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I believe [my favorite Dragon Ball character] would be Piccolo. He was the first character in my manga where I was like, "He has a scary face, but he's so cool!" It really is cliché when bad guys turn into good guys, but it just feels great drawing it!

— Akira Toriyama

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Actually, I have a lot of hobbies, but I've kept up with model-building the longest. In particular, I love military models.

Drunken Master (the first one). If I hadn't seen this movie, I would never have come up with Dragonball.

I believe mine would be Piccolo. He was the first character in my manga where I was like, "He has a scary face, but he's so cool!" It really is cliché when bad guys turn into good guys, but it just feels great drawing it!

"Blue Dragon: Toriyama's Final Anime?", (29 March 2007).

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