AKIRA NO.1: A Farewell to the Godfather of Manga (2024 - THE NEW CHALLENGER PRODUCTIONS)

(This video is not monetised. Please do share it around, if it bespeaks the truth of how Master Akira Toriyama's works affected your life).

As a child, Dragon Ball Z was all I had.

I have many things I'd like to say about him, things that aren't in this speech, delivered by the amazing Jordan Woollen (the voice of Vegeta in LEGEND - A Dragon Ball Tale). But you know, maybe I don't need to share them. I think that art is a very honest way to deliver to you what's inside someone's soul. So please accept this small tribute as my version of a eulogy, for the late Master Akira Toriyama.

Rest in peace, power, and prosperity, my friend.

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THE NEW CHALLENGER PRODUCTIONS (Formerly STUDIO STRAY DOG) FULL TEAM CREDITS:
✪ Animation, Storyboards, Direction: NASEER PASHA.
✪ Colour Direction: MICHAEL CHUNG.
✪ Audio Direction, Sound Engineering: DAVID VITAS.
✪ Production Management, Japanese Dialogue: KANAKO PASHA.
✪ Character Layout, Background: NASEER PASHA, MIKE CHUNG, SANDIE GRUNBERG
✪ Additional Animation, Cel Colour: MATTHEW BAKERDJIAN, NASEER PASHA,
✪ Composite, Final Edit: NASEER PASHA.
✪ Music: COOPER MADEN X DAVID VITAS - "The Number One Hero"

STARRING
☆ JORDAN WOOLLEN ☆ (Vegeta)
☆ REI TADANO ☆ (Son Goku)

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©The New Challenger Productions Inc. July 17, 2024. Canada. Made for fun.
Production time: March 11, 2024- July 17, 2024

[AgentMysteryMeat]

To the Man, the Myth, and LEGEND. A moment of silence, for Master Akira Toriyama: April 5, 1955 - March 1, 2024.

[kiljadaen]

"Move well, study well, play well, eat well, rest well - That is the turtle master way!" Thank you Akira Toriyama, RIP....

[JaxBlade]

Absolutely beautiful immaculate work. May our King rest in peace & I hope Him & The Kais are havin a fun time up there 🙏🏾

[lmaniviney]

You got this 50 year old Black man, who got introduced to DBZ in 1997 when they were just on bootleg videotapes that I would get in NYC, in tears. Salute.

[tgamer]

2:10 “Wherever you land, you will always be… number one ☝️”

[Kuhaku]

As a child i sat down and watched every i mean every ep of Dragon Ball to Dragon Ball Z.
After Dragon Ball was finished and Z started i was so hyped as fuck to see Goku and his child and all other Charakters develop.
This series is truly a gift for a child and a teenager to learn about friendship and to never give up!
From 1997 to 2000er i was in such a good time in my life and i didn't really knew how good it was.
I played even every Game that was coming out until that time. What a bond it has created with friends!

ありがとう ございます, Sensei! Thank you from the bottom of my heart dear Mr. Toriyama!

[damondriver]

Rest easy Akira Toriyama. Man, I watch dragonball or play one of the games almost every week in some capacity and I always forget hes passed on, and i remember suddenly and it sucks. Such a huge HUGE part of my childhood. As a kid DBZ and Akira Toriyama inadvertently helped me through the trauma, the lonliness, and the wondering if I wanted to keep being around.. RIP to an absolute legend and someone who helped to pave the way for anime and manga for DECADES to come. Who inspired millions of people of all ages to never give up and to keep going no matter what

[poweroffriendship.]

Akira Toriyama revolutionized the shonen genre that inspired anime in general in the same way as Stan Lee is to comic books and Osamu Tezuka is to manga.

Rest in power, Mr. Toriyama. King Kai is honored to meet you in the Other World in peace.

[denontown]

i’ve been having horrible mental health problems for quite a while, living every day was torture, yet nothing was close enough to make me break into tears than the passing of toriyama sensei. nothing will ever mean as much to me as dragon ball did, it made me who i am and i’ll make sure your spirit lives on within all of us

[degariuslozak]

Even months after hearing the news, it still is unbelievable. I'm so grateful for Akira Toriyama and all that he has done. Truly an inspiration for the world ♥

[echamp]

Wonderful truth to the legendary Akira Toriyama, he would be beyond honored to see this, as are we as fans to have been able to witness his great ideas brought to fruition on his mangas and shows. Rest in Power, always Akira Toriyama, the Grandfather of Manga.

[RWAsur]

The saddest hype there ever was, to see your work in these circumstances

[Sherry_Moon]

I need to download this and save it for my inner inspiration is always awakened by it. It's the best farewell video of Akira Toriyama in the whole on YouTube

[UltraPrime]

I still can't believe that he's not around us, the simple mortals...
Goodbye Akira Toriyama, we shall never forget that great genius and awesome artist

[revenantronin]

RIP to the Legend that brought joy to our worlds, we thank you and hope to see you again at a better place. Fly High!

[TechNinjaSigma]

"You will always be, Number One", Damn Straight!!!

[LucasTheDoofus]

Without you making Dragon Ball: Legend, i dont think i would have discovered Dragon Ball in the first place. Goku and Akira Toriyama in general has since became my biggest art inspiration. Thank you for introducing me to a wonderful world of hope, creativity, and determination.

[godslayer]

I JUST FINISHED MY FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF AND YOU JUST SENT ME BACK TO STAGE ONE! 😭😭😭
🕊️🕊️🕊️ Fly high and free on your way to King Kai’s Akira Toriyama (4/5/1955 - 3/1/2024) 🕊️🕊️🕊️

Everyone help form the depression spirit bomb! 😭

[TruS]

I was one of the only girls at my school to be obsessed with DragonBall and all the sagas that came afterwards. I don't know how many times I tried to make a spirit bomb, or break the sound barrier fighting my brothers. This was a big part of my childhood and how I grew up. I know he's been gone a while now, but I think about him and his work all the time. May he continue to rest in peace.

[mattattack]

Even though the man is gone his impact will last forever, I wasn't even born when Dragonball or Dragon's Quest were at their peak but I fell in love with his art and his stories all the same. In reality, Akira Toriyama will never truly be gone. His work transcends generations and cultures, he has achieved true immortality through the passion that he shared with every one of us.