Creating the legendary Shotaro Kaneda’s bike from Akira comes to life using recycled soda cans in an impressive upcycling project. The build involves carefully cutting, shaping, and assembling ...

Pop culture wouldn’t be the same without Toriyama ... As a public persona, Akira Toriyama was aloof, often hilariously so (when reminded of a famous character he created in an interview ...

The film continues to be one of the most beloved movies in anime history Akira was the first time the West had engaged with Japanese culture en-masse. It also changed theview of anime through its ...

Akira is everywhere ... Its impact would bleed into contemporary pop culture, with musical artists like Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Kanye West paying homage.

There is hardly a space in pop culture today that hasn’t been touched by Akira Toriyama’s art. Watch a Marvel movie and you’ll see action sequences that purposefully echo the climactic ...

Akira Toriyama, a giant in the manga book genre ... “Dragon Ball” is the most popular of the group, selling more than 260 million copies worldwide. It features Son Goku on a quest for seven ...

and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama has shifted to providing general ...

Akira Toriyama, a Japanese manga artist and ... as one of the greatest manga series ever made and has become a major pop culture influencer. The series, which was inspired by the classic Chinese ...

I'd be remiss without including a photo of Akira Toriyama himself, and saying rest in peace to the manga master, whose art influenced the course of popular culture in Japan, the U.S. and Latin ...

RIP Akira Toriyama ... on Instagram honored his impact on anime culture in Hispanic and Latino communities as well, as Dragon Ball is hugely popular and influential in Latin America, with ...