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You'll be missed Akira Toriyama🕊️
Famed manga creator Akira Toriyama has passed away on March 1, 2024 at age 68 due to acute subdural hematoma.
Toriyama began his first serialized manga, Dr. Slump, in 1980, and it inspired two television anime and multiple films. Toriyama followed it up with Dragon Ball, which ran from 1984 to 1995, and is still inspiring manga and anime sequels and spinoffs today. The manga's Dragon Ball anime adaptation, its sequel Dragon Ball Z, and its other numerous sequels and anime films are equally as well-known as the manga, and its hero Goku has become a character known throughout the world.
Toriyama is also well-known as the character designer for the Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger, Blue Dragon and Tobal games.
Most recently, Toriyama was working closely with the production for the Dragon Ball Daima anime series, the most recent anime series based on Dragon Ball, and is credited for the new anime's story and character designs.
A drawing in memory of one of my favorite mangakas, Akira Toriyama. RIP.
Thank you for inspiring me and an entire generation. And take us through this mystical adventure with your incredible works, stories and characters.
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When I was in my single-digits, one of my cousins was really into Dragon Ball. I’d go up to him and watch him play a game about a diverse cast of characters with powers I’ve never seen before. But I pushed it aside, as it didn’t look that interesting at the time.
I knew DBZ had a huge influence on the world. Most of the videos I watched at the time were 2d Sonic sprite animations with choreography and techniques were very heavily inspired by the anime (I mean, look at Nazo Unleashed for example or Super Mario Bros Z). But looking up “dragon ball fights” just to get a taste, I wasn’t nearly as interested in it as the fan-made Sonic fights.
Fast forward to about September 2023. I was 16. While watching YouTube, a short clip about a YouTuber named Lythero playing Dragon Ball FighterZ with his friends. The game looked really fun, so I watched his other videos, and with each one I slowly got more interested in getting this game, even though I barely know anyone the cast besides the one with the orange gi and the rival with the cool armor and the cool device on his ear. So I bought the game for my Switch, started playing it, and then…well…
Something just snapped…
I know through a video game is not the best way to get introduced to a franchise, but boy did this game really did it! It introduced me to so many new characters and aspects, like I didn’t know that this Goku Black and Zamasu were the same guy! AND THEY CAN FUSE?! That hairless cat can destroy worlds with just a finger?! A dude that can skip time itself?! And SO MUCH MORE! It was all mind boggling.
It even got me into actually learning the HUGE story and watching all the iconic fights. I even learned about DBZA and even despite its humorous tone, I could understand the story.
It even got me into drawing these characters and while I did struggle on them for a bit, Toriyama’s art style and how he drew these characters helped me in how to draw them.
I had a new hyperfixation. So when I heard about his death on this here site…
I didn’t know what to feel.
Actually, no. I do know. I should feel glad that I finally have been impacted by his work. I should feel glad that I now understand why is work basically impacted the world. Dragon Ball is at lessons thing that connects all of us. Case in point, I had a conversation about it with a grown man last night after he caught me playing Dragon Ball Legends. We talked about our favorite character (Vegeta), favorite sagas, best moments of the show. It’s convos like that that make it so timeless.
Here is my latest sketch related to Dragon Ball. A drawing of these two Saiyan warriors who have impacted the world.
So on behalf of me and everyone else in the world,
Thank you and Rest in Peace, Akira Toriyama.
- CAZ
Thank you Akira Toriyama. Your legacy will be lived forever in our hearts. Thank you creating amazing best anime. Rest In Peace Akira Toriyama.
when i heard the news of Akira Toriyama's death I was devastated. I wanted to make a tribute but I thought that anything I did would not even come close to representing what he meant to me, what he meant to everyone. what his work did to people, the sort of joy it brought into people lives. every time something bad happens and I feel horrible I'd always go online, watch an episode of dragon ball, play some chrono trigger, etc. and it would always calm me down instantly, no matter what happened, no matter how bad things got. so I decided to just do something, I owe him that much at least
and this is the result
may the other world be kind to you, you will be missed