1. Toyotarou has drawn several Dragon Ball-related manga and is best known for illustrating Dragon Ball Super, which was written by series creator Akira Toriyama until his death in March 2024.
13 Facts About Toyotarou
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Toyotarou first came across Akira Toriyama's work in grade school with Dr Slump, then the Dragon Ball anime, and finally the Dragon Ball manga.
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Previously a television director, Toyotarou never desired to be a career manga artist.
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Toyotarou made his professional debut with Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission in the November 2012 issue of the monthly magazine V Jump.
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Toyotarou began Dragon Ball Super in the August 2015 issue of V Jump, which was released on June 20,2015.
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Toyotarou worked with Toriyama on Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 The Manga, an adaptation of the 2016 video game Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 that he illustrated exclusively for the collector's edition of the game.
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Toyotarou created the one-shot Dragon Ball Super Divers for the December 2024 issue of V Jump, which was published on October 21,2024.
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Toyotarou is a self-taught artist, having never formally studied manga.
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Toyotarou is more inspired by film than manga, particularly those made by Disney, Marvel, and Pixar.
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Toyotarou explained that for Dragon Ball Super he received the major plot points from Toriyama, before drawing the storyboard and filling in the details in between himself.
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Toyotarou sent the storyboard to Toriyama for review, who gave feedback and made alterations before returning it to Toyotarou, who illustrated the final manuscript and sent it to Shueisha for publication.
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Toriyama said that of everyone who works on the Dragon Ball franchise, Toyotarou's artwork is the closest to his own.
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Toyotarou himself said he is confident in reproducing Toriyama's characters and their subtleties, but needs to practice on robots and mecha.