Kohei Horikoshi pays tribute to the late Akira Toriyama by paying homage to one of the most famous Dragon Ball Z covers of My Hero Academia Volume 40.
Kohei Horikoshi honors the late Akira Toriyama in My Hero Academia Volume 40 by paying homage to one of the most memorable covers in Dragon Ball Z history.
Social media user X @/SupaChronicles recently uploaded an image from the latest episode of My Hero Academia. The image in question is a young All For One image when All Might was in a weakened state. If the illustration seems familiar, that's because it refers to the artwork for Dragon Ball Chapter 309 cover, in which the petite Frieza locks eyes with the giant-sized Goku. While anime fans know this famous storyline from Dragon Ball Z, the late Toriyama's manga continues under the original Dragon Ball title in Japan.
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Shonen Jump artists and Dragon Ball staff continue to pay tribute to Akira Toriyama
The new My Hero Academia cover is the latest tribute to Toriyama following the announcement of his passing in March. One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda was one of the first Shonen Jump artists to issue a statement about his passing in March. Toriyama's departure, followed by Tite Kubo of Bleach fame. Other Shonen Jump authors followed suit in the 17th weekly issue of Shonen Jump in 2024, including Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen), Yoshifumi Tozuka (Undead Unluck) and Yusei Matsui (The Elusive Samurai). Takao Koyama, a screenwriter who worked on the Dragon Ball Z anime series, also participated in a global event encouraging people to perform the Spirit Bomb technique in Toriyama's honor.
This isn't the first time Toriyama's artwork in Dragon Ball has been praised by Shonen Jump artists. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball, Death Note artist Takeshi Obata redrawn the cover of Dragon Ball Volume 29 in 1992 in his own style. Tozuka also contributed to the 40th anniversary project with a reimagining of Dragon Ball Volume 21. Before his death, Toriyama was heavily involved in the production of a new Dragon Ball Daima anime series in celebration of the series' upcoming anniversary , scheduled to air this upcoming fall.
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Dragon ball
Dragon Ball tells the story of a young warrior named Son Goku, a special boy with a tail who embarks on a journey to become stronger and learn about the Dragon Balls, as all 7 Dragon Balls are gathered. in return, grant any wish of choice.
Created by Akira Toriyama
First movie Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Ruby
Latest movie Dragon Ball Super: Superhero
First TV show chapter Dragon ball
Upcoming TV show Dragon Ball DAIMA
Airing date of the first episode April 26, 1989
Cast Sean Schemmel, Laura Bailey, Brian Drummond, Christopher Sabat, Scott McNeil
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