Dragon Ball's Goku unleashes a devastating attack in a dazzling new fan art illustration.
The new piece comes from artist B_Rototo, who specializes in Dragon Ball fan art. The illustration shows Goku, who is shown with his Super Saiyan 3 form and its trademark flowing hair, defeating the Phantom Majin Hirudegarn with his little used but nonetheless awe-inspiring Dragon Fist attack.
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More of B_Rototo's art can be viewed on their Instagram profile. The artist is primarily known for their incredible Dragon Ball fan art, and recently posted a set of portraits featuring the series' most iconic Saiyan fighters, such as the intimidating Broly and the fusion warrior Gogeta in his Super Saiyan Blue form.
The Dragon Fist attack, also known as the Dragon Fist Explosion, was first utilized by Goku in the 1995 movie Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon. The movie is the 16th film in the franchise and is set after the events of the Majin Buu saga. This adventure sees the series' heroes battling a monster known as Hirudegarn, which was accidentally unleashed by Goku and his friends after they used a wish from the Eternal Dragon Shenron to unseal a mystical box. The movie's events were briefly referenced in Dragon Ball Super and is notable for showing the potential origin of the sword that Future Trunks used to defeat Frieza.
While Goku has rarely utilized the attack in the anime, it and variations of the technique have appeared in numerous video games, including Arc System Works' fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ, the mobile game Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission and Bandai Namco's ambitious 2020 action-RPG, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.
Dragon Ball was created by Akira Toriyama in 1984. The series is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best-selling manga series of all time, with over 260 million copies in circulation worldwide. Goku's adventures have continued in the current Dragon Ball Super manga, which is still overseen by Toriyama and is drawn by his protégé, an artist known as Toyotarou. The franchise will release its newest movie, entitled Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, in Japan this April, with a North American release scheduled for the summer of 2022. In addition to the new movie, series producer Akio Iyoku has teased that there will be more animated Dragon Ball releases this year.
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