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Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama
Japanese Artist
Born: Apr 5, 1955
About Draw Me Think Work You
Related authors: Andy Warhol Claude Monet Edvard Munch Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Pablo Picasso Salvador Dali Vincent Van Gogh
I'm always impressed with the work of animators. You have to be able to draw the scenes in between movements. I'm impressed with the way they can do that - I don't think I could. Akira Toriyama
Work You Think Way Draw Able Scenes Could Animators Between Always Impressed Movements In-Between
In manga, nothing actually moves, and you just have to draw the poses in each panel, but in anime, you have to draw the movements between those poses. Akira Toriyama
You Nothing Panel Draw Those Anime Between Just Movements Manga Moves Each Actually Poses
A number of years ago, when I had an exhibition of my work, the people in charge who came to pick up my manuscripts saw them piled up haphazardly in the garage and were shocked. 'What? They'll grow mold like this!' they said. People who do things properly apparently make a dedicated manuscript room, where they can control humidity. Akira Toriyama
Work People Control Saw Charge Properly Had Pick Like Make Piled Said Came Exhibition Were Years Years Ago Up Shocked Where Room Them Mold Dedicated Who Apparently Manuscript Manuscripts Garage Grow Things Number Humidity
I think it's best to know about lots of different things besides comics. I don't think you can become a cartoonist if you look at nothing but cartoons. Akira Toriyama
Best You Become Nothing Think Besides Cartoonist Cartoons About Know Look Comics Lots Different Different Things Things
When I draw, I always recall my mindset when I was a child. Akira Toriyama
Mindset Draw Always Child Recall
I'm not good at doing the same thing over and over again. Akira Toriyama
Good Same Thing Over Doing Same Again Thing
If you want to depict something exactly the way it is, it takes a tremendous amount of time. If you don't get the details right, the inaccuracies will accumulate somewhere. Akira Toriyama
Time You Will Somewhere Tremendous Tremendous Amount Way Details Exactly Exactly The Way Something Takes Accumulate Get Depict Want Right Amount
At one point, I had close to 100 birds. Akira Toriyama
Birds Point Had Close
I wanted to change up the tempo and setting of my comics in the sense of giving them some variety, for one thing. So where, for 'Slump,' the art was very America-esque, in the case of 'Dragon Ball,' I made it as Chinese as could be. Akira Toriyama
Art Change Made Giving Sense Setting One Thing Some Tempo Case Slump Variety Could Ball Comics Up Very Where Wanted Chinese Them Thing Dragon
I'm flying by the seat of my pants, never creating with a thought to what's up ahead! Akira Toriyama
Thought Pants Flying Never Up Creating Seat
In spite of being so absorbed in comics when I was in primary school, for whatever reason, I stopped reading them that much once I started junior high. I think it's probably because I got caught up in movies and TV. Akira Toriyama
School Reading Whatever Think Once TV High Spite Absorb Primary Primary School Because Got Caught Comics Up Junior Junior High Stopped Being Movies Them Much Reason Started
The women I draw all have the same sort of personality. I can't draw gentle girls; I only know how to draw ones who are strong-willed. Akira Toriyama
Women Personality Girl Draw Strong-Willed Only Know Sort Gentle How Same Who
It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for 'Dragon Quest.' Akira Toriyama
Character Me Job Easy Take Quest Very Convince Designer Dragon
Designing characters for 'Dragon Quest' is fun but difficult work. Akira Toriyama
Work Difficult Characters Quest Fun Designing Dragon
I'm personally not terribly interested in designing wholesome characters, so I don't have many variations to offer. Akira Toriyama
Characters Variations Terribly Offer Interested Personally Many Wholesome Designing
Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks. Akira Toriyama
Else Everyone Everyone Else Since Along Go Want Thinks
The method of producing comics in Japan is very hectic, but it's also rewarding because it's possible to do both the story and art all by yourself. Akira Toriyama
Art Yourself Possible Both Also Because Comics Method Very Rewarding Story Hectic Japan Producing
Do you remember 'Super Saiyan 3?' I forgot about it, and I thought that was 'Super Saiyan 2,' even though I created those characters. Akira Toriyama
You Remember Thought Those Though Characters Super About Forgot Created Even
Saiyans don't have much of a concept of 'family.' Akira Toriyama
Family Concept Much
I am not at all particular about things like hair styles and colors. Especially with women, changing their hairstyle or color is a bit too commonplace, don't you think? Akira Toriyama
You Women Hair Hairstyle Think Too Changing Bit About Color Colors Particular Like Styles Am Commonplace Things
A good aspect of me is that I'm not too particular about things. A bad aspect is that I'm indecisive. Akira Toriyama
Good Me Too Indecisive Bad About Particular Aspect Things
After graduating from high school, I worked at an advertising agency as a designer. After I left, I spent a year doing nothing in particular. At age 23, I drew my first comic. Akira Toriyama
Age School First Year Nothing Spent High High School Drew Particular Advertising Advertising Agency Comic Doing Left Graduating After Agency Worked Designer
I love girls, whether they wear glasses or not! Akira Toriyama
Love Glasses Girl Wear Whether
I prefer things nice and simple. Akira Toriyama
Simple Nice Prefer Things
I've been really frugal with money since way back, so I can't buy something if it's too expensive. I'm not that brave. Akira Toriyama
Buy Money Too Back Way Something Since Been Brave Expensive Frugal Really
It's a secret, but when I decided to apply to 'Shonen Magazine,' it was already past the deadline, so I had no choice but to go with 'Shonen Jump.' My motivation for becoming a cartoonist was... to put it bluntly, the ¥100,000 prize money. Akira Toriyama
Money Past Secret No Choice Cartoonist Magazine Had Put Deadline Becoming Go Motivation Jump Prize Decided Choice Apply
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