RIP Akira Toriyama
I feel like I’ve been stabbed right in the childhood because one of the legends who shaped my younger days is now gone. Akira Toriyama, the man behind anime and manga like Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, Blue Dragon, and Dr. Slump, has passed away at the age of 68. He died inside his studio, doing what he loved. Dragon Ball is one of the most influential anime today, probably the reason why most shonen anime have very flashy fight scenes and even influenced Western animation in some ways. It has become so legendary that even people who have never read a Dragon Ball manga or watched a Dragon Ball anime know who Son Goku is. When Toriyama is still Alive, He is not full time writing anymore. He just give ideas to his apprentice Toyotaro. Hopefully Toyotaro can continue the legacy. Seeing his works influence people from other cultures shows how universal Dragon Ball is. In 1984, he launched the Dragon Ball manga series, which