 "Jackie Chan's message for 'Dragon Ball' creator Akira Toriyama: 'Thank you for your classic works'")
Dragon Ball was a megahit comic book and animated series that led to a golden period of shonen manga for around a decade. Recently, the creator of best-selling anime along with a few other animes, Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1. The manga artist’s death at the age of 68 due to a blood clot in his brain has sent shockwaves across its global fan base. Following his death, celebrities from across the world, who enjoyed Akira Toriyama’s works, conveyed their condolences. Among these celebrities, Jackie Chan’s post for Toriyama, following his tragic passing, came as the most heartwarming one.
On the Chinese microblogging platform Sina Weibo, Jackie Chan wrote, “Akira Toriyama-sensei, thank you for creating so many classic works, they will last forever. Farewell.”
Akira Toriyama, before he created Dragon Ball, created the popular comic Dr. Slump. It propelled him to widespread fame, thereby making him a renowned figure in the manga community. What comes as a surprise is that Dr. Slump’s manga was highly influenced by Jackie Chan’s work. Toriyama, in his past interviews, informed that Chan’s movies and Chinese literature were the primary influences for Dragon Ball. As per Fandom Wire, Jackie Chan had also acknowledged Toriyama’s influence on his films.
Many of you may not know but Jackie Chan and Akira Toriyama also met which was specified in Bird Land Press’ 1986 publication. Bird Land Press was a prominent magazine that was keen on writing about the life and works of Akira Toriyama. It is pertinent to note that Jackie Chan replicated the character of Dr Slump’s protagonist, Arale Norimaki, in a scene of his 1985 film My Lucky Stars. Akira Toriyama, in Dragon Ball Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide, mentioned that after finishing Dr. Slump, the influence of Jackie Chan’s 1978 comedy-action film Drunken Master inspired him to write Son Goku and his Friends’ Adventures.
For those unversed, Toriyama was born in Aichi prefecture in central Japan in the year 1955. His manga debut was the adventure comic Wonder Island.
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