‘Dragon Ball Super’ Toyotarou’s interview: ‘In the near future I’ll be ahead’ on his involvement with DBS anime

"Dragon Ball Super" manga illustrator, who works closely with creator Akira Toriyama, Toyotarou, has talked about his relationship with the anime. "Dragon Ball Super" episode 64 is set to air this week on Fuji TV.

Toyotarou, who started his journey with drawing Dragon Ball was a fan, has talked to Anime News Network at the New York Comic Con about Dragon Ball and "Dragon Ball Super" anime series.

The website has asked Toyotarou about his relationship with the current series.

"At this point, I'm not very involved with it. I think going forward, I'll be more involved, but at this point in time, I actually receive more information from the anime team than I give to them. The anime is a little bit further along than I am, but in the near future I'll be ahead, so the information will be going back to them. Regardless, we'll continue to support one another as we go forward," Toyotarou said.

Also, he has freedom to make little changes to the outline made by Toriyama. Toyotarou has mentioned his biggest alteration.

"Fundamentally, I don't deviate from the major plotlines that Toriyama's laid down. As far as the plot getting from A to B, that's written as Toriyama it lays down. But as far as the details between those plot points, I'm free to fill them in myself. The Trunks arc within Dragon Ball Super will hit the U.S. soon, and while a certain reveal is the same in the manga, anime, and Toriyama's outline, both the anime and manga have different ways of getting there, each taking advantage of the unique aspects of their medium, so I hope everyone enjoys comparing them. The parts I really want my fans and readers to look at are the comedic gags, because I'm pretty free to create those!" he said.

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