Now that it has been a few weeks since the mysterious countdown dropped hints and both Jump and Akira Toriyama himself broke the news of next year’s new Dragon Ball Z movie, the usual cycle of excitement and misinformation seems to be coming into play. While there is nothing “new” to report right now, we …
30 July 2012, 7:13 AM EDT14 Comments
It is definitely no secret to fans of Dragon Ball that the series’ animation quality was quite variable at times — it had its good days, and it had its bad days. There’s no doubt that this variation in quality has been a major point of discussion on just about every message board or forum …
The very short teaser — which debuted at last week’s Saikyō V-Jump Festa during the Dragon Ball Heroes panel — for next year’s new Dragon Ball Z animated movie in Japan made its way to Fuji TV this morning: The news segment notes how this is the first new movie in seventeen years, following-up on …
To most fans outside of Japan, Dragon Ball Heroes has unfortunately been nothing more than a series of short new animation pieces and the occasional catchy jingle. The card-based arcade game has been relatively successful for Namco-Bandai in its homeland, as shown by it now extending its reach in a somewhat unexpected way: a music …
23 July 2012, 5:40 PM EDTComment
He brings a close to “the big three” on the animation side of things, and he ties in nicely due to his animation supervision work on next year’s new Dragon Ball Z movie, so Tadayoshi Yamamuro certainly makes for a perfect podcast topic. Yamamuro has served in just about every role someone possibly could on …
The official V-Jump website has been updated with information concerning the September issue of V-Jump that was released this last weekend. The issue includes some exclusive Dragon Ball Heroes bonus material, including a special poster featuring some of Toriyama’s original artwork for Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Quest X, a Super Saiyan 3 Trunks promotional …
A very short teaser for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie was shown at this year’s Saikyō V-Jump Festa late Saturday (7/21) afternoon in Japan. The teaser came at the end of the Dragon Ball Heroes stage presentation and was documented on Twitter by V-Jump’s official account, noting that it was the “world’s first public …
Hot on the heels of our last update on the subject (less than half an hour in fact), Yūsuke Watanabe, scriptwriter of next year’s new Dragon Ball Z film, took to his Twitter account to clarify the timeframe, as pointed out to us by kei17 on the forums: @komori_mayo ありがとう！厳密にいうと原作漫画の「最終話」と「その直前回」の間です。ＧＴは原作にないからね～。[rest omitted] @komori_mayo Thanks! Strictly speaking, …
We had it confirmed for a North American release this past weekend via Comic-Con, but Namco-Bandai has made the official all the more official with a press release today formally announcing Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection. DRAGON BALL Z BUDOKAI HD COLLECTION MARKS THE RETURN OF TWO CLASSIC FIGHTING GAMES IN HD Enhanced Visuals …
Since the official announcement this past weekend, fan speculation regarding the Dragon Ball Z film slated for next March has reached fever-pitch. Adding further fuel to the fire in the English-language fandom has been a follow-up post on Anime News Network the day of the announcement, claiming that the film will be set specifically during …