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A never before seen fight of the mentor and student between timelines, coming Summer 2025! #GohanvsTrunks 🗡️

What started as a small animation collab between Ian, Kiyoshi and Santi at Annecy's Animation Festival, quickly became a passion project that grew so big, we had to make a trailer for it instead! We wanted to see two of our favourite characters, Gohan and Trunks, who share so much history and potential together interact more. So we thought, what better way to make this a reality than to animate them ourselves?

Over the next few months we found ourselves working with more and more people as the project grew, all brought together by our collective love for Dragon Ball. There was no funding at all, so this trailer and eventual full fight is only possible thanks to the amazing team, their dedication, and support. So please check them all out below!

It’s been a blast making this trailer, and we’re extremely proud of how this passion project has turned out so far. It’s been a true labour of love, so we hope you look forward to the full fight!

@eee_in - Co-Director, Animator, BG, Comp
@to_kiyoshi - Co-Director, Animator
@santico_art - Co-Director, Animator
@kqnai - BG Artist
Lulo Artworks - Designer
@johnnyfcardoso - Illustrator
@not_shiba - Clean Up & Tie-Down Assist
@stefibenti - Clean Up & Tie Down Assist
@heather_dream_sketches - Coloring Assist
@ruichivuichi - Clean Up Assist
@martin.r.hultman - Clean Up Assist
@__snoowflakee__ - Clean Up Assist
Kiyoshi’s Mum - Translator

And special thanks to @pbessat for the support since the beginning!

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #indiefilm #trailer

Animation by our very own @to_kiyoshi !!

Hey everyone!

Our team has been giving #GohanvsTrunks some extra love in the past year while balancing our jobs. We’re determined to deliver some high quality DB, and something that we’re also proud of for the fans - so we’ve made the decision to push back the release date 🙏

We’ve got some REALLY exciting announcemenTs we’re stoked to share with you all soon! So while we’re very sorry For the delay from Summer 2025, we can promise you it will be absolutely worth the wait! So please Stay tuned in the next months!

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much for the continued support. It means the world, and we’re determined to give you our absolute best, as fellow DB fans.

-The SZ Team 🐉 🧡

Can you tell we're Shida fans?

Animation by our very own @santico_art

#dbz #dragonball #dragonballz #wip #animationshowcase #genga #anime #indieanime #indieanimation #indiefilm #2danimation #fananimation #toonboom #framebyframe #gohan #ssj2gohan #supersaiyan #naotoshishida

Hey everyone! Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for all the support since our #GohanvsTrunks trailer release! ❤️‍🔥

In the past 2 weeks, we’ve gotten over 340k views and 15k likes across all our posts on social media, that’s a lot of people! (OVER 9000!!) It means so much to know that Dragon Ball fans are enjoying the passion project we’re putting out there. To have the opportunity to share our love for Akira Toriyama and his legacy is truly such an honour, so we’ll continue to do our best for the Summer release!

We thought it’d be nice to round off our trailer release with an animation showcase of Gohan slowly transitioning into SSJ2. This shot was a joint effort between our three co-directors - with @eee_in on the key animation + body clean up, @to_kiyoshi on smoke FX + hair clean up, and @santico_art on the clothes clean up. It took all three of us to complete this crazy shot, and it’s honestly one of our favourites 🔥

Thanks again for the support everyone, it means the world! We’ll catch you all soon

#dbz #dragonball #dragonballz #wip #animationshowcase #genga #anime #indieanime #indieanimation #indiefilm #2danimation #fananimation #toonboom #framebyframe #gohan #ssj2gohan #supersaiyan

Forming the backbone of this #GohanvsTrunks trailer, we have @kqnai’s incredible backgrounds! We wanted to set the fight in Future Trunks’ ruined city, and she captured the exact Dragon Ball feel we wanted with the clouds she painted ☁️ while bringing everything together into one cohesive world with her colours! 🏙️

She and @eee_in tag teamed the BG’s for the trailer, with her on cloud and colours, and Ian on line art (he’s colourblind!!)

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #backgroundart #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip

Forming the backbone of this #GohanvsTrunks trailer, we have @kqnai’s incredible backgrounds! We wanted to set the fight in Future Trunks’ ruined city, and she captured the exact Dragon Ball feel we wanted with the clouds she painted ☁️ while bringing everything together into one cohesive world with her colours! 🏙️

She and @eee_in tag teamed the BG’s for the trailer, with her on cloud and colours, and Ian on line art (he’s colourblind!!)

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #backgroundart #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip

Forming the backbone of this #GohanvsTrunks trailer, we have @kqnai’s incredible backgrounds! We wanted to set the fight in Future Trunks’ ruined city, and she captured the exact Dragon Ball feel we wanted with the clouds she painted ☁️ while bringing everything together into one cohesive world with her colours! 🏙️

She and @eee_in tag teamed the BG’s for the trailer, with her on cloud and colours, and Ian on line art (he’s colourblind!!)

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #backgroundart #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip

Forming the backbone of this #GohanvsTrunks trailer, we have @kqnai’s incredible backgrounds! We wanted to set the fight in Future Trunks’ ruined city, and she captured the exact Dragon Ball feel we wanted with the clouds she painted ☁️ while bringing everything together into one cohesive world with her colours! 🏙️

She and @eee_in tag teamed the BG’s for the trailer, with her on cloud and colours, and Ian on line art (he’s colourblind!!)

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #backgroundart #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip

Forming the backbone of this #GohanvsTrunks trailer, we have @kqnai’s incredible backgrounds! We wanted to set the fight in Future Trunks’ ruined city, and she captured the exact Dragon Ball feel we wanted with the clouds she painted ☁️ while bringing everything together into one cohesive world with her colours! 🏙️

She and @eee_in tag teamed the BG’s for the trailer, with her on cloud and colours, and Ian on line art (he’s colourblind!!)

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #backgroundart #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip

A trailer wouldn’t be complete without a flashy title card! @lulo_trash on Twitter/X knocked it out the park with this amazing #GohanvsTrunks logo merging both characters’ themes together 🔥 go check him out!

#dbz #dragonballz #dragonball #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip

Hello fellas! This is my Animation Showcase through all the process of #gohanvstrunks project, from simple and shity animatics till the really nice final looking we’ve got.

I worked and participate on the project as co-director and animator with these incredible and talented friends el mas capo @to_kiyoshi that just killed it with those insane sakuga shots holly shit and the one and only @eee_in who showed that flex on anatomy on those trunks shots and also the one who took care of the comp, so the amazing final look its thanks to him. Another lil mention to my friend @__snoowflakee__ who helped me out in the final stage of the clean up of one shot.

And finally I just have to say again that I am so glad we decided to make this and have the chance to just share our truly love to Akira Toriyama and his legacy, and I can not wait to keep working on it with my dudes here and bring an amazing piece of animation next year! so Stay tunned to all of us and @studioziplock because WE ARE COOKING BABY!

Cool fact: We all worked on #toonboomharmony @toonboomanimation for our shots

#framebyframe #dbz #dragonball #dragonballz #wip #animationshowcase #genga #anime #indieanime #indieanimation #2danimation

My parts for our #GohanVsTrunks fan-animation trailer!!

This was such a blast to animate being a DBZ fan, but also such a cool chance to bring along some amazing friends to participate and give their talented hands into this 😊😊.

Thank you @stefibenti @not_shiba and @heather_dream_sketches for helping me out with the clean up/tie down/coloring!!

And of course, glad to have worked alongside my pals @eee_in and @santico_art. Ian's compo did a great job in these so, make sure to check all the hard work at @studioziplock 🤩🤩🤩🐉🐉🐉 and Santi's shots are also underway 😁 (which btw we all 3 worked on that "gohan close up" shot, so be ready for a special post in the coming days 🙌🙌 ).

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#fanart #framebyframe #dbz #wip #genga

My parts for our #GohanVsTrunks fan-animation trailer!!

This was such a blast to animate being a DBZ fan, but also such a cool chance to bring along some amazing friends to participate and give their talented hands into this 😊😊.

Thank you @stefibenti @not_shiba and @heather_dream_sketches for helping me out with the clean up/tie down/coloring!!

And of course, glad to have worked alongside my pals @eee_in and @santico_art. Ian's compo did a great job in these so, make sure to check all the hard work at @studioziplock 🤩🤩🤩🐉🐉🐉 and Santi's shots are also underway 😁 (which btw we all 3 worked on that "gohan close up" shot, so be ready for a special post in the coming days 🙌🙌 ).

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#fanart #framebyframe #dbz #wip #genga

My parts for our #GohanVsTrunks fan-animation trailer!!

This was such a blast to animate being a DBZ fan, but also such a cool chance to bring along some amazing friends to participate and give their talented hands into this 😊😊.

Thank you @stefibenti @not_shiba and @heather_dream_sketches for helping me out with the clean up/tie down/coloring!!

And of course, glad to have worked alongside my pals @eee_in and @santico_art. Ian's compo did a great job in these so, make sure to check all the hard work at @studioziplock 🤩🤩🤩🐉🐉🐉 and Santi's shots are also underway 😁 (which btw we all 3 worked on that "gohan close up" shot, so be ready for a special post in the coming days 🙌🙌 ).

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#fanart #framebyframe #dbz #wip #genga

My parts for our #GohanVsTrunks fan-animation trailer!!

This was such a blast to animate being a DBZ fan, but also such a cool chance to bring along some amazing friends to participate and give their talented hands into this 😊😊.

Thank you @stefibenti @not_shiba and @heather_dream_sketches for helping me out with the clean up/tie down/coloring!!

And of course, glad to have worked alongside my pals @eee_in and @santico_art. Ian's compo did a great job in these so, make sure to check all the hard work at @studioziplock 🤩🤩🤩🐉🐉🐉 and Santi's shots are also underway 😁 (which btw we all 3 worked on that "gohan close up" shot, so be ready for a special post in the coming days 🙌🙌 ).

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#fanart #framebyframe #dbz #wip #genga

My parts for our #GohanVsTrunks fan-animation trailer!!

This was such a blast to animate being a DBZ fan, but also such a cool chance to bring along some amazing friends to participate and give their talented hands into this 😊😊.

Thank you @stefibenti @not_shiba and @heather_dream_sketches for helping me out with the clean up/tie down/coloring!!

And of course, glad to have worked alongside my pals @eee_in and @santico_art. Ian's compo did a great job in these so, make sure to check all the hard work at @studioziplock 🤩🤩🤩🐉🐉🐉 and Santi's shots are also underway 😁 (which btw we all 3 worked on that "gohan close up" shot, so be ready for a special post in the coming days 🙌🙌 ).

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#fanart #framebyframe #dbz #wip #genga

My parts for our #GohanVsTrunks fan-animation trailer!!

This was such a blast to animate being a DBZ fan, but also such a cool chance to bring along some amazing friends to participate and give their talented hands into this 😊😊.

Thank you @stefibenti @not_shiba and @heather_dream_sketches for helping me out with the clean up/tie down/coloring!!

And of course, glad to have worked alongside my pals @eee_in and @santico_art. Ian's compo did a great job in these so, make sure to check all the hard work at @studioziplock 🤩🤩🤩🐉🐉🐉 and Santi's shots are also underway 😁 (which btw we all 3 worked on that "gohan close up" shot, so be ready for a special post in the coming days 🙌🙌 ).

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#fanart #framebyframe #dbz #wip #genga

Some comp breakdowns of my shots for the #GohanvsTrunks trailer with @studioziplock!

Aside from co-directing and animating alongside @to_kiyoshi and @santico_art, I was also the compositor for the trailer 🔥 We tried our best to mimic the sketchy lines and colours from the DBS Broly movie for this project, for a novice comper I’m pretty proud of the final look!

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip #animationbreakdown

Some comp breakdowns of my shots for the #GohanvsTrunks trailer with @studioziplock!

Aside from co-directing and animating alongside @to_kiyoshi and @santico_art, I was also the compositor for the trailer 🔥 We tried our best to mimic the sketchy lines and colours from the DBS Broly movie for this project, for a novice comper I’m pretty proud of the final look!

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip #animationbreakdown

My genga shots for the recent #GohanvsTrunks trailer with @studioziplock!

I worked on the project as a co-director and animator alongside @to_kiyoshi and @santico_art 🔥 had a blast brushing up my anatomy skills with this one 💪

And a massive thank you and shoutout to @martin.r.hultman and @ruichivuichi for helping clean some of my shots!

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip #genga #animationbreakdown

In celebration of the #GohanvsTrunks trailer release, we also have this insane poster by the one and only @johnnyfcardoso!

Johnny is an incredibly talented illustrator with his unique shapes and bold shading style. His work is genuine eye candy so please check his stuff out 🔥 you wont regret it!

#dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #poster #posterart #indiefilm #trailer #framebyframe #wip