Legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama, character designer for Chrono Trigger and creator of the Dragon Ball series, passed away in March 2024. He was just 68 years old. Though he’s gone now, publisher Bandai Namco has shared a note Toriyama wrote in January 2024 about developer ILCA’s Sand Land, an action RPG based on the artist’s manga of the same name, and he “seriously recommends” you check the game out.
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The game’s official X/Twitter account posted the letter on April 24. In it, Toriyama said that, while he hadn’t had the chance to see all the gameplay, he could tell it was a “highly satisfying action-RPG.”
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Toriyama praised the game for expanding on the world he created in 2000, pointing out Forest Land, the new location that, alongside some newly introduced characters, was “not in the manga.”
Kotaku staff writer Claire Jackson agrees that Sand Land is worthy of praise. In her impressions, she said the game is “lovely,” particularly because of the dynamic between its main characters, and concludes that it’s a great starting point for new Sand Land—and Toriyama—fans.
You can read the full note below:
