Dragon Ball's editors were afraid of the idea of a timeskip and aging up Goku, even though it turned out to be the ...

Dragon Ball’s obsession with reviving characters was explained by Akira Toriyama nearly 30 years ago, showing that it was ...

Battle of Gods kickstarted Dragon Ball's revival, but that might not have happened if Akira Toriyama hadn't made a big change ...

From Earth-bound battles to multiversal showdowns, Dragon Ball Super took the franchise into space, surprising even creator ...

Akira Toriyama’s original Saiyan designs have been revealed after 36 years, showing their primitive origins before acquiring ...

Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular anime who influenced Japanese comics, has died, his studio said Friday. He was 68. Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series ...

Legendary manga artist Akira Toriyama, the creator of the internationally popular “Dragon Ball” series and character designer on the “Dragon Quest” video games, died Friday after suffering ...

Toriyama believes fans misunderstood the Super Saiyan transformation, revealing that SSJ2, SSJ3, and SSJ4 are merely enhanced ...

If there is an indelible image from the 1988 classic anime film Akira , this is it: Shōtarō Kaneda atop his famous motorcycle, headed straight toward the viewer.

There is hardly a space in pop culture today that hasn’t been touched by Akira Toriyama’s art. Watch a Marvel movie and you’ll see action sequences that purposefully echo the climactic ...

The news comes in celebration of the 40th anniversary of late “Dragon Ball” creator Akira Toriyama’s original manga, which launched the popular anime franchise. The series, which likely ...

Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular anime, has died at the age of 68. Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series, which began in 1984, has achieved global ...