Board 8 > Alright, something that's been on my mind a long time...[Magus] [DBZ]

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Emporer_Kazbar
08/25/11 6:44:00 PM
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Magus and Kibitokai look almost identical. The only real difference is the eyebrows.

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I know Toriyama was heavily involved with CT, and of course drew all of Dragon Ball. That said, what really surprises me is, seeing as CT came out in 1995, and that is also when DB ended (And Kibitokai only appears at Chapter 502, with the whole series ending only ending 18 chapters later), that means both characters were created at roughly the exact same time.

As a matter of fact, Chapter 502 was released during the week of January 29th - February 4th, 1995. Now, that's some time before CT was released, but there is no doubt Magus was designed a good deal of time before the game was released. That leads me to believe that Magus was designed first.

Basically, the question is this: did Toriyama design Kibitokai as a reference to Magus? Did he design Kibitokai completely seperate, and it ended up being so close just because of Kibito and Supreme Kai's designs, or his own drawing style? (Remember, Toriyama often came up with the storyline very shortly before he actually drew it, so that takes away any thought of having planned on fusing Kibito and Supreme Kai, or designing them the way he did in an effort to make something that looks like Magus in the end) Or was this just laziness on his part?

Don't know why I posted this. It's just always been something I've thought about.

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agesboy
08/25/11 6:50:00 PM
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How... have I never noticed they looks that much alike?

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HeroDelTiempo17
08/25/11 6:50:00 PM
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Toriyama's character designs are just really damn similar to each other.

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KingButz
08/25/11 7:17:00 PM
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Toriyama can only design a few different characters, so he's bound to repeat himself.

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