Over the years, countless myths have formed around Dragon Ball . Rumors like creator Akira Toriyama planning to end the series with the Cell Saga, or Gohan being forced into a smaller role because Japanese fans didn't like him have run rampant through the community for decades, whether they have any truth to them or not.

One of the most popular is the belief that Akira Toriyama never did any planning while drawing Dragon Ball . Unlike most other manga artists, who plan and even storyboard several arcs ahead, if not the entire story, fans have always believed that Toriyama did as he pleased week-to-week without much thought about what was next.

However, one quote from an interview 30 years ago disproves that long-standing myth.

Akira Toriyama Planned More of Dragon Ball Than Fans

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