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Death Note creator Takeshi Obata has created a new take on the classic Dragon Ball cover, bringing young Gohan and his mentor Piccolo into the spotlight.
Recently, the Shonen Jump News account on Twitter introduced mangaka Obata’s work on the occasion of Dragon Ball’s 40th anniversary. The piece pays homage to the Dragon Ball Volume 29 cover from 1992, where Gohan and Piccolo appear together in a car. Obata’s version offers an interesting twist, showing the car broken down, with Gohan tinkering with the engine while Piccolo watches.
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The 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball also features work from other famous Japanese artists, all of whom recreate famous Dragon Ball covers with their own unique styles.
Saikyo Jump magazine launched this initiative in 2021, starting with the work of Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, who chose to remake the cover of volume 11 of Dragon Ball. Other artists such as Tite Kubo (Bleach), Koyoharu Gotouge (Demon Slayer), Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen) and Tatsuya Endo (Spy x Family) also participated.
Last month, Undead Unluck creator Yoshifumi Tozuka brought the collection’s first work of 2024, adding a touch of humor to the cover of Dragon Ball Volume 21. The original art shows Gohan and Krillin fly, with Bulma behind, but in Tozuka’s version, Bulma appears to scold them for speeding. This choice reflects Tozuka’s characteristic sense of humor. For example, in Undead Unluck, a supernatural comedy with eccentric characters.
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In 2003, Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba created Death Note, a supernatural horror manga series about Light Yagami, a brilliant student who finds a notebook with the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it. there. Obsessed with the idea of purifying the world of evil, Yagami attracts the attention of famous detective L. The success of Death Note led to Madhouse adapting it into an anime in 2006.