Dragon Ball Turns Back Time With Official ’90s Formula 1 Car Racing Artwork

The official Dragon Ball website has turned back the clock 34 years, with resurfaced crossover artwork inked by Akira Toriyama for an official collaboration between the manga series and McLaren’s Formula 1 team from 1990.

As part of the ongoing Toriyama Archives series, which resurfaces old and rare art from the legendary creator for just 24 hours, the Dragon Ball website‘s latest release featured a piece of crossover color artwork with the popular racing tournament, Formula 1. The illustration debuted as a folded poster in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 26, released on May 29, 1990. Readers can check it out below, featuring Goku, Bulma, and Gohan.

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Goku, Bulma, and Gohan with McLaren Formula 1 car for Weekly Shonen Jump art

The above artwork was described: “This image represents a fantastic collaboration between Dragon Ball and the McLaren F1 team, which was sponsored by Weekly Shonen Jump. Toriyama was known for his love of F1, and it shows in his stunning composition and machinery designs! The Dragon Ball and Jump logos also add a stylish touch to the team uniforms.”

The artwork follows the other resurfaced crossover between Dragon Ball and Formula 1 a few months before this version. Released in October 1990, Goku again featured in a stunning depiction of a McLaren, despite the limited references due to F1’s scarcity in Japan. Toriyama had quickly made a name for himself after debuting in Shonen Jump, garnering widespread attention at the time for his incredibly detailed vehicle and mech designs. These were again seen in his 2000s series, Sand Land, which received an anime adaptation on Hulu this year.

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Dragon Ball

Son Gokû, a fighter with a monkey tail, goes on a quest with an assortment of odd characters in search of the Dragon Balls, a set of crystals that can give its bearer anything they desire.

Author: Akira Toriyama
Artist: Akira Toriyama
Release Date: November 20, 1984
Genre: Adventure , Fantasy , Comedy , Martial Arts
Chapters: 519
Volumes: 42
Adaptation: Dragon Ball (1986)
Publisher: Shueisha, Madman Entertainment, Viz Media