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Dragon Ball Manga Set Marks 40th Anniversary With Variant Covers by 42 Jump Legends
posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
On Friday, Shueisha announced a new 42-volume box set of the late Akria Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series in celebration of the manga's 40th anniversary. All the volumes will come with double covers, including variants “featuring gorgeous illustrations from 42 talented artists!” The artists are (by volume number):
1. Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl Ai)
2. Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man)
3. Koji Inada (Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai)
4. Akira Amano (Reborn!)
5. Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter X Hunter)
6. Hiroshi Shiibashi (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan)
7. Mikio Ikemoto (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
8. Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul)
9. Kenta Shinohara (Sket Dance, Witch Watch)
10. Shun Saeki (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma)
11. Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)
12. Yusuke Murata (One Punch Man)
13. Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia)
14. Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko's Basketball)
15. Tatsuya Endo (Spy×Family)
16. Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama)
17. Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk)
18. Naho Oishi (Dragon Ball SD)
19. Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko)
20. Yusei Matsui (Assassination Classroom)
21. Yoshifumi Tozuka (Undead Unluck)
22. Posuka Demizu (The Promised Neverland)
23. Kyosuke Usuta (Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san)
24. Masanori Morita (Rookies)
25. Kazue Kato (Blue Exorcist)
26. Boichi (Dr. Stone)
27. Tite Kubo (Bleach)
28. Osamu Akimoto (Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo)
29. Takeshi Obata (Death Note)
30. Nobuhiro Watsuki (Rurouni Kenshin)
31. Kentaro Yabuki (To Love Ru)
32. Koyoharu Gotouge (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
33. Hirohiko Araki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
34. Yasuhisa Hara (Kingdom)
35. Hiroyuki Asada (Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee)
36. Katsura Hoshino (D.Gray-man)
37. Shuichi Aso (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)
38. Ryuhei Tamura (Beelzebub)
39. Toyotarou (Dragon Ball Super)
40. Yuki Tabata (Black Clover)
41. Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen)
42. Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
The art first appeared in Saikyo Jump magazine's regular "Dragon Ball Super Gallery" feature from 2021 to this year.
Son Goku voice actress Masako Nozawa herself narrates a video for the box set:
The set is currently available for pre-orders which close on August 3. It is slated for February 4, 2026 at a cost of 31,800 yen (about US$253). It comes in four boxes with eight original dividers and a double-sided 42-postcard set with both the original and variant cover art. As of press time, no announcement has been made if the set will be available outside of Japan.
Sources: Dragon Ball's website, Shonen Jump Channel Official's YouTube channel, Dragon Ball's X/Twitter account via Hachima Kikō
