seeing this made me just break down crying. if you'd asked me yesterday what i thought of akira toriyama i would have probably said i respected him immensely, but his work didn't hold a special place in my heart. but realizing that he's gone is just devastating. such an iconic, important artist. the world is worse without him
What is it with Japanese Mangakas dying a bit younger than they should? Why do assholes like Kissinger get a whole fucking centuries while genuinely good people die relatively young?
Probably due to awful working conditions and hours, with the stress taking its toll
It wouldn't surprise me if the amount of smoking this generation did also has an impact.
There are probably very few working cartoonists and animators who take breaks to move their bodies as regularly as they should. That much sitting wrecks the cardiovascular system. In DPRK garment factories, management runs group dances and exercises throughout the working day to mitigate it
I can only how bad it is for Mangakas, as some of them are known for pulling like 80 hours weeks at minimum. I only hope Araki Sensei is actually a vampire, cause I don't know what I'll do if the newest Jojo part 9 goes unfinished.
I will have words with God if One Piece does not get a proper end
Dude died of stress, he had a brain hemorrhage.
It varies tbh, only a couple of Toriyamas contemporaries have died and there are a bunch of foundational 60s mangaka or anime directors still alive pushing 85+ and even doing some work. Go Nagai for example (too horny to die probably) or Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe). Leiji Matsumoto died last year at 85 as well
genuinely about to cry rn
thank you for my childhood and giving me a world safe to escape into after school 
I was genuinely shocked by the news. Truly one of the greatest.
Oh no! He died?!
Rest in piece, my favorite fly by the seat of his pants, make it up as you go along and forget half of the shit you made yourself, creator
One of my favorite stories is when someone asked him to sign a picture of super saiyan 3 goku and he laughed and said something like
"hey this is a cool design, did you make this yourself?"
Mfer forgot he designed it lmfao
Rip king
The everlasting king of Dudes Rock
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Man of culture he was
Truly RIP to one of the greats. His influence on pop culture has been tremendous. It's almost impossible to put into words how unique and important an artist he was.
blown away by how much I realize that I liked him
it'd be enough if he was just the artist for one hugely important and influential series with a sense of child-like whimsy, but he did dragon ball AND dragon quest
RIP 
and chrono trigger! the fact that chrono trigger is only maybe the 3rd most important thing he did is astounding
Kinda taking a bit processing cause he was the same age as my dad.
We’ll miss you Toriyama 
Toriyama will always be near and dear to my heart. His work isn't the most sophisticated, but it had a charm to it that only he could ever manage to create, and that resonated with millions across the globe.
Nunca te olvidaremos, Toriyama. Te mereces un respeto infinito. 🫡🇲🇽
RIP Toriyama, and thank you.
This is so sad but he lived a good full life and his work will live forever 
Wake Up
Toriyama is dead
I can not take this anymore. The worst part is that I learnt about this on jujutsufolk first.
Rest in peace
I wouldn't a manga fan today without Dragon Ball, one of the first work I've read as a kid
This sucks. He wasn't even that old.
it's really sad hearing this
RIP to a legend 
I remember loving dragon ball as a kid, and then wanting more so I read the stuff after #42 and bwas like "nah it sucks". So I condemned toriyama to being some pervy dumbass until I stumbled on that weird waterworld manga he did and I thought "damn the guy who made that dog shit dragon ball could also make some cool stuff?" Which led to me rereading dragon ball and realising how much I'd misremembered the series. When I finally got to 42 again and saw the "Thank you! Good bye!!" I cried as if I was 6 years old and I'd just been told my best friend was moving away.
Guy was great. I especially love the first 20 or so volumes.
I was so sad when I heard of his death and I don't even understand why, I haven't had any connection with his stuff since I was a teenager
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