Akira Toriyama died of acute subdural hematoma on March 1, 2024
New Delhi:
Akira Toriyama, the creator of the popular “Dragon Ball” manga and anime, has recently passed away at the age of 68, his production team announced.
Toriyama died on March 1, 2024, of acute subdural hematoma, a disease characterized by the accumulation of blood between the brain and its outer shell.
“We are deeply saddened to inform you that manga creator Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1 due to acute subdural hematoma,” his team wrote in a statement to X. “We hope that Akira Toriyama’s unique creative world continues to be loved by everyone long into the future,” they added.
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Here are some facts about Akira Toriyama:
– Akira Toriyama, born on April 5, 1955, is a famous Japanese cartoonist and character designer. He gained recognition with the comic series Dr Slump.
– Mr. Toriyama worked for three years at an advertising agency, making posters, then quit and entered the manga world by entering a contest in Jump magazine to win some prize money.
– He won the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for Best Shonen Manga for “Dr Slump”, which sold more than 35 million copies in Japan and was successfully adapted into animation, followed by a second animation in 1997.
– While Akira Toriyama is best known for his work on Dragon Ball, he is also known for Sandlot, Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger, attracting fans of manga, anime and video games.
– Mr. Toriyama has a love of cars and motorcycles, which he inherited from his father, who briefly ran an auto repair business. He has loved animals since he was a child and has kept various pets, including birds, dogs, cats, fish, lizards, insects, etc. Some of them have become prototypes of characters in his creations.
Mr. Toriyama has always been fond of plastic models throughout his life, and even designed several models for the Fine Molds brand. He also likes to collect the signatures of famous comic artists, accumulating more than 30. This hobby was later used by Sora Bean in “Dragon Ball” This is reflected in the role of Pisuke. .
