Previously, on Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot: The hit game at one point featured a style reminiscent of its manga source material. A piece from the Japanese magazine CGWorld this month features an interview with the developers of Kakarot in which a completely different style of cel-shading is displayed from the early development of the game. These screens feature much more of a manga-influenced look, with a washed-out, faded design to the lines that make the game look downright nostalgic.
Left: A colorized page of Akira Toriyama?s original manga Dragon Ball Z. Right: An early screenshot of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot that features a style much closer to the manga than the finished product.
In the interview, the development team talked about how they went straight to Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama and his source materials, looking at everything from the grain of past manuscripts to how the original anime was colorized in an attempt to recreate that rough-hewn look that is now the trademark of the legendary, late ?80s anime and manga. Ultimately, the team shifted away from this design for gameplay and visualization reasons. Lead Director Akihiro Anai said, ?We struggled with the fusion of visual concept and gameplay.?
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