Tori-bot’s Real Name Discovered

What’s this robot called? You probably think it’s the Tori-bot, but according to Akira Toriyama, you’re wrong!

Akira Toriyama is a shy man who doesn’t like showing his real face. Instead of including pictures of himself in his manga, he prefers to draw himself into the pages as an alternate persona or likeness.

Here is an image from Dr. Slump Volume 10 (May 10, 1983) that shows Toriyama’s many likenesses alongside a rare inclusion of his actual face.

As you can see, there are several differ...