Bandai Namco's upcoming open-world action-adventure game Sand Land (based on the Akira Toriyama manga of the same name) joins a long legacy of games bearing character designs from the legendary creator. Toriyama-sensei's untimely and unexpected passing makes Sand Land's release all the more profound given that it will now stand as potentially the last game to feature the artist's signature character designs outside new entries in the Dragon Ball Z or Dragon Quest franchises. Toriyama's characters have long been known for their emotive and expressive faces, which makes the act of translating their 2D designs into in-engine 3D renders all the more challenging.