A former concept artist for League of Legends imagines what Dragon Ball’s Trunks would like if he more greatly resembled his father in a piece of impressive fan art.
Hicham Habchi’s uploaded the Vegeta x Trunks mash-up fan art on his personal Twitter, and the image shows the teenage Saiyan in his iconic outfit but with spiky black hair and a more serious expression than usual. This isn’t the first time Habchi has revamped the designs of fan-favorite Dragon Ball characters; earlier this year, the artist posted drawings of Androids 17 and 18, Bulma and Gohan that featured a sharper, more fearsome aesthetic.
The Dragon Ball multimedia mega-franchise kicked off in 1984 when mangaka Akira Toriyama published the first chapter of his beloved series in Weekly Shōnen Jump. The narrative focuses on the monkey-tailed and battle-happy Son Goku as he trains from a young child to an adult in martial arts and seeks out the world’s strongest opponents. Over the years, Goku fights a wealth of often wacky but dangerous villains like the galactic tyrant Frieza and the sweets-obsessed Majin Buu.
The first two anime adaptations by Toei Animation — Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z — initially ran from 1986 to 1996. Since then, the franchise has produced several spinoff anime and manga series, a bunch of tie-in movies and a plethora of collectibles and toys, video games and theme park attractions.
Dragon Ball’s Global Impact
Despite not being considered one of shōnen’s Big Three, Dragon Ball is a cornerstone of the anime/manga community and of the pop-cultural landscape as a whole. With over 350 million copies in circulation around the world, Toriyama’s story is the second best-selling manga of all time, falling short of Eiichiro Oda’s pirated-themed series, One Piece. Moreover, Dragon Ball has influenced the creation of many other series, including Tite Kubo’s Bleach, Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto and Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail. It has also impacted western animation and has inspired creatives like Age of Ultron comic artist André Lima Araújo and Steven Universe producer Ian Jones-Quartey.
Furthermore, Dragon Ball continues to inspire impressive works of fan-made content. Beyond Habchi’s work, recent examples include an incredible fan animation that sees Goku throw down with One-Punch Man’s Saitama and an illustration of Trunks in fashionable streetwear by DC artist In-Hyuk Lee.
VIZ Media distributes Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga series in North America. Both of Toei Animation’s anime shows are available to stream on Hulu and Crunchyroll.
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