There is debate over whether Akira Toriyama originated the now famous chibi style. So where did "chibi" get its start?

The last Dragon Ball movie before Akira Toriyama's passing had one mission ... a pretty good movie that featured a new art style and put Piccolo and Gohan (aka, his son) in the forefront.

Toriyama brought a new style of manga to the magazine that targeted male readers when he began serializing “Dr. Slump” in 1980. At first, Toriyama made Senbei Norimaki, the inventor of the ...

The interesting thing here is that Akira Toriyama is more involved in this new anime series than he has ever been before. This is obviously noteworthy, if only because it goes back to something ...

Akira Toriyama, one of Japan’s leading comics authors, whose manga and anime franchise “Dragon Ball” achieved worldwide success with its mix of comedic characters and rousing martial arts ...

The popularity of the chibi-style is in part thanks to Toriyama's early work, but it was influenced by many others before and after him. Chibi refers to small, cute figures; Toriyama's chibi-like ...