Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Super was one of the most hyped-up manga in the Dragon Ball series. Recently, as a commemorative event for the 40th anniversary of the series, the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project was initiated, which features several mangakas redesigning one of the series’ volume covers until the original series’ 40th anniversary next year in November 2024.
Among all the numerous entries that showed up, one of the most distinct and stunning entries was from the creator of the world-famous manga Jujutsu Kaisen, Gege Akutami. Not only was their incredibly unique style challenging Akira Toriyama’s stylistic patterns but it also gave an exclusive outlook to the series’ characters.
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Out of all 42 redraws in total received for the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project, Jujutsu Kaisen creator Gege Akutami’s was one of the most distinctive ones.
While redrawing Akira Toriyama‘s original design in his own distinctive style, Akutami took it to a whole new level. For this, they abandoned the three-by-three grid of characters originally drawn on the cover by instead drawing three main characters from the series: Gotenks, Piccolo, and Super Buu.
Following their entry, a tweet on X by Shonen Jump News, which held Akutami’s idea for the cover, went viral among fans:
DRAGON BALL Volume 41 by Akutami Gege (Jujutsu Kaisen).
This is part of the DRAGON BALL Super Gallery Project to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the series. Every month, different mangaka will redesign one of the 42 covers of the series until November 2024. pic.twitter.com/NRVkeMpZFt
— Shonen Jump News (@WSJ_manga) October 31, 2023
Not only did Gege Akutami‘s unique outlook give a Cursed Energy-esque appearance to the Dragon Ball characters, but it also opened up a whole new portal of how those characters would have looked in a completely different light–like the one from Jujutsu Kaisen.
In comparison to this completely twisted reinvention of the cover by the Mangaka, other entries showed all the different manga creators simply redrawing Toriyama’s original designs in their own unique art styles.
Fans Are Loving The Jujutsu Kaisen Creator’s Entry For Dragon Ball Super
Following Gege Akutami’s notable entry for the Dragon Ball Super Gallery project, several fans have shown how much they love the distinctive art style that is unlike anything they have seen before from the Dragon Ball manga.
Commenting on the tweet holding Akutami’s version of the cover that went viral, here’s what fans have to say:
Same energy pic.twitter.com/TpVaDpYCGj
— Ghost.Gintoki (@oimaghost) October 31, 2023
Bro went absolutely insane, he’d do the series great fr if he took over
— Lunar💫 (@LunarGawa) October 31, 2023
Better than super
— Reborn Deviant (@_Laxman999) October 31, 2023
this and the dragon ball reference in one of the latest JJK chapter🔥 AKUTAMI and TORIYAMA SUPREMACY🔥
— nininine🤎 (@jhea9_chan) October 31, 2023
It’s peak.
— Real Human Bean (@realhumanbean4u) October 31, 2023
Considering how much the Dragon Ball Super manga and anime fans love Gege Akutami’s cover, the Jujutsu Kaisen mangaka could actually do an amazing job at creating unpredictable illustrations for the series if he collaborates with Akira Toriyama for the same.
