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

Designing characters for ‘Dragon Quest’ is fun but difficult work. — Akira Toriyama

I would often draw in my sleep. That alone made for twice the work… I couldn’t use the weird stuff I drew while dozing off, so I’d end up having to draw it all over again. — Akira Toriyama

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

I like efficient people. I’m pretty impatient, so I can’t stand people who putter around. — Akira Toriyama

It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for ‘Dragon Quest.’ — Akira Toriyama

I’m personally not terribly interested in designing wholesome characters, so I don’t have many variations to offer. — Akira Toriyama

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

For characters where, in a comic, I’d avoid using screen tone because it’s such a bother, I’d deliberately use it in animation in order to highlight their individual characteristics. — Akira Toriyama

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

But there’s people I care about! And this time around, I’m not gonna just stand by and let them all get hurt! — Akira Toriyama

Maybe I’m just like a child. I’m full of curiosity about things, and it’s fine as long as it’s fun at that time, yet at the same time, I hate things that are tough. — Akira Toriyama

For a long time, I’ve loved the kind of characters who are boastful yet petty. I was originally a gag manga artist, after all. — Akira Toriyama

It’s too bad that ‘Dragon Ball,’ which I drew for a very long time, has ended. Just kidding. I’m incredibly glad. Now I can just leisurely sit around! — Akira Toriyama

I use Pilot’s document ink, but their drawing ink is OK, too. It’s just that I don’t like the impression that clings to the pen tip. — 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

I think there’s a little me hiding behind your leg, Chichi.’ ‘I’m Goten.’ ‘I’m Goku. Hi!’ …. ‘Daddy! — Akira Toriyama

Dragon Ball”s villains were easy to draw: Piccolo, Freeza, Majin Boo. — Akira Toriyama

Too much FANTASY loses REALITY, too much HOPE may seem somehow EMPTY. — Akira Toriyama

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

I say that I’ve never been late with a manuscript, but I don’t mean to be arrogant; it’s that I simply want to get it done as soon as possible so I can be set free. — Akira Toriyama

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

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

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

I’m not very good at depicting the characters’ psychology on the page. — Akira Toriyama

I prefer things nice and simple. — Akira Toriyama

I’m not good at doing the same thing over and over again. — Akira Toriyama

Since I’m a contrarian, I don’t want to go along with what everyone else thinks. — Akira Toriyama