Akira Toriyama will never be forgotten but let's not forgive the person from Sweet Baby Inc who slandered his memory, and if you ask me, we need to cut out the bloat that is these localizers and those who want to corrupt and poison our hobbies.

@LTJfan

2 ай бұрын

Sweet Baby Inc will always be a piece of shit company

@firenze6478

2 ай бұрын

And its tax payer funded. That’s the real kicker. These horrible companies that do nothing but mock us are paid by our tax dollars

@firenze6478

2 ай бұрын

And its tax payer funded. That’s the real kicker. These horrible companies that do nothing but mock us are paid by our tax dollars

@davfree9732

2 ай бұрын

The mindset that created SBI is the problem. Get rid of SBI and these attacks on our cultural legends will continue. And yet SBI is being protected instead of scorned. No wonder these cry bullies are so bold.

@lemmyelk

2 ай бұрын

@@LTJfan Remind them that the have the same name as Matt Walsh fans, the Sweet Baby Gang, they will hate that, he should sue them

Jason David Frank, Alan Rickman, George Carlin, Robin Williams, Chester Bennington, Steve Irwin, Stan Lee, Carrie Fisher, Christopher Lee, Kevin Conroy, Kentaro Miura, and now Akira Toriyama. Another legend has been taken before our very eyes. Rest in peace...

@kelvinsantiago7061

2 ай бұрын

Also Kazuki Takahashi the creator of Yugioh.

@JohnSmith-mf3dh

2 ай бұрын

@@kelvinsantiago7061 And nothing of value was lost... At least those mentioned by Jacob were worth their weigh in gold, except for Chester Bennington, whose value could be in bronze at most.

@zacharymarlow8161

2 ай бұрын

You do realize Takahashi drowned try to help others caught in a rip current… so in the end I say something of great value was lost someone willing to risk their life for others and aided in the rescue of three others. So besides that and creating an icon that has touched so many what pray tell have you done that is so significant? No rush take your time I’ll wait

@Silverwing2112

2 ай бұрын

​@@JohnSmith-mf3dhHey man, just because you didn't like them doesn't mean their life & legacy mean nothing. Everybody matters to somebody.

@VincentMcmanus.

2 ай бұрын

Bob Ross, Richard Pryor, Chris Farley, Betty White, Lemmy Kilmister, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Man, there are too many legends that we've lost. Sad to think about.

Heroes are remembered but legends...Legends NEVER DIE! Fly high and Rest In Peace Akira Toriyama.

@eaglelord9898

2 ай бұрын

This quote reminds me of 1 of my favorite movies sandlot 1 when Babe Ruth saying there's a hero & there's a legend heroes will be remembered legends will never die follow your heart kid & you never go wrong

@IMEGA_Arts

2 ай бұрын

@@eaglelord9898 Yup! That's where I picked up that quote.😁

Rest in Piece to the one who started it all and impacted the world, fly high we gonna see you in other world🕊🪦

Nice to know someone else who knew the term Japanimation. Takes me back to comic shops having that one guy or contact that you could order bootleg tapes from. Like you, I remember watching Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets, Force Five, and Star Blazers, but nothing prepared me for that first bootleg tape: a copy of Bio-Booster Guyver: Out of Control. I think what really drew me to Toriyama's work is that his series were just fun. His characters were fun-loving and enjoyed life. Even in the midst of their worst battles, they could have a smile on their face. I miss that kind of good-natured whimsy sometimes.

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

2 ай бұрын

The anime boom in the 90s and 2000s was something else

@hannahmetzger4880

2 ай бұрын

What is Star Blazers, if I might ask? I'd imagine it's on the same level as a show like Silver Hawks or BraveStarr from the '80s, am I right?

@tomkerruish2982

2 ай бұрын

​@@hannahmetzger4880Space Battlecruiser Yamato.

@thisisnotachannel

2 ай бұрын

I grew up using the term "Japanimation" as well. Never even heard the word "anime" until something like 2006. I still call it Japanimation.

As long as his work, influence and whatever legacy continues on. He will never be forgotten. Just like Walt Disney and Stan Lee.

Certainly a legend. Rest in peace.

May King Yema guide him to Eternal happiness in the afterlife. I am sad that he's gone but I am so grateful that he was here in the first place. I have had so much enjoyment in the worlds that he helped create and inspire.

Dragon Ball was the first manga i ever read all the way to the end. Chrono Trigger is one of my favorite games of all time. I would not have gotten into gaming and the comic book world in general if i had not been exposed to his work. Thank you sir, and godspeed!

@briankao6833

2 ай бұрын

I don't know too much about Chrono Trigger, I really need to know more about it, but still I heard that it was good apparently it deserves a remake and/or anime series. And it won't be impossible because of Toyotarou

@sonnywoods6846

2 ай бұрын

When I was in college in the early 2000, I purchased all the DBZ on VHS tapes because I was too impatient to wait for Funi to finish the series. That was the first time I heard the Japanese version of DBZ and I was an original Japanese sub guy for life after that. At the end of one of my VHS tapes were the entire animation scenes from Chrono Trigger. The animation was so good I thought it was a new anime coming out and I was like when does this come out. After watching it for the 5th Time I finally realized it was a game and not an Anime! I wish they would have made a Chrono Trigger anime because I really wanted to know what was going on in the story.

Toriyama made something that built friendships, he built something that allowed us to bond, and when I think about losing the man, I get a pit in my chest. I’m an educator and there are children in my class that wear dragon ball merch. Toriyama built something that lasts. RIP to a legend.

Rest well, King

i had no idea he passed, this is so sad....one of my favorite games of all time is CHRONO TRIGGER!!!(BEST GAME EVER) Rest in Peace Akira.

Here in France, we got dr Slump, DB and DBZ over a decade before you guys in the US. I guess i could feel sorry for you guys, but the important thing is that you got to know this piece of art, you got to cry when picolo sacrifies himself to save gohan, you got to shed a tear when goku died, we all got to know these amazing characters and root for them. We all shared this together and we all got to thank Toriyama for this. Dragon Ball Z was a major part of my childhood back in the 80s and the 90s. So thank you Toriyama sensei, you can rest now, say hello to kaio for me.

He was taken from us too soon. Akira Toriyama is forever a legend.

I believe this is the one video where every single one of your videos can fully agree on. Akira Toriyama is a legend. My first experience with Toriyama-sensei's work was with the masterpiece Chrono Trigger. A friend handed me that game and said I needed to play it. I took it home, popped it into my SNES, and played. I was absolutely absorbed into it. The art style is incredible, the music is gorgeous, and the story pulled me in and never let me go. Chrono Trigger inspired me to be a writer, with the dream of crafting a story that moves and inspires others the way Chrono Trigger moved and inspired me. Another friend introduced me to Dragon Ball Z in high school. He would not stop talking about it and acted out some of the moves the characters did. I thought he was crazy, but he kept pestering me to watch it. I finally agreed and requested he give me the very first episode. Instead, he gave me the episode where Goku kills Frieza. I watched it, not really knowing what was going on, but thought the fighting was awesome. Then Goku tricked Frieza into cutting himself in half and my jaw dropped like a brick on Jupiter. Never had I seen any kind of animation depict anything so gruesome (yes, I know better now, but my young mind was blown at the time). I was immediately hooked. I hunted the show down and consumed it all. To this day, I am a Dragon Ball fan. I have been able to introduce it to my children, who are just as invested as I was at that age. My youngest daughter is perhaps the biggest fan of my kids, always asking to watch the next episode. Arigato gozaimasu, Toriyama-sensei. You will be missed, but never forgotten.

He wasn't just a mangaka. He was the godfather of Shonen animals and Manga as a whole.

Rest In Power Akira Toriyama

RIP to The GOAT of Anime.

He has truly inspired me! May he rest in peace

It's truly crazy how much this man's work influenced the world, even my mother called me after she saw the news and remembered that I used to watch the "funny cartoon" and how I erased her programs recording the episodes over them and sometimes watched with me. Great times.

I’ve never been much into anime or manga, but Dragon Ball was the one exception, RIP Toriyama.

Aahhhh! Stop telling everyone how old we are! Japanimation rules! RIP Akira.

May he be in light. I lived through those resets with Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and Saint Seiya. Somehow, I remember it fondly, as every time I hoped we'd ger the next chapters the following day.

R.I.P. Akira Toriyama. This was a touching tribute to a man who influenced so many, he will never be forgotten. 🙏🏻

I knew Akira was famous but seeing the impact he had on everyone worldwide is heartwarming.

I have all the respect for Akira Toriyama that I can mortally muster for producing the Dragon Ball franchise and making my childhood more principled. Honestly, I still wish that Dragon Ball Super was designed to be more based in vintage Dragon Ball lore, but I have learned how to endure that change in design in comparison to DBZ. Nonetheless, Akira is still my favorite franchise creator and he probably always will be~

Yeah, I was never a fan of Dragon Ball Z, but I would have to be living under a rock not to realise that his work affected a lot of people so I am so sorry for the fans and for him and his family.🥺😢😭

Certianly inspired my D&D world. Goodbye, you absolute legend.

Rip to a 🐐 legend passed away on my bday that hurts even worse 😓

This man was one of a kind and there’s not gonna be another like him.

R.I.P. I may never have seen or read any of Akira Toriyama's work, but I can plainly see the impact he's had on the world.

The amount of positive impact he had on the world is probably too vast for anyone to comprehend. Forever grateful. Godspeed, Akira Toriyama-Sensei...

My big brother introduced me to Dragonball Z. My best friend introduced me to Dragon Warrior and Chrono Trigger. Toriyama sensei changed the world in the most organic of ways. He will surely be missed, but never forgotten.

I'm from the Philippines and anyone my age can tell you DBZ is one of my generation's first anime. Every day my classmates and I watched it and we would talk about it constantly at school. The cell saga was one of my favourites.

My first introduction to both Dragonball and Toriyama's art was in the back if an old GamePro magazine. They'd sometimes advertise Japanese Super Famicom games and, this time, they were advertising a DBZ game. The ad had a picture of Cell saga Gohan and Future Trunks. I fell in love instantly. I grabbed my pencil and book and drew the hell out of them. I was 14. About a week later my friend came by with a VHS tape and implored me to watch it. I popped it in and the first thing I see is a group of weird looking aliens led by a purple humanoid in white armor looking really ominous and badass. Yup, my introduction to the anime was Cooler's Revenge and I fucking loved it! I was hooked. I watched the entire series in Japanese with awful subtitles. Me and my friends would buy bootleg tapes at a place called Bargin Bazarr in Brooklyn or go out to Chinatown and buy them. Hell, by the time Z came to an end in the english dub I was literally spoiling the ending because, with the exception of a few others who watched the original Japanese version, no one believed me until they saw it. I say all of that to say this. Dragonball and Akira Toriyama have had a huge influence on both my art and writing. I just turned 44 yesterday (as of writing this) and I still watch DBZ on a somewhat regular basis (I, like so many, own the series). Its my escape when life gets too crazy, my joy when I'm bored, and my comfort. It's my inspiration yo keep creating and improving no matter what. Toriyama Sensei. Thank so so much for your contribution to the creative world as well as your inspiration to creators all over the world. You were truly the most super of all.

My first experience with anything Dragon Ball related was like a lot of people, through Toonami. My first experience with his art was in middle school. I was in the library during recess, and went over to the comic book section. Picked up some Superman, an encyclopedia about the X-Men, and a Spider-Man book. I turned around and started to head back to my seat. Just as I was doing that, something caught the corner of my right eye. There it was...a whole shelf of Dragon Ball Z books. I picked up volume where Trunks and Vegeta were fighting Cell, and I was floored. I checked out all the books that I had mentioned, yet that one volume was all I focused on for a week straight. The posing, the speed lines, the action...the expressions. The freakin' *EXPRESSIONS...* all of it was incredible. I started drawing nothing but DBZ characters that week, too. That's also where I found out that Goku was called _Son_ Goku. I fell in love with that art style. Akira Toriyama deserves to be on the Mount Rushmore of manga creators whenever anyone is asked who deserves to be there. Godspeed, Toriyama. Rest in peace.

I too know the frustration of the restarting Dragonball series, on Cartoon Network. One restart too many caused me to go online and surf the late 90's internet for the episodes I knew existed. At the time 35mb sized real media files. But it got the job done. Didn't rewatch the show again on Cartoon Network after that. RIP Toriyama, the modern day Stan Lee and Walt Disney.

Yup, his art in video game booklets influenced me as a kid. Very influential fellow up there with Tezuka, Go Nagai, and other greats and a lot more than many youngsters online I've seen give him credit for this past week.

I remember that pain of the (at the time) unfinished Frieza saga, restarting again on TV, yet being able to read about what happened online.

Toriyama taught multiple generations across the world the virtues of hard work, resilience, discipline, and fairness. He taught us that sometimes we have to fight for the good of others, that if we dig deep, we can surpass any limit and to never give up. Very few people have had a similar impact, and they're all considered legends. The poetic nature of his passing in the year of the dragon only further cements his legacy as nothing short of legendary.

Rest in power you legend, relax with King Kai.

RIP Toriyama.... Our dear sensei. You really made us inspired to follow in your footsteps.

Secret of Mana was the first game that really impressed me with it's wonder and scope in the 16-bit era. Afterwards I found Chrono Trigger and learned who made my beloved Dragon Ball series. I was a huge fan of Dragon Ball Z in the 90s and later saw his work stretching from Dragon Warrior (Quest) to anime, to manga, and just the enormous scope of Akira Toriyama-sensei's work. There were a number of auteurs I followed as a anime baby in the 90s from Masamune Shirow to Osamu Tezuka and I watched shows as varied as Sailor Moon to Cowboy Bepop to of course Dragon Ball Z. I sorta felt like, along with Shigeru Miyamoto and Nobuo Uematsu, Hayao Miyazaki and later Masahiro Sakurai and others would just be immortals creating and living forever. While I am too young to know about Tolkien and C.S. Lewis' deaths, I have to say as a gamer, a writer, and a lover of Japan that this has hit me harder than most celebrity deaths in a very long time. Akira Toriyama, despite me criticizing him for his many oversights in the story of Dragon Ball and apparent apathy at times with the series (given its tenure I totally get that now that I"m older), despite all of that he was a great artist, one who helped an entire generation to try to be better and stronger and never give up, despite impossible odds. Growing up in not the greatest circumstances I took those lessons to heart, and somehow I forgot them as an adult. But now that I see the transitoriness of life as an adult I've redoubled my commitment to completing my works, even if I have a smaller impact than the luminaries I listed above, and others besides, including women like Ursula le Guin and Rumiko Takahashi, Yoko Kanno and seiyuu like Maaya Sakamoto and Akino Arai. Life is short folks, so make an impact. And if you get wary, take time off. I feel sort of guilty thinking how selfish it was for me to want Toriyama to work when he'd done so much for us, and had more than enough wealth and wanted time alone with his family. Cherish your loved ones and do what matters folks. And be kind to fellow artists (including yourself). They are human too. どうもありがとうございました鳥山先生。

I figured you were gonna talk about it soon. I know from your art inspirations video that you were a massive fan of his work; that’s also one of my favorite videos of yours along side your favorite albums video. I didn’t grow up watching Dragon Ball and even now I can’t say I’m a fan of it, but that doesn’t mean I can’t see the impact that series had on so many people around me. Today, I appreciate his artwork and am impressed with his skill level. People like Akira are what we need more of. The creativity, the passion, and most important, the love for his work is something I and many other aspire to find. Rest in Peace to the man,the myth , the Legend, Akira Toriyama

Despite never reading or watching one iota of his work, it's hard not to appreciate what a loss Akira Toriyama is to the world. Judging simply from the impact on memes, internet culture and the tributes of output like yours, Pierry Chan/Dan Vasc and others. RIP Toriyama-sama. You died too young, sir.

Dragon ball was a big part of my childhood. He made my childhood great. Rest in peace Akira Toriyama your a legend to us all

It can’t be stressed enough the impact Toriyama had throughout the world.

May he Rest in Peace, as his works, the lives he's touched immortalize him, seeing to it he is not only remembered for the foreseeable future, but will hopefully continue to inspire and nurture the future generations to come after.

A death is sad, but this specific passing hit me hard. I didn’t grow up with DBZ, but I watched some episodes of DBGT, maybe a bit of DB Kai on Nickelodeon , and some of the Dragon Quest spinoffs. I more recently got into the Dragon Ball series. His work is something special. Thank you Mr. Toriyama for all of your work.

I had no idea Toriyama did ChronoTrigger! The same guy did Dragonball Z?! WHOA! 8D Thank you, JSG, for putting this together. I had NO IDEA Toriyama was this influential, but I have been loving this ChronoTrigger artwork of his for longer than many people have been alive. Every picture, a story. Every scene, a source of wonder. And to me, if that's not art, what is?

I'm also an older millenial too and watched this growing up in the 90s and DAMN was Ocean dub so good, especially by today's comparions. The music, the voice acting and production were light years ahead of fan fiction Super today. With Toriyama's animation style got you hooked into the story and I bought all the movies on vhs, original japanese. I also discovered Chrono Trigger and fell for that game too, the dude was a legend. And RIP to everyone who thought we'd get SsJ Goku fighting Jeise and Burter...only to get the arrival of Raditz again😅😭

I was 18 When Akira got me into anime (japanimation wasn't a term in Aus really). Do i had years of anime before DB and DBZ became available here. But DBZ did keep me sane for several weeks of hospital stay in 2000.

I’ll never forget this man. Rip Akira ❤

I started out back in the 1960s with Astroboy, Gigantor, 8th Man, Speed Racer, and so on. A few years back I was introduced to the Dragonball universe when Cartoon Network showed a Dragonball series where teams from different universes were competing to see which universe would be allowed to survive. Then a friend gave me a trade paperback with the first issues of Dragonball Z. This series started showing on Cartoon Network a few weeks ago. So I have been enjoying that along with Ninja Kamui, Demon Slayer, Lycoris Recoil, One Piece, and Naruto Shippoden.

Thank you forever, Mr. Akira Toriyama. Thank you for everything.

He is one of the reasons I fell in love with writing to this day. He is the reason I remember to enjoy my work. He's a wonderful teacher from afar or in person in my opinion.

HAHAHAHAHA BRUHHHH I REMEMBER every time GOKU arrived they would restart it!!! HOLY CRAP it was good to hear you bring that fact up!!!!!

Apparently, Toriyama had a brain tumor & received an operation earlier this year. His death, must've been complications of that said operation. The guy knew his time was limited & STILL found a way to work on the upcoming Dragon Ball Daima anime & Dragon Quest 12 art. That takes a level of courage & willpower, that many men could only dream about having. Truly one of the GOATS, right next to Osamu Tezuka himself.

Toriyama is a legend that will never be forgotten.

Oh bro! I'm also a Chicagoan and how I discovered Dragon Ball was way back when they actually showed it on Fox early in the mornings on Saturday. However they would keep showing reruns of the Goku versus Vegeta fight and tree of might. Of course toonami put it on the map! Akira Toriyama influence me with his art to push and do my own art and manga. He is the main reason why I started drawing. THE MAIN REASON FOR REAL! I used to go to the ridge Mall and buy Dragon Ball Z VHS tapes of the Majin Buu Arc.

Having lost Kentaro Miura not long ago and now Akira Toriyama just hurts man.

Same situation here in Canada. We initially had original Dragon Ball airing only the first 13 episodes before it got canned. Although the viewing numbers weren't that large in numbers, that Pilaf arc was the first and weakest of the story. North American, in general, never gave the series the chance to gain popularity once the Muten Roushi training, Tenkaichi Budokai arcs, etc. picked up popularity. Exact story with DBZ and its restarting every time during the Ginyuu Special Forces was going on. Your thumbnail is the very first manga volume cover my dad bought me back in 1992 when I had gone to Japan for the first time. Dragon Ball Z merch was EVERYWHERE. Thank you for this video and let's thank Toriyama-sensei for raising multi generations of anime fans and mangakas!!

Rip Legend. Rest in Peace Akira Toriyama 🙏 😢

Akira Toriyama was in a league of talent all his own. His works and art are beautiful to read and admire.

Talk about bringing back memories!!! I remember WJYS back in the day as well, although the channel had to pause or blur the fillm if it was too violent. And they edited the hell out of DBZ back then, I missed the ocean group actors when they switched it up(got tired of the series after the cell saga, though). Hell, I used to spend hours at Borders's books also....

In different points in history there comes a person who can do amazing things and alter the world itself. Toriyama was one of those people. There will never be another like him, the one in a million gem unlike any other. People will try to intimidate him moving forward, but will never truly surpass him. May he rest well with the other legends of the past.

I think on some level we all wanted to be like Toriyama. We wanted to make great ideas. And we all wanted to either fire a kamahamaha wave or turn super sayian. He'll be missed. Thanks for sharing your feelings

From a fan of Toryama's work & art: Thank you, JSG. Simple and beautiful tribute.

No legacy across the globe, that has connected people together across the globe, shall ever die to a business or a person. This is one of the countless legacies in the world that lives on in our hearts.

When you talk about Toriyama's mastery of composition you are SO not kidding. A friend of mine (who was a bigger weeb than I will ever be) had bought the entire series in the late 80s, well before they were translated into English. I borrowed them and read the entire series in one night. his action pacing and flow were just about flawless, even if you can't read word #1 of Japanese, which I couldn't at the time. RIP sensei, you will be missed.

Thank you for putting together such an amazing and respectful tribute for Akira Toriyama. He will be missed

When I was very young, the local video rental place (not blockbuster) had dubbed robotech, I was maybe 5 years old and it had a lasting impact. I remember dragon ball and swat cats on Fox Saturday mornings, good times.

I could feel your pain my brother. Very nice tribute. Mr Toriyama was a giant.

Legends never die RIP Toriyama Sensei 😢😭🙏🏻🐉

A man who made stories that touched the hearts of everyone regardless of race, creed, politics and or anything in-between and gods will he be missed.

Because of this man none of our favorite animes would never have existed, one piece, Naruto, bleach, my hero academia, you name it he's the reason for their existence Thank you Akira. I own all my happy memories to you.😢

to me the 2 artists that will always represent the very best the 80's had to offer will always be Frank Frazetta and Akira Toriyama. Also, you are completely right, he will never be forgotten.

Rest in Peace, Toriyama San.

Akira Toriyama, you and your work will be remembered. Also, thank you for my childhood memories of DBZ, and may you rest in peace.❤

Just started re-reading and re-watching it literally days before I heard about it. Really made me sad.

Rest in peace, Toriyama. May your trip across Snakeway be fruitful

I'd almost forgotten the term Japanimation. Wonderful video,, got a little misty eyed watching it.

i first found out about dbz from watching toonami back when that was a thing and didnt know who created it until i got much older but the lessons the characters and the fights and honestly i became a cagefighter because i wanted to be goku or vegeta they inspired me to train and try to be the best and strongest version of myself and thats all thank to mr toriyama rest in peace we all miss him he was an amazing person and i thank him for everything hes done and thank u for sharing how he effected u and giving us your story and doing this awesome thank u video thanks bruddah

Akira Toriyama R.I.P. 🙏🙏🙏

Well said. I've missed most of his work. Thanks to you, I'll look into his art more. Immortality is when people who never knew you say your name out loud so that others can love you too.

Rest in peace legend. I mafe a tribute drawing video as soon as i could because he has been very important for me...fir us all ❤ thank for your work sensei and rip, you ll never be fotgotten

I can’t even come up here with a proper words of how this man has affected me Toriyama was a master of writing and artwork Dragon Ball with my childhood or it was a huge piece of he influenced me in my own work I’ve been working on it for the past five or six years now

This video perfectly explains why Akira Toriyama is such a big influence of mine. Him, Jack Kirby, and Max Fleisher are all responsible for me as an artist lol

Dude, I though I was the only one that knew about Channel 62. The old school animation was on point.

Easily the best tribute for Akira Toriyama I've seen thus far. You honored him for sure. This one going in the favorites.

You should check out and look into Sweet Baby Inc. Trying to go after Akira Toriyama now that he passed, incredible how these woke industries always go after these legends when they pass just like how they went after Stan Lee

Rest in peace to an amazing person and we will appreciate the charge of created DBZ now into the end of time.

RIP. Great breakdown of his works

This one of the deaths of a famous person I never knew personally affecting me. Even though I saw some stray anime here and there dbz on toonami was what sucked me into the anime world fully. I'm sure we are going to see a good amount of dedications in upcoming games such as sandland. It's sad he never got to see people's reaction to that project since it's based on his work. This man made a huge impact not only in jpn but world wide. I just hope he knew how big it was and how it will go on till the end of time. RIP Toriyama.

I hope he can hear, see and feel how much we care about him and his work from heaven.

I grew up on Dragon Ball back in the eighties even before Dragon Ball Z was a thing. It was all dubbed in French and we missed episodes now and then but it instilled a love for Japanese manga and anime in me to this day. I actually have the complete Dragon Ball set amongst others in Japanese. (I live in Japan, they are dirt cheap here and a good way to practice my reading skills)

Good thing you got to that episode. We always ended with Goku's arrival on Earth before the fight with Nappa.

lol, guy is discussing back in the day when people used to argue about wether super Saiyan was even a thing

9:10 - is it wrong to admit I want that bike now? Only way I ever saw Dragon ball was the TV shows, which I took for long-winded and convoluted. However, having seen the examples you put into this of his artwork and the focus on it's details, I'm beyond desciptors of impressed. To have done that for as long as he did (at near seventy to still have been capable of that is some sort of divine blessing) basically by himself- that's something beyond inspiring. That's the level of dedication to one's craft that I think was always their cultural ideal. It should be ours too, and maybe some day it will be. I've never been a fan of stuff like "This Is Not Even My Final Form!" Etc, but the Saiyans did start as an interesting race as far as I knew anything about Goku. On a side note; how many years did it take that dragon just to hunt down his balls? o. O Why does he keep losing them, and does he enjoy being a eunich? I kid, but the premise of the wish spell, and the dedication to the path of obtaining it, is a very simple and very translatable message. It's not just about martial arts. It can work for whatever you want to pursue in life. My craft, like yours JSG is story telling. World Building, and though I may not have been a "true" fan of this man's works thus far, I do respect his talent and dedication. If you really do put a bit of your soul into your work; then he gave us all a gift with what he presented. Hold to that, keep the lessons close to heart, and he will always be there when you need the inspiration. On a closing note; can we blame him for all the Anime hair? Just curious... As so many others have said, rest well. Be at peace, and thank you Akira Toriyama.

I owe a lot of the absurdisim that goes into my writing to Akira Toriyama.