>>55957220>I wish he could have pursued his manga dreams instead of enslaved as monster franchise artwhoreAnon, being a mangaka is not an ideal career path. Even the most successful of them are under constant stress for deadlines and getting axed for not being popular enough. Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to be one too until his work with Nintendo took off.
Besides, nothing is/was stopping him from drawing manga. Akira Toriyama was the chief artist of the entire Dragon Quest series, and he was doing that while working on Dragon Ball.
You're making Sugimori out to be some sort of charity case when he's one of the most famous and well regarded artists in the industry.