Why Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru is a legend

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Credit error at 1:20, apparently Nakatsuru animated the cut that preceded this portion of the battle of Sanji specifically not Luffy :)

[@songoku4lac168]

Oh ok

[@Shoyotheninja]

I think he did both sanji and luffy powering to gear third, not 1:20. Anyway have a gr8 day!!

[@SaranLee]

The word that sums Nakatsuru’s work for me is “satisfying”

[@JeromeProductions]

a true legend

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

God i fucking love this guy. Have always admired his work and now I know his name. This is how I envision Dragon ball to look at all times. I always regarded him as the "High budget episode that covers and important moment guy."

[@mechajay3358]

One of the absolute best Dragon Ball as a series ever has. Looking at his interview you can tell he deeply respected Toriyama's work.

[@jasonone8726]

His art in that Trunks episode was the best, it looks like what DB later became in the Cell saga, when Yamamuro took over as character designer.

[@dlbutters7164]

Can't wait to see you talk about Yuya Takahashi's work on DBS.

[@yushaare]

Yeah

[@chomchem9855]

Hes done it

[@JeromeProductions]

@@chomchem9855 good to know

[@battlememesbyomari25]

DBS is trash bro. Like, literal garbage....

[@SonGoku544]

poor guy had to work with shuch shitty character desings and forms. DBS is a terrible mess

[@AlphaProto]

This guy is a legend. The examples you showed are some of my favorite moments from Dragon Ball. They look amazing! This is how I like these characters to look.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Same here man! As much as I enjoy shinatni's character I would be just be as excited so see Nakatsuru have a go with that role especially with all the experience he has gotten since the 90s.

[@songoku4lac168]

Hmmmm i feel like Shintani honors the Manga more soo

[@tannerthepanman9202]

SonGOKU 4LAC Nakasturu has come very close to toriyama. Shintani’s style id argue is more rounder than even toriyama’s early dragon ball work (pre saiyan saga).

[@anlexaify]

@@songoku4lac168 shintani doesnt look like the manga imo, its his own style, nakatsuru does inherent the mangas style but he makes it look 10x better

[@battlememesbyomari25]

I mean he created ssj4, THATS a legend within itself

[@SWOTHDRA]

Facts

[@nashambenyisrael7689]

He didn’t create SS4 akira created the concept design but he did animate it in the show.

[@GreatVideosOfLeo]

@@nashambenyisrael7689nope Nakatsure created it and toriyama only drew it once for a fun tribute to gt

[@t.b.g.animation6185]

Those japanese legends are the ones responsible for my love to anime in general.

[@MitchellHammond]

Definitely the King.

[@Ardhamon5000]

Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru was also involved with Beet the Vandal Buster and most importantly worked on the character design of Digimon from Digimon Adventure to Digimon Frontier and the many Digimon movies as well. EDIT: I should also mention that Akira Toriyama was approached by Toei Animation and was offered to be the character designer for Digimon Adventure. But he suggested Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru as a potential character designer.

[@theflashfan3234]

I love how ALL of the parts that I can remember loving from certain fight scenes are all done by him (Although, I still like the Maeda designs more!). Great video, really gave me a greater appreciation for his work.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks, analyzing all his work for this video really gave me a strong appreciation of his work to! There where lots of scenes I had no idea he did either which is what makes these types of videos fun to research.

[@banana_bandanas1022]

Watching these videos just adds to my love of Dragon Ball as a series. Thanks!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Most welcome :)

[@grapes9h5]

Great highlight - definitely one of the top 5 most important names in the franchise’s history.

[@kassimhamidjuma627]

Yes, I couldn't agree more, Nakatsuru's art brings wonders in the series of Dragon Ball. He even replicated toriyama artwork very perfectly, it takes skill to pull something like that of.

[@platinumnovawarriorrx20-en57]

You're underrated great work 👏👏

[@AshleysBallistics]

This channel is very underrated. I'm glad I found it & subbed 👌

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Welcome aboard!

[@_vakas]

This channel BEEN underrated

[@Merjedmedia]

Toriyama influenced my whole life in the art world.. I'd like to level up and ascend to a new level for my artwork

[@Ethereal0871]

Good to see you back! Nakatsuru was always one of my favorite animators from Z, would have loved to see how he would adapt to Shintani’s art style for DBS Broly.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks man glad to be back. And it's interesting because Shintani's sheet for kid trunks looks just like nakatsuru's for kid trunks in the buu arc. So it seems that Shintani might've got some inspo from Nakatsuru in a round about way. And Nakatsuru has had a tone of experience since Z with all the character sheets he did for digimon so I'm sure he would cook up something great.

[@jonathan.ruagil]

Greetings from Colombia. Awesome research and video. Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru is my favorite one, I would love that dragon ball super had Mr Nakatsuru as character designer.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I would love that to! And thank you, glad you enjoyed the video man

[@notminijer1121]

I really hope the magic leaks are true because I'm so excited for him to comeback to DB

[@mmyummers]

Glad you are back

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Glad to finally be back man

[@NONE.Dragon]

One of my favorites artists. Love the way he draws faces and bodies.

[@SonGoku-bg1fr]

I think the best part about Nakatsuru besides his skill is his personality, especially the passion he has for Dragon Ball. Nakatsuru constantly idolizes Toriyama and praises him as a fanboy of Dragon Ball while Toriyama praises Nakatsuru a lot. Both deem the other as superior over themselves and masters of their craft. In a sense, Toriyama and Nakatsuru are the same people except with different circumstances and skills.

[@TrvisXXIII]

The greatest contribution to the series are those two still images in the thumbnail, that is the pinnacle of DBZ animation

[@ms.antithesis]

looks great, glad you're uploading again

[@Vitioche]

I think you should talk about Masayuki Uchiyama, despite his bad art (cell and bu arcs), he was a very important animator who worked in so many DB - DBZ - DB GT episodes.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I've considered it, although people generally like more positive style videos and I would have to bring a fair share of negatives as well so I'm unsure of how well received it might be. And I have seen a lot of requests for Takahashi so I won't rule it out but I can't say it'll be a video I will make any time soon.

[@kanyekubrick5391]

Yo this guy might be my favourite. This type or art style in DB has always been my fav

[@ryanstrumpfler8115]

So glad you’re back! Hope you were able to stay healthy in the pandemic. Quality, as always.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks for the welcome back dude! And the pandemic never got to out of hand in my state thankfully so I have been doing well

[@songoku4lac168]

The Coronavirus is a nightmare

[@DarkSpiritShleah]

Never noticed until now that Nakatsuru’s work has always been my favorite. Where in the hell do you find your info? I’m glad you’re passionate enough to do the research.

[@xxcomatose9773]

9:29 Trunks is cute aww

[@AdviceProviderfame]

Man, I turned up pretty late for this one. Great video and I'm glad that you're finally uploading again

[@tyrannotherium7873]

The Legend

[@blackopspro6455]

Man I really love these animation dissections man I can really tell you put a lot of work into these. You earned my sub !

[@Rexodiak]

Nakatsuru definitely mvp. Then again, I love GT, so I'm biased af

[@unaisibrahim1393]

this was entertaining bro, i look forward to the next video.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Ayy glad to hear :)

[@Shoyotheninja]

Yay you're back!!!!!! Great video man! This guy is one of my favourites!! He really is a legend! Also, you do a lot of research for your videos, which is really impressive!!!!! Have a great day ( and pls come back soon next time)!!!!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Hey thanks as always man! Glad to be back :)

[@OXhuls]

bro you went from discount ajay to ajay beeing the discount one! nice job

[@forgottenrelics1197]

haha thanks man, put a lot of effort so I'm glad it shows

[@AnimeAjay]

Bruh

[@negativesymptom1110]

F

[@forgottenrelics1197]

😳he has been summoned

[@OXhuls]

@@AnimeAjay oh hi discount ForgottenRelics ❤

[@pixalmated4853]

Just found your channel, and I'm glad that I did. I enjoy listening to you and AnimeAjay talk about the people behind the animations. Now back to binging ya content

[@sebastienlopezmassoni8107]

Each video that you make are brillant thanks for your work

[@thecool_dude7490]

Great video man I hope u make more videos 👍👍

[@forgottenrelics1197]

For sure!

[@sharingansasuke5]

God that’s just another reason why he’s my favorite. Dude is so legendary

[@calandria903]

Best DBZ channel! I agree very much with you in every one of your reviews, you can tell that you know what you are talking about (sorry about my english lul)

[@FourteenthAngel]

Watching this video again because our boy Nakatsuru has his hands up in the latest Dragonball project! I could tell immediately from trailers that it was him.

[@MokerB]

This is a great channel, keep up the good work!

[@mortalballgt52]

I'm looking forward to your analysis on Keisuke Masunaga!

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yes he is one my faves with his way out there style! I'm looking forward to making it myself although Takahashi has been requested quite a bit so I can't say for sure how soon it will be

[@mortalballgt52]

@@forgottenrelics1197 hey! As long as you get it out there before the world comes to an end. I look forward to Takahashi as well!

[@Wael1503.]

The GOAT is coming back !!!!

[@harpseal9234]

this guy did the bardok special ?? MY MAN 👍 💪

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru and masaki sato are the most underrated and unappreciated animators

[@rukminikannan9779]

Artists* Sato's animation was VERY average and lacking, however Nakatsuru does get a lot of praise and he is a great animator only if he got to do more action animation, also Under appreciated? I feel whenever someone brings up Sato's work they're always praising it.

[@dbp_pc3500]

He is the best! His style is so close to Toriyama's work! And he is a super veteran animator! Definitely the best guy out there to do the job.

[@sjeason]

One of my favorite pieces from him is during the fight between Super Saiyan Goku and Freeza. I don’t remember what episode but it’s the one where goku fights him just after names has been hit with the death ball and before he powers up to 100%. Such great impact and the trademark spinning in air, and the way he animated it really showed just how much more powerful goku was then freeza. Love it to death.

[@Be-Dillon]

All you had to say was he took part in trunks turning ssj and ssj4s creation and we would have already acknowledged him as the 🐐

[@forgottenrelics1197]

truth

[@JuanR322]

Great video. I want to ask though, will you ever make a video on Fenyon? You mention him in another video which made me really happy and I think it would be cool if you talked about him, since he's so great at replicating all of Toriyama's artstyles

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I had no immediate plans to but I could do in the future

[@JuanR322]

@@forgottenrelics1197 nice, thanks for the response!

[@teh_blazerer]

great video good job

[@miteruno]

For me he is the dragon ball anime because it’s the first style I was able to recognize outside the franchise when a saw his drawing on digimon

[@kassimhamidjuma627]

And his animation is great isn't it, and so are his effects.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Sure is :)

[@alter6243]

I've always LOVED his Digimon designs. That art style will always resonate with me.

[@p.p3152]

I’m glad you showed some of his modern dragon ball art at the end, it’s my favourite from him, I love the style, clearly inspired by Toriyama’s early 2000s work, I wish those designs became the new animation art style for super

[@kaioken654]

Supersaiyan 4 is such a sweet design, way better than the color swapping of super.

[@Av2007.]

*Bro you should have more subs i can tell you put a whole lot of work into your vids.* (Btw subscribed)

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Ayy cheers man! And thanks for the sub

[@wingedhussar1453]

120 highlights were legendary

[@lefonwastaken3393]

I wish we could see his work again in mordern dragon ball. His buu arc character sheets and gt work is amazing. We need that style again

[@ZZtheDark]

0:28,excellent style. You wonder why Yuya Takahashi used these sheets for the last episodes for Super and this is why. 0:51,le gasp! It's the FARMER! 6:39,Vegeta! I'm trying to hit this guy but I'm using too much excess energy! HELP ME,VEGETA! 9:53,NO BULMA! That's your...oh dear. XD 10:01,unlike Tadayoshi Yamomuro..who declines and man,he really needed to do some animating like that awesome piece he did for One Piece. I wished Toei gave him the chance: www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/60503

[@flipzzilla4556]

You should review Fenyo_n art, he captures Toriyama's style really well Great video btw

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Thanks I was already considering to discuss him next actually as someone else recommended it so look forward to that video sometime soon :)

[@flipzzilla4556]

@@forgottenrelics1197 thats awesome bro keep up the good work, I support you on instagram too🔥🔥@flipzzilla

[@EnoYaka]

Love his work! Really hope him, takahashi, sato, and a couple others gain control lol.

[@skylean7268]

forgot who he was but thanks I guess

[@forgottenrelics1197]

No problem hope you enjoy the vid man

[@diezgp]

What can I say? I love those heavy corrections he did.

[@jasonone8726]

You should do a Yuya Takahashi vs Prime Yamamuro video.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Ohh sounds interesting, I can't say I'll do it for sure but I'll keep it in mind!

[@Joukuya]

Are you going to continue reviewing the Super manga

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Yeah man I hopefully plan to when the next chapter releases. The main reason I missed out on the last 2 was because I was either working on another project or video at the time!

[@jimbrown9859]

I'd like to know your opinion on Naoki Tate, his work on Super is very divided amongst fans.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I gave my thoughts about several cuts he did for an older video called Dragon Ball Gt vs Super battles. But overall I find his work to be fluid and interesting with a lot of movement within his characters, I wouldn't say his artstyle is my all-time favorite when compared to Shida or Takahashi but when in motion generally it isn't too noticeable so I don't have much of a problem with it. I also hope to add him to this series! Although I am a little hesitant if I'm honest because like you said he is quite divisive among fans but regardless I look forward to making it one day :)

[@abrahamickingdom1533]

How to identify between yamamuros cell arc style vs Nakatsurus buu arc style?

[@forgottenrelics1197]

Well Nakatsuru didn't animate or supervise a single episode in the buu arc unfortunately despite creating the character sheets so I don't know if you could make a comparison in the first place unless you meant in regards to his character sheets. So in that case they way you can tell them apart is that Yamamuro had a distinctive way in how he drew ears and his work was a slightly more angular look to his characters than Nakatsuru's who still seemed to carry a rounder touch with his work.

[@Just-A-Bit]

Hey

[@supersubatomicsonicgenerat4688]

Honestly the only thing that bothers me with this scene 2:13 is the hair it looks a little too small in my opinion

[@eliasteixeira9]

big mistake everyone assigning the Traits from the episode of goku transforming for the first time into ssj, Trunks vs frieza, Goku vs cooler is Nakatsuru, who the drawing is actually called Masaki Sato

[@SwastikBiswas-b3r]

Can anyone tell who animated ep 119 where Trunks turned SSJ?

[@zekken8227]

PLZZZZZ LET US GET NAKTSURU RETURN TO DRAGONBALL!!!!!

[@theflipchannel964]

When DB, DBZ and GT was a badass series, insane masterpiece drawings, ideas, soundtracks etc... Not the crap SUPER... Those magic days, ansiety to see anything about DB nowadays are gone... today's animation are garbage and no ideas... too much flowers sentimental people nowadays... i really miss the 80's and 90's...

[@SWOTHDRA]

Cant we bring him in for super and daima???

[@Jojo-der]

No shout out today ?

[@forgottenrelics1197]

I brought it up at the end of either the masaki sato one or yamamuro video but for these less commentary/documentary style videos for lack of a better term I prefer to leave the features at the end because I feel like it flows better. Although this time I forgot altogether lol and realized to late. But don't worry they will definitely return in the next video!

[@victormanuelperez92]

Do you have a discord?

[@forgottenrelics1197]

yeah but I rarely use it lol

[@victormanuelperez92]

ForgottenRelics discord invite?

[@eliasteixeira9]

Masaki Sato Masaki Sato And noo Nakatsuru

[@kaigunz2251]

The One Piece cuts you've shown were confirmed not to be Nakatsuru. www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/21906 Only Sanji cut is him, rest is someone else.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

oh my bad, do you have the animators name at all?

[@kaigunz2251]

@@forgottenrelics1197 Unfortunately we don't know who did it, it's artist unknown for now.

[@forgottenrelics1197]

@@kaigunz2251 ok thanks dude I'll mention it in a pinned comment

[@bogartwilley]

This video: Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru is a Legend (Akira Toriyama has entered the chat) Akira Toriyama: You say you can replicate my Artstyle hmm? Lemme see ya try Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru: Draws SS3 Goku real quick Akira Toriyama: Your powers are strong... But that is SS2 Goku (Neckbeard has entered the chat) Neckbeard: OK Toriyama-san, we need to talk (Akira Toriyama has left to get coffee & greenlight GT) (Future Trunks has entered the chat) Future Trunks:WE MUST TEAM UP WITH IMPERFECT CELL TO DEFEAT THIS NEW THREAT!

[@ms.antithesis]

first

[@xlavienture5358]

^^

[@forgottenrelics1197]

:)

[@garka6135]

he only became relevant because geekdom promoted him in the new series, as simple as that

[@jasonone8726]

Stop posting stupidness. 😂😂😂

[@shortie9103]

Boss geek

[@Imperialbbuilding]

Who was the artist who made every other episode look like shite

[@SpectreStatus]

GT? Hoe do you miss talking about GT??

[@nashambenyisrael7689]

Is he still alive? Why isn’t he taking over for Akira after his death. This man is far superior to toyotaro

[@ayangamingguruyt2002]

He is the character designer of dragon ball diama

[@ayangamingguruyt2002]

He is the character designer of dragon ball diama