Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32974172-20171018140105/@comment-28757546-20171026174016

CrossLeingod wrote: Darthhue wrote: DB was inflluenced by Journey to the West

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King - Son Goku


 * Monkey tails


 * Great Apes


 * Power Pole


 * Nimbus

yeah that's the prime origin of course, but Toriyama said he was quite a fan od Superman (or american comics, i don't remember precisely) and one can't deny the influence of superman, which is indeed minor if compared to the japanese mythes influence