Tomekichi Takeuchi

Tomekichi Takeuchi served as animation supervisor across critical stretches of Dragon Ball's original run, from the King Piccolo Saga through the Piccolo Jr. Tournament. His work helped establish the series' visual foundation during its dramatic power-scaling escalation, ensuring consistency as story stakes and animation demands increased substantially.

Takeuchi's franchise involvement extended into Dragon Ball Z, supervising episodes across the Raditz through Namek sagas. His work on special episodes like Bardock: The Father of Goku and films including Curse of the Blood Rubies and Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle demonstrates his continued importance through the Z era, making him one of the earliest animation supervisors to shepherd the franchise across multiple series.