To say this man shaped my childhood would be an understatement. I learned to like rpgs and started to learn English because of chrono trigger and I found out about anime because of dragon ball. Rest in peace, you will be missed.

Gather the dragon balls.

DB is the GOAT Japanese series in terms of influence. Yes Akira, Cowboy Bebop existed. But literally everyone knows Goku. Kids (and even adults) dream of going Super Saiyan. It is the in cultural zeitgeist of nearly every freaking country in the world.

Man I’m fucking gutted.

Dragonball will live on since he did train his assistants and all, just like Miura, but I wonder what will they do with Dragon Quest, they may have his style, but not his design sensibility right?

…fuck, and now I’m bummed. Dragon Ball was what introduced plenty people (including me) to anime; it’s like Toriyama-sensei opened a gate for us and said “see this? It’s anime. Have fun!”. I’m near my 40s and I still have DBZ T-shirts, to give you an idea of the long-term (and positive!) impact of his work.

And when it wasn’t anime, it was games. I seriously doubt that Chrono Trigger would be loved by so many people without Toriyama designing the characters. (inb4 that’s why Crono resembles Goku.)

May he rest in peace, and my condolences to the family.

I am sad that not a single note about him was shown on the Nintendo website.

This suuuucks. He was so young and such a legend.

Huh. Kentaro Miura also passed away rather young considering the life expectancy in Japan, I wonder if it’s the stress or something doing these people in. Anyways, my condolences to the family and friends.