U-Akira Toriyama, umbhali we-Dragon Ball, ushonile

U-Akira Toriyama, umdali wenganekwane ye-anime ne-manga, okuhlanganisa i-Dragon Ball, iSand Land, uDkt. Slump nabanye abaningi, udlule emhlabeni ngomhla ka-1 Mashi 2024 eneminyaka engu-68.

Iwebhusayithi esemthethweni ye-Dragon Ball ibike ukuthi imbangela yokufa kukaToriyama kwakuwukopha okukhulu kwe-subdural (isimo esibucayi lapho igazi linqwabelana phakathi kogebhezi nobuso bobuchopho). Isitatimende esisemthethweni, esisayinwe yi-Bird Studio kanye ne-Capsule Corporation i-Tokyo Co., Ltd., futhi safakwa ku-X (eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Twitter), sithi: “Bangane abathandekayo nozakwethu, sidabuke kakhulu ukunazisa ukuthi umqambi we-manga u-Akira. UToriyama udlule emhlabeni ngoMashi 1 ngenxa yokopha kakhulu okungaphansi komhlaba. Wayeneminyaka engu-68 ubudala.”

Umyalezo uyaqhubeka: “Kungokudabuka okukhulu ukuthi simemezele ukuthi usenemisebenzi eminingi ayenzayo, ayenze ngesasasa elikhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakusekuningi okwakumelwe akufeze. Kodwa-ke, washiya umhlaba nezihloko eziningi ze-manga nemisebenzi yobuciko. Ngenxa yokusekelwa abantu abaningi emhlabeni wonke, ukwazile ukuqhubeka nemisebenzi yakhe yokudala iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-45. Siyethemba ukuthi umhlaba oyingqayizivele odalwe ngu-Akira Toriyama uzoqhubeka nokuthandwa yibo bonke isikhathi eside. "

“Sixoxa ngalezi zindaba ezibuhlungu futhi sibonga umusa wakho empilweni yakhe. Umngcwabo wenziwa ngasese kukhona umndeni wakhe nezihlobo ezimbalwa ezisondelene. Ukulandela isifiso sakho sokuthula, sikwazisa ngenhlonipho ukuthi ngeke samukele izimbali, izipho zenduduzo, ukuvakasha, izipesheli nokunye okwengeziwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sicela ukuthi ugweme izingxoxo nomndeni wakhe. Izinhlelo zesikhathi esizayo zemibuthano yesikhumbuzo azikanqunywa. Sizokwazisa ngokushesha uma sesithole isiqinisekiso. Sibonga kakhulu ngokuqonda kwenu kanye nokwesekwa kwenu njengenjwayelo.”

Ukudlula emhlabeni kukaToriyama ngokungangabazeki kuzothusa abaningi. Ubesanda kukhuluma ngokuzithoba, ngentshiseko nangomdlandla mayelana nokuhlelwa kwe-anime okuzayo kochungechunge lwakhe lweSand Land. Uveze ukuthi ubhale lolu chungechunge njengokusabela ku-flashier Dragon Ball, efuna umsebenzi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo ube "mayelana nemihlaba ayithandayo nezindaba ezinokuthula, ezinokuthula mayelana namaqhawe alula." Kusukela ngo-1978 kuze kube namuhla, ngochungechunge lwamanga lwe-Dragon Ball Super nezinye eziningi, u-Toriyama ujabulise izethameli ngamaqhawe akhe anomusa, akhanyayo, nathandekayo. Ukhunjulwa njengelinye lamathonya amakhulu ku-manga yesimanje, ngemisebenzi yakhe enqoba izithiyo zolimi futhi azuze abalandeli abaningi emhlabeni jikelele.

U-Akira Toriyama: Isithonjana seManga esishintshe umlando

U-Akira Toriyama, owazalwa ngo-Ephreli 5, 1955 futhi washona ngoMashi 1, 2024, wayengumculi we-manga waseJapan nomklami wezinhlamvu omisebenzi yakhe yaba nomthelela omkhulu emhlabeni wokuxoxwa kwezindaba ngezithombe. Ekuqaleni yaziwa ngokudala uchungechunge lwama-manga oluthi “Dr. U-Slump”, u-Toriyama wabe esenikeza impilo ku-"Dragon Ball", umsebenzi ongazange nje umenze adume emhlabeni wonke kodwa futhi waba nomthelela ezizukulwaneni zabaculi nabalandeli bohlobo. Ngaphezu kwalokhu, usebenze njengomklami womlingiswa weminye yemidlalo yevidiyo ethandwa kakhulu, okuhlanganisa uchungechunge lwe-"Dragon Quest", "Chrono Trigger" kanye ne "Blue Dragon". Umthelela wakhe kulo mkhakha ufana nokuthi uthathwa njengomunye wababhali abaguqule umlando we-manga, ngenxa yokuthandwa okukhulu nomthelela wemisebenzi yakhe, ikakhulukazi i-Dragon Ball.

Ngo “Dkt. Slump,” u-Toriyama uthole indondo ye-Shogakukan ye-Best Shōnen Manga ngo-1981, ethengisa amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-35 eJapane futhi wakhuthaza uchungechunge lwe-anime oluyimpumelelo. Iphrojekthi yakhe elandelayo, ethi, “Dragon Ball,” yazuza impumelelo enkulu nakakhulu emhlabeni wonke, yaba ngochungechunge lwama-manga oluthengiswa kakhulu kunabo bonke owake waba namakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-260 asakazwa emhlabeni wonke. Lo msebenzi wawubalulekile ngesikhathi sokusatshalaliswa okuphezulu kwe-manga, maphakathi nawo-80s nama-90s, futhi ukulungiswa kwawo kwe-anime kwasiza ukusabalalisa ukuthandwa kwe-anime emazweni aseNtshonalanga.

Ngo-2019, ebonga iqhaza lakhe emhlabeni wezobuciko, uToriyama waklonyeliswa ngesihloko esithi Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters eFrance.

Ukuphila neziqalo Wazalelwa edolobheni laseNagoya, e-Aichi Prefecture, eJapane, uToriyama wahlakulela uthando lokudweba kusukela esemncane, egqugquzelwa ikakhulukazi izilwane nezimoto. Intshisekelo yakhe emfanekisweni yaqiniswa ngokubuka ifilimu ethi "101 Dalmatians" nangokuthola umhlaba wama-manga ebuntwaneni. Nakuba ayebeke eceleni i-manga ngesikhathi esesikoleni, ekhetha amafilimu nezinhlelo ze-TV, uthando lwakhe lokudweba aluzange luphele, kangangokuthi wanquma ukuya esikoleni samabanga aphezulu esigxile ekuklameni izinto naphezu kokuphikisa kwabazali bakhe.

Ngemva kokuphothula iziqu, uToriyama wasebenza iminyaka emithathu esikhungweni sezokukhangisa eNagoya, eklama amaphosta. Naphezu kokuzivumelanisa kahle nokuhle ekuqaleni, isimiso nendawo yokusebenza ayizange ibonise ukuthambekela kwakhe, ekugcineni kwamholela ekubeni ashiye umsebenzi wakhe ukuze azinikele isikhathi esigcwele kuthando lwakhe lwangempela: manga.

Ifa lika-Akira Toriyama alinakucimeka emhlabeni we-manga ne-anime, hhayi nje ngemisebenzi yakhe engaphelelwa isikhathi kodwa futhi nangogqozi aqhubeka elunikeza izizukulwane ezintsha zamaciko. Nge-“Dragon Ball” nezinye izinto azidalile, u-Toriyama ubonise ukuthi umcabango kanye nethalente kungadlula kanjani imingcele yamasiko, kuzuze izinhliziyo zabalandeli emhlabeni jikelele.

Lala ngokuthula, Akira Toriyama.