It is normal that there are differences in the style of painting, "Dragon Ball" is also a comic that has been serialized for more than ten years, and the comic with a long serial time, the author's painting style will change, because people will gradually mature their own drawing methods, whether you like it or not, the author is absolutely the most suitable for himself with time. I have a big impression of the difference is "One Piece", don't look at Luffy, look at Nami, what is Nami in the first episode, what is the latest Nami, the timeline in the anime has passed two years, when it was thin and thin, now graceful and colorful, that figure is more devilish and devilish.
The original style of "Dragon Ball", the characters look cute, I think it has something to do with the positioning of the manga artists on their own works, Akira Toriyama has previously painted "Alare", a variety of interesting life stories. "Dragon Ball" just began to follow this style of painting, adventure and joy-based, painting the plot also has more fights, the shape of the characters is also sharper, do not use "Dragon Ball Z", just in the first part, When Yamucha first appeared and the third martial arts meeting, the difference was quite large. However, this change is something that fans like, and it is very reasonable that the time of the three martial arts clubs has passed for more than six years, and the character image has changed with time. My favorite is still the girl Bulma when I first met, that look is the most pleasing to me, the first part of the last appearance of the Boomer, the turtle fairy's words are more feminine, but the playfulness is gone.
By the time of Dragon Ball Z, there was a noticeable change from the style of the first part, because the story had completely turned into a martial arts comic, the various interesting adventures of finding Dragon Ball were gone, the improvement of the strength system made the characters too powerful, and the interesting adventure stories of the first part were really inappropriate. The cosmic chapter is fighting- cultivating - fighting again, and the cycle repeats, from the earth to the Nammex, the biggest difference is that the enemy of the threat has changed.
The artificial man is still like this, and the sinister and cunning character of Sharu is particularly well portrayed, hidden in the shadows, and cannot catch him when he is weak, and he cannot beat him when he is strong. This chapter involves time refutations, especially liked by the European and American markets, the first time I saw Cyborg No. 18, it reminded me of Lan Qi, who was originally brought to the Turtle Fairy House by Goku and Kling. At that time, the female characters painted by Akira Toriyama were relatively rounded, and the 18th of the artificial human chapter gave people a sense of sassiness, with edges and angles but not a female posture.
Then to the Buou painting style stereotype, there is not much change, but from Goku's second son Goku, you can see the contrast with the original little Goku, very similar but different.
The one that changed me the most was Dragon Ball GT, which is not a manga drawn by Akira Toriyama, but an original anime by Toei, and whoever does the art style is biased towards whomever you want. Over the years, "Dragon Ball Super" I think it is more like the "Dragon Ball GT" painting style, "Dragon Ball Super" manga was authorized by Akira Toriyama to draw, not Akira Toriyama himself, it is not necessary.
Text: Dragon Knight Sharu