Dragon Ball Thread - RIP Akira Toriyama

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Marcelo Ebrard, former mexican Foreign Affairs Minister, mourned Akira Toriyama's recent death by posting an image of Goku from Dragon Ball in his angel form.
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Lucas Silva #4903141 said:
Yeah, DBZ was, for many, their first anime.
Other anime at that tier would be Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Gundam Wing, generally anime that managed to get on international TV in the 90s or early 00s.
Crossposting content from another thread. It's only a sample of how much influence Toriyama had.

Here's a few posts from twitter:
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Pressing F to pay respects. Toriyama influenced a LOT.
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Don't forget
 
RIP, when DBZ aired in public television, you could hear a needle drop because the entire village was like a ghost town. All the little shits, kids and teenagers, would sit in front of their TV and watch it.
 
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This was originally going to go in the Historical Images thread, but considering the magnitude and legacy of Akira Toriyama, I think this is very appropriate and sensible.

It will take generations and lifetimes to even reach the pinnacle of what this man has created.
 
A cute memory someone has of Dragon Ball.

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Man, Latinos really did worship this man and his work. He probably got canonized in some church by now.
 
Kari Kamiya said:
Man, Latinos really did worship this man and his work. He probably got canonized in some church by now.
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Santa Akira
PS1gamenwatch said:
Marcelo Ebrard, former mexican Foreign Affairs Minister, mourned Akira Toriyama's recent death by posting an image of Goku from Dragon Ball in his angel form.
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yeah, his work is going to last over a hundred years
we're not going to see it but we know it
 

And now we end the story of the dragon balls with the hope that the Earth will never again see that kind of darkness that brought it close to extinction so many times, but if that day comes, there is one, who will step out of the shadows and fight in the name of all that is good and true !
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This was originally going to go in the Historical Images thread, but considering the magnitude and legacy of Akira Toriyama, I think this is very appropriate and sensible.

It will take generations and lifetimes to even reach the pinnacle of what this man has created.
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Toriyama's smile reminds me of one of the often-overlooked reasons for why Dragon Ball is so popular: it's fun.

Sure, it has big epic battles, and scary moments, and villains, but Toriyama never stopped having a sense of humor, and no matter how many horrible things happened in his story, the series, and characters maintained their overall light-heartedness, and to do that at a time when most anime generally was (and frankly, still is) needlessly dark, and gritty has to be applauded.
 
Bunny Tracks said:
Sure, it has big epic battles, and scary moments, and villains, but Toriyama never stopped having a sense of humor, and no matter how many horrible things happened in his story, the series, and characters maintained their overall light-heartedness, and to do that at a time when most anime generally was (and frankly, still is) needlessly dark, and gritty has to be applauded.
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When trying to describe Toriyama to people who don't know that's usually how I try to go about it. There's a lot of anime that competes in the Shonen action space. A lot of it is moody, dark, depressing, etc.

But Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z by comparison are bright, they're fun. They can get serious at times when the plot calls for it, but never overly so. Its a show that is almost always optimistic, because no matter what bad happens, good can still win and find ways to right he wrongs.
 
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