draws heavily upon those early works. So, thank you, Akira Toriyama. Without your works, the joy they brought me, and the discoveries they led to, my life would’ve been far less than it has become.

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Japanese manga artist Toriyama Akira — creator of "Dragon Ball" and ... makes me resolved to stand by Goku until the end of my life. Sensei, please watch over us. May he rest in peace." ...

“Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump” took the world by storm but their creator, manga artist Akira ... Toriyama died March 1 at age 68. His works were translated and published in 40 nations. An ...

Thank you for creating the most iconic anime character of all time Akira," another user wrote. Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1955, Mr Toriyama broke into the comic book world in the early 1980s with Dr ...

Acclaimed manga artist Akira Toriyama, creator of the global hits ... “He departed too early, leaving too big a gap behind him,” said Eiichiro Oda, the creator of the best-selling manga ...