Following the sudden dying of Akira Toriyama on March 1, 2024, Dragon Ball screenwriter Takao Koyama has offered some perception into Toriyama’s well being on his private Twitter account.
In a sequence of tweets, Koyama first expressed concern about the reason for dying, a subdural hematoma, which regularly outcomes from extreme head accidents, and questioned whether or not Toriyama had suffered a head damage.
He questioned:Subdural hematoma. I’m wondering if you happen to hit your head?“
In a follow-up tweet, he revealed that Toriyama had been unwell since final yr, acknowledging the challenges he might have confronted throughout his sickness.
“It appears that you’ve been affected by an sickness since final yr. That is too unhealthy. It should have been very tough for you. Final yr I additionally spent 100 days within the hospital, so I can sympathize with you.“
Koyama went on to credit score Toriyama for considerably boosting his screenwriting profession, because of his participation in each Dr. Droop And Dragon Ball.
He expressed his deepest respect and gratitude to Toriyama, saying he by no means thought the Dragon Ball writer would die earlier than him. Koyama then revealed his personal well being struggles final yr, which included a grueling 100-day hospital keep after having his toe amputated on account of gangrene. This grueling expertise made him sympathize with what Toriyama might have skilled.
“My life as a screenwriter has been tremendously improved by being among the many screenwriters for Dr. Droop Arale-chan belonged.
It is usually because of “Dragon Ball” that the group I later based, “Brother Noppo”, turned concerned.
Mr. Akira Toriyama was considered one of my biggest benefactors, to whom I can by no means flip my again.
I by no means thought he would die earlier than me.
Final yr in April my proper toe was additionally amputated on account of gangrene. I barely survived this and was hospitalized for 100 days till the top of July. Even now, there’s nonetheless one place the place the wound has not healed, and I can’t put on footwear.
Evidently Mr. Toriyama was additionally in a tough scenario final yr, and I’ve no comforting phrases for him. And to suppose that he would die…
If I had not encountered Mr. Toriyama’s works, my life as a screenwriter and that of my college students as screenwriters would have been tremendously modified.“
Koyama ended his message with heartfelt gratitude and prayers for Toriyama’s soul.
Takao Koyama is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist who focuses on anime productions.
Koyama wrote a remake of Akira Toriyama’s Soldier of Financial savings Cashman manga, illustrated by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru and serialized in V Soar from June 1997 to December 1998.
Parallel to his work as a screenwriter, he tries to boost younger abilities. In 1986, he based “Anime Situation Home” to coach younger anime screenwriters. In 1987, younger screenwriters akin to Satoru Akahori, Hiroyuki Kawasaki, Katsuyuki Sumisawa, Keiko Nobumoto and Aya Matsui graduated from Koyama’s college. The college turned Brother Noppo, an organization supporting screenwriters, in 1988.
A few of his notable works as a function author embrace Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Urusei Yatsura, Saint Seiyaamongst different issues.
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