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Heritage’s October 18-22 The Art of Anime and Everything Cool...Volume V Signature® Auction brought in $2.964 million, with more than 6,000 bidders and all lots sold. If there is an indelible image ...
Akira Toriyama, a Japanese manga artist and creator of the influential Dragon Ball franchise, has died. He was 68. Toriyama's death was confirmed on Friday by his manga and design production ...
The Dragon Ball franchise winds back the clock to unearth original manga draft artwork of Kid Goku and his beloved mentor, ...
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 ...
The President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, extends his condolences to Toriyama's family by sharing the gift the master gave him during his lifetime: a colossal illustration signed in ...
Akira Toriyama, creator of the series "Dragon Ball," was 68 years old. And as the news spread Friday, fans poured out their love and appreciation for the artist, whose work introduced many in ...
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 ...
It’s no surprise to see a franchise with a blonde and spiky haired “super” transformation of its own would be inspired by Akira Toriyama’s work with Dragon Ball, and that’s the case for ...
By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Akira Toriyama, the Japanese manga artist who created the incredibly popular Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump series, has died. He was 68. Toriyama died March ...
Akira Toriyama, the influential manga artist who created the Dragon Ball anime franchise, died March 1 due to an acute subdural hematoma — blood clots on the brain that usually form after an injury.