Kentarō Yabuki — now a modern mangaka legend in his own right — took to Twitter to reflect on the passing of Akira Toriyama, and in the process shared his original design for “Gohanks”: a fan contest submission that was later reimagined into a “real” character. Yabuki initially shared: This is going to be a …
Last week, the Chunichi Shimbun published an interview/article (both on the front page of the morning print issue on March 9, as well as paywalled on their website) with Hisashi Tanaka, Akira Toriyama’s first assistant, reflecting on the creator’s passing this month. His First Assistant Bids Farewell “The fact that I was able to continue …
On the evening of Saturday, March 9, 2024, we kept up our usual weekly tradition of streaming Mario Kart… except this time we had something important on our mind that we needed to talk about. You’ll see and hear us working out our feelings and thoughts on the passing of Akira Toriyama, just mere days …
Earlier this week, the Chunichi Shimbun published an article/interview with Takashi Matsuyama, Akira Toriyama’s second assistant, reflecting on the creator’s passing this month. The article corroborates other reports of Toriyama apparently undergoing surgery for a brain tumor. “Never gave an inch with his creations” — former assistant Illustrator Takashi Matsuyama (66, pictured, of Seki, Gifu), …
Originally announced back in December, Akira Toriyama was selected for a Lifetime Achievement Award in conjunction with the 2024 Tokyo Anime Award Festival. Toriyama was honored with the award at the event held in Tokyo over the weekend, where volumes of his various manga as well as character designs were on display. Though he unfortunately …
Though first announced back in October 2023, up to this point there had been no formal declaration of a distribution or broadcast medium for the forthcoming animated series Dragon Ball Daima. This morning, the official Dragon Ball Twitter account announced that Dragon Ball Daima will in fact be broadcast on Fuji TV when it debuts …
Akira Toriyama — original author/illustrator of Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, and creator of countless other works and various contributions to other franchises and our culture as a whole — passed away on March 1, 2024 at age 68. The announcements initially came by way of the “Dragon Ball Official Site” and Shueisha (on the official …
Show Description Episode #0509! Mike, Ken, and Randy return once again to “Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot” to review its sixth paid downloadable content pack, this time covering the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai… and beyond! For once in this franchise’s storied history, we finally hit “End of Z” in another medium… but what does this time period …
Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s 102nd chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”. After three chapters worth of original prologue material, the manga version of the arc covered the …
First teased last month, Bandai Namco has announced that the paid downloadable content pack for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot featuring the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai will release on 21 February 2024. The downloadable content pack’s title in Japanese is “And So, After 10 Years” (そして10年後 Soshite Jūnengo); as with the previous packs this season, its title …