{"id":768595,"date":"2025-11-29T04:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T04:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tributes-shared-as-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-passes-away?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-29T04:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T04:04:56","slug":"tributes-shared-as-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/tributes-shared-as-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes shared as Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tributes-shared-as-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-passes-away.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nManga legend Akira Toriyama has passed away aged 68.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nToriyama is best known for his work as the creator of the Dragon Ball manga, which was then adapted into numerous anime series, films, and video games.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe also worked on multiple video games and was responsible for the character designs in Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger and Blue Dragon.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tributes-shared-as-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-passes-away?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/tributes-shared-as-dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-passes-away?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manga legend Akira Toriyama has passed away aged 68. 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