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Episode: ‘Dragon Ball’ creator Akira Toriyama dies at 68
Description: Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling “Dragon Ball” and other popular anime who influenced Japanese comics, has died, Bird Studio said on March 8. 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.
“He was working enthusiastically on many projects, and there was still much he was looking forward to accomplishing,” the studio wrote.
A new TV adaptation of Toriyama’s “Sand Land,” a desert adventure story released in 2000 and later adapted into a 2023 anime movie, is due to be released on Disne...