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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 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.
damn. rest in peace man
Quick! Someone get Shenlong to bring him back!
Dude…
Impossible! The balls are inert?!
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.
…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.
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.
Now I feel even more sorry for Goku.
I also watched Zombie Land Saga, so my concept of death has been distorted by that because of Kotaro Tatsumi and the girls.
But this is real. No one’s getting turned into a zombie by a necromancer in real life.
Akira Toriyama has legitimately passed on.
This is real.
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.
This deeply sad news. When my brother told me I didn’t want to believe it.
Ugh… A true legend of anime/manga
He will be missed, but as he always says, Until we meet again
Damn that sucks.
This suuuucks. He was so young and such a legend.
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.
Life expectancy also takes into account infant mortality and young deaths - if overall life expectancy is 84, and you’re already 68, you would likely make it longer than 84 since you already didn’t die for the first 68 years.
As an example, in the US life expectancy at age 0 is 74 years, but by the time you’re 30 it’s up to 77 years. By the time you’re 60, it’s up to 80 years.
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
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, 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.
