“Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound”, Original Release Japanese B2 Theatrical Poster 1993, Rare Gohan / Bojack Key Visual, B2 Poster Size (c.51 × 73cm) J141
This is an original Japanese B2 theatrical poster printed in 1993 to promote the first Japanese cinema release of Dragon Ball Z: Ginga Girigiri!! Butchigiri no Sugoi Yatsu (ドラゴンボールZ 銀河ギリギリ!!ぶっちぎりの凄い奴), released internationally as Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound. The film opened in Japan on 10 July 1993 as part of the summer Toei Anime Fair, and this is the original first-release Japanese B2 key visual from that campaign. The standard Japanese B2 format measures approximately 51.5 × 72.8 cm (20.3 × 28.7 inches).
Film background
Bojack Unbound is the ninth theatrical Dragon Ball Z feature and occupies a particularly memorable position in the original movie cycle. Set after the Cell Games, the story revolves around a spectacular intergalactic martial-arts tournament that is invaded by the newly freed Bojack and his Galaxy Soldiers. With Goku no longer among the living, Gohan becomes the central hero, culminating in one of the character’s most celebrated cinematic appearances.
The film was based on the original Dragon Ball manga created by Akira Toriyama, whose character designs and visual language defined one of the most influential manga and anime franchises in history.
Creator / artist background
The poster prominently credits Akira Toriyama (鳥山明) for the original work. Toriyama created Dragon Ball for Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1984, developing a distinctive combination of martial arts, comedy, science fiction and fantasy that became enormously influential both within Japan and internationally.
The theatrical production was created by Toei Animation, with the movie directed by Yoshihiro Ueda. As with other original Dragon Ball Z theatrical posters, the sheet itself does not present a separate standalone commercial-poster illustrator credit, making the principal creative context Toriyama’s original character designs and Toei Animation’s film production.
Poster design
Printed in the classic Japanese B2 theatrical-poster format, this 1993 design is packed with the kind of dense, high-impact character composition associated with the golden era of theatrical Dragon Ball Z.
The foreground is dominated by Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, shown at enormous scale with brilliant yellow hair and an intense expression, confronting a charging Goku, who appears dramatically alongside him with an energy attack forming between his hands. The composition cleverly brings Goku and Gohan together despite the movie’s post-Cell Games setting, creating an instantly recognisable father-and-son visual centrepiece.
At left, Piccolo advances into battle while Krillin appears above him. Towering over the upper-left section is an enormous portrait of Bojack, rendered in dark turquoise and black and immediately establishing him as the film’s major antagonist. Across the rocky background stand the other members of Bojack’s Galaxy Soldiers, including Zangya, giving the upper half of the poster a menacing ensemble composition.
The poster’s original vertical Japanese promotional copy reads:
天下一大武道大会に現れた謎の銀河戦士！悟飯、フルパワーで立ち向かえ！
Approximately: “Mysterious Galactic Warriors appear at the great martial-arts tournament! Gohan, face them with your full power!”
This line is particularly significant because it places Gohan rather than Goku at the centre of the film’s dramatic stakes, reflecting the brief but hugely important period following the Cell arc when Gohan had effectively inherited the role of Earth’s greatest defender.
At the bottom, the enormous DRAGON BALL Z logo is followed by the exuberant Japanese subtitle 銀河ギリギリ!! ぶっちぎりの凄い奴, a deliberately energetic title that can be rendered approximately as “The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy.”
The upper-left ’93 Summer Toei Anime Fair emblem provides another important first-release marker, directly tying the poster to its original Japanese theatrical exhibition in the summer of 1993.
This poster is in excellent plus condition. It is an exceptionally well-preserved original example, with superb colour saturation across the vivid blues, reds, yellows and turquoise tones. The black areas remain strong and deep, the intricate character artwork is crisp, and the sheet retains a remarkably fresh appearance for a theatrical poster from 1993.
The poster is unfolded, with very clean margins and no major distracting condition issues visible. Any minor signs of handling are extremely light and entirely consistent with an original piece of Japanese cinema advertising more than three decades old. Overall, this is a high-grade, highly displayable example of one of the most striking early-1990s Dragon Ball Z theatrical designs.
Please refer to the imagery, as this is the exact poster that is for sale. Once framed, it will display fantastically.
It is over 33 years old.
It is not a reproduction or a reprint.
