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| The two 25th Anniversary Jump Multi World prism cards |
In the summer of 1993 celebrating their 25th anniversary Shonen Jump organized an event called the Jump Multi World. The event was held from July 28 to August 15 at the Tokyo Dome Prism Hall.
All the major manga works published in Shonen Jump were part of the event including some that had ended publication such as City Hunter, and Orange Road among others. The event had lots of games to participate in, lots of merchandise available for sale, and plenty more.
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| A picture of the information booklet and uchiwa found online |
Attendees received an information booklet, the two prism cards introduced in this article, and an uchiwa (a Japanese style fan). The back of the uchiwa had a map giving a rough representation of what the layout was like.
My preferred map is the one included in the booklet which has a nice hand drawn representation with captions indicating what was to be found at the event.
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| A drawn layout of the Jump Multi World event of 1993, from omochalaheadchala.com |
For more pictures of the booklet please read the excellent article written about it at omochalaheadchala.
On the upper right section attendees would find the "Jump Museum NOW" displaying important moments in Jump's history, including a special section dedicated to Akira Toriyama.
The upper middle section had a "DBZ robo game", which featured a new Bandai arcade fighting game of Dragon Ball Z inspired by Super Butouden. The design of these special cabinets was designed by Toriyama sensei himself. For more information on the arcade cabinet here's an article at Kanzenshuu about it.
To the right of that was the "DB VR Battle game", where attendees could reenact the special moves from the series.
Below the VR game room was the "Multimedia Computer Land", a section where attendees could view digital files on a few computers on display (must have been very cool in 1993!).
On the top right was the "Jump Game World", where one could gather information on the new video games, learn tips and techniques, as well as see demo plays. There were also daily video game competitions, during which participants were able to earn the Super Saiyajin Son Gohan Multi World 1993 Certification card.
The bottom areas were the "Multi World Bazaar", the area where lots of merchandise was available to buy such as posters, postcards, artworks, telephone cards etc.
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| 25th Anniversary Jump Multi World prism cards back |
These two Special Carddass cards offered to attendees featured many characters from the ongoing manga series of the time. These two cards are not featured in the Daizenshuu Perfect File Premium Gallery 2 probably because it was not a Dragon Ball exclusive item.
Son Goku and Son Gohan are however front and center on both cards (in Super Saiyajin form) so most Dragon Ball card collectors do collect these Carddass cards. The frame design used is unique, and looks like a digital matrix type of design. I really like the frames, and I also like the cards as a whole.
1993 was really an incredible year for Dragon Ball events. First the Toriyama Akira Mechanko Project and the subsequent contests, followed by the Jump Multi World event in which Dragon Ball was very heavily featured, and at the end year the opening of the Akira Toriyama World Exhibition!
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