Episode 606: Farewell, Akira Toriyama
Added 2024-04-15 12:00:10 +0000 UTCOssu! Diamond Feit here, and we've got a special episode for you that, in a Retronauts first, none of us wanted to record. Oh sure, I'd been scheming to dive into the legacy and history of Dragon Ball for a while now, but when the series' creator Akira Toriyama passed away suddenly last month, we knew we had to acknowledge our collective loss.
Since it's April now, the news is not so fresh, but I still think that this chat with Kevin Bunch, Bob Mackey, and Pure Invention author Matt Alt touches upon what made Toriyama such a great contributor to the world of comics, video games, and just life in general. Also, I promise the special ending wasn't just a bit, because we recorded this over video chat so I can confirm our gesture was real.
Art by Nina Matsumoto, edits by Greg Leahy. Music heard in this episode:
05:59 - One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961 OST): Overture
17:16 - Charlie Parker: "Chasin' the Bird"
27:20 - Final Fantasy X: Ending Theme
36:13 - Theme from Tetsuko's Room | Dr. Slump - Arale-chan: Wai Wai World
46:49 - Dragon Quest I 25th Anniversary Symphonic Suite: Unknown World
1:00:05 - Dr. Slump and Arale-chan Film Collection: Dr. Slump Takeoff! | Dragon Ball: Makafushigi Adventure
1:14:29 - Dragon Ball: The True Power of Piccolo
1:26:24 - Dragon Ball GT: One Last Reunion (recreation by xXurcelayXx on YouTube)
Closing - Dragon Ball GT: Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku
Comments
I like Chrono Cross and Nobuteru Yuuki is an excellent artist--I mean Lodoss War, Battle Angel Alita, so good-- but if I'm being totally honest the lack of Toriyama was instantly off-putting for me. Akira Toriyama could add charm to anything, be it a pink poo or a medieval frog knight. His absence was felt in Chrono Cross then and is certainly felt now.
Nuno Amaral
2024-04-26 05:25:54 +0000 UTCListened to this episode while frantically commuting to work and thought, "Wow, I am JUST like Toriyama because I'm always late getting to my job, too!" I figure tardiness is the first step toward becoming world famous.
Tall Rob
2024-04-26 02:06:16 +0000 UTC
