Akira Toriyama 2012
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Akira Toriyama 2012
Does anyone know what Akira Toriyama looks like today or have a recent picture of him ?
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Such an accurate picture XDLordCrumb wrote:*snipped image*
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I imagine he looks about the same as he did the last we saw of him, only now a little older.
Though in all seriousness, Toriyama hasn't really made too many public appearances in quite some time, so it's hard saying whether there are any current photos of him. I know I haven't seen any floating around the interwebz recently. But who knows, maybe he'll make an appearance at the new Dragon Ball Z movie premiere, or at least give some sort of interview about it.
Though in all seriousness, Toriyama hasn't really made too many public appearances in quite some time, so it's hard saying whether there are any current photos of him. I know I haven't seen any floating around the interwebz recently. But who knows, maybe he'll make an appearance at the new Dragon Ball Z movie premiere, or at least give some sort of interview about it.
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Hujio wrote:Though in all seriousness, Toriyama hasn't really made too many public appearances in quite some time, so it's hard saying whether there are any current photos of him. I know I haven't seen any floating around the interwebz recently. But who knows, maybe he'll make an appearance at the new Dragon Ball Z movie premiere, or at least give some sort of interview about it.
Man, that guy is like the Willy Wonka of the anime industry.
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So is practically every other manga-ka. It's kinda hard to find 'current' pictures of a manga-ka.Tanooki Kuribo wrote:Hujio wrote:Though in all seriousness, Toriyama hasn't really made too many public appearances in quite some time, so it's hard saying whether there are any current photos of him. I know I haven't seen any floating around the interwebz recently. But who knows, maybe he'll make an appearance at the new Dragon Ball Z movie premiere, or at least give some sort of interview about it.
Man, that guy is like the Willy Wonka of the anime industry.
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Maybe one day there will be golden tickets for his Dragon Ball factory... and then when everyone is inside and asking him what things are, he will have no idea.
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You never know, maybe he's hard at work at answering the most long debated questions in the story. Available in his factory to the ticket holders is the "Canon" Boat Ride, the Hall of Power Levels, the Random Fight Generator, and a Kaioshin worshiping cult everyone can have their parents sign them up for.Kingdom Heartless wrote:Maybe one day there will be golden tickets for his Dragon Ball factory... and then when everyone is inside and asking him what things are, he will have no idea.
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No, that title should be for Kentaro Miura. Readers overseas were actually fearing he was dead because there hadn't been new chapter in almost 4-5 months.Tanooki Kuribo wrote: Man, that guy is like the Willy Wonka of the anime industry.
Check out Journey's End, a short story of Goku and Vegeta's final days. "Time is running out for the last two Saiyans"
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I think he looks pretty close to this (it was taken in 2011):
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that's Kiyoshi Nagai whose like 9 years older than Akira.How do we even know Toriyama is dead and Toei is calling the shots ?DBZAOTA482 wrote:I think he looks pretty close to this (it was taken in 2011):
http://www.answers.com/topic/go-nagai
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Thats him!? I'm too used to this old photo.
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Really? Fuck you, bing!shonenhikada wrote:that's Kiyoshi Nagai whose like 9 years older than Akira.How do we even know Toriyama is dead and Toei is calling the shots ?DBZAOTA482 wrote:I think he looks pretty close to this (it was taken in 2011):
http://www.answers.com/topic/go-nagai
fadeddreams5 wrote:Goku didn't die in GT. The show sucked him off so much, it was impossible to keep him in the world of the living, so he ascended beyond mortality.DBZGTKOSDH wrote:... Haven't we already gotten these in GT? Goku dies, the DBs go away, and the Namekian DBs most likely won't be used again because of the Evil Dragons.
jjgp1112 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:31 am I'm just about done with the concept of reboots and making shows that were products of their time and impactful "new and sexy" and in line with modern tastes and sensibilities. Let stuff stay in their era and give today's kids their own shit to watch.
I always side eye the people who say "Now my kids/today's kids can experience what I did as a child!" Nigga, who gives a fuck about your childhood? You're an adult now and it was at least 15 years ago. Let the kids have their own experience instead of picking at a corpse.
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Where does the Toriyama is forgetful thing come from anyway? Granted I wouldn't expect him to remember everything about his near 30 year old series, but there have been jokes about him forgetting who Gohan and Vegetto were.
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In nearly every interview or Q&A session since completing the series, there's at least one instance of him noting that he does not remember a certain character that someone else mentions. The latest example is from the Special Selection DVD extra, where he begins the entire section by saying:Storm101 wrote:Where does the Toriyama is forgetful thing come from anyway? Granted I wouldn't expect him to remember everything about his near 30 year old series, but there have been jokes about him forgetting who Gohan and Vegetto were.
Akira Toriyama wrote:I’m always forgetting things to begin with, so I have almost no memory of drawing the character design for Goku’s father Bardock and co.
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Re: Akira Toriyama 2012
The most recent picture I could find of him was 10 years ago, from his rare visit to North America for the American release of Shonen Jump.
I could only imagine how time has ravaged his once youthful looks... hair probably has gone white, shaved his head, grown a beard, keeps sunglasses on at all times...
I could only imagine how time has ravaged his once youthful looks... hair probably has gone white, shaved his head, grown a beard, keeps sunglasses on at all times...
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I can actually picture him as a younger Roshi for some reason. Maybe bald but not totally and has a beard.
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From what I heard, Toriyama gained some weight. Can't remember the source.
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Thanks for making me feel old...Son_Gohan wrote:The most recent picture I could find of him was 10 years ago, from his rare visit to North America for the American release of Shonen Jump.
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