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Old-school anime fans are likely familiar with Video Girl Ai -- a classic romantic comedy that helped popularize the concept of "virtual love" in anime and manga. Recently, Masakazu Katsura, author and illustrator of the original Video Girl Ai manga, revealed his entry for Saikyo Jump's ongoing "Dragon Ball Super Gallery" project.

Katsura's artwork recently made the rounds on X (formerly Twitter) via the popular news hub Shonen Jump News (@WSJ_manga). As shown below, the manga artist chose to recreate the highly iconic cover illustration for Dragon Ball Volume 1, which highlights Goku and Shenron, the mighty dragon that is summoned every time someone gathers the Dragon Balls and makes a wish. While the overall design is virtually identical to Akira Toriyama's, Katsura's version features a different shading style and a slightly altered color scheme. Cbr readers can check it out below.

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The official accounts for the upcoming live-action TV drama adaptation Wingman , based on Masakazu Katsura's superhero manga from 1983, today announced five additional cast members including voice actor Mamoru Miyano . Miyano is cast as Kitakura, a handsome new teacher who is assigned to the high school attended by the protagonist, Kenta Hirono. "I am very happy to be able to be involved in Katsura-sensei's work again in this way, and to be able to work with Director Sakamoto again in a way that I never thought possible. My heart is shaken by my actor life with a strange destiny," said Miyano. "On the set, I was moved by Director Sakamoto's passionate direction, and we were able to proceed while having deep discussions about my role with Katsura-sensei. I am now playing the role of 'Teacher Kitakura' with all of my strength, so please look forward to watching the show!" Additional...

The official website for the upcoming live-action TV drama adaptation Wingman , based on Masakazu Katsura's superhero manga from 1983, today announced the two main cast members and theme song artist. 20-year-old Maito Fujioka is cast as the protagonist, Kenta Hirono. He recently played Shun Futani, one of the main characters in the live-action TV drama adaptation of Kokone Nata's Play It Cool, Guys in 2023. Kenta Hirono is his first solo lead role in a serial live-action drama series. Maito Fujioka released the following comment: I am Maito Fujioka, and I play the role of Kenta Hirono. I was very happy to be offered the role because it has been one of my biggest dreams in my acting career to play the lead role in a terrestrial TV series. I felt a lot of responsibility and pressure to play the role of Kenta Hirono in “Wingman,” which sparked a revolution...

[Press Release] San Francisco, CA, October 30, 2013 – Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, expands its substantial anime catalog with the addition of the dark sci-fi action series Zetman on November 5th. The 13-episode series is rated ‘TV-ma’ for Mature Audiences and will be offered Uncut in DVD and Blu-ray editions. Zetman is based on a popular manga (graphic novel) series by Masakazu Katsura, who also created Video Girl AI and I”S (both published in North America by Viz Media) and was the character designer for the hit anime series, Tiger & Bunny (also available on Blu-ray and DVD at North American retailers). Features for the Blu-ray and DVD editions include English dubbed or original Japanese audio selections (with...