However, the long wait continued until the Anime Expo 2024 ... After all, he was the first to reveal the Holy Sol Temple's true origins. Intriguingly, he was also aware of Shinra's true origins ...

The 1988 anime Akira motorcycle is probably still the coolest two-wheeled pop culture phenomenon nearly 40 years on. But what if it came to life? Japanese design firm Ichiban has created a sleek ...

The original Akira anime movie was incredibly well received, and has become a cultural classic for many creators, many often taking inspiration from one very well known scene: the motorcycle slide.

Akira Sekine joins Yo-san as the voice actor of Rhuda Runebeck, a member of a suspicious party. Other voice actors include Koji Seki as Greg Zangief and Seiji Maeda as Gilbert Bush. The anime ...

TOKYO -- While the Japanese manga industry is increasingly catering ... generation of artists who could replicate the success of Akira Toriyama, who died in March, will not be easy.

In this way, we have what is considered the first official sketch of Goku by Akira Toriyama, mangaka who remained closely linked to the franchise with the current publication of the manga ...

Sand Land, the video game adaptation of Akira Toriyama's beloved manga series, now has a demo on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PS4, and Steam, ahead of it full launch in April. Sand Land unfolds ...

Legendary manga artist Akira Toriyama, the creator of the internationally popular “Dragon Ball” series and character designer on the “Dragon Quest” video games, died Friday after suffering ...

Akira Toriyama was the artist behind Dragon Ball, a long-running media franchise that popularised Japanese manga abroad. He died of an acute subdural hematoma. Akira Toriyama, creator of the ...

Manga artist Akira Toriyama, who shot to global fame for his influential Dragon Ball comics and anime franchise, has died. In a statement, the artist’s manga and design production firm Bird ...

Toussaint Egan (he/him) is a curation editor, out to highlight the best movies, TV, anime, comics, and games. He has been writing professionally for over a decade. Toriyama was an acclaimed manga ...

Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling Dragon Ball and other popular anime who influenced Japanese comics, has died, his studio said Friday. He was 68. Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series ...