2024 was full of ups and downs for Dragon ball fansbecause that year brought with it the tragic death of Akira Toriyama, creator of the work, this being an irreparable loss that, today, continues to cause enormous sadness within the Fandom. However, despite the affliction that overwhelmed the followers, not everything was penalty, since last October the 40th anniversary of the IP was held.

It is known that Dragon ball‘s 40th anniversary was full of great projects that highlighted the path of the franchise in an incredible way, including the anime of Dragon ball Daima, the Dragon ball Super Gallery And a fascinating Survey called My Favorite Cover It consisted of fans choosing the best covers of the work due to ‘Goku Day’, details that have served to increase the love of the community for this iconic series.

And after several months of waiting, recently, The results of the My Favorite Cover survey have been revealedmaking known Dragon ball‘s best covers Chosen by the followers, who actively participated in this fun event.

These are the best covers of Dragon ball chosen by fans

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Dragon ball volumes have iconic covers. However, these are the most popular according to fans

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40 years have not been enough to dimension the impact Dragon ball has on the lives of millions of fans In the entire world, since they grew up enjoying the adventures that the legendary Akira Toriyama, who during the serialization of the manga entered several of the most iconic covers in the manga/anime industry, which were remembered and redesigned by several mangakas in the emotional project in the emotional project Dragon ball Super Gallery.

Also, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Dragon ball and the ‘Goku Day’ A fascinating survey called My Favorite Cover was celebrated in which fans had to choose their favorite cover from the various volumes of Dragon ball manga. And, recently, the results of this survey were released, unveiling The 20 best covers of Dragon ball chosen by the followers.

Through the official Dragon ball website, the results of this survey were shared, highlighting the first three most popular covers in Dragon ball Chosen by the followers, who did not hesitate to demonstrate their love for this iconic work.

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The first place of this survey was taken by the Cover of volume 42the second place took the Cover of volume 1while the third place was occupied by the Cover of volume 27being these The three most iconic according to Dragon ball followerswho expressed their love for each of these illustrations made by the teacher Akira Toriyama.

Obviously, This survey has served to highlight the trajectory of Dragon ball and the great affection that fans feel For this iconic work that for 4 decades have offered wonderful moments to millions that grew up enjoying Goku’s adventures, which left an indelible mark as well as these iconic covers that some treasure with admiration and appreciation.

On the other hand, in regards to the future of Dragon ball, This franchise is still in a restructuring process after Akira Toriyama’s departureso we will have to wait a little for the return of the manga of Dragon ball Super at the hands of Toyotarowho was chosen to continue with the legacy of Master Toriyama.

Definitely, Dragon ball‘s 40th anniversary sat the franchise very well. And it is that through the various projects that were launched during this celebration they could confirm that the love of fans for the history of Goku and company remains more alive than ever, to the point of transcending over time.

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Dragon ball has a large catalog of very interesting and varied villains, being some more interesting than others and even more or less complex. But despite everything, freezer It is still the most iconic of all and the most remembered due to its participation and impact on the franchise. In fact, Toriyama designed him to be legendary and has worked.

However, we must point out that the design we all know about Frieza, in reality, is not quite the Toriyama had planned at first, but also changed it. And the Dragon ball website has shared this sketch And it can be seen that his original appearance was more disturbing.

Freezer’s original design was much more disturbing and brutal

Freezer’s original design was very different from what we knew

As we mentioned, Freezer is one of the most iconic villains in the manga/anime industry. This character is responsible for many misfortunes in the world of Dragon ball, including the destruction of the planet vegeta and extinction of the Saiyan.

At the moment, Freezer has an elegant and recognizable designwhich denotes power and can intimidate anyone. However, the truth is that the appearance we know was not the first one that Toriyama thought.

Thanks to the Dragon ball website, We know that Toriyama had created another design for freezer And that, in the end, he ended up modifying to leave us with the appearance we already know.

The Dragon ball website has shared a fairly old illustration or sketch made by Toriyama and where it shows the original Freezer design. The first thing we can Highlight is that it retains some characteristic featureslike horns and armor. However, its complexion is completely different.

In fact, Freezer’s original version aimed more to resemble Dodoria or Zarbon’s monstrous transformation. In fact, it is committed to being disturbing and not so intimidating.

This also allows us to understand that, at that point in history, Toriyama was focused on developing villains and opponents that were much larger and more robust. Although it is also true that, at this time, We do not imagine freezer with a different design than we metso he made the right decision when changing it.

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But it is important to note that Freezer is not the only character in his clan that has an original design quite different from what we know. We can take as a reference to Dragon ball Heroes, which is a very popular arcade video game in Japan and that introduced all kinds of original characters.

In fact, this video game was very close to presenting alternative models of the characters, also including members of the Freezer clan that are exclusive to this title. In fact, There is a conceptual art that contains the very early design of characters in this game.

In the sketch that is known, we can discover that the first designs bet on something quite continuous. In fact, the most characteristic features of Freezer and its associates are preserved. But the third is more strange, since it seems to have Saiyan hair and the same armor used by the warriors of this species.

It is quite interesting to see how Toriyama was changing and modifying the design of the characters in its franchise to what we know today. For the most part, they have been very good decisions. And freezer has been a very important character, since, In fact, he is raising for what seems to be the end of Dragon ball Super With its Black Freezer shape. This Cliffhanger has excited manga readers.

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Dragon ball is a franchise that has so many years behind them that it is not surprising that there are all kinds of material that has been lost or disappeared over time, although that does not equals that cannot be recoveredsince, to give a recent example, it has been possible to see a lost art of the battle between Goku and Freezer as well that has also announced that Gogeta Super Saiyan 4 has returned in the most unexpected way.

Now, when it comes to Dragon ball, it must also be said that this not only includes the episodes of anime and films, but there have also been all kinds of Franchise advertisements They could be anything. And this is something that It has recently recoveredsince on Twitter / X an announcement issued in Japan has been shared during the Freezer saga in which the characters in the series They promote an oceanic event In department stores on the occasion of Children’s Day.

Dragon ball had a department store for children’s day

It should be noted that Dragon ball characters are completely taken from context because, being an ad aimed at children’s audiencethey are not as rude as they did at this stage of the series. In fact, it is striking that even being a commercial shown in the Namek arch, it can be seen that Vegeta carries its original armorwhat could be justified with the fact that at that time Vegeta’s arts in this saga had not been shared.

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Be that as it may, it should be noted that Dragon ball has been a regular in this type of collaborations In the past, since the enormous popularity of anime and manga made him a perfect claim for come to the big masses especially in your country of origin. Of course, this also reveals all the lost material of Dragon ball that currently exists.

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