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tokyopop germany kazuhiko torishima interview in 2008 Kazuhiko Torishima’s Lost Interview with Tokyopop Germany!

Read a long-lost interview with Akira Toriyama’s editor, Kazuhiko Torishima, published in Tokyopop Germany’s magazine in 2008!

tokyopop germany akira toriyama interview in 2008 Akira Toriyama’s Lost Interview with Tokyopop Germany!

Read a long-lost interview with Akira Toriyama published in the Tokyopop Germany magazine in 2008!

Meet the German Dragon Ball Fan Who Moved to Japan

Do you love Dragon Ball enough to move to Japan and translate it for fans around the world? One fan named Andy did that, and we interviewed him to share his story.

akira toriyama leipzig germany interview Akira Toriyama’s Lost Interview in Germany

Akira Toriyama’s long-lost interview in Germany has been recovered! It took 15 years, but I’ve translated it for the first time!

akira toriyama signature german book fair Akira Toriyama’s Trip to Germany

Can you imagine meeting Akira Toriyama in person and getting his autograph? That opportunity was given to 200 fans when Toriyama traveled to Germany in 2004.


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The Dao of Dragon Ball website and book series reveals the culture, history, and fandom of the world's most-recognized Japanese cartoon and comic. It is written by Dragon Ball Scholar Derek Padula.

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