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The following articles have been filed under the "Content" category and covers site-specific content, such as updates to the Episode Guide, Manga Guide, or our Translations Archive.


Published by 24 October 2020, 2:54 PM EDT1 Comment

Last December, the official Dragon Ball website posted an exclusive interview with Toyotarō in conjunction with the then-recently-released eleventh collected volume of his Dragon Ball Super manga. The interview showcases Toyotarō’s workspace, touches on various aspects of Merusu’s and Moro’s character designs, and more! Read the Full Translation! This interview has been archived in our

Published by 24 September 2020, 6:45 AM EDTComment

Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his September 2020 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a drawing of Bora. Bora Upa’s father, who defends the Karin Sanctuary.

Published by 15 July 2020, 1:28 PM EDTComment

The official Dragon Ball website announced today that a new drawing from Toyotarō, artist behind the Dragon Ball Super manga serialized in Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine, will be developed into crane-game prizes this December by Bandai Spirits. Alongside a debut of the drawing itself, the website included a brief interview with Toyotarō, which we have added

Published by 10 July 2020, 3:58 PM EDTComment

July 10 is a special day for a very different franchise: it is the anniversary of the original Ultraman promotional broadcast back in 1966! In this fun Twitter thread, take a quick tour through some of Akira Toriyama’s references to Ultraman — you’re bound to learn something new! Today (July 10) is Ultraman Day (https://t.co/H1t6IoFn7U)!

Published by 30 May 2020, 2:38 PM EDTComment

The latest addition to our “Press Archive” is a fun blast-from-the-past: a TV Guide article from October 1996 previewing the syndication broadcast debut of the Dragon Ball Z English dub from FUNimation. While the article itself is not particularly notable in and of itself, it was subject to a pretty fun (in retrospect, anyway!) discussion

Published by 28 May 2020, 4:58 PM EDT1 Comment

The word “lost” gets thrown around more often than it probably should, but when a VHS tape sells for over $500, something special is going on. In 1994, the same year that they became a company, FUNimation produced an English dub of the first Dragon Ball theatrical film, titled “Curse of the Blood Rubies”. Perhaps