Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山 明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira, April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for creating the popular manga series Dr. Slump, before going on to create Dragon Ball (his most famous work) and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger, and Blue Dragon. Toriyama is regarded as one of the most important authors in the history of manga, as his works are highly influential and popular, particularly Dragon Ball, which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration.   RIP Akira Toriyama.     Acoustic Dragon Ball Super Opening featured in this episode: https://bit.ly/4a52dSm  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dragonballsuperdope Subscribe to The Advice Pod: https://linktr.ee/theadvicepod Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/34IeNX4 Follow on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2VgI5ZT Donations: http://cash.app/$SuperDopePods Buy us a Ko-Fi or whatever: https://ko-fi.com/superdopepods https://www.twitch.tv/superdopepodcasts Come join our Facebook group! Roshi's Secret Stash Subscribe on Youtube: http://bit.ly/362vgHs Twitter: https://twitter.com/DBSuperDope1