CATDOLL: The prototypes of the characters in Dragon Ball. Without Jackie Chan's Drunken Master, there would be no Dragon Ball.

The world-renowned work "Dragon Ball" by Akira Toriyama is a passionate "level-up" fighting work that created a legend! It has influenced the growth of a generation. The popularity of the work has not diminished even after many years of completion! The protagonists Krillin and Goku: "Sixty years ago, we met for the first time. At that time, we were just young boys who were not familiar with the world. Sixty years later, we met for the last time. I have grown old, but you are still the same as before."

After so many years, are the main characters in Dragon Ball imagined out of thin air? Or do they have prototypes in real life? I guess most of you don’t know. Today, I will take you to see the prototypes of Dragon Ball in real life.

1. Jackie Chan, the prototype of Master Roshi

The costume of Old Turtle is very similar to the Red Nose in Drunken Master (Red Nose is also an old man and Jackie Chan's master). Here it refers to the young Old Turtle, who also used the alias Jackie Chan when he participated in the martial arts conference.

Akira Toriyama's original words:

[Without Jackie Chan's Drunken Master, there would be no Dragon Ball]

1. The protagonist of Dragon Ball, Sun Wukong, has some shadows of Jackie Chan

2. There is a villain named Tao Pai Pai in Dragon Ball, whose prototype is the last villain in Drunken Master.

3. The master in Wukong Budokai was determined by the author to be Jackie Chan

4. Jackie Chan vs. Wukong in a drunken fight at the martial arts tournament

5. A photo of Akira Toriyama, the author of Dragon Ball, and a young Jackie Chan

In some of Toriyama's early short stories, such as "Dragon Rider", there were characters similar to Jackie Chan. Due to the enthusiastic response from readers, he wanted to end the purely funny comics and came up with the idea of ​​creating kung fu comics. When he was conceiving, Toriyama had repeatedly sought inspiration from Jackie Chan's movies, and thus "Dragon Ball" was born.

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Others about Master Kame (Master Muten): Known as the god of martial arts, he still likes to harass beautiful women even though he is an old man. He also collects a lot of pornographic publications, what a lustful old man! He is the founder of the Turtle Blaster and once won the Tenkaichi Martial Arts Tournament. He is the mentor of Goku and Krillin. It is because of him that Goku and Krillin have great power at a young age. He also claims that he took a potion of immortality!

In the classic "Dragon Ball", there is a mentor who cultivated the great revolutionary leader Comrade Son Goku, but he is regarded by thousands of ignorant people as a veteran representative of perverts: Comrade Master Roshi!

Comrade Kame, about 350 years old, the great "God of Martial Arts": I personally think that in Dragon Ball, only Comrade Kame has this qualification! (Goku and others have already escaped from the scope of martial arts and reached another realm!)

2. Huang Zhengli, also known as Huang Taizhu, is the prototype of Tao Baibai in "Dragon Ball"

Hwang Jung-ri, also known as Hwang Tai-soo, is a Korean and a ninth-degree black belt in Taekwondo. He played the Eagle Claw master Shangguan Yiyun in "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow" and the prototype of Tao Paibai in "Dragon Ball".

3. Klin, a monk from the Shaolin Temple in China

I don't know if you noticed when watching the first part of Dragon Ball, when Krillin appeared on the boat, he was dressed as a monk and had obvious scars on his head. Those who know Buddhism know that only Han monks have scars on their heads, while ethnic minorities and foreign monks do not have scars on their heads.

Regarding this point, the custom of burning the scars of the precepts originated in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, there was a monk named Zhide who was respected by Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty. When he gave precepts, he stipulated that each person who received the precepts should burn incense on his head. Those who received the precepts of a novice monk should burn three incense sticks, and those who received the precepts of a monk should burn twelve incense sticks as a lifelong oath. Such a small invention was quietly spread later and passed down from generation to generation. This is of course a bad habit that harms the body and is a small local specialty of Han Buddhist culture. From this we can also see a feature of the Han Buddhist cultural circle. Simply put, in the later period of the development of Buddhism, "mass belief" has much more powerful energy than the "elite culture" formed by a very small number of thinkers (Buddhists). Zhide, the Yuan monk who invented the burning incense scar (commonly known as "burning incense hole"), was not a Buddhist scholar at all, but his small invention was so widespread and far-reaching that it could not be compared with the doctrines of any famous monks after Huineng.

Personally, I have always felt that the prototype of Klin is a combination of Hao Shaowen's personality and Shi Xiaolong's fighting style.

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4. The prototype of Bilusi is the naughty hairless cat of Lao Niao’s family

You can imagine how destructive the cat of the old bird is. . It's a true portrayal. The old bird said that this cat destroyed several of his drawings, one of which should have been the Dragon Ball.

5. Babu Lusi was inspired by Michael Jackson’s pet

It is said that because Mike's ape is called: Babrus

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6. Piccolo's prototype is a snail [hermaphrodite]

The snail's body that can be stretched or shortened also fits Piccolo. The pronunciation of the Japanese word Namek is very similar to that of slug.

7. The prototype of the dumplings is the scary movie star Sammo Hung

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8. Trunks is an old bird who saw the male protagonist in Terminator 2

I saw many people on the Internet saying that Trunks was created by an old bird after seeing the male protagonist in Terminator 2. I don’t know whether it is true or not. Also, Bulma’s long hair style in the future chapter is very similar to the male protagonist’s mother!

In 1984, Akira Toriyama ended the serialization of "Arale" in the comic magazine "Weekly Shonen Jump", so he planned to combine the ancient Chinese Dragon Ball legend and "Journey to the West" into a funny comic "Dragon Ball". Although there are fighting scenes in the 1st to 194th chapters, they are mainly funny, and this part was changed into the animation "Dragon Ball" by Toei Animation Company; in the 195th to 519th chapters, they are mainly super fierce battles, and this part was changed into the animation "Dragon Ball Z". This long comic was serialized for about ten years. Toei Animation obtained the consent of Shueisha and filmed the animations "Dragon Ball" and "Dragon Ball Z", which were popular on Fuji TV and broadcast weekly, and launched TV specials and 21 animated films. After the end of "Dragon Ball Z", Toei Animation originally produced the animation "Dragon Ball GT".

Based on the comic story of "Dragon Ball", a series of "Dragon Ball" animations were also launched. Both the TV version and the theater version attracted countless Dragon Ball fans and set off a wave of "Dragon Ball". The song "Gradually Attracted by You" at the end of the show moved the fans deeply.

Drawn by Akira Toriyama: 1. Dragon Ball: Goku's childhood, and his companions go to find the Dragon Ball. 2. Dragon Ball Z: Many bad guys appear in the universe, and Goku and his companions fight them in the form of Super Saiyans (including Frieza, Androids, Cell, and Buu)

The company that published Dragon Ball commissioned someone else (not Akira Toriyama) to draw: 1. Dragon Ball GT: Following Dragon Ball Z, it tells the story of Goku and his companions saving the earth. Goku became a child because of the Black Star Dragon Ball, and only became an adult after becoming a Super Saiyan 4. The style of Super Saiyan 4 is also different from Super Saiyan 1, 2, and 3, and is very different from Akira Toriyama. Super Saiyan 4 has black hair, no clothes on his upper body, and red hair except for his chest, and a red tail. 2. Dragon Ball Movie: There are 21 scenes, which are completely different from the original plot. Overall, it is pretty good.

Drawn by a Dragon Ball fan: Dragon Ball AF: Following GT, it tells the story of the fierce battle between Goku and the child of King God of the West, Zhai Kou, who came to Earth. It has not been completed yet. Although there are rumors that Super 6, Super 7, Super 8, Super 9, and Super 10 have appeared, the author of AF admits that there is only Super 5 at present, but it no longer has the style of the original.

Also: There seems to be elements of ancient Chinese martial arts (see below)

Shao: Dragon Ball seems to have influenced a lot of video games and comics. Where did you get the inspiration to draw the attacks that appear in Dragon Ball, like the shockwaves and the whole idea of ​​"chi"?

Bird: There have been rumors about "qi" in China since ancient times. It was conceived as something shapeless and invisible. However, in the comics, in order to make it easy for readers to understand it, it must be given a form. As for sending shock waves, I tried many postures myself and finally decided on the one that I thought would be the most effective attack posture.

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