Dragon Ball Super is now in the hands of Toyotaro, and the artist has just reaffirmed his commitment to the series with a stunning piece of art celebrating some of Super's strongest characters--including fan-favorite newcomer, Broly. Interestingly, Broly is depicted with green hair, which has raised some questions among the fanbase.

Dragon Ball Super was on hiatus following the death of Akira Toriyama last year, and only recently returned with a new one-shot chapter in February, which acted as a prequel to the Super Hero arc. Dragon Ball Super volume 24 was also postponed as a result, and is only just now preparing for release in Japan. As such, Toriyama's protege and successor, Toyotaro, created the cover art for volume 24, and it makes for an epic tribute to the most powerful characters in the franchise, showing off their strongest transformations and looking quite tough in the process.

Dragon Ball Super's New Artwork Puts Saiyans Front and Center

The New Artwork Highlights Gohan's Beast Form and Orange Piccolo

Dragon Ball Super Volume 24 Cover Art featuring Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Broly.

The cover for volume 24 of Dragon Ball Super features Goku in Ultra Instinct, Vegeta in Ultra Ego, Beast Gohan, Orange Piccolo, and Legendary Super Saiyan Broly. Of particular note is Broly's hair, which is distinctly green, much like it was in the Dragon Ball Super Broly film when he went Super Saiyan. This is noteworthy because in the colored pages of the manga that recapped the movie, Broly was seen with blonde hair, akin to a regular Super Saiyan, rather than the green that signifies the distinct Legendary Super Saiyan transformation. This led some fans to believe his Legendary form wasn't canon to the manga, but that isn't the case.

Overall, the crew looks incredibly tough in this new artwork, and one has to pity anyone who might be up against all five of these characters at once. With Gohan in the dead center of the art, it seems to place some particular importance on him, perhaps suggesting he'll continue to have a bigger role in the story once it moves past the Super Hero arc. The Saiyan tussle seen in the last chapter worked on by Toriyama also suggested as much, putting Beast Gohan on the same level as Goku and Vegeta's godly forms.

Dragon Ball Super's Full Return May Be Around the Corner

Fans Can't Wait for Super's Manga to Resume Serialization

Goku carrying Goten with Gohan behind him on the cover of Dragon Ball Super volume 19.

Now that a new chapter of Dragon Ball Super has been published, even if it was a one-shot, the door is now open for the series to continue telling the story that it was working on before Toriyama's death. This presumably will be the Black Frieza arc, as Frieza's own new transformation was left open when the focus shifted to adapting Super Hero. Whether Black Frieza will constitute Super's final villain remains to be seen, but many fans are prepared for the next arc to be the last.

While Toyotaro will be working on the manga alone now, there are likely notes and plans that Toriyama left behind which he can consult. One thing's for sure, though, and that's that Dragon Ball Super's new cover art has fans hyped for the story to continue.

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Dragon Ball Super
Release Date
2015 - 2018
Network
Fuji TV
Directors
Ryota Nakamura, Masanori Sato, Kenichi Takeshita, Takao Iwai, Hideki Hiroshima, Masato Mitsuka, Kazuya Karasawa, Ayumu Ono, Takahiro Imamura, Tatsuya Nagamine, Kôjiro Kawasaki, Kouji Ogawa
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    Masakazu Morita
    Whis (voice)
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    Masako Nozawa
    Son Goku/Goku Black/Son Gohan/Son Goten (voices)

WHERE TO WATCH

Streaming

Writers
Ryu King, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Franchise(s)
Dragon Ball