So absurd to read the entry in Wikipedia. “was”.
I had just re-watched everything DBZ last summer. From start to finish, including all the movies. You know, background TV.
Dragon Ball is so deeply entrenched in my upbringing. It unlocked imagination more than everything else, as Akira was just blasting all the doors wide open: talking animals, technology that just “POOF” and exists, flying humans and energy balls (yes, Street Fighter picked that up from him). And, an odd kid with a monkey tail.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Akira Toriyama.