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In Episode 522 of the law firm podcast, it was discussed that “Dragon Ball” creator Akira Toriyama was said to have been concerned about the obvious disinterest of his first editor. We summarize.
Editor preferred Shojo-Manga
In the podcast, manga translators David Evelyn explained that the then editor Kazuhiko Torishima himself in his recently published book »Dr. Mashirito’s Ultimate Manga Techniques «.
According to Evelyn, Akira Toriyama is quoted in the work as follows: “I thought he was an old hand, but it turned out that he had only been working here for two years. He doesn’t like the things we do, so why do I work with him? “
According to her own statements, Torishima was unable to do anything with Shonen-Manga and instead it was a big fan of Shojo titles-which Ironically published by the competition Shogakukan.
To Toriyama, he is said to have expressed this unequivocally as follows: “Hmm, you know, Shojo … This stuff is really good, but the Shonen-Manga that I read are just bad. Why can’t it be like this anymore? “
During his career, Torishima established strict standards for the work of manga artists and editors and stood up steadily at Shueisha.
In 1993 he became editor-in-chief of the “V-Jump” magazine and after the conclusion of “Dragon Ball” in 1996 the “Weekly Shonen Jump” editor’s editor. Today he works as an external director at multimedia company Bushiroad.
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