The “Rumor Guide” has been a consistent favorite of staff and visitors alike here at Kanzenshuu — the entries are a blast to put together, and they each act as an authoritative, one-stop-shop with verified original research and (generally!) definitive answers.

RUMOR: Akira Toriyama Wrote the Daizenshuu

One long-standing bit of confusion among Dragon Ball fans is who actually “wrote” the Daizenshuu — the classic series of guidebooks for the franchise released in the mid-1990s right as original serialization and broadcast was coming to an end. Plenty of fans seem to think that somehow Akira Toriyama himself sat down and wrote thousands of pages of content, but even those who realize that’s impossible might still not really know the who’s-who behind it all… so it’s time to find out!