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Akira Toriyama is one of the most influential people of the past 50 years. While this statement may sound bombastic, it should be apparent to everyone who takes a deeper look at Toriyama-sensei's most famous, Dragon Ball, and, more importantly, the impact it had on the entertainment industry and on global culture.
Dr. Slump was a success, but Toriyama ended it quickly, as he never had an attitude for long-form storytelling. Shueisha agreed, but only if the author would consent to start a new series for them. Luckily for them, the somewhat lazy but talented artist was under the wing of Jump's most infamous editor, Kazuhiko Torishima.
The reasons for the creation of Dragon Ball Z are actually very pragmatic. After introducing Piccolo as the first real villain of Dragon Ball , Toriyama wanted to redesign Goku as a grown-up to make his body more anatomically adapt to being drawn in the fights that were increasingly central to the story. Transmitting a sense of strength in a drawing is difficult when the character has basically no muscles and stubby limbs.
Torishima reiterated this concept during conversations he had with Hiroshi Matsuyama, the CEO of the video games company that developed Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Much to Matsuyama's disbelief, Torishima called Dragon Ball "a work without substance". According to him, there is nothing to learn from Dragon Ball, it's not a lesson in life, "it's useless in our lives". It's just a funny comic, and that's fine.
The popular culture of our entire world has changed, shaping itself around the success of Dragon Ball and its successors.
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