Hunter x Hunter’s Gon Teams Up With Goku in Official Dragon Ball Anniversary Artwork
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This month, Dragon Ball‘s official 40th Anniversary Super Gallery project features a piece by Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi. For his entry, Togashi chose to have Goku cross paths with the spiky-haired icon of his beloved shonen franchise.
On X (formerly Twitter), Weekly Shonen Jump-centric news hub @WSJ_manga shared Togashi’s latest artwork, which depicts Gon and young Goku speeding along on Capsule Corp motorcycles. This illustration is a playful revision of the cover art for Dragon Ball Volume 5, which originally featured only Goku. Saikyo Jump, the publication hosting the Super Gallery, will feature Togashi’s art in its upcoming issue, which is scheduled to come out on Aug. 2, 2024.
The Dragon Ball Super Gallery is a four-year-long tribute to Akira Toriyama’s iconic manga series, which has touched the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers around the world. Each month, Saikyo Jump dedicates page space to an illustration that pays tribute to one of Dragon Ball‘s classic manga covers. The event began in August 2021 with a submission from Masashi Kishimoto, creator of the hit Naruto franchise. Since then, dozens of popular artists — primarily from within the shonen manga industry — have contributed pieces to the gallery. Prominent examples include Tite Kubo (Bleach), Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man), Tatsuya Endo (Spy x Family), Yusei Matsui (Assassination Classroom) Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk) and Hirohiko Araki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure). Togashi’s entry marks 37 out of 42 planned entries, meaning that the project will only run in Saikyo Jump for five additional issues.
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