In January 2024, famous manga artist Akira Toriyama chose to create a brand new logo for Kiyosu City in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. Now, Kiyosu's leaders are honoring the late creator by using his logo to represent the region in its upcoming 20th anniversary celebration, which will be held in 2025.
Toriyama was initially invited to design Kiyosu's logo because of his personal connection to the area. As detailed on Kiyosu City's official website, Kiyosu City Mayor Sumio Nagata presented Toriyama's completed design during a recent press conference on the city's future plans. As shown below, Toriyama's logo features a cute samurai character, possibly inspired by the area's main attraction, Kiyosu Castle. Built during Japan's Warring States period, this structure is an ancient stronghold said to have been used by famous feudal lord Oda Nobunaga.
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Akira Toriyama's Oda Nobunaga-like Samurai character will be a legacy for his home city
News of Akira Toriyama's death sent waves of grief echoing throughout the artist's hometown, including Kiyosu. Not long after his death, Nagata posted a farewell message on behalf of his city on Kiyosu's official X page. Nagata wrote: “We would like to express our deepest condolences upon hearing of Toriyama-sensei's passing. “We would like to express our deepest respect for the professor's achievements and pray for the repose of his soul.” Thankfully, Toriyama will continue to live through his work, his Nobunaga-esque mascot serving as a personal ambassador for the city he loves. As detailed in a statement on Kiyosu's website, Kiyosu's 20th anniversary project will “look back at the achievements of those involved in developing the town in the past, promoting a spirit of solidarity among citizens…and create a foundation for Kiyosu City to go even further.” future progress.”
The original Dragon Ball is one of the best-selling manga series of all time
Akira Toriyama is best known as the creator of the hit manga series Dragon Ball, which began in November 1984 and has since touched the lives of millions of readers across the globe. The original Dragon Ball series is currently the fourth best-selling manga title of all time, with more than 260 million copies in circulation worldwide. Toriyama's bibliography also includes famous works such as Dr. Slump, Sand Land, Go! Go! Ackman and many others. Before his death, he was working on both the Dragon Ball Super manga series with illustrator Toyotarou and Toei Animation's upcoming Dragon Ball Daima anime series.
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While Dragon Ball Super is currently on hiatus, the franchise recently confirmed that Super will eventually return to Shueisha's V-Jump magazine. On April 19, the official Dragon Ball website created a post that read “until the Dragon Ball Super manga returns to begin a new story, Jump will feature illustrations and commentary from Toyotarou…” In no uncertain terms, this post assures fans that Super will run for at least one more arc. Additionally, Dragon Ball Daima is still scheduled to release in fall 2024.
Dragon Ball, along with many of Toriyama's other works, is available in English on VIZ Media.
Dragon ball
Dragon Ball tells the story of a young warrior named Son Goku, a special boy with a tail who embarks on a journey to become stronger and learn about the Dragon Balls, as all 7 Dragon Balls are gathered. in return, grant any wish of choice.
Created by Akira Toriyama
First movie Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Ruby
Latest movie Dragon Ball Super: Superhero
First TV show chapter Dragon ball
Upcoming TV show Dragon Ball DAIMA
Airing date of the first episode April 26, 1989
Cast Sean Schemmel, Laura Bailey, Brian Drummond, Christopher Sabat, Scott McNeil
Source: X (formerly Twitter), Kiyosu City's official website