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===Spin-off Authors===
===Spin-off Authors===
Since ''Dragon Ball'''s revival in the early 2000s, the series has had multiple spin-offs from the talented manga artist Naho Ooishi. In fact, most of these spin-offs have been supervised by Akira Toriyama himself, although he did note<ref>"Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!! – First Part". ''V-Jump''. Japan: Shueisha, 21 March 2009. (Insert Booklet) </ref> that she knows a thousand times more about ''Dragon Ball'' than him by this point. So far she has drawn three adaptations of ''Dragon Ball'', with all of them being published in either ''[[V-Jump]]'' or ''[[Saikyō Jump]]''. In 2012, ''V-Jump'' began running a promotional mini-manga drawn by "Toyotarō" for the card-based arcade game [[''Dragon Ball Heroes'']]. Each chapter works in a focus on the then-current or upcoming additions (new cards, abilities, characters, etc.) in the arcade game.
Since ''Dragon Ball'''s revival in the early 2000s, the series has had multiple spin-offs from the talented manga artist Naho Ooishi. In fact, most of these spin-offs have been supervised by Akira Toriyama himself, although he did note<ref>"Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!! – First Part". ''V-Jump''. Japan: Shueisha, 21 March 2009. (Insert Booklet) </ref> that she knows a thousand times more about ''Dragon Ball'' than him by this point. So far she has drawn three adaptations of ''Dragon Ball'', with all of them being published in either ''[[V-Jump]]'' or ''[[Saikyō Jump]]''. In 2012, ''V-Jump'' began running a promotional mini-manga drawn by "Toyotarō" for the card-based arcade game ''[[Dragon Ball Heroes]]''. Each chapter works in a focus on the then-current or upcoming additions (new cards, abilities, characters, etc.) in the arcade game.


* '''[[Naho Ooishi]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small><br />
* '''[[Naho Ooishi]]''' <small>(Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)</small><br />

Revision as of 11:44, 9 January 2015

Manga Staff

While the Dragon Ball manga was created by Akira Toriyama, it wasn't just his hand that shaped one of the foremost Shōnen manga series of all time. His editors would on occasion steer the story in a direction of their liking and horas him to get his chapter manuscripts submitted on time. In return, Toriyama would often incorporated his editors into Dragon Ball as villains[1] — Torishima was the basis for Piccolo Daimaō, while Kondō was the basis for Freeza, and Takeda the basis for Majin Buu.

Toriyama and Matsuyama working on Dragon Ball at Bird Studio. (Toriyama Interview, Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu, p. 85)

Spin-off Authors

Since Dragon Ball's revival in the early 2000s, the series has had multiple spin-offs from the talented manga artist Naho Ooishi. In fact, most of these spin-offs have been supervised by Akira Toriyama himself, although he did note[2] that she knows a thousand times more about Dragon Ball than him by this point. So far she has drawn three adaptations of Dragon Ball, with all of them being published in either V-Jump or Saikyō Jump. In 2012, V-Jump began running a promotional mini-manga drawn by "Toyotarō" for the card-based arcade game Dragon Ball Heroes. Each chapter works in a focus on the then-current or upcoming additions (new cards, abilities, characters, etc.) in the arcade game.

  • Naho Ooishi (Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)
  • Toyotarō (Spin-off Author & Manga Artist; Shueisha)

Main Anime Staff

Planning & Pre-production

Keizō Shichijō (Series Planner & Producer; Toei Animation)
Kōzō Morishita (Series Planner & Producer; Toei Animation)
Takao Koyama (Series Organizer & Scenario Writer; Brother Noppo)
Aya Matsui (Series Organizer & Scenario Writer; Brother Noppo)
Tokizō Tsuchiya (Producer; Fuji TV)
Kenji Shimizu (Producer; Fuji TV)

Directors

Minoru Okazaki (Series Director; Toei Animation)
Daisuke Nishio (Series Director; Toei Animation)
Osamu Kasai (Series Director; Toei Animation)

Animation Development

Minoru Maeda (Chief Animator & Character Designer; Studio Junio)
Tadayoshi Yamamuro (Character Designer; Shindō Productions)
Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru (Character Designer; Toei Animation)
Tomekichi Takeuchi (Animation Supervisor; Seigasha)

Artistic Design

Tadanao Tsuji (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)
Yūji Ikeda (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)
Tokushige Ken (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)
Ryūji Yoshi'ike (Chief Art Designer; Toei Animation)

Musical Composition

Shunsuke Kikuchi (Series Musical Composer)
Akihito Tokunaga (Series Musical Composer)
Kenji Yamamoto (Series Musical Composer)

References

  1. "Shenlong Times - 2nd Issue". Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide. Japan: Shueisha, 04 August 1995. ISBN 4-08-782752-6. (Insert Pamphlet)
  2. "Heya! Son Goku and Friends Return!! – First Part". V-Jump. Japan: Shueisha, 21 March 2009. (Insert Booklet)