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<\/div>\n“Dragon Ball” is one of the best-selling and most influential manga titles of all time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The creator of Japan’s hugely popular “Dragon Ball” comics and anime cartoons, Akira Toriyama, has died aged 68, his production team said Friday.<\/p>\n
“We are deeply saddened to inform you that Manga creator Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1st due to acute subdural hematoma,” said a statement posted on the official X account of the “Dragon Ball” franchise.<\/p>\n
“It’s our deep regret that he still had several works in the middle of creation with great enthusiasm,” the statement attributed to Toriyama’s Bird Studio said.<\/p>\n
“He would have many more things to achieve. However, he has left many manga titles and works of art to this world,” it added.<\/p>\n
“We hope that Akira Toriyama’s unique world of creation continues to be loved by everyone for a long time to come.”<\/p>\n
“Dragon Ball” is one of the best-selling and most influential manga titles of all time.<\/p>\n
It was first serialised in 1984 and has spawned countless anime series, films and video games.<\/p>\n
It features a boy named Son Goku who increases his powers by collecting magical balls containing dragons to help him and his allies in a fight to protect the Earth from evil enemies.<\/p>\n
Publishing house Shueisha said in a statement that it was “greatly saddened by the sudden news of his death”.<\/p>\n
Eiichiro Oda, creator of Japan’s major “One Piece” manga franchise, said in a statement that Toriyama’s death was “too soon” and left “too big shoes to fill”.<\/p>\n
“To think I’ll never see him again… I’m overwhelmed by sadness,” Oda said.<\/p>\n
Subdural haematoma is a serious condition where blood collects between the skull and the surface of the brain.<\/p>\n
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