Akira Toriyama (1955 – 2024) – Information

One in every of Japan’s most distinguished artists in each the manga and gaming realms has died.

The official social media for the Dragon Ball franchise confirmed tonight that Akira Toriyama, the unique artist behind the collection, handed away on March 1, just a little greater than a month earlier than his 69th birthday. The reason for demise was an acute subdural hematoma (blood on the mind).

Toriyama gained prominence in Japan within the late Seventies along with his work on the Dr. Stoop manga, earlier than creating Dragon Ball – his most well-known work internationally – in 1984. Within the online game realm, Toriyama was the principle character designer for the Dragon Quest franchise, which dovetailed into additionally doing character design for the seminal 1995 RPG Chrono Set off and later the Blue Dragon video games.