Ten years ago we started our podcast as a way to expand to new audiences and have fun while developing new content for the website. Nearly 400 episodes later, we are still at it! This week on the show, the original duo of Mike and Julian reflect on the news stories from a decade ago …
Revealed in this week’s January 2016 issue of V-Jump, the Japan-exclusive, arcade-only, multiplayer fighting game Zenkai Battle will receive two new additions to its ever-growing roster of playable characters next month: Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Vegeta and Kaiōshin. With the “super attack warrior” SSGSS Vegeta, timing your button-presses when using his special attack will …
Shueisha will return to the “Full Color” edition of the Dragon Ball manga in January 2016 with the “Boyhood Arc” (少年編; shōnen-hen) of the series. Four volumes of the “Boyhood Arc” will be released 04 January 2016, each for ¥600 + tax. The story material will cover from the first chapter up through the 21st …
As part of the continued 30th anniversary celebration for Dragon Ball (which has now technically hit 31 years as-of today), the January 2016 issue of V-Jump (out tomorrow, 21 November 2015) provides an announcement of a Dragon Ball Super History Book (超史集 or Chōshishū) set for release 21 January 2016 in Japan. This year is …
Bandai Namco has announced an “Extreme Heroes W Pack” for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. The double-game pack will include the card-based strategy game Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 (originally released 07 August 2014) alongside the 2D, sprite-based fighting game Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden (originally released 11 June 2015). The combo pack is …
Online retailers have updated their listings for the first Dragon Ball Super home video box set to include packaging beyond just the cover image: The disc label art is recycled character design artwork from the 2013 theatrical film, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. The specific contents of the “Special Booklet” are still unknown. Similar …
The podcast is our chance to be a bit more personable and editorialize on the news… and this week’s episode may be the ultimate example of this show format. We at Kanzenshuu have been extremely disappointed in two items over the last week or so: (1) fandom’s incredulous response to the audacity of any company …
Over the past few weeks, the Dragon Ball fanbase has been inundated with reports and articles of a new Dragon Ball Z movie being produced to complete the “trilogy” of recent films, as was supposedly confirmed by veteran Dragon Ball animator, character designer, and director Tadayoshi Yamamuro in Spain. We at Kanzenshuu have not reported …
Toonami Faithful reports that Toonami (Asia) has announced via a press release that they have acquired the distribution rights to premiere the first international broadcast of Dragon Ball Super in Southeast Asia and India. In addition to being the first international release, the broadcast will feature the first English-language dub of the series. HONG KONG …
Today’s eighteenth episode of Dragon Ball Super in Japan introduced Champa and Vados for the first time in the TV series. The ending credits list Mitsuo Iwata as the voice of Champa, while Yuriko Yamaguchi provides the voice of Vados. Champa, the God of Destruction for Universe 6, was introduced and teased earlier this year …