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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!

bird land press 15 page 5 akira toriyama chronology watermarked by derek padula Akira Toriyama Explains Dragon Ball’s Origin

Read Akira Toriyama’s long-lost explanation of where Dragon Ball came from, with my commentary.

kazuhiko torishima says there's nothing to learn from dragon ball Akira Toriyama’s Editor says, “There is Nothing to Learn from Dragon Ball”

Nothing to learn from Dragon Ball?! Read my exclusive translation of an interview with Kazuhiko Torishima, the man who discovered Akira Toriyama and believes Dragon Ball is meaningless!


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