Despite its massive worldwide popularity, "Dragon Ball" creator Akira Toriyama hasn't always had it easy.
Toriyama has gone on the record previously, stating that he didn't quite understand the show's 30 years of success
And in a 2014 interview which recently resurfaced, he discussed the struggles he had producing chapters for the series.
Toriyama recounts how he sometimes shifted things around on the fly due to reader feedback.
And the creator admits that he wrote much of the series without a clear path and eventually hit a road block.
"I was truly drawing without thinking about that sort of thing, but when I got to the Majin Boo arc, I felt that there wasn?t anywhere to go beyond it."
An upcoming "Dragon Ball" film will focus on the Saiyans, the "origins of Goku's power." And creator Akira Toriyama will in fact be contributing to the film's script, and introducing new character designs.