1905 Movie Network News According to news from Japanese comics publishing company Shueisha on March 8, the author of the long comic "Dragon Ball" and Japanese cartoonist Akira Toriyama died of illness on March 1 at the age of 68. Jackie Chan posted a photo with Akira Toriyama on Weibo and posted a message of condolences: Mr. Akira Toriyama, thank you for creating so many classic works. They will always be with the world and go well.
It is reported that Akira Toriyama liked Jackie Chan very much during his lifetime. His masterpiece "Dragon Ball" was adapted from "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of the Eight Dogs of Nanso Satomi". Akira Toriyama bluntly said many times in interviews that without "Drunken Master" there would be no Dragon Ball. , also said that he has watched Jackie Chan's "Drunken Master" movie no less than 70 times. According to public information, the character design of Goku in "Dragon Ball" has the shadow of Jackie Chan. The name Cheng Long of the comic Kame Sennin has the same pronunciation as Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan played the classic character Arale written by Akira Toriyama in the 1985 movie "Lucky Star".
Akira Toriyama made his debut in 1978 with the comic work "Strange Island", and in 1980 he released the famous work "Arale". His masterpiece "Dragon Ball" has been serialized in comic periodicals since 1984, with a cumulative circulation of more than 260 million copies. It was later adapted into cartoons, movies and other derivative works that have become popular around the world.
