genuinely so fucked up about this rn, he's such a massive figure that this just doesn't feel real. truly the end of an era
I'm with you on that, it truly is.
I feel like I did this because literally today I said
"man can you believe they wokeified DBZ? they gave Piccolo a super saiyan form, akira toriyama is rolling in his grave" AS A JOKE
Woke killed Toriyama
😔
Woku 
can you believe it
Every flag in Latin America is at half mast
Southern Africa too.
Oh wow, Rest in peace 
i remember when i was a kid and here in Mexico there was like 4 national channels with only one having kids show during the afternoon and they would play a 1-2 hour block of Dragon ball z, it was also one of the forst animes i watched too even if it wasnt my favorite back then i think i did have a bunch of influence the shows i like nowdays.
Whoa, holy shit, I wasn't ready for that. Dude was still pretty young. Dragon Ball's gonna look very different with Toyotarou unsupervised.
yea its young for the average japanese life expectancy, probably the old mangaka working conditions had an effect on his health
the highs i felt when goku fought frieza, cell, buu, etc will probably forever be unmmatched by another show 
motions with eyebrows (tone deaf)
nah, one piece hits a completely different way. dragon ball managed to tap into some primal thing that nothing else comes close to
I feel that. For me, that struggle to overcome and push harder was something primal and I suspect is what you're talking about. You need to push the energy beam or you need to punch so incredibly hard.
Damn wtf, I am so saddened by this, always loved his work. Rest in peace, Toriyama. This was definitely not on my 2024 bingo card...
Let's have a thread here with favorite DBZ/DB moments.
I'll start with this classic. Dubbed, but I don't care.
I really liked Cell's first apparence
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I always go back to Piccolo vs Android 17 for some reason.
Piccolo and 17 are both so goddamn cool, just having them on screen together is badass.
As an adult it seems ridiculous but as a kid this would have put me over the edge. So awesome lol
yeah i can assure you that watching this as a kid after school it was hype as fuck
the pacing of dbz was never wonderful but it did its Big Moments a service in that way, because you were legitimately waiting through so much hype that once you got there nothing felt over the top. it just felt satisfying.
ugh the more i process this the sadder i am about it
Goku vs Kefla is my favorite fight across all of Dragon Ball.
Trunks appearing out of nowhere and mercing Frieza was the coolest shit i'd ever seen as a kid, i have legit never forgotten that scene lmao
the way the shot splits in two from frieza's POV, the fuckn drama dude iconic
Oh no! Godamn This is so sad.
Every few months I find out that yet another iconic video game / anime design was actually Akira Toriyama. Which I guess will continue regardless, so that's nice.
Damn
This one hits hard
Dragon Ball was one of my first animes
I never got into Dragon Ball, but I know a legend. He genuinely influenced so many people around the world and defined a medium. It's rare you find someone like that.
Same. Did really like his art style though. RIP.
when my grandmother died my mom came in the room crying and my sociopathic 7 year old brain was annoyed that she was interrupting Goku vs perfect cell lmfao.
Mom comes into room crying about stupid grandma dying or something
Tell her to fuck off
Continue watching the hype Goku vs Perfect Cell fight
Looks like Goku is getting beaten up. Can't wait for him to power and beat Cells ass
He gives up? The fuck?
Oh he wants Gohan to fight. Fair deal since they've managed to exhaust cell to a point where Gohan can take him.
He gives Cell a Senzu Bean
They had to flex and scream for six days to gather the power for this tweet
RIP to a legend
WHAT NO
I WAS HOPING IT WAS A JOKE THE FIRST TIME I HEARD ABOUT IT NO
You know I sometimes wonder, if Star Wars never existed, if I would be roughly the same person I am today or not.
...I KNOW with absolute certainty I absolutely would not be the person I am today without seeing DBZ in my formative years. I cannot imagine a version of me lifting heavy in the gym to the point of sheer exhaustion without Vegeta quotes to motivate me. I don't know how else I would have gotten into my dumb fighting game community hobby and gotten obsessed with getting stronger and training for tournaments without having Goku and the Zfighters as goals. Its wild cause I know how shockingly not unique that story and experience actually is.
Toriyama is probably more responsible than any other person in the last century by a country mile for exporting anime and by extension Japanese culture to the world. 68 is still to young but by Kame what an unbelievable legacy to leave behind.
goddamn 68 feels way too young to go.
This is actually devastating. Not just for Dragonball, but I also feel strong feelings as a fan of Chrono Trigger and appreciater of Dragon Quest.
https://twitter.com/wanli2051/status/1766019206632677627
damn the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China mourned Toriyama
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