In lue of the Black Clover's Yuki Tabata. Dragon Ball Z introduced many English-speaking viewers to the anime medium, but the original manga influenced many of the most popular anime and mangas of today. Akira Toriyama's work on the Dragon Ball series inspired many talented artists who are now honoring the legendary work in their unique styles.Black Clover's creator Yuki Tabata is the latest artist to participate in the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project with their redrawing of Dragon Ball's Volume 40 cover featuring Gotenks. The redrawn cover features the fusion of the young Goten and Trunks seen standing confidently in their base form with a smile and large thumb-up towards the viewer. The image was shared by @WSJ_manga on Twitter as the 23rd of the 42 planned Dragon Ball Super Gallery redraws and s an already impressive collection of stunning tributes.
Dragon Ball's Gotenks Redrawn In The Style Of Black Clover
ââââTabata's ongoing manga series Black Clover revolves around a young man named Asta, who was born without any special abilities in a world filled with people who were all born with fantastic magical powers. Asta's journey to earn his kingdom's most respected title of "Wizard King" is packed with memorable characters, incredible battles, and shocking twists. Tabata is a big Dragon Ball fan, and its influences can be felt while reading Black Clover, as well as other influences like Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto.
Many Of Today's Manga Artist Owe A Lot To Dragon Ball
Naruto's creator Masashi Kishimoto was the first to have their tribute released in August 2021 with a redrawing of Dragon Ball's Volume 11 cover. Other artists include Tite Kubo, whose cover channeled Dragon Ball's Goku into Bleach's sharp and striking art style. Other artists who've contributed to the gallery include Chainsaw Man's Tatsuki Fujimoto, Demon Slayer's Koyoharu Gotouge, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's Hirohiko Araki, and many more of today's most talented mangaka have also provided works for the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project. A newly redesigned cover is expected to release every month until Dragon Ball's 40th anniversary in November 2024.
The Dragon Ball franchise has gone through many ups and downs since its debut in 1984. While the series initially ended with DBZ and the defeat of Kid Buu, Hollywood's critical and commercial disaster that was the live-action film Dragon Ball: Evolution, did so much harm to Dragon Ball's image that Toriyama came out of retirement to create Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and then Dragon Ball Super. The latest series successfully reignited the world's love of the franchise. Its return has inspired a whole new generation of artists and animators in the same way that Dragon Ball inspired mangaka, like Black Clover's Yuki Tabata and the other artists taking part in the Dragon Ball Super Gallery.
Black Clover and Dragon Ball's are both available to read on Viz.
Source: Shonen Jump News/Twitter
