Akira Toriyama

I'm good at - or, rather, I like - giving names to characters. ”

Weekly, monthly, or whatever, I'm just not good with being told I have to finish up according to a set schedule. ”

I guess that if I was a normal cartoonist who did things properly, I'd think up the background information first and then come up with the story. Saying that, you'd think that I don't really think through anything. ”

I'm just a manga artist, so I can't stand being scrutinized. ”

I'm a lazy person, but if I'm not absent-mindedly doing something, I can't really relax. I can't just veg out. ”

When I draw something, the incredibly annoying thing is that it doesn't come out like I pictured. ”

In spite of being so absorbed in comics when I was in primary school, for whatever reason, I stopped reading them that much once I started junior high. I think it's probably because I got caught up in movies and TV. ”

I'm flying by the seat of my pants, never creating with a thought to what's up ahead! ”

The nice thing about gag manga is how it has this aspect where, at the very least, you're permitted to come out with anything. In my case, anything can talk. Like the mountains. ”

I prefer things nice and simple. ”