Eiichiro Oda pays tribute to Dragon Ball manga artist Toriyama

World-renowned manga artist Akira Toriyama sadly passed away earlier this year, leaving many people sad and shocked. Since then, many cartoonists have paid tribute to him and his work. dragon ballIt changed the comics industry and touched lives.

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with dragon ball For the 40th anniversary, many manga artists paid homage to Toriyama and his revolutionary work by redrawing the Dragon Ball cover for the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project. Oda, the mangaka of One Piece, has always been one of Toriyama's biggest followers, and he recently paid tribute to him by participating in the project.

Dragon Ball Volume 42 Oda's work

Part of the Dragon Ball Super Gallery

Dragon Ball is a series that is now 40 years old. The series was first released in 1984 by Akira Toriyama, the latter manga artist whose series ended earlier this year.

To commemorate this important milestone in the series, dragon ball super The gallery project has been completed.

Manga artist Eiichiro Oda one pieceI participated. For his contribution, he redrawn the manga cover for Volume 42 of Dragon Ball. Dragon Ball's main character, Son Goku, appears on this cover.

Oda and Toriyama's relationship

Oda has always admired Toriyama and even claimed him to be a god. His work, One Piece, like most shonen manga, was heavily inspired by Toriyama's Dragon Ball because of the revolutionary impact it had on the industry as a whole.

Toriyama's death was major news earlier this year and affected many people who loved the series.

Here's what Oda once said about Toriyama and his love for Dragon Ball.

“I bought volume 1 of the Dragon Ball manga series when I was in elementary school, but not volume 2! I always read the chapters through WSJ magazine, and when the final volume, volume 42, came out, I saw it at the bookstore but didn't buy it! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to draw again! And now I wish I could buy this book when Mr. Toriyama is alive.” —Eiichiro Oda

Fans are from Oda to Toriyama and dragon ballespecially if it's new dragon ball An event will appear. Oda has done so countless times before, and wants to pay tribute once again to the legendary mangaka.

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dragon ball

release date

February 26, 1986

studio

toei animation

author

Akira Toriyama