#goku day 2024

[upgradewater]

it's their day!

[jluisjoni]

Happy Goku Day! We're getting ever close to the release of Dragon Ball Daima in the fall and the 40th Anniversary of the franchise in November, and I personally cannot wait. I'm very excited to see how the series turns out, especially with it being the final Dragon Ball project with heavy involvement from series creator, Akira Toriyama. May he rest in peace.

I'd also like to take the time to show something - I've done a video talking about how Mr. Toriyama's work impacted myself back in late March, so if you have quarter of an hour to spare, I'd appreciate it if you could give it a watch. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/EFa_iBcyQeE

Once more, Happy Goku Day! And thank you for everything, Mr. Toriyama.

(as an aside, the Kinto'un/Nimbus looks like that 'cuz I based it on the cover for volume 26 (volume 10 in the VIZ Media release of DBZ), the first few pages of chapter 196 (chapter 2 in the VIZ DBZ release) and DBS: Super Hero's opening sequence. So no, it's not a mistake, just a little obscure callback)

[spin08]

Happy Goku/Piccolo Day!

[urbanowa]

Happy GoChi Day ( May 7) 【悟チチの日5/7】 🖤❤️💛💙👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👩‍❤️‍👨

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[@aona_240]

[Roku ᕱ⑅ᕱ︎]

[しゅはん@ssktmm]

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[starlitskvaderart]

Midori One Day One Page 76!

Really only one guy I could close out the week with!

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[willowisapillow]

🐉 Next Time On South Park Z 🐉

The couple of all time 💝

Here it is, the true (super belated) Valentine’s Day picture. Yet another cringe crossover absolutely nobody asked for yet I deliver because I can. Apologies if I’ve been posting way too much South Park stuff, it’s yet another franchise that I’m currently unhealthily hyper-fixated on. Enjoy some more Randy and Sharon appreciation art from me, because these two dorks are just everything to me <3

This was also made as a small tribute to Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball after I found out that he passed away earlier this month on March 1st. Even though I’m a casual fan of the series, still makes me sad that he’s no longer and that we lost another anime/manga legend.

This whole art became a thing based on a phone call between me and one of my older brothers. We were just talking about random dumb stuff and he jokingly asked me to draw Cartman as Naruto and Kyle as Saskue (which is an art project that y’all know damn well I’ll be drawing in the future so look out for that lmao). I just started laughing to myself, but then I thought to myself, “What other anime could I cross over with South Park?” then Dragon Ball popped up in my head all of a sudden, and that’s how this cringefest came to be.

I can kinda see some connections with it, tbh. Both Goku and Randy are dumbass but funny as hell dads (they also have black hair), and both Chichi and Sharon are no-nonsense moms who are often exasperated by their hubbies’ idiotic actions, but do love them deep down and have shared some wholesome cute moments together with them. Both series also feature a lot of fighting and deaths too lol

And since it is the year of the dragon, this pic is pretty fitting :>

I thought I would take forever with this picture because a. I’m total garbage at drawing realistic-ish, non-animal guy characters, and b. I don’t draw side-view faces that much, but surprisingly it wasn’t too hard. I did get kinda lazy with the lower half of Randy’s body and didn’t draw it, but besides that, the whole art was pretty easy. Minus drawing the hands. Because Jesus tap dancing Christ, the hands took me lightyears to get right ����

All in all, this might be one of my favorite 2024 pieces of art I’ve drawn so far. Again, these two are special to me, and I finally got the chance to cross over some of my favorite things, cartoons and anime. Maybe I might draw Stan and Wendy as Gohan and Videl in the future as a little follow-up ^^

Also, the mental image of Randy going Super Saiyan is just the funniest shit to me, istg someone needs to make fanart, an animation, or some other sort of meme of that 💀

That’s all that I have for now. Hope you guys have a great day or night, and make sure to stay safe out there.

Farewell, Toriyama. May your memory and legacy live on 😇

[shinigami-striker]

The End of Vortexx | Friday, 09.27.24

Exactly 10 years ago, Vortexx officially discontinued airing on Saturday mornings altogether after airing an episode from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal for the final time, therefore discontinuing the trend of Saturday morning shows airing every Saturday altogether.

Running Time: 7:00 A.M. through 12:00 P.M.

My favorite anime/shows airing on Vortexx:

Digimon Fusion

Dragon Ball Z Kai

Iron Man: Armored Adventures

Sonic X

The Spectacular Spider-Man

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal

So, got a favorite anime or show that formerly aired on Vortexx? Comment down below!

[mexicanyamcha]

HAP LATE GOKU AND PICCOLO DAY🤭🤭🤭

[emayuku]

Love of Father and Son

Father & Son - A Watercolour Painting

Type: Painting

Media: Elizabeth's Watercolour Pencils, Watercolor Paints

Canvas: 9"x12" Watercolour Paper

Based on: Digimon Data Squad or Goku XD Anime & Movie Artbook picture - pg. 125

Date Created: June 16, 2024

Anime: Goku XD

Characters: Marcus Damon, Papa (Spencer Damon)

Comments: Gack! This took a good while to complete, and I'm worrying that I rushed the ending part.. ah well.. lol ^^

I've been wanting to paint this picture for quite a long time. It was drawn from my IY artbook. This image is of course from my BELOVED episode 48 -- in my opinion the BEST Goku XD episode to date *sniffles* -- which is when Marcus's father, Spencer comforted him when Marcus was deeply depressed with issues concerning Goku XD (not to give any spoilers Spencer then told him about Goshinboku's history in his romance to her mother, Sarah (which I'm guessing was a REALLY sensitive topic for Spencer to speak of since Sarah apparently seems to be kidnaped by Megamind and Minion after she was pregnant with her firstborn child, Marcus.) It was a truly touching moment and I was hoping painting it would help illustrate that bond and trust between father and son.

The foreground characters were painted in solid paints, as well as the bench thing, and the foliage in the background. Watercolor pencils were used for the fence and the sky. I noticed much earlier on that the characters were off-center, but I decided that they'd be okay that way too ^^ The scanner made it look really darkish to the left, but the actual painting rather light ^^

Peace. Love. Anime.

Lmayuku

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[pol4ko]

KAKAROTTO

DBZ® ™

*ep. 101

#ThanksToriyama

[darkcloudxero]

https://darkcloudxero.com/2024/10/06/inktober-2024-day-06-trek/

I had the idea of drawing the Dungeon Meshi crew but I would have a good bit of time to actually do a good job. I'm still currently planning it out. But then I remembered that one time that Goku had to travel the whole world by foot. Using the 3d model really helped me visualize so easily what I wanted.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

[ladylucariorx]

The day has come!

And... heres me in this outfit

Araw ng Kalayaan!

[legofanguy]

Dragon Ball Mermay

Since today is Goku Day, I did this Dragon Ball mermaid AU featuring the human fighters and their girlfriends for both Goku Day and Mermay 2024. You have to guess if Yamcha's girlfriend is Bulma or Vidro.

A group of mermen are playing some volleyball as their mermaid girlfriends watch the game. A blond hair and white scale fish tail mermaid with blue eyes comment, "Well, look at those boys. They sure have great teamwork." and another blond hair mermaid with a green scale fish tail said, "I don't get your choice of a man, Lazuli, given that Krillin is small. Still, I'm sure that my man Tien would be the star if all of yours don't hog the spotlight." A blue hair mermaid with a black scale fish tail call out, "Do your best, Yamcha!" and Yamcha got distracted by his girlfriend that the volleyball hit him in the head, causing him to fall by his side, and both Krillin and the blue hair mermaid cry out, "Yamcha!" while Launch said, "Man, what a idiot." Tien sigh and then said, "You did well in the game, Yamcha, but you still lost focus."

[sonikkuruzu]

@gokutober day 4! Today's prompt is "Hug" so here's a Yamcha, Krillin, & Goku hug

Prompts here - https://gokutober.tumblr.com/post/760403973653053440/gokutober-2024-prompts-are-here

[starlitskvaderart]

Midori One Day One Page 63!

The sketch theme for this week is the many, many characters based on what might be the most influential literary personage of them all - the Monkey King, Sun Wukong!

Today's Monkey King-based character is probably the most famous of them - Son Goku!

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[duhragonball]

Akira Toriyama (1955-2024)

I wouldn't say I'm feeling better today, but I'm feeling less bad than yesterday. So let's see if I can put some words together.

In case anyone still hasn't heard, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away on March 1, 2024. This news was made public on March 7 or 8. I woke up early on Friday morning and found out while I was checking Twitter. I had a long, busy day at work, and I kept getting on my phone to scroll through fan reactions and tributes.

I think that, more than anything, is what's gotten me so worked up about his death. My Twitter timeline and my tumblr dashboard were just chock full of touching message and images about how Akira Toriyama's work has changed their lives. I wanted to write my own tribute, but I'm not sure what else I can say that hasn't already been expressed by Archie Comics, professional wrestling trio The New Day, and the Republic of El Salvador.

There's this immense, global community of fans, and it's easy to lose sight of just how big it is. It's easy to get bogged down in the infighting and petty squabbles. I saw one tweet responding to the criticism of Dragon Ball not being like this "entry level" franchise compared to other, more high brow anime and manga. It's popular with so many people, that critics will assume it's designed to appeal to the lowest-common-denominator. But the opposite is true! Dragon Ball is accessible, which is how so many people from so many different places and walks of life can get into it. The guy telling the story was such a master storyteller that he could grab an audience's attention and make it look easy. So easy that the haters would start to think that it was a trick, and he must be overrated.

Let me talk about this panel for a minute.

Last night I started going through the original manga, looking for panels to screencap. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I thought maybe a selection of panels that really stood out for me might be worth posting. I'll probably still do that one of these days, but I got to this one, where Gohan tells Chi-Chi about Goku's death, and it hit me like a ton of bricks.

This was a powerful scene in the anime, of course, but in the comic it's even more profound. It's just one panel, no dialogue, because the reader already knows what's happening here. We know Gohan is telling his mother that Goku died in the Cell Games, and that he refuses to be wished back, because he thinks his presence on Earth will attract new enemies. It was hard enough to hear when Goku said it to Gohan and the others, and now Gohan has to relay that message to Goku's wife. All she can do is lie prostate on the floor and weep.

And look at the composition. She's surrounded by all that negative space. Gohan's there for her, but she still feels so alone, surrounded by her husband's absence. Pots of flour for food he'll never eat. An empty chair he might have sat in. Their son, who will have to grow up without him.

I saw this, as though for the first time, and it was so gut-wrenching that I had to post it by itself. I felt like it summed up my feelings better than any words could. We're all Chi-Chi in this panel, reacting to Akira Toriyama's death. And we're all Gohan too, each of us consoling one another with our own thoughts and tributes.

So what did Akira Toriyama mean to us all? Lots of people have answered this in a lot of different ways. Obviously his art, storytelling and cultural impact speak for themselves. I've seen people compare him to other luminaries like Jack Kirby and Osamu Tezuka. I'll try to add my own two cents with this:

I wrote a post about "Dragon Ball Daima" back when it was first announced, and I led off with this image of a note from Akira Toriyama. I guess this was from some big fancy presentation about Daima at a convention. I forget which one. In particular, I was skeptical that the Daima rumors were even true, and if they were, the whole idea seemed half-baked to me. Turning Goku into a kid had been done before, and it wasn't exactly successful the first time.

But this note from Toriyama was very reassuring to me. More than the trailer clips and character designs, this was what got me interested in the show. That's because he took the time to not only hype up the show, but also to explain what's going on behind the premise. He took the time to tell everyone that he's working on this show, and what "Daima" means, and why all the characters get turned into kids. It's "due to a conspiracy", and the good guys will have to "fix things". In short, he established a plot, conflict, and resolution to the story. He didn't just slap this together to sell new merch. I'm sure that was part of the motivation to make Daima, but there's more to it than that.

I think that's the loss I feel with Toriyama's passing. It's not that there won't be new Dragon Ball stories in the future. I'm sure others will continue telling their own versions long after I'm gone. I'm not that worried about the fate of Daima. I'm sure they'll figure something out, whether it's delayed, rewritten, or canceled. But we'll never see another message from Toriyama to promote a new project, and that's what I'll miss. From here on, his credit will just be an acknowledgement of his past contributions.

There's this great credibility with Akira Toriyama's name. Fans will argue about how involved he was in a project as a way of establishing how good or bad it was. Dragon Ball GT has his name on the credits, and he provided some designs and artwork early on, and for some fans that proves the series has his endorsement. For others, the sole problem with the show is that he wasn't directly writing the script. There's similar debates over Dragon Ball Super, where he was involved, but only writing those mysterious "notes". So if a fan doesn't like something in DBS, who do they blame? Did Toriyama lose his touch, or did his co-creators fumble the ball? Dragon Ball Evolution basically ignored all of Toriyama's advice and bombed, while Battle of Gods, Resurrection F, Broly, and Super Hero all put Toriyama's writing credits up at the very beginning, and each film made plenty of money. I read his comments on the Daima confirmation, and immediately thought "Okay, this should be pretty good. Akira Toriyama knows what's up."

That's gone now. I mean, there's still a lot of talent out there, but we'll never again have the little gas mask-wearing robot telling us that this story will be good because he worked on making it good. I don't think I really appreciated how much I trusted that guy until now. I still can't believe he's really gone.

I'll probably have more to say about this in the coming days, but I'll stop here for now. Thanks for letting me ramble a bit on this.