Shreveport Dragon Ball Z fans react to the passing of Akira Toriyama

well the world pays tribute to the man who influenced a new generation of pop culture and art Akira Toriyama the creator of Dragon Ball Z has passed away suddenly at the age of 68 according to his website His Life and Legacy touched the lives of so many and continues to do so here is what locals had to say anime itself wouldn't be this big deal I think in America had it not been for Dragon Ball becoming what it was it's been such an influential show that you know it's touched thousands millions

of people as an anime fan that it is a huge loss to the community Dragon Ball Z began airing in America in the 9s alerting many in the country and its kids to a new world called anime dragon ball specifically such a big part of my childhood from whether it was um waking up and watching it on like a tsunami I know growing up in the early 2000s is uh seeing uh tunami play Dragon Ball and seeing anime the anime go from this Niche thing get made fun of to oh look to this big thing was like it's main

stream now back in the early 90s just waking up every Saturday morning just to watch Dragon Ball fans talk about its influence and inspiration inside sports card Louisiana it was during the cell Saga and my favorite character personally was young team Gohan and whenever he went Super Saiyan 2 against s when s was hurting all of his friends and family it's just still to this day I get goosebumps over that I even I love that moment so much throughout the Dragon Ball history that I got it tattooed

on me pop culture like Star Wars and everything else you can get talk about that with anybody and everybody uh people may know more people may know less about it but you can still talk to somebody they might go oh yeah it's the blonde one guy from that one thing he screams a lot doesn't he or they might go oh yeah I know what Kamehameha is and the story also connected across cultures in Mexico there is a huge cultural phenomenon that what's interesting it's something that not only that the kids

of the younger Generations really love but it's something that they can share with their parents as well I don't know if a Toriyama ever knew how much he uh how much the black community loved him Donald Wayne is our new News Room editor he says Aira toriyama's writing and World building inspired his creativity it's part of the reason I started drawing cuz growing up a lot of back to the black community thing if we don't draw nothing else we would sit and just draw Goku or Vegeta reflecting on to

riyama's storytelling of strength through perseverance it shows that you know family and friends are always first and you got to protect those things that you love I mean look at Goku he was always fighting to protect those that he loved even Vegeta leaving its lasting message of always pushing past your limits to become stronger