Akira Toriyama pictured in 1982. Photo: JIJI PRESS / EPA / NTB
Akira Toriyama, the creator of the popular cartoon and TV series Dragon Ball, has died.
Friday 8 March at 09:02
The death was announced by Dragon Ball Z’s official account on X on Thursday.
According to the statement, Toriyama died of acute subdural hematoma, a medical condition in which blood collects under the outer layer of the brain, a condition in which blood collects between the brain and the surface of the brain, writes People.
He died on March 1, aged 68.
Toriyama “still had several works” he was working on when he died, the statement said. The family asks for privacy during the mourning period and requests that no flowers or gifts be sent.
Dragon Ball books at the book fair in Paris in 2019. Photo: JOEL SAGET / AFP / NTB
Dragon Ball Z debuted in the 1980s in Japan, and became very popular in the United States as well. Toriyama also worked on the Dragon Quest and Chrono Trigger video game series. He started his career at the age of 23.
One of Toriyama’s latest projects was the upcoming Dragon Ball Z spinoff series Dragon Ball Daima, which follows famous characters such as Goku and Vegeta.
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