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Published by 28 May 2008, 9:56 PM EDTComment

Banpresto is releasing a new line of figures in celebration of Jump’s 40th anniversary. In these Dragon Ball x One Piece crossover figures, Goku is wearing Luffy’s outfit, vice versa, and then Bulma in a girly-Luffy-outfit, while Nami sports a girly-Goku-outfit. Dengeki.com has a plethora of images for this line, while our buddy Oldphan’s site

Published by 28 May 2008, 9:55 PM EDTComment

It would seem that the upcoming “21st Century Version” CD featuring new recordings of the Dragon Ball opening and ending is actually going under the title “Inazuma Challenger”, which was previously listed as just a regular ol’ song on the disc (assumed to be a new image song). Well, it is now the title track

Published by 28 May 2008, 2:30 AM EDTComment

It seems that Viz will be releasing what looks to be a domestic release of the first daizenshuu. Amazon and Target are both listing “Dragon Ball: The Complete Illustrations” with a release date of 19 August 2008 and at a retail price of $24.99 (on sale for $16.49). Even though this is listed as a

Published by 26 May 2008, 10:00 AM EDTComment

Selecta Vision will be releasing Dragon Ball GT on DVD (Vol 1 / Vol 2 / Vol 3) similar to their in-process Dragon Ball Z release over in Spain. These two-disc sets have eight episodes each, are created from Dragon Box masters (as opposed to through their own in-house remastering process a la FUNimation), and

Published by 25 May 2008, 12:43 AM EDTComment

Episode #0130 of the podcast is available for download! That’s right, we already have it set to go for your listening pleasure. This week, Meri and I brought back on a very special guest to discuss all the latest news with regards to video games, Viz manga, and so much more. Unfortunately, some of the

Published by 22 May 2008, 3:12 PM EDTComment

The final three Dragon Ball GT individual disc covers have been revealed. Disc #09 contains six episodes while discs #10 & #11 contain five episodes each, covering episodes 049 thru 064. These discs are slated to be released 04 June 2008. You can still order any of the previously released discs or any of these

Published by 20 May 2008, 8:58 PM EDTComment

Donny Clay is continuing to pump out the marketing in conjunction with IGN, and while we feel slightly dirty pushing it along, it continues to be note-worthy that IGN is placing at least this type of support behind the franchise. Check it out for yourself — there are some slight inaccuracies plaguing the article, and

Published by 19 May 2008, 7:55 PM EDTComment

Tanooki Kuribo dug up another weird listing on RightStuf, this time for a “Shonen Jump Issue 1 Fifth Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Hardcover)”. I wonder what this one, is…? Perhaps just a special hardcover edition of the first issue of the domestic “Shonen Jump” that came out back in January 2003? This is in addition to