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The unexpected death of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama shook the anime and manga world and beyond. Now Toonami has declared it will honor Toriyama with a marathon of Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes this weekend. Toonami said on Facebook: As a tribute to anime …Read more »
Fans around the world are expressing sadness and shock at the unexpected passing of Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama. Toriyama was a major influence on manga, and some other big-name manga authors have taken to the internet to pay homage to him. One Piece …Read more »
Fans around the world were hit with shocking news tonight, as the official Dragon Ball social media accounts announced that creator and overall legendary manga author Akira Toriyama has passed away. Toriyama was 68 years old, and according to the announcement he passed due to …Read more »
SAND LAND, the new anime film based on the Akira Toriyama film of the same name, is headed to theaters in Japan this Friday, August 18. Now ahead of that release comes a new music video that shows off the film and its theme song, …Read more »
Akira Toriyama’s 2000 manga SAND LAND is getting an anime movie adaptation coming out later this summer, and it was just revealed it’s also getting a video game. To be more specific, it will be an action role-playing game developed by ICLA. A trailer that’s …Read more »
Back in December we learned that Akira Toriyama’s SAND LAND manga would be getting a “screen adaptation,” and now we have a better idea of what’s in the works. An anime film is currently being produced at Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga and ANIMA, and it’s scheduled …Read more »
Earlier this month we discovered that Bandai Namco was doing something with Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama’s SAND LAND manga, which was originally published in Weekly Shonen Jump between May and August of 2020. Since then we’ve learned the project is a “screen adaptation,” the …Read more »
Akira Toriyama is best known for his mega successful Dragon Ball franchise, but that’s not the only manga he’s worked on. He debuted with his first serialized manga in 1980 with Dr. Slump, which is also fairly well known. But it’s his short Sand Land …Read more »
Dragon Ball creator. Dragon Quest character designer. Knight. Akira Toriyama, who’s also known as the creator of Dr. Slump, the designer of the characters from Chrono Trigger, and lots of other great stuff, has been awarded France’s Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of …Read more »
JUMP FORCE is bringing its Shonen Jump crossover action to PS4, Xbox One, and PC in February 2019, and among the loaded roster are a handful of original characters designed by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. One of those characters is a villain named Kane, …Read more »
This month the magazine V Jump released a giant, glossy book called Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary Super History Book . With tons of full-color pages, art and behind-the-scenes information, it seems like a must for fans of Akira Toriyama’s world-famous manga. But more importantly for …Read more »
Before he made it to his current position as representative director of publisher Hakusensha, Kazuhiko Torishima was one of Akira Toriyama’s editors on series like Dr. Slump and the early arcs of Dragon Ball. With such a close connection to the source material, you might be wondering what …Read more »
As announced in the July 1 issue of Viz's digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's new manga, Jaco the Galactic Patrolman , will be joining the mag's lineup. It all starts in the July 15 Super Issue, which celebrates Jump 's …Read more »
Quick: who’s your all-time favorite manga-ka? Not an easy question, is it? Still, it’s one thousands of readers of Japanese site Charapedia were willing to tackle the past week, serving up a list of 20 of the country’s most manga creators. Who came out on …Read more »
Once upon a time, anime and manga fans actually thought Dragon Ball Z was a long series. The notion seems ridiculous now—Akira Toriyama’s original manga ran for 519 chapters across a total of 42 volumes, each of which has been collected in myriad ways since—but …Read more »
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