Karakuri Dôji Ultimo was first announced as an unnamed work between Stan Lee, the co-creator of iconic superhero titles such as Spider-Man and X-Men, and Hiroyuki Takei, the creator of Shaman King.
Hiroyuki Sakai | Hiroyuki Sanada | George Takei | Hiroyuki Iwatsuki | Hiroyuki Takei | Hiroyuki Iwaki | Hiroyuki Hisataka | Hiroyuki Konishi | Hiroyuki Asada | Kato Hiroyuki | Hiroyuki Wakabayashi | Hiroyuki Tamakoshi | Hiroyuki Onoue | Hiroyuki Nishimura | Hiroyuki Nakajima |
The first issue featured a then-one-shot collaboration between the world-famous American comic writer Stan Lee and Shaman King's Hiroyuki Takei, called Karakuridôji Ultimo (using the Marvel Method).