Akira Toriyama, tác giả ‘Bảy viên ngọc rồng’, qua đời ở tuổi 68

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Akira Toriyama, one of Japan’s leading comics authors (tác giả truyện tranh hàng đầu), whose manga and anime franchise “Dragon Ball” achieved worldwide success with its mix of comedic characters and rousing martial arts battles, died on March 1. He was 68.

His death was confirmed on Friday in a statement by his manga and design production company, Bird Studio, and Capsule Corporation Tokyo. The statement said the cause was acute subdural hematoma (tụ máu dưới màng cứng cấp tính), a condition in which blood collects (máu tụ) between the skull (sọ) and brain. It did not say where Mr. Toriyama died.

His best-known work, “Dragon Ball,” follows a young boy named Son Goku who embarks on a journey to collect the seven magical orbs that summon a wish-granting dragon (rồng ban điều ước). Since its creation in the 1980s, it has spanned 42 volumes, sold millions of copies worldwide and become one of the most famous manga (truyện tranh nổi tiếng), inspiring television, film and video game adaptations.

Throughout his career (sự nghiệp), Mr. Toriyama said in a 2013 interview with the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, he did not care if his work did anything besides entertaining its readers. He was, he suggested, unlike “other manga artists concerned about conveying didactic messages.”

“Dragon Ball” was serialized in the Japanese magazine (tạp chí) Weekly Shonen Jump until 1995. In the year after the series ended, the magazine lost about one million of its six million readers, according to “A History of Modern Manga.” The story lived on through anime like “Dragon Ball Z” and through video games. Mr. Toriyama also designed the characters for the Dragon Quest video game series.

He led a private life and gave few interviews. In a 2013 interview (phỏng vấn) with the Japanese singer and actress Shoko Nakagawa, he said that he did not even share all his work with his family.

After “Dragon Ball,” Mr. Toriyama wrote single-volume manga (truyện tranh một tập), including “Cowa!,” “Kajika” and “Jaco the Galactic Patrolman.” “Sand Land,” published in 2000, was made into a movie in 2023. Its anime version is scheduled to be released in the spring on Disney+, along with a video game.

source: nytimes,

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