Dragon Ball Debuts Special Art From Kuroko's Basketball Creator
Dragon Ball is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary in style, assembling some of the biggest anime artists in the industry to lend their talents to giving Goku and his friends, and enemies, some new looks. The creator of Kuroko's Basketball has now done the same, revealing his take on the Saiyan warrior that was jettisoned from the Planet Vegeta, landed on Earth, and has thus become the greatest protector of his current home. With the popularity of the franchise continuing to skyrocket, perhaps we'll see more decades of stories following the Z-Fighters.
This current Dragon Ball collaboration is but one of many artistic projects that promises to bring some major names on the anime scene into the Shonen universe, as Masashi Kishimoto of Naruto fame, Tite Kubo of Bleach fame, and Tatsuki Fujimoto of Chainsaw Man fame are only a few artists that will be supplying cover art. The "Dragon Ball Super Gallery Project" comes at a great time for the creator of Kuroko's Basketball, Tadatoshi Fujimaki, as this year also marks the tenth anniversary of the sports anime, knocking out two birds with one stone this time around. While the basketball series hasn't confirmed that a new anime project is in the works, this latest Dragon Ball art proves that Fujimaki still has some serious artistic talent
Drive To The Hole, Goku
The latest 40th-anniversary tribute to Dragon Ball, via the Dragon Ball Super Gallery, sees a confused Goku attempting to navigate his way around, with Tadatoshi Fujimaki clearly understanding that though the Saiyan might be one of the most powerful brawlers in the universe, he still isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer:
Following the successful release of this summer's Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, fans of the Shonen series find themselves at an impasse as the future of both the manga and anime remain shrouded in mystery. As it stands, there has been no official word of the anime returning to adapt the Moro and Granolah Arcs, and the manga, following the arrival of Black Frieza, has yet to confirm when it will be returning for a new arc. This December will see the arrival of Jump Festa, a major event in the world of Shonen Jump, so many anime fans are crossing their fingers that Dragon Ball will receive an update for either the anime, manga, or both.
With the latest film giving us Gohan Beast and Orange Piccolo, there appears to be plenty of avenues for the manga's future to explore.