Autograph Authentication Report

Bulma

2024 Dragon Ball Super Fusion World Blazing Aura - SR Alt. Art - Monica Rial Auto · #130

Authenticated Crown Grading · reviewed Oct 31, 2026

Findings

Signer: Monica Rial
Autograph: Signed directly on the card, front side
Handwriting: Matches the known signatures it was compared with. (8 known signatures)
Printed or copied?: No halftone or dot pattern can be resolved at this image resolution. The ink density is visibly uneven (faint in the 'ca' area, heavier in 'Rial' and '-Bulma'), which is more consistent with a hand-applied metallic paint pen skipping on foil than with uniform print. The signature also does not sit in a fixed facsimile position for this card, and the Blazing Aura SR alt art is not issued with printed autographs. A loupe check is still needed to confirm the ink sits on top of the card's surface coating.
Decision: Authenticated by Crown Grading after staff review.

Signature comparison

This card. The signature as cropped from the slab photo (front).

Below, the known examples Crown compared it with. Examples with stronger proof (signed in front of staff, or certified by an independent authenticator) carry the most weight.

JSA (per listing title)

R2Less weight

JSA (per listing title)

R8Less weight

JSA (per listing title)

Feature by feature

Feature	This card	Known examples	Result
Overall form and proportions	Heart, then 'Monica', then 'Rial' on roughly the same line to the right. A '-Bulma' inscription sits below 'Rial'. The layout is elongated and horizontal.	Heart, then 'Monica' on the upper line, with 'Rial' usually dropped below and to the right (R2–R8). R4 adds '-BULMA' below 'Rial'.	Natural variation
Slant and baseline	Mild right slant. The baseline is fairly level, with 'Rial' riding slightly higher than the end of 'Monica'.	Mild right slant. 'Monica' rises slightly left to right and 'Rial' is stepped down.	Natural variation
Letter construction	The M opens with a 'u'-like double hump lead-in. 'oni' is compact. 'Rial' has a tall looped R and a tall l. The 'ca' section is faint and poorly legible against the light shirt area.	The same 'u'-style M entry appears in R4, R5 and R8, with a compact 'oni'. The 'a' usually ends in a large sweeping loop up and over. The R is open with a tall l.	Natural variation
Connecting strokes	'Moni' is connected cursively. The 'ca' terminal appears to run horizontally toward 'Rial', which is hard to resolve.	'Monica' is fully connected and the terminal 'a' loop sweeps right and up. 'Rial' is a separate unit.	Not assessable
Starting and ending strokes	The heart is drawn in one motion with a pointed bottom. The end stroke of 'Rial' is a tall l with a short exit. The '-Bulma' starts with a dash.	A one-motion heart precedes the name in every reference. 'Rial' ends in a tall l. R4 uses a dash before 'BULMA'.	Match
Line quality and speed	At this resolution the strokes look fluid with no obvious tremor or blunt stops. Gold metallic ink on a foil/holo surface gives uneven density.	Fast, fluid paint-pen and Sharpie strokes on acetate and photo surfaces.	Natural variation
Pen pressure pattern	Metallic paint pen with fairly even width. It thins and fades in the 'ca' region, possibly from ink skipping on the foil.	Paint pens of even width on Funko windows. The Sharpie on R5 shows mild variation.	Not assessable
Spacing	Compact letters within words. A small gap or connector between 'Monica' and 'Rial'.	Compact letters within words. 'Rial' is offset diagonally rather than inline.	Natural variation
Flourishes and inscriptions	Leading heart and '-Bulma' character inscription. The large looping 'a' flourish is not clearly visible.	Leading heart in all references. The '-BULMA' inscription appears in R4. The large 'a' loop is prominent in R6 and R8.	Natural variation
Placement and size	Placed across the art just above the text box, sized to the card width. This is typical of a hand-signed card and not a fixed facsimile position.	Large signatures across Funko box windows and the photo. They are not directly comparable to a card.	Natural variation

Examiner notes

The card is a 2024 Dragon Ball Super Fusion World Blazing Aura release, so our signature cannot predate 2024. The references are Funko Pops released roughly 2018–2022 (DBZ Bulma #385/#707, Tsuyu #374, Tsubaki #779, Mirajane #1050) plus an 11x14 photo. They were likely signed at conventions in about 2019–2024. All of them show the same mature signature form (heart, 'Monica' with a 'u'-style M entry, 'Rial' set to the right), so they are broadly contemporary with ours and no era-driven change is expected.

'Rial' sits nearly inline with 'Monica' rather than stepped below as in most references. This is plausibly due to the horizontal space on the card, but it is a layout departure.
The 'ca' portion and the usual large terminal 'a' loop cannot be clearly resolved in the crop, and gold ink is low-contrast over the white shirt area.
No reference is on a trading card or in gold metallic ink, so surface and pen behaviour cannot be compared directly.
All authentication is per listing title only. COAs and stickers were not independently verified against the JSA database.

How Crown authenticates autographs: the signature is compared with known examples gathered from Crown's own authenticated cards, independent authenticators and public listings, measured by software, examined by an AI forensic model, and signed off by Crown Grading staff. The decision above is Crown's.