Perfect Cell’s Dragon Ball Z Battle in Ichiban Kuji Form

Dragon Ball Z Ichiban Kuji H Prize Acrylic Stand — Perfect Cell vs. Gohan

An Ichiban Kuji Prize from Japan’s Convenience-Store Lottery

This acrylic stand is the H Prize from Ichiban Kuji Dragon Ball Z VS Omnibus CROSS, a prize lottery run by Bandai Spirits — the collectibles-focused subsidiary of the Bandai Namco group, established in 2018 when Bandai’s hobby division was spun off as its own company. The stand features a full-color print on a clear acrylic panel, sold in a clear vinyl bag with a teal-colored backing card. That card identifies the image as “VS CELL,” and the H Prize tier in this lottery contains ten design variations in total.

Ichiban Kuji operates through Japanese convenience stores — primarily Lawson and FamilyMart — as well as hobby shops. Each ticket draws at a fixed price, and every prize type is published in advance, making the structure more transparent than a fully random gashapon machine. Prizes run alphabetically from A downward, with A Prize being the highest tier; H Prize falls in the middle-to-lower range, where acrylic stands are a common format. The lottery is sold exclusively within Japan and has no official international distribution.

Dragon Ball Z and the Cell Game Arc

Dragon Ball Z is the Toei Animation adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s manga Dragon Ball, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1984 to 1995. The anime ran from 1989 to 1996 and has since been broadcast across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Shueisha reported over 260 million volumes sold worldwide as of 2023, placing it among the best-selling manga of all time.

The characters depicted here come from the Cell Game arc, covering roughly chapters 325–420 of the original manga. Cell is an artificial human engineered by Dr. Gero from the DNA of the series’ strongest fighters. After absorbing Androids 17 and 18, he reaches his Perfect Form — the most powerful state the character achieves in this arc. Facing him is Son Gohan, son of protagonist Son Goku, who awakens to the Super Saiyan 2 transformation during their one-on-one fight. That breakthrough — Gohan’s sudden power surge and his defeat of Perfect Cell — is one of the most recognized moments in the series, particularly for viewers who encountered Dragon Ball Z during its international broadcasts in the 1990s and 2000s.

How Ichiban Kuji Fits into Japan’s Prize-Merchandise Tradition

Ichiban Kuji sits alongside gashapon and food toys as one of Japan’s established collectible formats. What separates it from a capsule machine is its structured prize pool: every tier is listed in advance, the set has a fixed number of tickets, and the final ticket guarantees a dedicated “Last One” prize. This removes the pure randomness of a gacha draw while still leaving the specific variant within a multi-design tier — like the ten options in this H Prize set — up to chance.

The VS Omnibus lineup is a Dragon Ball–dedicated Ichiban Kuji series that has run through multiple editions, including VS Omnibus Super and VS Omnibus Ultra, spanning the late 2010s into the 2020s. VS Omnibus CROSS is part of that continuing lineup; the specific release date is not confirmed from the product packaging information alone. Because all Ichiban Kuji prizes move exclusively through Japanese retail channels, they reach collectors outside Japan almost entirely through secondary-market platforms and personal importers.