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Published by 30 June 2011, 2:23 PM EDTComment

Namco-Bandai has confirmed that the game previously known as “Game Project Age 2011” will be titled Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi for its North American release, set for later this year on 25 October 2011 on both the PS3 and 360. THE FANS HAVE DECIDED! NAMCO BANDAI GAMES LAUNCHES DRAGON BALL Z® ULTIMATE TENKAICHI THIS OCTOBER

Published by 28 June 2011, 7:33 PM EDTComment

This week on our show we recap and expand upon what little news there has been over the last week, and turn our attention over to the 40th volume in our on-going “Manga Review of Awesomeness”. We are closing in on the end of the series, but there is still plenty of material to cover.

Published by 28 June 2011, 1:03 PM EDTComment

As expected based on the last few Dragon Box releases from FUNimation, the release date for the seventh (and final) Dragon Box for the Dragon Ball Z TV series has been pushed back approximately one month. The set is now due 11 October 2011, as indicated on its RightStuf catalog page.

Published by 21 June 2011, 9:30 PM EDTComment

This week on our show, in addition to catching up on all the news (particularly of the Bardock variety) with Hujio, our buddy Marc joins us to talk about the summer convention season. With Anime Expo in less than two weeks and Otakon just a little over a month off, what should we expect from

Published by 20 June 2011, 3:53 PM EDTComment

Included as “extras” on the two Dragon Box releases for the Dragon Ball Z TV series in Japan back in 2003, the Bardock and Trunks TV specials never went on to receive individual disc releases like the rest of the TV series and movies. They, along with things like the Dragon Ball GT TV special

Published by 20 June 2011, 9:30 AM EDTComment

We noted a few weeks back that while “something” related to Dragon Ball Heroes appeared to be coming soon in V-Jump, contrary to other reports, Naho Ooishi‘s (Dragon Ball SD) name was not attached to whatever that project happened to be. Just a couple days ago, her name did indeed show up attached to the

Published by 20 June 2011, 9:05 AM EDTComment

Play.com has a new listing for what is clearly Game Project Age 2011, the new fighting game developed by Spike for Namco-Bandai due out on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this fall. What sets this listing apart from others is the fact that the name “Ultimate Tenkaichi” is already attached to it, a name

Published by 16 June 2011, 6:01 PM EDTComment

Gaming blogs are passing around the story this afternoon that Japanese video game developer Game Republic has apparently shut down its offices in Tokyo, as well as its website. Cited reasons include the rumor that founder Yoshiki Okamoto has racked up significant debt and is nowhere to be found. While most of the attention in

Published by 16 June 2011, 3:28 PM EDTComment

According the next issue preview page on V-Jump‘s official website, a “special manga” based on Dragon Ball Heroes drawn by Naho Ooishi will be published in the next issue of V-Jump. You will recall that Ooishi previously did a two-part manga adaptation of the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour Special for V-Jump and the on-going

Published by 16 June 2011, 9:03 AM EDTComment

The next batch of releases for our favorite franchise over here in North America have some information trickling out. First up is the seventh and final Dragon Box for the Dragon Ball Z TV series, coming 13 September 2011 from FUNimation. This set covers DBZ TV episodes 251-291, and closes out the series. RightStuf is