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Post by Gunhaver on Mar 8, 2024 0:36:22 GMT -5
Please take a moment to appreciate how much of a global impact this man had with one story. Dragonball is such a weird anomaly in its own medium in just how crazy successful it was outside of its home country.
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jm
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Post by jm on Mar 8, 2024 0:39:08 GMT -5
RIP to arguably one of the most important people in the history of animation.
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Mar 8, 2024 0:45:36 GMT -5
Thank you Akira. You're the reason I got both into anime and JRPGS.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 8, 2024 1:23:59 GMT -5
Just gonna post what I did on Twitter but the fact Akira Toriyama and Stephen Hillenburg are both gone now breaks my heart man.
They influenced how I look at animation, humor, characters, stories, so much. Both when I was very young, they did so much for me to understand animation and to respect it.
I legit cannot thank Stephen or Akira enough for what they gave me, and the world.
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Post by Stu on Mar 8, 2024 1:30:55 GMT -5
I'm literally reading this while playing Dragon Quest Xi. Toriyama did all the art for recent games and you can't play them without thinking of Dragon Ball. RIP, good sir.
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Gunhaver
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Post by Gunhaver on Mar 8, 2024 1:38:47 GMT -5
I'm literally reading this while playing Dragon Quest Xi. Toriyama did all the art for recent games and you can't play them without thinking of Dragon Ball. RIP, good sir. Did he do designs for the series from the start or did he jump on at some later point? I'm not super familiar with DQ's history.
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Post by Glitch on Mar 8, 2024 1:43:35 GMT -5
This one's for you, champ.
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Post by The Ichi on Mar 8, 2024 1:46:20 GMT -5
I'm literally reading this while playing Dragon Quest Xi. Toriyama did all the art for recent games and you can't play them without thinking of Dragon Ball. RIP, good sir. Did he do designs for the series from the start or did he jump on at some later point? I'm not super familiar with DQ's history. He did the monster designs for DQ since the first game.
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Post by thechase on Mar 8, 2024 1:54:02 GMT -5
One of the best to ever do it. Goku and Vegeta remain the blueprint for the goofy/awkward family guy in the comics medium. With his storytelling showboating his supreme ability to get you excited, in hysterics, and get you to emote.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 8, 2024 2:06:44 GMT -5
about that. The original idea for the Slime is... super generic. This thing would not be the face of a franchise.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Mar 8, 2024 2:33:42 GMT -5
I hadn't heard of Arale being an influence on how Mario moves in 3D. Crazy stuff. about that. The original idea for the Slime is... super generic. This thing would not be the face of a franchise. Toriyama made a perfect little guy.
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Post by Convoy on Mar 8, 2024 2:38:34 GMT -5
RIP to the absolute legend. THE most influential storyteller of the last 40 years, and the reason for most of my fandoms. Without Dragon Ball introducing me to anime and Japanese culture as a whole, my life would look a lot different. Toriyama is somehow responsible for my career, my partner and most of my hobbies all because of a little monkey boy that rode a cloud. Thank you is the ultimate understatement for what he deserves.
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Post by hassanchop on Mar 8, 2024 4:03:27 GMT -5
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Post by eJm on Mar 8, 2024 5:16:49 GMT -5
The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs just an hour ago mourned the loss of Akira Toriyama.
To not go heavy into it as a topic, that's not a minor thing.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Mar 8, 2024 5:20:06 GMT -5
Man. it can’t be understated how influential Toriyama was for cartooning period, not just in one region of the world. RIP.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Mar 8, 2024 5:26:17 GMT -5
Well that is a huge loss to read this morning! So much quality output and amazing stories/characters. RIP
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Post by burdette25159 on Mar 8, 2024 6:26:21 GMT -5
Have a bad feeling that the Dragon Ball saga (as far as anime is concerned) might probably end on a unintentionaly somber bookend with Diama of Goku being a kid as in the original Dragon Ball
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Post by kingoftheindies on Mar 8, 2024 7:11:39 GMT -5
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Mar 8, 2024 7:22:19 GMT -5
Man. it can’t be understated how influential Toriyama was for cartooning period, not just in one region of the world. RIP. This is from a Dragonball Super WATCH PARTY in Mexico That many people gathered just to watch the show on a Projector... it looks like a major sporting event is taking place or a big time concert That says it all about how big Dragonball is.
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Post by J is Justice on Mar 8, 2024 7:32:00 GMT -5
Damn, this is awful. I loved Dragonball Z back in the day and Dragon Quest. RIP.
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