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Published by 29 October 2013, 9:01 PM EDT5 Comments

Namco-Bandai is delivering just in the nick of time, having promised an October 2013 release timeframe: Dragon Ball RPG: Shōnen-hen (“Boyhood Arc”) is now available on both Android and iOS devices. The company also unveiled a new trailer to promote the game: The Android version requires Gingerbread (2.3) or higher and is available via the

Published by 28 October 2013, 8:13 PM EDTComment

As Dragon Ball Heroes — the most recent video game adaptation of the long-running Dragon Ball “Carddass” series in Japan — approaches its “new chapter” with “JM” (Ja’akuryū Mission or “Evil Dragon Mission”) entries starting next month, we thought it would be worth taking a look back at the nearly-three-years the game has been running.

Published by 28 October 2013, 11:31 AM EDTComment

Next year’s gigantic celebratory Jump franchise-based multiplayer fighting game for the PlayStation 3 and Vita — J-Stars Victory Vs — finally received a release date this month: 19 March 2014. We also received a pricing structure for the game at the same time, which also revealed that both systems would each be receiving standard and

Published by 25 October 2013, 3:22 PM EDT1 Comment

In a blog post from today, Mayumi Tanaka (the voice actress for Kuririn) noted that she is continuing with some sort of Dragon Ball voice recording, having recently done so with Masako Nozawa (Son Goku, et al.) as well as Yūji Mitsuya (Kaiōshin). ドラゴンボール収録日! 野沢雅子さんのお誕生日でした。 先週プレ還暦の祝いをしたばかりの三ツ矢さんが、 勘違いして祝われていました。 まこさんおめでとうございます! Dragon Ball recording day! It was Masako

Published by 25 October 2013, 1:13 PM EDTComment

Namco-Bandai has unleashed two new videos promoting the upcoming J Legend Retsuden compilation on the Nintendo 3DS. The compilation’s 15-second commercial showcases just a few of the games that will be packed in: The full-length promotional video plows through the compilation game by game starting with the Famicom inclusions followed by the three Super Famicom

Published by 24 October 2013, 9:08 AM EDT1 Comment

Dragon Ball RPG: Shōnen-hen (“Boyhood Arc”) — an upcoming Android and iOS mobile game in Japan — was just unveiled earlier this week in the December 2013 issue of V-Jump, and Namco-Bandai is ready for the next stage of promotion: an official website! The included screenshots show off various aspects of the game. It is

Published by 23 October 2013, 8:10 PM EDT1 Comment

It is a short (and slightly delayed!) episode this week, but the news is extensive. Join us for a deeper look at the December 2013 issue of V-Jump along with a few of your listener questions! SHOW DESCRIPTION: Episode #0346! VegettoEX and Julian catch up on two weeks worth of news, including a ton from

Published by 23 October 2013, 8:57 AM EDT9 Comments

While the “Full Color Comics” have quietly — and hopefully temporarily — moved to digital-only in Japan after the Saiyan and Freeza arcs received print editions, Viz has been charging along chapter-by-chapter with their own digital release in Weekly Shonen Jump. The company announced plans for an English print version, and while we received pretty