Akira Toriyama, the Creator of Dragon Ball, Dead at 68
Akira Toriyama, the Creator of Dragon Ball, Dead at 68
It is with a heavy heart that we report Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball, has passed.
:'(
Fuck, man… I’m rarely affected by celebrity deaths, but Dragon Ball has always been a comfort series for me, this hurts. I hope his family is doing okay.
To say this man shaped my childhood would be an understatement. I learned to like rpgs and started to learn English because of chrono trigger and I found out about anime because of dragon ball. Rest in peace, you will be missed.
watching dragon ball as a kid was basically a rite of passage for a whole generation. this man even went beyond that and gave so many good characters like future trunks etc. dragon ball is still one of my most favourite anime because of the care free way it goes. akira toriyama, you will be missed.
Huh. Kentaro Miura also passed away rather young considering the life expectancy in Japan, I wonder if it's the stress or something doing these people in. Anyways, my condolences to the family and friends.
Miura's was a heart problem.
Toriyama died essentially by internal brain bleeding, the same fate that took Kurosaki Maon (singer) last year. She died at 35
It was probably the weighted clothes
Making manga is crazy stressful, I've wondered the same thing. Can't be good for you.
It is, but it’s probably not the reason of death for those two. They were already really popular and freed themselves from the “shackles” of regular serialization. It’s especially rough on emerging authors who can’t afford to say “no” to their editors.
I remember being so hyped to come home from school and watch the newest episode of DBZ. A legendary series from a legendary creator. Rest in peace.
I remember craving to see the next episode! It was such a a unique story and fighting concept (at least for a high schooler). He will be missed.
This suuuucks. He was so young and such a legend.
Burning out barely after your prime is seemingly inherent to a successful mangaka. Yoshihiro Togashi (YuYu Hakusho, HxH) is only 57 and is nearly physically and mentally broken from the sheer amount of time and energy he's spent on the worlds that he's created. Dude is only 57, but it always seems like he's on his deathbed. Rest in peace Toriyama-san, show Other-World how it's done
68 is young?
Japan's standard of living and medical care available gives them a life expectancy of 84 years. Akira was also successful and rather wealthy by the standards of his country and thus had a access to an even better standard of living than most.
So yes, in the context, 68 is a rather young age to die given the resource available to them.
I was never into Dragon Ball but Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest were my jams. Will have to play DQXI over my vacation.
DQXI ended up in my top JRPGs of all time, I'm so sad he won't be able to work on future DQ games. I hope someone will be able to keep his spirit in new monster designs and stuff.
I hope they got far enough into development for 12 that they can use whatever designs he came up with. Would be a good tribute, i think.
Dragon Ball was the first manga I read. I still own every volume of the original series and Z that I bought when I was a kid. It probably took me a year or two to collect and save up for each one. I read the series so many times when I was a kid and played every single game of it that I could get my hands on. The anime wasn't on tv where I grew up so that was the only way for me to experience it. I was absolutely addicted to the series. It's probably one of the most formative pieces of media in my life and shaped who I am today.
Introducing friends to Dragon Ball, pretending to be Goku or Vegeta with my friends and not so pretend fighting, reading it on long car journeys, buying Dragon Quest because it looked like Dragon Ball and so many more. Thank you Toriyama for all of those memories.
Gather the dragon balls.
Acute subdural hematoma... isn't that usually caused by head injury? Did Toriyama-sensei bump his head somehow?
In any case, rest in peace Toriyama-sensei.
Ugh... A true legend of anime/manga
He will be missed, but as he always says, Until we meet again
This fucks with me emotionally. The man is my childhood. The rush of wanting to get back home as soon as possible to watch Dragonball Z on toonami. He made those hard times bearable.
...fuck, and now I'm bummed. Dragon Ball was what introduced plenty people (including me) to anime; it's like Toriyama-sensei opened a gate for us and said "see this? It's anime. Have fun!". I'm near my 40s and I still have DBZ T-shirts, to give you an idea of the long-term (and positive!) impact of his work.
And when it wasn't anime, it was games. I seriously doubt that Chrono Trigger would be loved by so many people without Toriyama designing the characters. (inb4 that's why Crono resembles Goku.)
May he rest in peace, and my condolences to the family.
This fucking sucks. It was only recently for a while, I was watching Dragon Ball clips of fights, moments and everything. Dragon Ball was never really my favorite series, it's only a guilty pleasure that I find myself watching it and having some favorite characters and moments of the show.
I was more of a Tenchi Muyo/Berserk/Fist of the North Star kind of fan. But I had a soft spot appreciation for what Dragon Ball brought and has done for it's community. I am also grateful that Toriyama brought Dragon Ball back so it could see new heights in the way of where it is, after Dragon Ball GT and Evolution almost killed the series.
RIP Toriyama-san.
Damn. The guy who made Chrono Trigger was literally just talking about the potential of doing a remake like 2 days ago.
Man, I haven't engaged with Dragon Ball in years and it still hit me like a brick. Hell of a news to wake up to.
RIP another legend.
I am devastated. The impact this guy’s work had on my one life was immense.
My own username is a phonetic adaptation I came up with when I was a kid and adapted into my first email and did so because I loved Dragon Ball Z.
One of the first RPGs I ever experienced as a kid was Chrono Trigger - which he was the lead artist for, and I remember seeing his work for the first time reading Nintendo Power reading about Dragon Quest and how it stood out from all other illustrations I’d seen.
In school I would endlessly doodle character illustrations both from his work, and of my own creation but obviously based off his unique illustrative style.
As an adult, I’ve done everything from trying to make my own fan version of the “Rock the Dragon” early dub opening reminiscent of my own memory of watching it both on Saturday mornings and Toonami… to recently somewhat randomly animating a funny audio recording of my own wife’s sometimes inaccurate (sometimes not!) descriptions of Dragon Ball.
He went to the afterlife to start training for the next Dragon Ball tournament.
We'll probably see a Kamehameha light up the sky in the years to come.This deeply sad news. When my brother told me I didn't want to believe it.
Dragonball will live on since he did train his assistants and all, just like Miura, but I wonder what will they do with Dragon Quest, they may have his style, but not his design sensibility right?
Dragon Quest has lost both its composer and its designer within two and a half years. I assume Dragon Quest XII is far enough along to complete and release, but this might be the end of the series.
'Til we meet again, guys.
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DB is the GOAT Japanese series in terms of influence. Yes Akira, Cowboy Bebop existed. But literally everyone knows Goku. Kids (and even adults) dream of going Super Saiyan. It is the in cultural zeitgeist of nearly every freaking country in the world.
Man I'm fucking gutted.
Damn that sucks.
Literally just saw this too and came to share it on Lemmy!
damn. rest in peace man
I am sad that not a single note about him was shown on the Nintendo website.
