As I discussed in this post from a few days ago, Jun’ya Furusawa, one of the most prominent of all the official Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z promotional artists of the 80s and 90s (and who had sadly passed away last year), was also himself a massively dedicated fan of the series before, during, and well after his time as one of the anime’s many promo artists. Under the penname “Furujun” he’d gotten his start originally as a notable Dragon Ball Doujinshi artist during his college years before his talents were noticed by Bird Studios and lead to him being hired on as one of the Dragon Ball anime’s promo artists. But even all throughout during his time as a promo artist, as well as during the years afterward since then (well after the series’ original conclusion), Furusawa never stopped being a passionate DB fan, and continued drawing Dragon Ball fan art for his own personal enjoyment. In honor of his passing one year ago, I have here collected a bunch of his own personal Dragon Ball fan artwork that he drew on his own time both during and well long after his tenure as an official promotional artist. Normally this isn’t a blog that collects or posts fan art of any sort: but given Furusawa’s massive, massive prominence as an official Dragon Ball promotional artist during the series’ original run and how much of his work makes up such a large chunk of this blog’s content, I think its more than fair to make an exception just this one time in honor of the man’s outstanding work and his enduring legacy as one of the many talented artists (aside from Akira Toriyama himself) who helped make Dragon Ball as special as it was during its original run. RIP Jun’ya “Furujun” Furusawa ??/??/???? - 5/1/2020
