Koitsukai wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 1:27 pm
I did not know that, can you expand on the subject?
Here's a translation by
Kei17 of Toriyama's comment in the 30th anniversary Super History Book back in 2015:
Akira Toriyama wrote:Dragon Ball once became a thing of the past to me, but after that, I got angry about the live action movie, re-wrote an entire movie script, and now I'm complaining about the quality of the new TV anime, so it seems that Dragon Ball has grown on me [so] much that I can't leave it alone.
The longer story involves Toriyama being shown the original script for
Kami to Kami about an evil lizard-esque God of Destruction (named "Virus") who corrupted the hearts and minds of good people, requiring Goku to transform into a Super Saiyan God. Toriyama read the script and wasn't happy by how bleak (and un-Dragon Ball like) it was. Motivated by his dissatisfaction with Dragon Ball Evolution, he, seemingly to the surprise of everyone at Toei, changed
almost everything, but salvaged the God of Destruction and Super Saiyan God plot points.
Birusu (Virus) was interpreted by Toriyama as being a play on "beers", resulting in the alcohol puns for the rest of the GoDs and angels.
Despite his aloof nature, Toriyama cares about Dragon Ball. He'd like to continue being a hermit, but he wants it left in good hands. Dragon Ball GT and other filler content has a reputation for being lower-quality compared to the original manga, so Toei wants to retain him as much as possible. By all accounts, it seems that Toyotaro has been chosen as someone Toriyama can trust to continue his legacy, and that Shuesha/Toei can trust to reproduce the ephemeral Toriyama essence. Toyotaro was able to prove himself with Victory Mission and the RoF promo manga. He was put onto the main series and given freedom to add his own flavor to Toriyama's Super outline. He designed and co-designed Gods of Destruction with Toriyama. Now, he's co-writer and (seemingly) lead character designer for an entire arc. I've been saying this for a while now, but it seems that Toriyama will focus mainly on films while Toyotaro (under a direct working relationship with Toriyama) fills in stories in between and the anime (hopefully) adapts the manga. Even if one thinks they can dismiss Toyotaro's significance at the moment, that strategy seemingly won't play out in the long run...