At this point draft pages were also being released, with chapter 65's drafts specifically being left on a cliffhanger as the arc was approaching it's climax. Uchida is also present at the story meetings. Toyotarou's storyboards had progressed to be more detailed due to Toriyama checking them more than before, with the two narrowing down story ideas, Toriyama and Toyotarou have good compatibility as writers, with their ideas never clashing and the two usually agreeing on ideas during meetings, though Toriyama has the majority of input. īy the time of the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga, Victory Uchida was working with Toriyama and Toyotarou on the story. Īs the series has progressed Toyotarō has been given more control over the state of Dragon Ball Super, making some additions to the plot overview which have been implemented into both the manga and the anime, such as the appearance of Vegito in the 'Future' Trunks Saga. He also believes that if the animators for the anime use Toyotarō's manga as a reference it will keep them on track. Īkira Toriyama has a very positive view of Toyotarō's manga, noting that Toyotarō is always accurate when drawing the manga, unlike with the anime where he always has to ask for things to be fixed, and is grateful that Toyotarō is drawing the continuation of his story. Toyotarō also makes sure that his manga follows Toriyama's continuity.

To accomplish this, Toyotarō has his draft sent to Toriyama, who goes over it and then sends back parts that he drew himself with corrections to Toyotarō in order to get the final product perfect. Akira Toriyama also checks through all of Toyotarō's storyboards for the manga, and edits things to make sure everything is correct. Akira Toriyama believes Toyotarō's freedom to change the story makes the final product better. Toyotarō creates the dialogue and illustrations, expanding, adding, and changing elements from Toriyama's plan as he deems appropriate. While an adaptation of Toriyama's outline, it has many storyline differences when compared to the two most-recent Dragon Ball Z movies and the Dragon Ball Super anime.Īkira Toriyama writes plot outlines which Toyotarō uses as a basis for the stories and Toriyama personally helps put the manga together.

The Dragon Ball Super manga picks up the story of Goku and his adventures following the defeat of Majin Buu, but prior to the final chapters involving the 28th World Martial Arts Tournament.

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