As you may know, FUNimation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre, having been purchased in 2005. Today, Navarre released their fiscal-year 2010 quarter one figures. Of particular note to Dragon Ball fans is the amount noted concerning Namco-Bandai. As reported earlier this month, Namco-Bandai has entered into a five-year agreement with FUNimation to be the …
Kurt wrote in to let us know that his order for the upcoming fifth “Viz Big” release of Dragon Ball Z has been delayed. We checked in with some of the supposedly-upcoming volumes, and here is what the schedule seems to be of currently-listed volumes: Dragon Ball VizBig 5 (Volumes 13-15) Release Date: 18 August …
Episode #0184 of the podcast is available for download! We have a doozy for you this week. We brought on Heath (Kanzentai) and Marc (The Fanboy Review) to discuss FUNimation’s announcement of “Dragon Box” sets for the DBZ series. Beyond just the announcement itself, we also go incredibly in-depth with a history lesson on how …
Needless to say, it was an exciting weekend to be an American Dragon Ball fan down in Baltimore for Otakon. FUNimation announced at their industry panel at Otakon that, among other new licenses and upcoming products, they would be releasing the first of seven “Dragon Box” sets for the Dragon Ball Z TV series on …
Meri and Mike are off at Otakon, which means I am holding down the fort when I should really be asleep. However, a series of e-mails flooded my inbox, all from Mike. He is excited, and I am at least awake enough now to tell you that FUNimation is going to put out Dragon Ball …
FUNimation has announced a new team-up with Namco to provide Dragon Ball Z figures in a new crane game available at amusement parks, theaters, etc. FUNIMATION AND NAMCO CYBERTAINMENT INC. BRING ANIME’S GREATEST HERO TO GAME CENTERS ACROSS THE U.S. Anime Leader and Major Amusement Game Operator Introduce Game Featuring Dragon Ball Z Figures Flower …
Happinet’s official Dragon Ball Kai release website has been updated. Although there is nothing too major to report, I have a feeling this may be a long post, so sit tight. When the site first opened it had two active links, but now all seven sections are open for business. Normally we would just link …
Our forum member LeprikanGT shared a new Raging Blast scan with us on our forum: It looks like the new PS3 & 360 game will be getting its own new theme song by none other than Hironobu Kageyama (whoo-hoo!), and it will be called “Progression”. Since Hiroki Takahashi’s new song for Tenka’ichi Dai-Bōken is getting …
Episode #0183 of the podcast is available for download! This week we got ourselves back on schedule and welcomed Lanipator and Takahata101 of TeamFourStar onto the show! The voices of Vegeta and Nappa from DBZ Abridged let us know what to expect for season two (along with some voice samples!), how the last year has …
Gamasutra has an interesting article up which (while only tangentially related to Dragon Ball) you may find of interest. Titled “Pecha-Kucha and Game Culture in Tokyo“, it is a brief recap and explanation of Pecha-Kucha, a presentation format where the individual or group has twenty slides and twenty seconds for each, totaling six-minutes-forty-seconds. In this …