Sand Land, the new Hulu/Disney Plus anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s other big manga, is gaining the attention of critics – with one calling it a "final masterpiece" from the late Dragon Ball creator, who died in early March.
09.03.2024 - 10:27 / thesixthaxis.com / Akira Toriyama
Akira Toriyama, the creator behind the vastly successful Dragon Ball franchise, has passed away age 68.
Toriyama-san was naturally renowned for his work in creating manga series and their anime adaptations – Dragon Ball is his most famous work and a source of inspiration for generations of manga artists that followed, but he first gained recognition for Dr. Slump, and went on to create Sand Land in 2000 – his impact on video games is also keenly felt. Naturally there’s a whole host of Dragon Ball video games, and there’s the upcoming Sand Land game, but he acted as a character designer for games in the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger and Blue Dragon.
His death was confirmed by Bird Studio and Capsule Corporation Tokyo, who shared this (machine translated) message of his passing:
Dear friends and partners,
We are deeply saddened to inform you that Manga creator Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1 due to acute subdural hematoma. He was in age of 68.
It’s our deep regret that he still had several works in the middle of creation with great enthusiasm. Also, he would have many more things to achieve.
However, he has left many manga titles and works of art to this world, Thanks to the support of so many people around the world, he has been able to continue his creative activities for over 45 years. We hope that Akira Toriyama’s unique world of creation. continues to be loved by everyone for a long time to come.
We inform you this sad news, with gratefulness for your kindness during his lifetime.
Funeral service was held with his family and very few relatives, Following his wishes for tranquility, we respectfully inform you that we would not accept flowers, condolences gifts, visiting, offerings and others. Also, we ask you to refrain from conducting interviews with his family.
Future plan for commemorate gathering is not decided, we will let you know when it’s confirmed. We deeply thank you for your understanding and support as always.
March 8, 2024
Bird Studio
Capsule Corporation Tokyo
Source: Dragon Ball
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