Akira Toriyama used to despise one Dragon Ball character who left even Goku behind in popularity during the early days of the ...

Toyotaro honors Akira Toriyama with a stunning tribute illustration of Master Roshi. See how he recreates this classic Dragon ...

manga, or something related to drawing thanks to Goku and Akira Toriyama?” highlighting just how important Toriyama was even outside of his chosen medium. The lives that Dragon Ball’s Akira ...

Super Buu absorbed Gohan, forcing Goku to return and eliminate him. Why did Toriyama reverse his decision mid-story? The mangaka himself explained: “I tried to make Gohan the protagonist.

Frieza hasn’t held the power edge over Goku and Vegeta since the original Namek saga—but that all changed recently in the Dragon Ball Super manga.

No vibrant Super Saiyan glows or explosive auras here—just raw linework featuring a collage of Toriyama’s most iconic characters, stretching from his earliest works all the way to the Goku ...

One change was to make the main character, Son Goku, a more simple ... lighter tone in his manga. “I much prefer drawing low humor rather than fighting scenes,” Toriyama said.

Acclaimed manga artist Akira Toriyama, creator of the global hits “Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump,” died on March 1 due to acute subdural hematoma, according to his publisher Shueisha Inc. He ...

It's easy to underestimate just how influential the Dragon Ball franchise is, but the Akira Toriyama manga essentially defined what an action shonen manga would be for the next 40 years.