THE UNAPPRECIATED MECHANICAL DESIGN OF AKIRA TORIYAMA

Akira Toriyama, unappreciated? That’s a difficult statement to take at face value, but allow me to explain: Despite worldwide success achieved through his work on Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, and Dragon Quest, acclaim for Toriyama tends to focus on the shonen storytelling of Dragon Ball or the inventive characters he imbues all of his work with and rarely on his talent as a mechanical designer.