If we could keep up with Dragon Ball Online — the seemingly-successful massively multiplayer online role-playing game that initially launched in Korea back in 2008 — we would! Thankfully we have a great bunch of community members that keep that drip of information goodness coming, which most recently includes this guy: Thanks to our buddies …
27 September 2012, 9:49 PM EDT6 Comments
With the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie in Japan set to debut in March, a few fans have speculated whether FUNimation would possibly screen its trailer at the New York Comic Con on 14 October 2012 at 1:30 pm during their industry panel. The majority of these rumors stem from people misconstruing the description for …
Back on 17 July 2012, a few days after the new Dragon Ball Z movie was first announced, Toei released an official press statement for the movie. We unfortunately did not notice it at the time, and frankly, we stopped looking after scriptwriter Yūsuke Watanabe publicly confirmed our suspicions via his Twitter account. That being …
24 September 2012, 9:47 PM EDTComment
Another Monday brings us another update to the “Animation Styles Guide” here at Kanzenshuu. This time around we detail the work of Yukio Ebisawa, who was an animation supervisor for the entirety of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Ebisawa’s work was quite variable at times, with some of his animation being quite good and …
Not only does the November issue of V-Jump include an exclusive “Galaxy Mission 4” Dragon Ball Heroes card for “Janenba Baby”, but it also features a new “Dragon Ball Heroes Victory Mission” mini-manga based on this original character’s recent appearance in the arcade game. This short two-page manga, entitled “The Fiendish Janenba Baby”, revolves around …
When it was first announced that a new Dragon Ball Z movie was being produced, only a few key members of the production staff were listed — Masahiro Hosoda (細田雅弘) as the director, Yūsuke Watanabe (渡辺雄介) as the script writer, and Tadayoshi Yamamuro (山室直儀) as the animation supervisor. Even when the movie’s official website was …
As reported by Crunchyroll earlier this morning, Toei Animation has been granted 50 million yen (~$636,000) as part of the non-profit organization UNIJAPAN’s “Co-production Certification Program” to help fund the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie due out in Japan on 30 March 2013. The program was developed by the Japanese government’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, …
It looks like the cardboard Super Saiyan Goku hair wrap-around hat things that made the rounds over the last year or so at conventions are getting a second life: as a pre-order bonus with Dragon Ball Z For Kinect exclusively via Amazon. Amazon has the game listed at a whopping 3-cents-off right now (down from …
17 September 2012, 9:27 PM EDTComment
Another Monday brings us yet another update to the “Animation Styles Guide” here at Kanzenshuu. This week we detail the work of Shindō Production’s star pupil Tadayoshi Yamamuro, who was an animation supervisor and character designer for the latter portion of Dragon Ball Z, although he’s been involved with every series, including Dragon Ball Kai. …
17 September 2012, 9:07 PM EDTComment
This week’s topic is brought to us via Meri, who (from the sounds of it) embarrassed a couple dudes with Kame/Kaiō t-shirts at the gym. To what extent do you like to wear your heart on your sleeve, so to speak? Is anything fair game, or do you prefer the more subtle route with showcasing …