[[#100 Celebration!] Toyotarou Tried To Draw: A New Illustration and a Look Back on Previous Toyotarou Illustrations!]
[Toyotarou’s Comment]
This is an illustration based on a drawing of an elderly Goku by Toriyama.
It was featured in an essay manga included in the Dragon Ball Z Anime Special book, released in 1989.
Since it was drawn while the original series was still ongoing, it included comments such as,
“When will Dragon Ball finish?” and “Goku might end up looking like this old guy, too.”
Even in 2026, 37 years later, the end of Dragon Ball is still nowhere in sight!
Maybe we’ll be able to see this version of Goku someday, Akira Toriyama!
— Toyotarou
The essay manga included in the Dragon Ball Z Anime Special book has also been republished in the Dragon Ball Super Art Book, so if you’re interested then be sure to check it out for yourself!
This series started with the idea of Toyotarou drawing characters who don’t appear in Dragon Ball Super. However, as the world of Dragon Ball Super continued to evolve, the possibility of any one of these characters appearing also emerged, and the series instead turned into a space for Toyotarou to freely choose which characters to sketch. In the essay manga, Akira Toriyama himself also made comments regarding Dragon Ball’s future, writing, “When will it finish?” and “I wonder what lies ahead?”
With the future of Dragon Ball still unclear, any one of the characters drawn so far throughout this series may very well go on to play a pivotal role within the story, including an elderly Goku!
