Eiichiro Oda, Katsura and Japanese culture mourns the death of Akira Toriyama: “I painted because I wanted him to praise me. “That was it for me.”

Eiichiro Oda, Masashi Kishimoto and Masakazu Katsura, three of the most prominent anime and manga creators in the world, said goodbye to Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ballafter his death. Toriyama was not only one of the most famous in his industry, he was also the creator of some of his characters with whom millions of people lived as children.

For this reason, his colleagues (along with millions of people around the world) wanted to remember one of the most important names in the industry. Totoyaro, the man in charge of Dragon Ball Super today, said goodbye to his mentor. with a message in X: I drew manga because I wanted Toriyama Sensei to praise me. It was all for mein relation to Akira Toriyama.

But he wasn’t the only one. The entire Japanese culture wanted to say goodbye to one of the characters that had the greatest impact not only in Japan but throughout the world with its characters and stories. Masakazu Katsura also praised the creator: “I feel weak and have no energy. I don’t want to comment on such things. But I’ll write something.”

Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, also had some nice words to say Akira Toriyamaalso telling an anecdote with the creator of Dragon Ball: “I admire you so much since childhood. I also remember the day you called me by name for the first time. On the way home from the day you said the word “friend” to us..

The entire Japanese culture mourns the loss of Akira Toriyama.

Farewell to Yuji Horii, creator of Dragon Quest, who is also considered Akira Toriyama This was a fundamental part of the creation of his work:

I still don’t believe the news of Mr. Toriyama’s sudden death.
I’ve known Toriyama-san since he was the author of Shonen Jump, and on the recommendation of Toriyama-san, the editor-in-chief, I decided to ask him to draw the game when we release Dragon Quest.
In the 37 years since then, I’ve been involved in the creation of characters, monsters, and countless lovable characters.
The story of Dragon Quest is based on Toriyama’s character designs.
Toriyama-san and the late Sugiyama-sensei were friends who worked on Dragon Quest for a long time.
I can’t believe he died.
I do not know what else to say. I am extremely disappointed.

Yuji Horii

Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, another of the most influential works of Japanese culture, also wanted to write a letter to say goodbye to Akira Toriyama:

I just received news of my teacher’s death.
I feel an even greater sense of loss than when Dragon Ball ended…
I still don’t know how to deal with this hole in my heart.
Now I can’t even read my favorite Dragon Ball.
I feel that I failed to correctly write the sentence that I want to convey to my teacher. Everyone around the world has been waiting to see your work.
If Dragon Ball’s wish really comes true… I’m sorry…
Maybe it’s selfish, but it’s sad, sensei.

Thank you, Akira Toriyama-sensei, for all the interesting work you have done over the past 45 years. And thank you very much for your work.

Masashi Kishimoto