little bit off. Akira Toriyama Read Quote
I don’t remember the very first animation I saw, but the one that stays deepest in my memory is definitely ‘Astro Boy.’ Akira Toriyama Read Quote
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 Read Quote
