OG Dragon Ball anime fans would be remiss not to recognize Kame House — Master Roshi’s iconic home base. However, an original draft page from Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball manga shows that Roshi’s house initially had a completely different look.

On April 11, 2025, the Akira Toriyama Archive section of Dragon Ball‘s official site unveiled a colorized draft of a manga page first published in Weekly Shonen Jump on Oct. 8, 1988. As shown below, the scene showcases Bulma visiting a version of Kame House with teal-colored siding and a black roof. The Archive description highlights Toriyama’s unique color choices: “The bright colors used for the Kame House evoke the feeling of a tropical climate, where the fine placement of the shading also perfectly captures the dazzling brightness of the sunlight,” the site’s author wrote. However, in the Dragon Ball anime adaptation, the house’s siding is light pink with a dark red roof.

New Dragon Ball Art Reveal Showcases the Original Color of Master Roshi’s Kame House

Unlike Dragon Ball‘s tankoban volumes, Weekly Shonen Jump frequently presented the series in color. However, Kame House’s original color scheme has been depicted differently in subsequent releases; Dragon Ball‘s full-color edition features digital colorization instead of Toriyama’s traditional water colors, resulting in alternate coloring for certain chapters. Consequently, the first home release to showcase Kame House’s original look was the Dragon Ball “Kanzeban,” or “Perfect Edition.” Initially released in December 2002, this version condenses the 42-volume tankoban series into 34. The final volume in this edition was published in Japan in April 2004.

Since Dragon Ball‘s “Perfect” edition has never been officially published in North America, most Western Dragon Ball fans are only familiar with the pink Kame House featured in the 1986 anime series. However, the original version has not entirely been abandoned. The second ending sequence for the Dragon Ball GT anime showcases a brief glimpse of the teal Kame House, which notably left many English-speaking viewers confused. In Shonen Jump fan communities, the explanation for the color change periodically circulates online as an elusive piece of Dragon Ball trivia.

Dragon Ball lovers will eventually get to see Master Roshi and his star student return in a brand-new arc of the Dragon Ball Super manga series. Recently, Super artist Toyotarou confirmed that Chapter 104 — a one-shot story starring Goten and Trunks — marks the official wrap-up of the “Super Hero” saga. Dragon Ball Vol. 24, which was released in Japan on Apr. 4, teases that the next arc could revolve around Black Frieza — the famous transformation revealed during Super‘s “Granolah the Survivor” arc. Dragon Ball Super has not yet announced a release date for the upcoming chapter.

The Dragon Ball manga is available in English from VIZ Media. The anime adaptations, including Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Daima, are available to stream on Crunchyroll.

Source: Dragon Ball official site, X (formerly Twitter)