:'(
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
Making manga is crazy stressful, I’ve wondered the same thing. Can’t be good for you.
I was never into Dragon Ball but Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest were my jams. Will have to play DQXI over my vacation.
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.
…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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gather the dragon balls.
Quick! Someone get Shenlong to bring him back!
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.
Damn. The guy who made Chrono Trigger was literally just talking about the potential of doing a remake like 2 days ago.
damn. rest in peace man