Bulma’s Original Name Discovered

Did you know that Bulma had a name before it was Bulma?

It’s true! Akira Toriyama’s design concepts for Bulma, Son Gokū, Oolong, Yamcha, and Puar can be found in Bird Land Press #15 (November, 1984), pages 6 to 7, alongside their original names prior to publication of Dragon Ball Chapter 1 that same month.

Bird Land Press was an Akira Toriyama-focused magazine that was published in Japan from 1982 to 1987. There were 25 issues in total.

These magazines are rare, and until now most of the in...