Tribute to Akira Toriyama (1955-2024)
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- Apr 9, 2024
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Updated: Apr 18, 2024
If you love reading Japanese manga or comics, it is hard to imagine that you have never read the manga Dragon Balls or heard of Dr. Slump. And if we talk about important authors in the history of manga or Japanese comics artists, the name Akira Toriyama ( 鳥山 明 ) would be probably the ones that come first to mind. Unfortunately, the 68-year-old manga artist passed away at the beginning of last month this year 2024. May his manga characters' spirit always live in our heart.
Illustration by Invasian Magazine.
Akira Toriyama was one of the best and most successful manga (comics) artists from Japan. His 2nd
manga series, Dragon Ball, which sold 260 million copies worldwide, was highly popular around the world, more than One Piece, Detective Conan, Slam Dunk, Naruto, Attack on Titan... if we talk about average sales per volume. It is one of the best-selling manga series of all time and is considered to be one of the main reasons for the period when manga circulation was at its highest in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s.
We have been collecting Tribute pieces or murals, as well as pieces with Dragon Balls theme from graffiti writers / artists from different countries. The oldest one we received was done in 2002. Just to show how much love and respects to the manga artist from the graffiti scene across the globe. Thanks everyone who has shared your photos with us. Photo credits all go to the artists.
ASIA
FlipOne (SBA), The Philippines, 1999
FlipOne (SBA), FlowOne (SBA), The Philippines, 2002
Devil (dn6), Hong Kong, 2023
Mais (5D), Hong Kong, 2024
Ships, Hong Kong, 2024
Noash (Triad), Hong Kong, 2024
Enzy (SWL), The Philippines, 2024
Rust (SWL), The Philippines, 2024
Santio (SWL), The Philippines, 2024
Antz (RSCLS), Singapore, 2024
9rush, Patter, Taiwan, 2024
Orang (FCS), Taiwan, 2024
Xiang (FCS), Taiwan, 2024
Eason (FCS), Taiwan, 2024
R.I.P. Akira Toriyama by FCS crew, Taiwan, 2024
EUROPE
Roux (NF), France, 2024
Mo, Vera, Symbol, Redy (BNS), Berlin, 2024
Mo, Vera, Symbol, Berlin, 2024
Redy (BNS), Mo, Berlin, 2024
Redy (BNS), Berlin, 2024
SOUTH AMERICA
You probably noticed there was a huge tribute mural done in Peru with over 40 graffiti writers and artists, and they are Peko (NFS), Doken (NFS), Clow (NFS), Dagner, Dors, Ars, Leon, Lucy, Pjone (N2S), Terco, Neram, Color Energia, Pain, FCK, Lecht, Gus, Dase, Zaym, Maus, Nino, Foer, Gasper, Mania, Confusion Nublada, Frodo, Sol De Noche, Eras, Hector Ilustra, Julieta In The House, Sarek, Murga, AlonerLONER, Ctuxx, Mistruco, Trazo, Jatoner, Dibu, Giordy Foko, Deckced, Sane, Gipor (SLC),
Jurgen, Dumser, Niero. The mural was organized by the local graffiti crew NFS. We will come back to this mural in the next article, but first you can have a look with this amazing mural.
Color Energia, Dcans, Ars, Doken (NFS), Dagner, Peru, 2024
Color Energia, Dcans, Ars, Doken (NFS), Dagner (NFS), Pjone (N2S), Terco, Hector Ilustra, Peru, 2024
Pjone (N2S), Terco, Hector Ilustra, Pain, FCK, Lecht, AlonerLONER, Gus, Peru, 2024
Pain, FCK, Lecht, AlonerLONER, Gus, Murga (MDH), Mistruco, Sol De Noche, Peru, 2024
Murga (MDH), Mistruco, Sol De Noche, Confusion Nublada, Dase, Zaym, Maus, Niero, Dumser, Peru, 2024
If you have done any pieces or murals with the related topic or theme, you can share them to us if you also want. We can include them in this post. There is no deadline or time limit on this post as soon as we are still running the magazine and the website.
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