‘Dragon Ball’ creator Akira Toriyama has died, aged 68

The world’s first Dragon Ball theme park will be built in Saudi Arabia, in Qiddiya, an entertainment and tourism project outside the capital of Riyadh.

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Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Just a few weeks after the death of its creator Akira Toriyama, the world’s first theme park dedicated to the “Dragon Ball” universe of comics, movies, and games is set to be built in Saudi Arabia. The “Dragon Ball” park, centred around the world of Son Goku – the young boy with supernatural martial arts powers on a journey to collect seven magical orbs that elicit a wish-granting dragon – will be built in Qiddiya, the entertainment and tourism project outside the Saudi capital of Riyadh, the Qiddiya Investment Company and Toei Animation announced on Friday.

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Akira Toriyama, the influential manga artist who created the Dragon Ball anime franchise, has died aged 68.

the official Dragon Ball website read.“We hope that Akira Toriyama’s unique world of creation continues to be loved by everyone for a long time to come.”Born in Nagoya, Japan in 1955, Toriyama began his career with the creation of the manga series “Dr. Slump” in 1980.

J. Kim Murphy Akira Toriyama, a Japanese manga artist who created the medium-defining franchise “Dragon Ball” in the 1980’s and shepherded its growth into a global phenomenon, died March 1 due to an acute subdural hematoma. He was 68.

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