Dragon Ball Thread - RIP Akira Toriyama

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SSj_Ness said:
Fuck it, I'm getting DBZ: Kakkarot.
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Got it already, I'm waiting for Sparking Blast to tickle my Budokai Tenkaichi funny bone.

I have a lot of respect for Toriyama. He unified many different people of different cultures and backgrounds under his drawings of men punching the shit out of each other, and the work and heart that was put into DragonBall as a series is much more than a cursory glance would suggest. It was sad when Miura died before completing Berserk, but to me this news is so much more significant than that, to the point where I can't think of another manga artist whose death would be as profound a loss.
 
God of Nothing said:
I would too if I didn't already play Xenoverse 2.
that fucking game has me by the balls, especially now
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Hell, maybe I'll get that too if it's on sale at some point. That's the one with a card game side mode, isn't it?

That Chris Guy said:
Got it already, I'm waiting for Sparking Blast to tickle my Budokai Tenkaichi funny bone.

I have a lot of respect for Toriyama. He unified many different people of different cultures and backgrounds under his drawings of men punching the shit out of each other, and the work and heart that was put into DragonBall as a series is much more than a cursory glance would suggest. It was sad when Miura died before completing Berserk, but to me this news is so much more significant than that, to the point where I can't think of another manga artist whose death would be as profound a loss.
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The only one who comes at all close is Satoshi Tajiri, he's not known for manga but is obviously the only artist with as much worldwide recognition and an art style as distinctive as Toriyama's.

Colon capital V said:
It's been 30 years man... let it rest.
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It deserves a remake, the only fear there is Square will ruin it, but it definitely should be on their top priority, especially since it's not even available on modern consoles (or at least not Switch).
 
SSj_Ness said:
Hell, maybe I'll get that too if it's on sale at some point. That's the one with a card game side mode, isn't it?
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Yeah, it's not really much of a focus though.
I love mixing and matching all the skills I unlock. Got three CaCs past level 99. A human, a saiyan, and a majin all with different movesets and stats. I loved the weird what-if missions so much I got all the DLC through resalers, shameful as it may be. Got me more skills and challenges (FUCK ULTRA INSTINCT GOKU AND VEGITO BLUE). People are giving their energy to Toriyama in the live lobbies right now. It's wholesome.
 
SSj_Ness said:
Hell, maybe I'll get that too if it's on sale at some point. That's the one with a card game side mode, isn't it?
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Actually, that's Kakarot, though I haven't played Xenoverse 2. I played the original - basically you make your own character and vacuum up every DBZ character's moves for mix and match. Pretty grindy iirc though.
 
Does anyone remember a card game called Ani-mayem from the 90s? Initially was themed around Tenchi, Bubblegum Crisis, etcetera. using screenshots from the anime.

Eventually it became popular by using Dragon Ball Z which is how I discovered the game when the older kids in school would by these cards when the height of Pokémon TCG and DBZ was booming.

Unfortunately iirc the designers didn't actually design any real gameplay so in the end you just had some pretty looking cards lol
 
Never forget that Akira Toriyama's age of death is comparatively premature in a country like Japan with a high life expectancy. I suspect that Toriyama lived a life not too dissimilar from other mangakas who died prematurely: quietly suffering with the status quo that was slowly killing him.
 
That Chris Guy said:
Actually, that's Kakarot, though I haven't played Xenoverse 2. I played the original - basically you make your own character and vacuum up every DBZ character's moves for mix and match. Pretty grindy iirc though.
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XV2 also has a cardgame mode. It's just more of a cardgame than a battle mode.
2 lightened up on the grindy bits. If you just do all the side-missions after a main story arc or where they boot you back to the hub, you'll be on level or even beyond it.
 
I Know 孤独のせい said:
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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Related story, I went on an LDS church mission to the Philippines from '01-'03. Round about 2002 DBZ was the most popular prime time television show in pretty much the entire country, not prime time animated show, not prime time kids show, prime time show. Not even the dubbed Spanish telenovelas could oust it in the ratings. I remember walking down this neighborhood where the houses lined an old section of rail. As we walked down the street we could hear every single house in the neighborhood blaring an episode of DBZ. I listened to the entire dialogue as we were walking, it was quite the trip.

Anyways as others have mentioned Torayama's legacy will live on for generations to come and it is a well-deserved legacy indeed, RIP.
 
Dread First said:
Never forget that Akira Toriyama's age of death is comparatively premature in a country like Japan with a high life expectancy. I suspect that Toriyama lived a life not too dissimilar from other mangakas who died prematurely: quietly suffering with the status quo that was slowly killing him.
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I remember in the American collected editions of Dragon Ball Z he would write a little blurb about his life and other things. I remember in one he wrote about how out of shape he was from never exercising. He said he went on vacation with his family and had so little energy for even just walking around.

He probably lived a very sedentary lifestyle that eventually caught up to him.
 
I only wonder now what will happen to the manga? I'm not fully sure but weren't the last sagas, at least the utmost basics of them, the Toriyama's ideas and Toyotaro just filling in the voids? (and turning the whole thing into the trashfire) I stopped following the manga aftter Granola arc, it sucked way too much on way too many levels, wasn't the last arc just a retelling of a Super Hero?

There is this new Capsule Corp. Tokyo that holds the rights to DB characters, they broke all ties with Shueisha and WSJ, which completely pissed off Toriyama. That doesn't sound well *sigh*
 
Dread First said:
Never forget that Akira Toriyama's age of death is comparatively premature in a country like Japan with a high life expectancy. I suspect that Toriyama lived a life not too dissimilar from other mangakas who died prematurely: quietly suffering with the status quo that was slowly killing him.
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Personally I blame the vax, but it could be anything really
 
TATE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE!! said:
Does anyone remember a card game called Ani-mayem from the 90s? Initially was themed around Tenchi, Bubblegum Crisis, etcetera. using screenshots from the anime.

Eventually it became popular by using Dragon Ball Z which is how I discovered the game when the older kids in school would by these cards when the height of Pokémon TCG and DBZ was booming.

Unfortunately iirc the designers didn't actually design any real gameplay so in the end you just had some pretty looking cards lol
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it had gameplay, you moved your characters around to interact with various hazards at locations, sorta like Middle Earth The Wizards
 
SSj_Ness said:
It probably wouldn't have before Toriyama's death honestly, but now I want to go through the story again and it seems like a fresh way to do it. That commercial really is amazing though, the jaded part of me wants to dismiss it as cynical nostalgia manipulation but it seems pretty genuine at the same time.
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I think it legitimately works for a very specific kind of fan. not people like us who have never left the dragon ball sphere but for dudes who grew up with it but haven't given it a second thought in years besides "my favorite cartoon in elementary/middle school" and the game itself also comes across as made for that particular audience, people who loved dragon ball once upon a time but haven't thought about it in years but it all comes back to them as soon as they sit down with it and raditz is running off with gohan again.
 
Dread First said:
Never forget that Akira Toriyama's age of death is comparatively premature in a country like Japan with a high life expectancy. I suspect that Toriyama lived a life not too dissimilar from other mangakas who died prematurely: quietly suffering with the status quo that was slowly killing him.
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He probably suffered a (slight?) head injury before bed and was incapacitated after he fell asleep. Truly, the most untimely and sad way to go.

Imagine if he just stayed awake to make sure everything was alright. :'(
 
Im embarassed to admit that it took me Toriyamas death to pick up Dragon Ball again. I wish I had sooner cause I dropped it after Tenkaichi Budokai Year 1 out of boredom. As I had rage quit the forum when Josh did the retarded updates, I never did say that I felt fucking terrible hearing the news. I know this is mean but if it was anybodys time, its Go Nagais time, not Toriyama. We are witnessing the loss of the second generation of Manga authors when Go Nagai is part of the first. The First gen is almost gone, Takao Saito Monkey Punch Kazuo Koike Tezuka and others are all gone, Go Nagai is the only one left. Toriyama shouldve been there for 10 more years, Dragon Ball Z and Yu Gi Oh were the first anime I had on my periphery at 4 years old when they played on Animax/CN and even though I watched neither at the time, I always did respect them more than whatever came after 2010. It is an understatement to say it is fucking tragic.
 
Georgio Cocklord said:
Toriyama shouldve been there for 10 more years, Dragon Ball Z and Yu Gi Oh were the first anime I had on my periphery at 4 years old when they played on Animax/CN and even though I watched neither at the time, I always did respect them more than whatever came after 2010. It is an understatement to say it is fucking tragic.
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Toriyama's sudden passing really reminds me of when Kazuki Takahashi just... died. He went out as tragic hero trying to save someone from drowning, and was gone just like that...
 
RIP. Never really touched his works that much, but without a doubt in my mind if they didn't exist then I don't think some of my favourite anime or JRPGs would exist today. Definitely an impressive legacy to have fundimentally shaped two different industries so much.

And sorry for your loss to all the mexicans especially. You guys have always been pretty based with your media. I love how we're lectured about how "people need to see themselves represented in media and not stereotyped" while Mexico fucking loves Dragonball and Speedy Gonzalez.
 
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