Shunsuke Kikuchi, ‘Dragon Ball’ Music Composer, Dies at 89
Jordan Moreau Shunsuke Kikuchi, the composer for the popular “Dragon Ball” anime series, died on Saturday at a medical facility in Tokyo, according to the Japanese music industry outlet Oricon News. He was 89.According to Oricon, Kikuchi was undergoing medical treatment for aspirational pneumonia.Kikuchi began his composing career in the 1960s, and the first film he worked on was 1961’s “The Eighth Enemy.” He went on compose the music and theme songs for several long-running anime series and TV dramas into the 2010s.The Japanese anime “Dragon Ball,” produced by Toei Animation, premiered in 1986, and Kikuchi composed the music for the series, which gained massive popularity around the world.