Akira Toriyama has passed away.

44 comments

1. Rest in peace, sir. Thank you for bringing us into your world.

2. RIP.

   DragonBall was how I learned to read and write Japanese.

3. First Kazuki Takahashi and now Akira Toriyama. Rest in Peace, you absolute legends. Dragon Ball was such a huge part of my childhood and I’ll always be grateful for his work.

4. Nooo this is so sad 😭. Rest in peace Toriyama sensei 🙏🏼.

5. Farewell, legend.

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7. Rest in peace legend

   Condolences from Brazil

8. He passed away on March 1. His condition was hematoma which was likely caused by head injury

9. 2020s is truly cursed

10. RIP legend

11. RIP Akira Toriyama

    What a sad day man. Too many legends are dying

12. Gutted, big part of my childhood and then I moved to Japan as Super started and watched it weekly to help learn Japanese. He’s left a giant mark on manga, anime, Japanese and global culture. Rip

13. Don’t worry, we just need to gather the dragon balls and summon Shenlong, right? Right??

14. Damn. Thanks so much Toriyama sensei

15. RIP Akira Sensei.

16. RIP to a legend

17. RIP.

18. Fuck man. Rip

19. How long before he gets to the end of snake way and king Kai sends him back????

20. Time to find some Dragon Balls

21. Too soon 😔

22. Dragon ball z is the entire reason I love Japan so much. Such a hero.

23. Mendo kusai ne~

24. Rest in peace, legend.

25. Akira may have gotten the door opened for western fans to like anime, but it was DBZ that kicked the door off it’s hinges so that the rest of the Japanese anime especially shonen anime like One Piece and Naruto to come into the western world. This is just so so out of right field here.

26. Pour one out for the OG of Anime. R.I.P.

27. RIP. Thank you for everything.

28. Rip. To the absolute legend. Dragon ball is my life. I am in so much pain

29. Im having a moment of existential crisis realizing that the artists/authors of whose works I grew up loving are beginning to pass away

    RIP Mr Toriyama, you will be missed

30. RIP

31. Thank you for giving me a great memory of my childhood sir

32. Rest in peace, 🙁

33. Devastating, he really meant a lot for my childhood. Dragonball was the first manga I ever bought, and dragonball z was the first anime I ever saw. I liked his name so much when I went to Japan and made a LINE account I used akira in my username. Too many legends gone too soon

34. RIP sensei. Thanks for giving us a wonderful childhood

35. The first real anime for me besides Pokémon. These two anime series opened the Western world to other anime. Rest in peace toriyama, enjoy it with King Kai and Bubbles

36. RIP. I don’t even know how many times I read DB. Thank you for everything. You will not be forgotten.

37. who was this?

    i have never watched dragon ball z and i know it only from the OVER 900000000 meme.

38. This is certainly not a good day. He is one of the greatest people to live. This reminds me of when Kentaro Miura passed away. R.I.P

39. RIP KING!

40. Oh no. I rarely get sad when a famous writer, actor or artist dies, but this genuinely is one of those times 🙁

    Thank you for bringing Goku and his family, friends and enemies into this world. They made my childhood a much happier time.

41. Been a fan since I was a child. Rip

42. So sad. My interest in Japan started with Dr Slump and Dragon Ball many years ago.

43. The king is dead, long live the king! 👑

    Thank you for creating all these masterpieces and teaching me and my generation the value of friendship, honor, and hard work!

    Toriyama-san, arigatou!

44. No I’m not crying. I’m bawling 😭😭😭. To me and my friends that grew up watching Dragon Ball, it feels like we’ve lost a life-long friend and we’re saying goodbye to a part of our childhood. I can not describe the sadness I feel right now. Japan has such the most amazing culture and most creative and talented people. I pray that more and more and more japanese babies will come so we get to have more talented people on this planet.