Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series has sold millions of copies and was adapted into hugely popular animated TV shows, video games and films.
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, which started in 1984, has sold millions of copies globally and was adapted into hugely popular animated TV shows, video games and films.Toriyama died March 1 of a blood clot in his brain, Bird Studio said in a statement.
Slump' series, which started in 1980, was his first major hit.It made him a celebrity, but Toriyama avoided the spotlight. In 1982, he told Japanese public broadcast NHK: 'I just want to keep writing manga.'Dragon Ball, the story of a boy named Son Goku and his quest for seven magical balls that can make wishes come true, has sold 260 million copies altogether, according to the studio.Toriyama also designed characters for the video game series Dragon Quest.
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