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What would you do if you met Toriyama-sensei in person?

Post by DBZAOTA482 » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:13 pm

Just think on it.... what would you upon meeting this legend?

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Post by Cipher » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:22 pm

Tell him I've read Dr. Slump.
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Post by Sandubadear » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:23 pm

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Post by TheDevilsCorpse » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:25 pm

I don't really need to think about it. There's a lot of stuff I'd love to ask him about, but the last thing I'd want to do with a meeting like this is annoy the piss out of the person. So, via translator or whatever, I'd just tell him thank you for the series that defined my childhood and that I've enjoyed all his other works as well. The meeting would be enough, but I'd also be open to a sketch/autograph too, if he was willing.
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Post by B » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:37 pm

The countless interviews have proven that asking anything specific about Dragon Ball would be a fool's errand. I would get introspective. What makes you you? What are the defining moments of your life, and how does that shade or color your work? Will you truly never draw a full comic again?

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Post by Soppa Saia People » Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:47 pm

That Dr. Slump &*Dragon ball are great.
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Post by precita » Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:01 pm

I did meet him in person, but I didn't get to talk to him. He was on stage with Chris Sabat in that rare U.S. public appearance from the early 2000's. This predates the iphone so nobody even took pictures of it.
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Post by Gyt Kaliba » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:13 pm

Well, for one thing, would he even be able to understand me, as I can't speak Japanese? :P

Dismissing that road bump though...hmm. I guess if anything, I'd just thank him profusely for creating so many great and enjoyable stories, and especially stress the importance of Dragon Ball in my life. I'd hate to come off super nerdy (well...more so than I am...), and I'd also hate to embarrass the man, but I'd probably also mention that I even owe him/Dragon Ball for ever even meeting my best friend/girlfriend/future wife. Which will never not amuse me given how thoroughly un-romantic Dragon Ball is.
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Post by fadeddreams5 » Tue Sep 29, 2015 10:18 pm

Honestly, I'd like him to see the adulation of western DB fans with his own eyes. He constantly says he doesn't realize just how big the franchise is, so I'd love for him to appear during the premiere of a future DBZ/Super movie or major convention to see how passionate foreigners are about his work.
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Post by DarkPrince_92 » Tue Sep 29, 2015 11:47 pm

Same thing I did when I met Schemmel. Tell him I'm a fan, tell him I'm an artist, maybe try and get a pic, move along lol.

I highly doubt he wants to hear anything Dragon Ball related while he isn't working.
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Post by FoolsGil » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:19 am

Ask him out to lunch, my treat.
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Post by Khin » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:21 am

I'd ask him not to make Goku/Vegeta surpass Beerus and Whis :lol:
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Post by ekrolo2 » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:35 am

I'd ask him what his thought process was on RoF.
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Post by Lord Beerus » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:06 am

I'd tell him Dragon Ball Minus was the best thing he ever did and what his opinion on Superman is.
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Post by LSSJGODSSJ4Gogeta » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:48 am

I'd ask questions he probably does remember answers to. Like if King Cold can transform, what the real multipliers are since I don't hold daizenshuu on a pedestal. I'd record his answer to Gogeta Vs vegito and Goku ss4 vs ssjgod ssj to end the arguing. That all depends on things I know.
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Post by Cetra » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:17 am

I would ask him for his E-Mail Adress.
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Post by Doctor. » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:01 am

After thanking him for the stories he has created, I'd probably ask for a photograph with the man. He may refuse, since he seems like a really introverted person, so I'd ask for an autograph instead. And at the risk of sounding greedy, if he had the time and disposition to do so of course, I'd also like to ask for him to draw me in his his style.
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Post by LuckyCat » Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:49 am

I'd ask him to make Gohan cool again. Or bring back the Great Saiyaman as a recurring character.

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Post by Polyphase Avatron » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:32 pm

Buy him a beer.
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Post by OkamiTakahashi » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:42 pm

As much as I would just like to say I'm a fan and thank him for such a wonderful series, I would very much tempted to ask him about how the timeline is laid out and if he considers the new additions not made by him (GT, Heroes, Xenoverse, Online, etc) to be on their own or all on one timeline (as that's what Toei seems to imply imho). I know he considered GT a sidestory but does that make it canon? Tbh I have no idea what is even canon anymore, what with certain contradictory events happening in the DB Super tie-in manga.
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