The world renowned manga author Akira Toriyama passed away on 1 March, at the age of 68. in the early Eighties, Toriyama began in 1984 – an enormous, internationally popular franchise consisting of manga, anime, toys and more, including dozens of videogames. Toriyama would also work directly in videogames, most notably in RPGs. He contributed character designs to the original in 1986, and remained involved with the series throughout his lifetime. He then proceeded to design original characters for games and games related to , the publication which serialised his manga, before providing the character designs for the classic SNES game . Later on, Toriyama’s work would appear in the two games and the series, and some of his final works will appear in the forthcoming . Toriyama leaves a huge cultural legacy, with countless artists and game developers citing his works as an inspiration, and our thoughts are with his family and friends.
