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Topic	Does akira toriyama view saiyans as resembling japanese people?
ssjevot 11/27/19 6:03:59 AM #8:	Originally Goku (and the series) had a heavy Chinese flavor since it was clearly inspired by Journey to the West. The dragon's name and all the dragon ball names are in Chinese (in Japan, English probably translated them), many of the characters he meets are obviously inspired by China and the aesthetics if the setting as well. They even originally wrote the unit of distance in the manga in modern Chinese (). The alien stuff was thought up much later, around the time of the anime switching to being called Dragon Ball Z. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:930766559] in Does akira... [t:78203454]...</cite> <quote>Originally Goku (and the series) had a heavy Chinese flavor since it was clearly inspired by Journey to the West. The dragon's name and all the dragon ball names are in Chinese (in Japan, English probably translated them), many of the characters he meets are obviously inspired by China and the aesthetics if the setting as well. They even originally wrote the unit of distance in the manga in modern Chinese (). The alien stuff was thought up much later, around the time of the anime switching to being called Dragon Ball Z. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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