Fans mourn Japan’s Dragon Ball manga creator Akira Toriyama’s death: ‘overwhelmed by sadness’

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Akira Toriyama died at the age of 68 because of a blood clot on the brain, a statement posted to the official Dragon Ball account on X, said

First serialised in 1984, Dragon Ball is one of the bestselling manga franchises of all time and has spawned countless anime series, films and video games

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Fans ‘overwhelmed by sadness’ after death of Dragon Ball manga creator Akira Toriyama

Agence France-Presse

Published: 4:20pm, 8 Mar 2024Updated: 12:35pm, 28 Oct 2024

The creator of Japan’s hugely popular and influential Dragon Ball comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said on Friday.

First serialised in 1984, Dragon Ball is one of the bestselling manga franchises of all time and has spawned countless anime series, films and video games.

Toriyama died on March 1 because of a blood clot on the brain, a statement posted to the official Dragon Ball account on X, formerly Twitter, said.

“It’s our deep regret that he still had several works in the middle of creation,” said the statement attributed to Toriyama’s Bird Studio, which praised the artist’s “great enthusiasm”.

“He would have many more things to achieve. However, he has left many manga titles and works of art to this world,” the statement added.