Android 18 (Japanese: äººé€ äººé–"18å ·, Hepburn: JinzÅ ningen JÅ«
Hachi GŠ, lit. "Artificial Human #18"), born as Lazuli (ラズリ|
Razuri) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series
created by Akira Toriyama. Android 18 makes her debut in chapter #349
The Androids Awake! (目覚゠㠟17å ·ã€ 18å ·, Mezameta JÅ«nanagÅ ,
JÅ«hachigÅ ), first published in Weekly ShÅ nen Jump on November 12,
1991.She and her twin brother, Android 17, were forcibly turned into
cyborgs by Dr. Gero to serve his vendetta against Goku. The
present-timeline version of the character has very little to no
interest in fulfilling Gero's orders and becomes a major character in
the series after marrying Goku's best friend Krillin.In an alternate
timeline, Android 18 is a ruthless killer who started a reign of
terror along with Android 17 over Earth that lasted for twenty years
until they are destroyed by Trunks.Android #18, along with Android
#17, were conceived after Akira Toriyama's former editor Kazuhiko
Torishima expressed disapproval with Androids #19 and #20 as villains.
Following their introduction into the series, Torishima soon afterward
became dissatisfied with her and #17 as well, resulting in the
creation of Cell. Toriyama stated that he was pleased with Android #18
because she was a type of girl he had not drawn before, and that he
liked her slanted eyes. In 2014, he revealed her real name was
Lazuli(ラズリ, Razuri). Yūsuke Watanabe, who wrote the screenplay
for the film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, had originally written the
film to take place at Android #18 and Krillin's wedding, but Akira
Toriyama wrote it to take place at Bulma's birthday party. Watanabe
thought Toriyama made the change because he wanted fans to imagine the
wedding for themselves. In promotional material for Battle of Gods,
Toriyama drew her with purple hair.
Hachi GŠ, lit. "Artificial Human #18"), born as Lazuli (ラズリ|
Razuri) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga series
created by Akira Toriyama. Android 18 makes her debut in chapter #349
The Androids Awake! (目覚゠㠟17å ·ã€ 18å ·, Mezameta JÅ«nanagÅ ,
JÅ«hachigÅ ), first published in Weekly ShÅ nen Jump on November 12,
1991.She and her twin brother, Android 17, were forcibly turned into
cyborgs by Dr. Gero to serve his vendetta against Goku. The
present-timeline version of the character has very little to no
interest in fulfilling Gero's orders and becomes a major character in
the series after marrying Goku's best friend Krillin.In an alternate
timeline, Android 18 is a ruthless killer who started a reign of
terror along with Android 17 over Earth that lasted for twenty years
until they are destroyed by Trunks.Android #18, along with Android
#17, were conceived after Akira Toriyama's former editor Kazuhiko
Torishima expressed disapproval with Androids #19 and #20 as villains.
Following their introduction into the series, Torishima soon afterward
became dissatisfied with her and #17 as well, resulting in the
creation of Cell. Toriyama stated that he was pleased with Android #18
because she was a type of girl he had not drawn before, and that he
liked her slanted eyes. In 2014, he revealed her real name was
Lazuli(ラズリ, Razuri). Yūsuke Watanabe, who wrote the screenplay
for the film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, had originally written the
film to take place at Android #18 and Krillin's wedding, but Akira
Toriyama wrote it to take place at Bulma's birthday party. Watanabe
thought Toriyama made the change because he wanted fans to imagine the
wedding for themselves. In promotional material for Battle of Gods,
Toriyama drew her with purple hair.
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