Gallery Remembering Akira Toriyama Launch Gallery Getty/APAkira Toriyama -- the artist who created "Dragon Ball" and other iconic manga series -- has died.
His company, Bird Studio, confirmed the sad news Thursday -- announcing the legendary illustrator and writer passed away on March 1 as a result of acute subdural hematoma ... which is when blood collects between the brain and the skull.
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