Appearance Īrt of first form Frieza in the Resurrection ‘F’ original storyboards without any Battle Armorįrieza possesses an entire range of transformations, each one being quite different than the others. Īccording to an interview done by Shonen Jump with Toriyama, Frieza's final form was purposefully made to look small and less menacing: Toriyama wanted to go against the expectation that villains and monsters become bigger and meaner looking the stronger they are. According to Daizenshuu 2, Toriyama was also inspired to create Frieza due to the events of the Japanese economic bubble that had occurred at the time he was writing the Saiyan Saga, with Frieza specifically being based on real estate speculators, which Toriyama claimed were 'the worst sort of people'. According to the Daizenshuu, Frieza was also inspired by Toriyama's second editor, Yū Kondō. Akira Toriyama however envisioned a fridge when creating him, and so all of his underlings are named after items you would find in a fridge.Īccording to Akira Toriyama, Frieza's design is an amalgamation of what he thought monsters looked like in his childhood. 7.8 Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary Special Manga.
