Akira Toriyama It’s the closest thing manga artists have to a god among mortals, because in the end that’s what he had to create in “dragonball“one of the most influential works in the entire history of the sector. Thus, for many years, many people considered Akira Toriyama to be the best cartoonist in all of Japan… until he stops drawing. Why did you do it? Well the truth is the reason ishouse brand‘ to the eccentricity that often surrounds Toriyama.
Dragon Ball Author Lost “Something” That Made Him Stop Drawing Manga
It’s the what the author explained in an interview recently following the confirmation of the release date of the movie “Sand Land”the last manga in which he worked body and soul on his illustrations (via Hermes98):
- Do you know that elite athletes have their rituals? Like Rafa Nadal who has to put his water bottles online? Well, with Akira Toriyama, there was something similar between him…and his wooden pen..
- Turns out Akira Toriyama had a wooden pen that had been mold to your taste and needs from the moment you debuted as a mangaka. It was an essential piece of his equipment as a professional draftsman.
- However, Once he finished drawing the manga Sand Land, he lost said pen. Akira Toriyama has logically acquired another feather to help him continue his work as a mangaka… but he assures us that since it’s not the same.
- I have to say that These declarations are made more between laughter than between sobs, so who knows how true all of this is and how much he just wanted to take it all more calmly. However, the reality is that since he finished drawing Sand Land and lost the pen he had been using for many years…he hardly draws regularly anymore.
If at any point you think someone has exaggerated quirks or you don’t understand why they’re using such an old “X” when they could have a new one, you’re at a point where you can’t no longer understand Akira Toriyama. Without going any further and in a very common example: How many people must have the same old pajama rags even though they crumble for mere comfort? In the end, no matter how much money and technology is involved, there’s no such thing as a sense of family… But the story of how the most famous mangaka in history quit drawing is still wild.