Akira Toriyama, a longtime manga creator and artist across mulitple mediums, has died at 68 years old. Per production company Bird Studio, he passed in early March from an acute subdermal hematoma.

"We inform you this sad news, with gratefulness and kindness during his lifetime," wrote Bird.

Bird went on to request that no one send flowers or condolence gifts, or even visit the Toriyama family at this moment. A public gathering for the late artist has yet to be decided.

Born April 5, 1955, Toriyama's most well-known work is the Dragon Ball series. The manga, which started in 1984, spawned numerous sequels and a multimedia franchise that included video games, some of which he was involved in the development of.

Even before that point, Toriyama was recruited by his editor Kazuhiko Torishima as a character designer on Square Enix's Dragon Quest