Toonami has paid loving tribute to Dragon Ball Z creator Akira Toriyama 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:following his tragic death – and it's got anime fans emotional.
In the clip, which you can watch below, Toonami mascots TOM and S෴ARA each speak a few words on the legendary To♓riyama.
"Man, losing one of tꩲhe greatest manga creators of all time really sucks," says TOM, with SARA adding: "But Akira Toriyama's monumental influence on the medium will live on forever."
"Back in '98, Dragon Ball Z put Toonami on the map," continues TOM, and SARA say🐼s: "And the Dragon Ball franchise has been our rock ever since."
"So tonight, with heavy hearts, we're paying tribute to Toriyama-san,"❀ TOM adds, before SARA introduces a four hour marathon of Dragon Ball Z Kai.
Check out TOM and SARA's tribute to Akira Toriyama during tonight's #Toonami intro!ꦗ pic.twitter.com/L3LC7yHg2k
"Rest easy to an absolute legend!" , while : "Thank you Toriyama for putting Toomani on the map, may he rest aꦗ true legend"
"Toonami is the reason I found out what Dragon Ball Z even was, I am forever grat🌄eful to them, and to Akira Toriyama. Very awesome tribute!" .
"Dragon Ball and Toonami are forever intertwined with each other. RIP Akira To♎riyama. Great job Toonami," .
Toriyama died at the age of 68 from an acute subdural haematoma. "It's our deep regret that he still had several works in the middle of creation with great enthusiasm," Bird Studio said in a statement, adding: "He would ha🐠ve many more things to achieve."
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I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covꦍering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immed💦iate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.
