During the 80’s, Dragon Ball Z was still in development and its creator, Akira Toriyama, wanted to finish the story in the Frieza Saga… but the publisher had other plans.
Years go by but there are trends that remain in people’s daily lives and Dragon Ball Z is an example of them. Originally published in 1984, the creation of Akira Toriyama remains in place within the elite of animebut the path to obtain these recognitions was not easy.
In this note we are going to review the history that involved the mangaka nippon with Kazuhiko Torishimawho was the head of the publishing house Shueisha during the years of Dragon Ball and DBZ. The problem started after toriyama intend to end the story after the battle of namek but, due to the success that the franchise represented, the magazine Shōnen Jump He asked Akira continue with your work.
Akira Toriyama: working with the pressure of a millionaire franchise, the claims of his editor and a well-deserved rest
How the petition Shōnen Jump unleashed chaos in the life of mangaka? Simple, great ideas take time to develop, and that is precisely what I did not count on toriyama. For what was the Saga of Androids (or from Cell), the writer chose the Red patrol as the main enemy GokuLet us remember that it was Saiyan who defeated the evil corporation when he was a child.
Originally the villains of the story were going to be the first androids we saw in the paintings of the sleeve, #19 Y #twentyalso known as the Dr Maki Geroformer scientist Patrol. The one who did not agree with what was raised by Akira was his boss Kazuhiko Torishima, who asked for some new villains since the ones that were there had an ugly design.
In response to the claim, from the mind of the mangaka Some characters emerged that today are relevant in history, the androids #17 and #18. The current ranger and his sister, who married krillin They weren’t to the liking either. Torishima, who did not consider them worthy of being main villains because they were “some children”.
What is worth clarifying is that during all these comings and goings with the characters, time was getting tighter and tighter on toriyama against a rock and a hard place, since if the dates for publishing books or sleeves are strict in any part of the world, imagine in Japan.
Finally, the bio-android was created that had the mission of becoming the perfect being, Cell. The monster created by the computer of the dr gero it also did not get a good reception from the editor-in-chief, since it seemed to him “ugly”.
the ingenuity of Akira Toriyama came to the rescue for this situation as, by using his previous creations, he was able to justify the design changes for the bio-android, until becoming perfect cellwho conformed everyone to his form.
The only person who found disagreement in the villain was himself. Toriyama. The legendary mangaka He complained several times about the work it took him to draw each spot on the body of Cellin each box of the sleeve in which he appeared.
However, this story ends in a good way, since everything produced was a resounding success in sales and audience and Akira Toriyama had time to think about what would later be the Majin Buu Saga and the eventual closure of Dragon Ball Z.