#toriyama's influences

[hero-17]

What's your opinion on religious influences in Dragon Ball?

There is a lot of Judeo-Christian imagery (white dove, Upa scaring Devilman with a cross, Goku as a Moses-type figure, etc.) I don't like it when Seventh-Day Adventist fearmongers like Little Light Studios call Goku a Lucifer-type figure.

Beerus and Heles look like Egyptian gods

Comment on your thoughts in the reply section and like, share, reblog, and boost. U can do this matter your religion.

Dragon Ball is a mix of different religions †☪︎✡☯☸ૐ⛩️🀀𓋹⚛

I'm not gonna talk about Journey to the West since everyone knows that Dragon Ball was influenced by that story.

Ki comes from Eastern religions. A comparison to make is the Jewish concept of ruach tamah, described by rabbis as similar to ki and as the source as Samson's power

Judeo-Christian imagery. Super Saiyan is similar to the glowing state of Stephen (my interpretation, I'm Christian btw). Goku is a "SON UNDER THE SUN". Goku is also a Moses-type figure, like Superman. A white dove also appears aside of Android 16. That's the symbol of the Holy Spirit. Upa also scares Devilman with a cross. Magic users (with the exception of Baba) are all evil. Baphomet-like demons are always the villains. Goku's values are also Judeo-Christian/Islamic. Dragon Ball has a god hierarchy like Marvel, but Zalama who is above all, just like the One Above All in Marvel, has a similarity to Yahweh of Judaism and Christianity or more like Aether of the Hypsistarian cult.

The Kais relate to the Buddhist Heavenly Kings and Hindu deities. Beerus and Heles take inspiration from Egyptian paganism.

State your opinions and thoughts in the reply section.

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[letoscrawls]

To honor Akira Toriyama i drew future Trunks aka my first ever crush

#my art #dragon ball #trunks #first time i draw him since i was 8 #i was crazy obsessed with him and i just deep dived his wiki to find out they got him a toxic problematic love interest WTF DUDE #free my man he did nothing wrong he was always the loml #i said it on twt too but if you had a crush on him and not on toxic man vegeta or man child goku you're actually EliteTM #anyways it was bittersweet to see sooo many artists i admire and look up to say that the reason they started drawing was toriyama's work #like we are all connected by the same experience and it's crazy to think he had such an influence on so many #been thinking about it all day

[kingcrustacean]

Fun fact Luffy wanted to get stronger so he could look like Goku

#kartpost 💯 #rip toriyama #I haven’t watched dragon ball yet but it’s influence is amazing #so I wanted to draw this #one piece #dragon ball #dragon ball z #monkey d. luffy #monkey d luffy #luffy #goku #son goku

[boxedsyrup]

Just some tweets that really hit me today.

Sometimes it's easy to forget *exactly* how influential a person and their work is. Would the works we all love even have existed without him?

#akira toriyama #Dragonball #Chrono Trigger #Dragon Quest #Today I learned that Mario was influenced by one of his characters #anime #manga

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

Man, Dragon Ball is such an important part of my life to this day. It gave me the strength to make the best out of my childhood, to survive some of my worst teenage years and even now every time I feel down I go to put some Dragon Ball episode to cheer me up.

It gave me a closer relationship to my dad, 'cause we would spend entire summers marathoning it. My grandparents used to go on vacations and brought me pirated CDs and some cheap figures collections, keychains. My aunts and uncles still send me Dragon Ball memes. It's so weird and so funny, but I can't complain because it's harmless.

I sing Dragon Ball openings and endings when I need some distraction, while I do my chores, while I'm studying. I go into my sister's room to remind her of that time Picollo and Goku tried to learn to drive and it was a disaster. I was laughing so hard just by the memory.

Like me, I'm sure there are many other people in the world. Dragon Ball means a lot to many many generations. It influences so much not only anime and manga culture, but every corner of the world.

Akira Toriyama really gifted humanity with one of the most beloved hero stories out there. The silly type, yet emotional, full of action and friendship.

For that many will always be thankful.

#before anyone comes to tell me anything I know the man was not a saint and I know how twsited the manga/anime industry is #but we can't deny the joy that his work brought to the world #dragon ball is one of the most important art creations of the last decades lol #because it influenced soooo many people and other artists #dragon ball #db #dbz #akira toriyama

[darkmagenugget]

Chrono Trigger Stream tonight

Streaming Chrono Trigger (DS Version) tonight to honor Toriyama's legacy. Come hang out, say hi, and pay respects with me at

#akira toriyama #Thank you akira toriyama #For all you have done #For Influencing my art #For Influencing so many series #stream #Chrono Trigger #game stream #Nugget Plays

[calliecat93]

RIP Akira Toriyama

#i was just about to go to bed when I saw #omg i am shellshocked #i wasnt even a big dragonball fan but OMG #he was such a major influence in the manga industry so this is just... #god first kazuki takahashi now this #utterly heartbreaking #rip akira toriyama

[deductivisms]

just been stunlocked for the last few minutes or so as toriyama's passing sinks in

his influence is impossible to describe he was only 68

#memo #toriyama's work means so much to so many people #even those who haven't directly consumed it have likely felt its influence in works they enjoy #it's why reading kishimoto's statement was as devastating as reading the announcement #growing up i loved listening to my older cousins talk about the latest anime episodes #even into adulthood we always had dragon ball #reading 'i can't even read my favorite dragon ball' anymore from kishimoto because of the news made me upset #bc the sentiment was expressed by my cousin too #i'm just sitting here like yeah.. definitely feeling this one and i'm sending thoughts to his friends and family

[thedude3445]

What's yours (template)

#media influences #homestuck #star wars #fire emblem #madoka magica #scott pilgrim #gundam #steven universe #pacific rim #ultimate spider man #paper mario #lady bird #banjo kazooie #mr show #monogatari #sonic adventure 2 #akira toriyama #earthbound

[dbssh]

stranger in class told me he thought this image was "fucking sick" 👍

#red.txt #do you see me taking notes on toriyamas art on the side. whoops #he was honestly a huge influence on how i draw even if it doesnt show much these days #anyways i still need to make gokus hair bigger when i draw him. such is life #red.png

[fitia]

Second attempt at going through HxH and for the Heaven's Arena I really feel like I'm going through Dragon Ball again

#fitiaposting #Well Toriyama is an influence to many I guess

[skyoramakesart]

His visual storytelling had a massive impact on me as an artist. He will be missed.

#art #rip #akira toriyama #art influences #manga

[gentlyouttatime]

damn

#toriyama's influence is massive...

[starspaceace]

i cannot emphasize enough like how influential dragon ball was on me as a pre teen i started drawing and doing art because of dragon ball

#dragonball flipnotes on flipnote hatena were my first fandom experience though that might be a unique experience #so many pages of my early sketchbooks are like copying dragonball art i can still kinda point out the db influences in my style too #idk its sad toriyama has pass i hope he rests in peace #carley talks

[medakakurokami]

one thing i've always understood as Akira Toriyama's influence on manga, even if just assumption on my part, was how his cartooning came to bear when he started writing pure action manga. when I think of his contemporaries I think of overblown special moves like Saint Seiya or the gory fist clusters of FotNS

to me it seemed what Toriyama brought to the table was the satisfaction of clarity in martial arts

when you read his fight scenes, which may have become notorious when animated for dragging on, there's no question about what's happening in the action

a clear kick to the jaw

a clean line of action on Yajirobe's slice

I first noticed this clarity pretty quickly early on in the General Tao fights during the red ribbon arc, where entire fight scenes playing out with these clear motions on the pages

Even as it got more detailed later on, the clarity stayed

clear hits on clear fight scenes

and dirtier but still completely legible lines of action

And when he started introducing the big over the top special moves we got the same thing quite often in DB: that simple visual clarity amplifying the excitement

i'm not super coherent on it right now, i'm not the biggest shonen action fan all the time and maybe Toriyama didn't introduce the world to visually clear and interesting fights in manga.

but when I see any action manga showing off clean fight choreography or sick ass lazer beams that show off clear shockwaves of destruction, i'll always be thinking of the GOAT

RIP Akira Toriyama

#akira toriyama #dragon ball

[dragon-ball-meta]

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.

#Akira Toriyama #dragon ball #dragon ball Z #Dragon Ball Super #Dragon Ball Daima #DBS #DBZ #RIP #dragonball #dragonball z #dragon quest #chrono trigger #blue dragon #SandLand #Dr. Slump