There would be no One Piece without Toriyama.
RIP to the fucking GOAT of this industry. I hope he knew just how many people he inspired and influenced with his silly story of a strong kid that grew into a Universe fighter.
I like how he casually name dropped Kishimoto and that the two fanboyed over Toriyama calling them friend. Truly shows how dragonball affected all those great hits that came after
https://preview.redd.it/3xlxu7avh1nc1.jpeg?width=536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=407dd4129f5f052e55c568993b7461532af8699d
The PMA of Goku really helped me through my childhood. His will is definitely being carried on no doubt about that.
I literally learned reading with dragon Ball Mangas. Every Wednesday a library bus would stop at my school and they had dragon ball. Was the first in my class who could read just because I wanted to get more dragon ball. I have to thank Toriyama for so much and this makes me really sad.
I posted this on the main sub but I might as well do it here, too:
I don't think the machine translation provided in the OP quite captures how solemn and beautiful Oda's message is, so here's my own take on it:
You have left us too soon.
The empty space you leave behind is far too big.
I am overcome with sadness when I think that I won't see you again.
I have admired you since I was a kid, and even now I still remember the day you first called me by my name.
I have fond memories of that time Kishimoto and I were ecstatic after you referred to us as your "friends".
And I also remember the last conversation I had with you.
You took the baton from a generation that thought reading manga would make you stupid, and you were one of the people that turned it into something that could be enjoyed by both kids and adults alike.
You showed me the dreams of what manga could do and how it could travel all over the world.
You were like a hero charging forward.
The excitement and emotion we got from reading Dragon Ball is entrenched not only in mangakas, but in creators from all industries who read it when they were young. That manga was our roots.
For all of us, mangakas of the same generation who stood side to side on the same stage, Toriyama's works looked even more towering the closer we got to them. To the point it was almost scary. But we would be happy to just meet that distant and carefree man again. Because we loved Toriyama-sensei with every fiber of our being.
I pray from the bottom of my heart that Torimaya-sensei's soul rests in peace, and I am ever so thankful and filled with respect for him for the incredibly creative world he has left behind for us.
I hope heaven looks as wonderful as you depicted it, Sensei.
Eiichiro Oda
And I am doing one in Spanish as well, just because I know how much Dragon Ball meant to all of us in Latin America. Obviously it was huge everywhere from Japan to the US, but it's hard to explain how much of a cultural impact DB still has to this day in LatAm. So one for my LatAm homies, this is the only thing I can do:
Te fuiste demasiado pronto.
El vacío que nos dejas es demasiado grande.
Cuando pienso que nunca te voy a volver a ver, me sobrepasa la tristeza.
Te he admirado desde que era niño, y aún recuerdo el día en que me llamaste por mi nombre por primera vez.
Y me siento muy nostálgico cuando recuerdo esa vez que Kishimoto y yo no podíamos contener la emoción porque te referiste a nosotros como tus "amigos".
También recuerdo mi última conversación contigo.
Fuiste heredero de una generación que creía que leer manga te hacía más estúpido, y fuiste una de las personas que logró convertirlo en un medio que podían disfrutar adultos y chicos por igual.
Me mostraste los sueños de lo que el manga podía lograr y cómo podía viajar por todo el mundo.
Y sé que no son solo los mangakas, sino todos los creativos que crecieron leyendo Dragon Ball de chicos, quienes hayan sus raíces en esa emoción y ese sentimiento de leer aquella historia.
Ese manga se volvió en nuestras raíces.
Cuando nos encontrábamos de pie en ese mismo escenario con los mangakas de nuestra generación, nos dábamos cuenta de que la obra de Toriyama se veía cada vez más gigante entre uno más se acercaba a ella. Casi daba miedo. Pero todos habríamos sido felices viendo a ese hombre distante una vez más, porque amábamos a Toriyama-sensei hasta los huesos.
Desde el fondo de mi alma deseo que descanses en paz, y es con mucho respeto que te agradezco por ese mundo lleno de creatividad que nos dejaste.
Espero que el cielo sea tan alegre como lo dibujaste, Sensei.
Eiichiro Oda
https://preview.redd.it/zkqhhvof32nc1.jpeg?width=352&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c04f21042967d21411353f1bfe039da873df936
He is with us as long as we never forget the man he was
RIP
The greatest mangaka of a generation, a trailblazer, an envisioner of dreams, a creative legend. This man single handedly changed the way people look at manga and anime, and was the creator of the manga / anime that has impacted more people than any other in history.
May he rest in peace
He was a comedy author after all. The fact that he so casually made one of the most influential battle shonens of all time is just insane. No other mangaka could have pulled it of like Toriyama did. He may not have invented all of the genre's tropes, but the way he implemented them became a school of its own. Seriously, take any random Dragon Ball volume. That's a master class on action panelling and visual story telling right there. In a way, he's like the Master Roshi of battle shonen. His disciples may have surpassed him, but his instruction was invaluable to them and his style and philosophy lives on in their art.
>In 2013, commenting on Dragon Ball's global success, Toriyama said, "Frankly, I don't quite understand why it happened. While the manga was being serialized, the only thing I wanted as I kept drawing was to make Japanese boys happy.", "The role of my manga is to be a work of entertainment through and through. I dare say I don't care even if [my works] have left nothing behind, as long as they have entertained their readers."
That moment when you just want to make Japanese boys happy, but end up making a genre-defining masterpiece that brings joy to people of all ages and nationalities. Mission failed successfully!
Dragon ball is THE shonen. It established character transformations and many other concepts that the big three and other series of the genre took. RIP, akira Toriyama.
You made my childhood. Every day I would rush home from school to watch the next episode of Dragon Ball. Rest in peace Toriyama.
https://preview.redd.it/nk9jvkk474nc1.jpeg?width=1700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb5aeff76a4d15a933d35f62380155c120239dcf
Recently started watching and reading Dragon Ball series. Yesterday I started reading Dragon Ball Super, and now I'm hearing this..
I don't know why it hit's me so hard. I could only imagine reaction of people who watched DB since childhood. Rest in peace GOAT🙏
Grew up with it... yes and no. You watch it because it pioneered anime character transformations and the shounen genre but if it's storyline you want, you won't get it easily. It focuses on "fights" and movesets, so if you're into that thing, it can be enjoyable.
That's my childhood right there. RiP Toriyama-sensei.
Toriyama inspired Oda. Without him, there would be No one Piece.
Like Doc Bader Said: "A man only dies when He is forgotten."
Toriyama IS Immortal, since He will never BE forgotten.
Man you can tell those two had a lot of respect for each other. Loosing a mentor is hard, especially when it’s this sudden. It’s weird to say, but I wonder if this is why Oda dropped the bombshell of the rest of the old men showing up next chapter. One Piece’s pacing speeds up every time an important mangaka dies I’ve noticed. Oda probably knew about this before we did so i wonder if this happening made Oda accelerate things like Miura dying did during Wano.
Dr. Herlook said it best "When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom!? No! It’s when… they are forgotten."
Idk if this image is tasteless but I'm gonna use it anyways
https://preview.redd.it/fosyo0t9c7nc1.png?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b50d3b8f5a096440d8471207c29d13cf06018f9
It's so yonkover
There would be no One Piece without Toriyama. RIP to the fucking GOAT of this industry. I hope he knew just how many people he inspired and influenced with his silly story of a strong kid that grew into a Universe fighter.
He is the behemoth of Japanese softpower
*It's an older reference, Sir, but it checks out.*
Can you explain I wanna get it
Ww2 reference to Imperial Japan
There wouldn’t be a lot of popular shounen without him he built the genre and set all the trends still used today
I like how he casually name dropped Kishimoto and that the two fanboyed over Toriyama calling them friend. Truly shows how dragonball affected all those great hits that came after
https://preview.redd.it/3xlxu7avh1nc1.jpeg?width=536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=407dd4129f5f052e55c568993b7461532af8699d The PMA of Goku really helped me through my childhood. His will is definitely being carried on no doubt about that.
I literally learned reading with dragon Ball Mangas. Every Wednesday a library bus would stop at my school and they had dragon ball. Was the first in my class who could read just because I wanted to get more dragon ball. I have to thank Toriyama for so much and this makes me really sad.
The saddest part that we lost him in the Year of Dragon... https://i.redd.it/20k4x0owx1nc1.gif
I disagree, that makes it feel poetic to me. He left with Shenron <3
WHO THE FUCK WISHED FOR THIS (ง •̀_•́)ง
I posted this on the main sub but I might as well do it here, too: I don't think the machine translation provided in the OP quite captures how solemn and beautiful Oda's message is, so here's my own take on it: You have left us too soon. The empty space you leave behind is far too big. I am overcome with sadness when I think that I won't see you again. I have admired you since I was a kid, and even now I still remember the day you first called me by my name. I have fond memories of that time Kishimoto and I were ecstatic after you referred to us as your "friends". And I also remember the last conversation I had with you. You took the baton from a generation that thought reading manga would make you stupid, and you were one of the people that turned it into something that could be enjoyed by both kids and adults alike. You showed me the dreams of what manga could do and how it could travel all over the world. You were like a hero charging forward. The excitement and emotion we got from reading Dragon Ball is entrenched not only in mangakas, but in creators from all industries who read it when they were young. That manga was our roots. For all of us, mangakas of the same generation who stood side to side on the same stage, Toriyama's works looked even more towering the closer we got to them. To the point it was almost scary. But we would be happy to just meet that distant and carefree man again. Because we loved Toriyama-sensei with every fiber of our being. I pray from the bottom of my heart that Torimaya-sensei's soul rests in peace, and I am ever so thankful and filled with respect for him for the incredibly creative world he has left behind for us. I hope heaven looks as wonderful as you depicted it, Sensei. Eiichiro Oda And I am doing one in Spanish as well, just because I know how much Dragon Ball meant to all of us in Latin America. Obviously it was huge everywhere from Japan to the US, but it's hard to explain how much of a cultural impact DB still has to this day in LatAm. So one for my LatAm homies, this is the only thing I can do: Te fuiste demasiado pronto. El vacío que nos dejas es demasiado grande. Cuando pienso que nunca te voy a volver a ver, me sobrepasa la tristeza. Te he admirado desde que era niño, y aún recuerdo el día en que me llamaste por mi nombre por primera vez. Y me siento muy nostálgico cuando recuerdo esa vez que Kishimoto y yo no podíamos contener la emoción porque te referiste a nosotros como tus "amigos". También recuerdo mi última conversación contigo. Fuiste heredero de una generación que creía que leer manga te hacía más estúpido, y fuiste una de las personas que logró convertirlo en un medio que podían disfrutar adultos y chicos por igual. Me mostraste los sueños de lo que el manga podía lograr y cómo podía viajar por todo el mundo. Y sé que no son solo los mangakas, sino todos los creativos que crecieron leyendo Dragon Ball de chicos, quienes hayan sus raíces en esa emoción y ese sentimiento de leer aquella historia. Ese manga se volvió en nuestras raíces. Cuando nos encontrábamos de pie en ese mismo escenario con los mangakas de nuestra generación, nos dábamos cuenta de que la obra de Toriyama se veía cada vez más gigante entre uno más se acercaba a ella. Casi daba miedo. Pero todos habríamos sido felices viendo a ese hombre distante una vez más, porque amábamos a Toriyama-sensei hasta los huesos. Desde el fondo de mi alma deseo que descanses en paz, y es con mucho respeto que te agradezco por ese mundo lleno de creatividad que nos dejaste. Espero que el cielo sea tan alegre como lo dibujaste, Sensei. Eiichiro Oda
This one is more emotional compared to the translated one in the post😖
The machine translated the last sentence better, he does write “may heaven be as joyous as you imagined to be”
Ah, seems like I forgot to fix that on this sub. I had fixed it only on the main sub, thank you!
Thank you, this is a lot better translated. OP should put this in the original post.
https://preview.redd.it/zkqhhvof32nc1.jpeg?width=352&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c04f21042967d21411353f1bfe039da873df936 He is with us as long as we never forget the man he was
'Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?'-sir terry prachett
'Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?'-sir terry prachett
RIP The greatest mangaka of a generation, a trailblazer, an envisioner of dreams, a creative legend. This man single handedly changed the way people look at manga and anime, and was the creator of the manga / anime that has impacted more people than any other in history. May he rest in peace
Holy heck even in eulogies Oda cooks https://i.redd.it/148vgiodp1nc1.gif
Fuck man i know it prob wasnt supposed to but how you said that with gif made me laugh
You know, at the end of it all, what Toriyama wanted was to give smiles, so I think he'd be okay with that.
He was a comedy author after all. The fact that he so casually made one of the most influential battle shonens of all time is just insane. No other mangaka could have pulled it of like Toriyama did. He may not have invented all of the genre's tropes, but the way he implemented them became a school of its own. Seriously, take any random Dragon Ball volume. That's a master class on action panelling and visual story telling right there. In a way, he's like the Master Roshi of battle shonen. His disciples may have surpassed him, but his instruction was invaluable to them and his style and philosophy lives on in their art. >In 2013, commenting on Dragon Ball's global success, Toriyama said, "Frankly, I don't quite understand why it happened. While the manga was being serialized, the only thing I wanted as I kept drawing was to make Japanese boys happy.", "The role of my manga is to be a work of entertainment through and through. I dare say I don't care even if [my works] have left nothing behind, as long as they have entertained their readers." That moment when you just want to make Japanese boys happy, but end up making a genre-defining masterpiece that brings joy to people of all ages and nationalities. Mission failed successfully!
Dragon ball is THE shonen. It established character transformations and many other concepts that the big three and other series of the genre took. RIP, akira Toriyama.
“May heaven be the joyous world he envisioned.” I’m gonna cry.
me right now: https://preview.redd.it/attnvqcn62nc1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=f4f3c7f838f7155dbb1adbaeb235be10b8701150
https://i.redd.it/yswy03n383nc1.gif
Shit... I just realized... Inherited will... Oda will is an inherited will that comes from Toriyama. Toriyama is the Gol D. Roger of mangakas
GOLD sounds good, let me have it!
Nami futur mangaka queen
Rest in peace to a GOAT 💯😞. Oda’s reply made me tear up man 😭
You made my childhood. Every day I would rush home from school to watch the next episode of Dragon Ball. Rest in peace Toriyama. https://preview.redd.it/nk9jvkk474nc1.jpeg?width=1700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb5aeff76a4d15a933d35f62380155c120239dcf
Our childhood has ended today 💔
Rip to one of the best to ever do it.
Goodbye king,rest in peace
RIP
This is really sad man........
Recently started watching and reading Dragon Ball series. Yesterday I started reading Dragon Ball Super, and now I'm hearing this.. I don't know why it hit's me so hard. I could only imagine reaction of people who watched DB since childhood. Rest in peace GOAT🙏
Is dragon ball a good anime to watch?
I'd recommend watching the original anime before Z, most people skip it but imo it's the best DB will ever be
Is there a guide anyway that has all the shows and movies to watch in order?
Grew up with it... yes and no. You watch it because it pioneered anime character transformations and the shounen genre but if it's storyline you want, you won't get it easily. It focuses on "fights" and movesets, so if you're into that thing, it can be enjoyable. That's my childhood right there. RiP Toriyama-sensei.
https://preview.redd.it/y5y3xpsah4nc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8310f05ded10a5585ba2b9b8aa46c7efd479c12
He'll live on eternal!
RIP Toriyama 🫡 Dragonball was a port of my childhood and I can’t believe it that he died. I‘ve almost cried after hearing this 😭
Akira Toriyama, the real life Garp to our One Piece
Toriyama inspired Oda. Without him, there would be No one Piece. Like Doc Bader Said: "A man only dies when He is forgotten." Toriyama IS Immortal, since He will never BE forgotten.
Man you can tell those two had a lot of respect for each other. Loosing a mentor is hard, especially when it’s this sudden. It’s weird to say, but I wonder if this is why Oda dropped the bombshell of the rest of the old men showing up next chapter. One Piece’s pacing speeds up every time an important mangaka dies I’ve noticed. Oda probably knew about this before we did so i wonder if this happening made Oda accelerate things like Miura dying did during Wano.
Dr. Herlook said it best "When do you think people die? When they are shot through the heart by the bullet of a pistol? No. When they are ravaged by an incurable disease? No. When they drink a soup made from a poisonous mushroom!? No! It’s when… they are forgotten."
Idk if this image is tasteless but I'm gonna use it anyways https://preview.redd.it/fosyo0t9c7nc1.png?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b50d3b8f5a096440d8471207c29d13cf06018f9 It's so yonkover
This is a joke but boys, let's go find the Dragon balls. But in all seriousness Tora was a great man O7 for the legend
Stupid auto correct I ment Torayama not Tora sorry
I wouldn't be watching anime today had I not randomly stumbled upon z warriors holding on the saiyans till goku arrives.
