For an Abridged Series, Dragon Ball Z Abridged still has its share of pretty awesome moments. The Make A Man Out of You Music video is nothing more than. Dragon Ball Z TV Series The Z Title. Probably Toriyamas most notable contribution to the Dragon Ball Z anime series is that he coined the title Dragon. Production Guide. Believe it or not, some of the filler most fans complain about as being non canon material was actually Toriyamas idea. While he did not actually write any of the movie scripts, he did create many of the new characters that appeared in them. All of the information below has been scattered throughout the series numerous guide books, which we have organized into one convenient place. This page has been organized by story elements so that character designs are listed roughly in the order in which they appeared in the series, with the main series appearing first and then followed by the movies and TV specials. Be sure to click on the Toriyama designs to view larger versions, which in some cases will contain additional translated notes. Dragon Ball TV Series. Voice ActorActress Selection. Toriyama personally selected Masako Nozawa to voice Son Goku and Mayumi Tanaka to voice Kuririn. He also helped select other unspecified major characters, although it appears his selections were only for major characters at the very beginning of the series. In Daizenshuu 1. 0, for instance, Ry. After that, I listened to the voice actor audition tapes, and decided on the casting. Dbz Abridged Episode 10 Part 2' title='Dbz Abridged Episode 10 Part 2' />When I decided on Gokus voice, I listened to the voices of five or six candidates, and out of those I decided on Masako Nozawa san. What were your impressions on hearing Gokus voice during the actual broadcast Toriyama I went Goku has this sort of voice, doesnt he. From then on, when I was drawing the manga, the characters voices would somehow drift up into my mind. Whenever that happened, Gokus voice would be just like Nozawa san. Now its impossible to separate Goku from Nozawa san. Did you choose any of the other characters Toriyama I was present for the selection of the other major roles. After that, I suppose I only designated Mayumi Tanaka san as the voice of Kuririn. When I saw Night on the Galaxy Railroad, I said the protagonist had a really good voice, and a very knowledgeable friend of mine told me that it was Mayumi Tanaka san. Fire Eating Bird. The only filler contribution that we know Toriyama made to the original Dragon Ball anime series was his design of the Fire Eating Bird featured in Dragon Ball episode 1. His design is featured on page 6. Daizenshuu 1. 0, along with a sketch of an older Gy. Watch Patriots Day Online Metacritic. In total he redesigned eight characters Red, Black, White, Metallic, Hatchan, Blue, Violet, and the battle jacket robot. Toriyamas sketches of them are included in the book, which points out how there are some differences between them and the designs ultimately used in the movie. For instance, in the movie Hatchan has a sharper design than in Toriyamas sketch, and the movie version of the battle jacket has a smaller cockpit and control seat, effectively scaling it substantially bigger than before. Black. Blue. Giant Robot. Hatchan. Metallic. Red. Violet. White. Dragon Ball Z TV Series. The Z Title. Probably Toriyamas most notable contribution to the Dragon Ball Z anime series is that he coined the title Dragon Ball Z itself. In pages 9. 2 and 9. TV anime guide Son Goku Densetsu, Toriyama explains the origin of the name I heard a rumor that you added the Z to the title because of an energy supplement that had Z in its name. Toriyama Well, thats wrong laughs. So, at the time I already really wanted to end the series, and so I made the title Z to say Hey, this is the end I dont remember saying a single thing about any energy supplement. You really cant go by rumors laughs. Nakatsuru Did you imagine anything else besides Z Toriyama No, I dont think so. Personally I thought that the title was fine the way it was, but the people on the anime staff said they wanted an image change, so I figured well, this should be OK. It is interesting to note that Daizenshuu 1. Toriyama coming up with the title Dragon Ball Z, the anime staff had been considering such names as New Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball 2, Dragon Ball 9. Dragon Ball Wonder Boy, and Dragon Ball Gohans Big Adventure. Gregory. Toriyama mentions in his Daizenshuu 3 interview that during the story when Goku was training at Kai. Toriyamas memo on Gregory is shown in the first Dragon Ball Z Anime Special. Along with several sketches of Gregory, there is also a height chart comparing him to Goku and Kai. After managing this, Kai. While hes quite a loudmouth, his tone of voice is polite. Hes like Kai. First, he submitted a memo giving a general idea for the Snake Princess episode, although this memo only talked about a single giant snake living in the castle along the road. The beautiful Snake Princess and her servants were apparently the anime staffs idea. Of course, in the episode they actually turned out to have been illusions created by the giant serpent. Anime Appearance. Second, the Dragon Ball Z Anime Special also noted that the episode where Goku accidentally falls down to Hell is also full of Akira Toriyama sensei. Interestingly, the entry for Hell in Daizenshuu 7s glossary notes that Hell is cut off from the above world by mysterious clouds, which people coming from above can pass through, but which people coming from below cannot, thus preventing criminals from flying out and escaping. All entries in Daizenshuu 7s various dictionaries are broken up into several subsections, such as first appearance, special characteristics, history, or the like, and anime only stuff is included in a anime subsection. Despite the cloud barrier only showing up in the anime, Daizenshuu 7 does not place it into an anime subsection. This may just be a mistake, or it may be because the cloud barrier idea was part of Toriyamas memo on Hell. There is at least one proven example of the later sort of thing in Piccolos Daizenshuu 7 biography, it mentions Piccolos weakness to high frequency noises such as whistling, which it includes under special characteristics and not anime, despite this only being seen in Dragon Ball Z Movie 4. In a different part of Daizenshuu 7, it says that Toriyama came up with this Namekian weakness, despite it only appearing in the movie, so this is probably why Daizenshuu 7 did not file it under anime. Therefore, the cloud barrier may have likewise come from Toriyama. Anime Appearance. Finally, the Dragon Ball Z Anime Special guide notes that it was also Toriyamas idea to create the filler scene where Goku breaks off a piece of the clouds that surround the Serpent Road and eats it. Anime Appearance. Saibaimen Background. Toriyama made a memo on the Saibaimen for the anime staff, which is reproduced in the Dragon Ball Z Anime Special, Daizenshuu 5, and Son Goku Densetsu. Unfortunately, in every case the picture is very small, with only the Dragon Ball Z Anime Special picture being remotely readable. The memo is titled About the Saibaimen, and the first sentence seems to be talking about what the Saiyans used Saibaimen for, but it is difficult to make much out. The next sentence notes that they were artificially created by Saiyan scientists using bio technology. It also notes that their battle power is quite high, and only slightly inferior to Raditz. The paragraph following this is not very legible, but you can make out that Toriyama is writing that he thinks it would be good, demonstration, flashy, and sending. Our best guess is that this second paragraph is Toriyama saying he thinks it would be a good idea to have the Saibaimen give a demonstration of their strength by doing various flashy stuff, which is essentially the basis for the filler scene where the Saibaimen jump around smashing rocks and whatnot in front of the Z Warriors. The fact that Toriyamas memo talks about how the Saibaimen were created through bio technology by a Saiyan scientist is also mentioned in their Daizenshuu 7 biography. Saiyan and Tsufruian Background. Toriyama had written a memo to the anime staff outlining most of the Saiyan and Tsufruian backstory that appears in Dragon Ball Z episode 2.