Dragon Ball Super Chapter 104 honors the late Akira Toriyama by referencing one of his most influential works nearly one year ...

Current 'Dragon Ball' series boss Akio Iyuko says that 'Dragon Ball Daima' will not be the end of Akira Toriyama's seminal ...

The popularity of the chibi-style is in part thanks to Toriyama's early work, but it was influenced by many others before and after him. Chibi refers to small, cute figures; Toriyama's chibi-like ...

Akira Toriyama turns out to have had a massive influence on the development of Dragon Ball Daima, preparing many iconic ...

Japanese news website MantanWeb recently shared an exclusive interview with Dragon Ball DAIMA producer Akio Iyuko, in which he revealed how involved Akira Toriyama truly was in the series.

Not only were the servers of Crunchyroll crashing on the day of the airing, but the most famous pirated websites were also inaccessible, hinting that Akira Toriyama might have given the fans the ...

It was a detail Toriyama had in mind for years!” This might have been an idea Toriyama had for years, but Iyoku clarified that these elements were already present in Dragon Ball. “We’re not ...

If there is an indelible image from the 1988 classic anime film Akira , this is it: Shōtarō Kaneda atop his famous motorcycle, headed straight toward the viewer.

This article was originally published in Japanese in Nikkei Entertainment!, a monthly magazine and part of Nikkei Business Publications, a Nikkei group company. TOKYO -- Since its inception, the ...

Toyotarou reveals the hardest part of working with Akira Toriyama on Dragon Ball Super was turning his minimal instructions ...

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Acclaimed manga artist Akira Toriyama, creator of the global hits “Dragon Ball” and “Dr. Slump,” died on March 1 due to acute subdural hematoma, according to his publisher Shueisha Inc. He ...