With the color versions of the Dragon Ball comic heating up again — with more digital volumes coming in Japan next month and Viz moving into the print world in February — it made sense to catch-up on this edition of the manga. It all started back in 2009 with Shueisha tossing chapters out for free and suddenly ceasing the entire thing, likely (and quickly) coming to the conclusion that they would eventually be able to digitally monetize such a product. What is out there, how much does it cost, what changes are there from the original version, and is it worth investing in?

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0342! VegettoEX and Julian dive into the world of Dragon Ball’s color comics. North America and Japan (as well as several other countries!) have been getting various print and digital releases of the color manga, but how do they all hold up? What else seems to be on the way? A week’s worth of standard video game news and a fun tease of future website content wraps up the episode!

REFERENCED SITES:

• “Battle of Gods” Film Comic Slated for October Release
• GT-Style Adult Gotenks Coming to “Dragon Ball Heroes”
• “J Legend Retsuden” (3DS) Gains Two More DB Famicom Games
• “Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” 25th Week Sales
• Namco-Bandai Tokyo Game Show 2013 Lineup
• Digital Color Manga Updates: Cell arc Pre-orders & Neko Majin

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