MLB The Show 22 celebrates Shohei Ohtani with a manga-themed PS5 cover

Here’s a fun fact you may not have known about Shohei Ohtani, who will grace the cover of MLB The Show 22: The Los Angeles Angels’ two-way superstar is also a big-time manga fan — specifically the sports manga Major Slam Dunk. So the developers at Sony’s San Diego Studio gave him a manga-inspired cover for the game’s collector’s editions.

What’s more, the cover is illustrated by Takashi Okazaki, the creator of Afro Samurai. “A normal Collector’s Edition cover wouldn’t suffice,” SIE San Diego’s Ramone Russell said on the PlayStation Blog. “Shohei is a once-in-a-generation athlete with superhero-like abilities on the field. What better way to bring that to life than to have worlds collide on a truly unique cover?”

There is no better way. Here are the SteelBooks with Okazaki’s rendering of Ohtani, who appears to have pyrokinetic abilities in addition to an 88-mph forkball and tape-measure home run power.

Special editions with this cover include the MVP Edition for $84.99 and Digital Deluxe Edition for $99.99, which can only be purchased on PlayStation 5 Both offer four days early access, the PS5 and PS4 versions of the games, plus a bunch of digital items and currency for use in the game’s Diamond Dynasty and other modes.

MLB The Show 22 The game will be available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox 5, as well as Xbox Series X for Xbox One and Xbox Series X. The game supports cross-platform play and progression across all consoles; the Switch version’s features are at parity with the PS4 and Xbox One editions.