After the sudden death of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama at the age of 68, players in the online community gathered to pay tribute to Toriyama's beloved and influential work spanning decades of manga, anime and video games.

Along with Dragon Ball Z, Toriyama is best known for his iconic designs for the Dragon Quest series, including cover art and characters for each game dating back to 1986, and of course the beloved Blue Slime, as well as his work on RPG developer Square He is also known for other games from Enix. Although Toriyama did not directly contribute to Final Fantasy, the game may not have existed without his art.

"I personally am a big fan of Akira Toriyama, and I used to read Weekly Jump magazine every week," Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi said in an interview. So when I started the Final Fantasy project, I wanted to at least make something similar to Dragon Quest," Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi said in an interview. The two later collaborated on the game "Blue Dragon," which brought Toriyama's art to the forefront.

And of course, there have been dozens of Dragon Ball games based on Toriyama's manga over the decades, from fighters to RPGs. Since the news of Toriyama's passing, players of "Final Fantasy 14," "Dragon Quest 10," "Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2," and perhaps others have gathered to mourn his passing and celebrate his work. The following is a partial list.

In the video above, players walk along a long line of people standing in honor of Toriyama as he discusses his contributions to games such as "Dragon Quest" and "Chrono Trigger" in public chat.

The same thing is happening on other FF14 servers like Leviathan. In this Twitch video, many players can be seen paying their respects by placing fire in front of themselves and using the "pray" emote for several minutes and in some cases hours. A longer video of the music played at the Balmung memorial service, including the Dragon Ball theme song "Cha-La Head-Cha-La," shows many players rooted to the spot.

Read more about the memorial gathering in Final Fantasy 14 here.

The MMO Dragon Quest 10 was released in Japan in 2012, but unfortunately not in the West. However, the game remains popular in Japan and is filled with Toriyama's designs. Naturally, Japanese players have flocked to pay their respects.

The memorial gathering even made the Japanese Yahoo News.

This helmet, which can be worn in-game, represents the way Toriyama used to draw himself.

This online multiplayer Dragon Ball game is still not particularly crowded in the lobby eight years after its release, but players can still be seen posing in Spirit Bomb poses to show their respect.