FA+
Shop
Gather the Dragon Balls!
2 years ago
General
In eternity, where there is no time, nothing can grow. Nothing can become. Nothing changes. So death created time to grow the things that it would kill and you are reborn but into the same life that you've always been born into.
Sorry, I can't help but make that joke. If only, right?
News has come that Akira Toriyama, the man behind the Dragon Ball franchise, has died. I've met a lot of people in this community who are anime fans. Many of us cut our teeth on Dragon Ball Z, at least here in the U.S. My introduction to anime came from Speed Racer and Voltron, but DBZ was the one that pulled me in, hook, line, and sinker. I realized anime was its own style because of DBZ and Akira Toriyama. It wasn't until just a few years ago that I learned about the Dragon Quest video game series and Chrono Trigger, which he did the art for.
The thing that I remember about DBZ was that it gave me something to look forward to after school. I hated school, especially after I hit 4th grade. It just got so difficult for me and would not let up, so after school I just wanted to do anything besides homework (which my grades often reflected) and I would just watch everything playing on Cartoon Network/Toonami. I remember the line-up from back then very well still. I usually made it home just after Sailor Moon started and I would sit down and watch that and just take some time to rest and relax. Then DBZ came on, the main thing I looked forward to, even when it was showing non-stop reruns with a jarring dub shift when they finally did start airing new episodes. Hell, that old dub gave birth to a meme that you just couldn't escape from for a long time ("IT'S OVER 9,0000!!!").
To be honest, this is something I can't entirely comprehend right now. I'm bummed out, but life also goes on. It doesn't really feel real. I haven't been hanging on waiting for his next thing to come out, but his work is something that I can recognize pretty quickly because his style is so unique. I remember coming across art for the Dragon Quest series and figuring out very quickly that it was Toriyama's art because of some notable details and redundancies he liked to use.
News has come that Akira Toriyama, the man behind the Dragon Ball franchise, has died. I've met a lot of people in this community who are anime fans. Many of us cut our teeth on Dragon Ball Z, at least here in the U.S. My introduction to anime came from Speed Racer and Voltron, but DBZ was the one that pulled me in, hook, line, and sinker. I realized anime was its own style because of DBZ and Akira Toriyama. It wasn't until just a few years ago that I learned about the Dragon Quest video game series and Chrono Trigger, which he did the art for.
The thing that I remember about DBZ was that it gave me something to look forward to after school. I hated school, especially after I hit 4th grade. It just got so difficult for me and would not let up, so after school I just wanted to do anything besides homework (which my grades often reflected) and I would just watch everything playing on Cartoon Network/Toonami. I remember the line-up from back then very well still. I usually made it home just after Sailor Moon started and I would sit down and watch that and just take some time to rest and relax. Then DBZ came on, the main thing I looked forward to, even when it was showing non-stop reruns with a jarring dub shift when they finally did start airing new episodes. Hell, that old dub gave birth to a meme that you just couldn't escape from for a long time ("IT'S OVER 9,0000!!!").
To be honest, this is something I can't entirely comprehend right now. I'm bummed out, but life also goes on. It doesn't really feel real. I haven't been hanging on waiting for his next thing to come out, but his work is something that I can recognize pretty quickly because his style is so unique. I remember coming across art for the Dragon Quest series and figuring out very quickly that it was Toriyama's art because of some notable details and redundancies he liked to use.
ConnorH
~connorh
*Hugs*
