# Mangaka/designer/writer Akira Toriyama dead at 68

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**Created:** [March 8, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangaka-designer-writer-akira-toriyama-dead-at-68/998595 "2024-03-08T04:12:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangaka-designer-writer-akira-toriyama-dead-at-68/998595/1 "2024-03-08T04:12:50Z")

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Apparently of a head injury.

> <https://twitter.com/DB_official_en/status/1765935471971213816>

Though most folks probably know him for the Dragonball franchise, my personal introduction was the Dragon Quest series of video games. I was and am a huge fan of that franchise, and I’m saddened to hear the news. I’m going to miss his influence on video games.

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**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangaka-designer-writer-akira-toriyama-dead-at-68/998595/2 "2024-03-08T04:50:02Z")

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RIP 😿 🐉 🟠

And if you wonder, yes, Capsule Corporation became a thing in 2023:

> **['Dragon Ball' Head Resigns From Shueisha, Establishes Capsule Corporation...](https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/09/05/dragon-ball-head-resigns-from-shueisha-establishes-capsule-corporation-tokyo-to-handle-franchises-non-manga-publishing/)**
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> Shueisha's 'Dragon Ball' Head has resigned from in order to establish a new franchise-centric publisher, Capsule Corporation Tokyo.

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**Post date:** [March 8, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mangaka-designer-writer-akira-toriyama-dead-at-68/998595/3 "2024-03-08T04:52:04Z")

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> [@Leaper](#):
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> Though most folks probably know him for the Dragonball franchise, my personal introduction was the Dragon Quest series of video games.

He was also the character designer for Chrono Trigger, which was and still is one of the greatest video games ever made for any system and any genre.