Finally feel like I can say something coherent, so here goes...
I say this without a shred of exaggeration: Akira Toriyama was legitimately one of the most important creative figures of the last 50 years. His work, especially Dragon Ball, has influenced SO much even outside its own medium. Movies, TV, cartoons, comic books, video games, MUSIC... all of it. You can see his fingerprints in so many other works. Even now, artists and writers, voice actors and animators, musicians and game devs are all mourning him and reflecting on the impact he had on their own work. Titans of anime and manga are sharing in this pain.
The craziest thing about this though? The humility he had in spite of it. He was always reluctant to be in the spotlight, preferred to keep his head down and just work, never really worried that much about public perception of himself. Part of what makes him such an icon, man.
Losing him is losing a piece of our shared history. It's something that resonates deep in the hearts of everyone his work touched. This is just... such a loss. And I can't even begin to imagine what his family is going through right now. Praying for them all.
Rest in Peace to a literal Legend, an absolute Icon, and a personal inspiration in more ways than I could ever express properly.
As much as I want to see Gohan as a kid again, it would be funny if the reason he wasn't in the trailer was because poor boy was over there witnessing the whole mess and having a mental breakdown off the screen
I can't believe how just two months ago I was drawing Reversed GT AU with kid Vegeta, thinking maybe we'll be able to get young vegeta in 2099 with Dragon Ball: Still making money or whatever, and just two days ago Toriyma dropped Daima with Vegeta literally being a manchild again. It was like getting an early Christmas present..
I'm checking "Baby Vegeta" off my bucket list.. It'll take some time for me to stop obsessing over DB: Daima trailer