Atari issued a press release earlier this morning confirming their release of “Dragon Ball: Origins”, which is just called “Dragon Ball DS” over in Japan. While the game drops in Japan 18 September 2008, we do not have a firm release date from Atari other than “November” (though online retailers are listing it as 03 …
We have some very strange video game listings popping up on American retail sites: Dragon Ball Z Trilogy (PS2) — 09 September 2008 $49.99 @ Amazon; $29.99 @ GameStop Dragon Ball Z Infinite World (PS2) — 01 November 2008 $29.99 @ Amazon; $29.99 @ GameStop Dragon Ball Z: Origins (NDS) — 03 November 2008 $29.99 …
There will be a “junior novel” coming out for the upcoming American live action Dragon Ball movie: Expect a written adaptation of the movie by a couple people otherwise known for just a couple quasi-Disney-related children’s books.
Episode #0142 of the podcast is available for download! We were finally able to get around to that “Manga Review of Awesomeness” for Volume 18. That’s right, we’re continuing the so-called “Z”-era if you’re going by the Viz release. Surprising comments from all hosts abound! We also went over all the awesome stuff that took …
The cover art for the upcoming “Burst Limit Original Soundtrack” has made its way online: What was previously listed as a dual-soundtrack for both “Sparking! METEOR” and “Burst Limit” appears to be just for the one game. It drops 27 August 2008 in Japan (LACA-5808) for about ¥3000.
In a strange twist, it appears Atari has actually made money for the first quarter of the 2009 fiscal year. In fact, they made $3.5 million, up from a net loss of $11.9 million at the same point last year. The growth was driven by the success of “Burst Limit” and “Alone in the Dark”, …
Episode #0141 of the podcast is available for download! Despite being gone for the entire weekend, we threw something together ahead of time so there wouldn’t be a break ^_~. This week, Meri and I took a look at the various henchmen over the course of the series, and how their roles evolve and expand. …
A new book containing one-shot manga by Akira Toriyama, entitled “An Emperor’s Feast of Akira Toriyama 1” (鳥山明 満漢全席 1), was released today. It appears that this is the first volume of a new line of Toriyama’s one-shot manga collection. This volume contains 10 one-shot manga titles on 336 pages, and will set you back …
Anime News Network has word via Internet Watch that a Japanese man has been arrested for selling bootleg copies of various anime, including the various Dragon Box releases: Japan’s Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) announced that a 37-year-old male company employee from Kakogawa City in central Japan was arrested on Thursday for selling …
You may be reading a few things across the interwebs about something called “Final Budokai”. It is important to note a few things about this: Only Portuguese sites have been reporting this All of these sites are copying-and-pasting the exact same text; no original reporting has occurred European enthusiast press are well known for breaking …