Akira Toriyama, creator of the best-selling manga in the world, has died at the age of 68. The hero of the manga phenomenon “Dragon Ball”, sold between 260 and 300 million copies worldwide, depending on sources.
In France, its publisher, Glénat, announces 30 million albums sold. Between 1984 and 1995, Toriyamas drew and published 42 volumes of his saga. The author of this cult comic published between 1985 and 1995 died on March 1, "from an acute subdural hematoma", the production studio he created announced.