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As you all know, famous Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump manga artist and creator Akira Toriyama passed away recently on March 1, 2024. His death was then announced on March 7, 2024, by the official Dragon Ball website and its Twitter account. There is worldwide mourning across the spectrum, and many manga artists, game developers, celebrities, athletes, and even political leaders, have expressed their sadness over Toriyama’s death.

The most notable ones, One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, and Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto, have released a long statement in regard to Toriyama’s passing, and the amount of emotion expressed by the two legends. Their statements were released via official Weekly Shonen Jump.

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The Japanese broadcasting corporation NHK will air a Fist of the North Star documentary on January 27. The title will be “Another Story: How the Fist of the North Star Came to Be“.

The Fist of the North Star ran in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump magazine from 1983 to 1988. The manga also had an anime adaptation that ran for 152 episodes from 1984 to 1988. The franchise also had a film in 1986, a live-action film in 1995, and an OVA in 2003. More Fist of the Stars anime adaptations have since followed.

NHK’s description of the documentary

“Fist of the North Star” is the gold standard of action manga and has remained popular over the past 30 years. This is the dramatic story of how three men came together to create a masterpiece.

Sources: Otaku USA