Eiichiro Oda pays homage to Toriyama from the Dragon Ball manga

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Oda, the creator of One Piece, paid tribute to Toriyama of the Dragon Ball manga by redrawing the volume cover for the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project.
Dragon Ball celebrated its 40th anniversary with the project, allowing various mangaka to honor Toriyama's revolutionary work.
Oda has always admired Toriyama, showing his appreciation by redrawing volume 42 of Dragon Ball and regretting not having bought the manga when Toriyama was alive.

World famous mangaka, Akira Toriyama tragically passed away earlier this year, very sad and shocked. Since then, many mangakas have paid tribute to him, as to him and his work. Dragon BallManga changed the industry and touched lives.

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with Dragon Ball For the 40th anniversary, many mangaka, both young and old, have paid tribute to Toriyama and his revolutionary work by redrawing Dragon Ball volume covers for the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project. Oda, a One Piece mangaka, has always been one of Toriyama's biggest followers, and he recently paid tribute to him by participating in the project.

Oda's Art of Dragon Ball Volume 42

Part of the Dragon Ball Super Gallery

Dragon Ball is now a series that is 40 years old. The series was first released in 1984 by late mangaka Akira Toriyama, whose series passed earlier this year.

To commemorate this major milestone for the series, the Dragon Ball Super The gallery project was organized.

Eiichiro Oda, Mangaka a pieceparticipated. For his contribution, he recreated the manga cover of volume 42 of Dragon Ball. This cover features Goku, the main character of Dragon Ball.

Oda's relationship with Toriyama

Oda has always admired Toriyama, even claiming him as a god. One piece, his work takes a lot of inspiration from Toriyama's Dragon Ball, as does most shonen manga, due to the revolutionary impact it had on the industry as a whole.

Toriyama's death was a major news story earlier this year, affecting many who loved the series.

Here's what Oda once said about Toriyama and his love for Dragon Ball:

“I bought the first volume of the Dragon Ball manga series when I was in elementary school, but I never bought the second volume! I always read the chapters through WSJ magazine, and when the final volume 42 was released, I went to the bookstore and saw it, but I didn't read it again. : I thank you for the opportunity to draw and now, I will buy this volume as long as Toriyama-sensei! lives” – Eiichiro Oda

Fans can expect to see more memorabilia from Oda to Toriyama and beyond Dragon BallEspecially when new Dragon Ball The event pops up. Oda has done so on countless occasions before, and he wants to once again pay homage to the legendary mangaka.

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