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Podcast Episode #0332
Published by 30 April 2013, 8:44 AM EDTComment

Back on Episode #0324 of our podcast, we gave you a wonderful look into the interview and testing process as well as the overall experience our own Julian had trying out for Hoko x Tate, the Japanese show that pits expert fans against expert production staff in a maniacal battle of geekery.

The actual episode itself aired this past March, and while Julian did not make the final cut as one of the four contestants, he was still able to attend the screening, meet fans and production staff alike, and is here to tell the tale! Take the quiz along with us — you are on the honor system, though, so no looking up answers or referring to anything until the end. Click on through to our episode’s discussion thread on the forum for all of the answers and let us know how you did!

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SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0332! VegettoEX and Julian dive back in to the “Hoko x Tate” experience. How did the actual program go? Did the expert fans overtake the expert production staff, and what kinds of questions were tossed back and forth? Tune in and follow along with the quiz for yourself! The ultimate Dragon Ball quiz is ready for you!

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Enjoy! Discuss this episode and get the answers to the quiz questions on the Kanzenshuu forum.

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More Hints at International “Battle of Gods” Screenings?
Published by 24 April 2013, 7:34 PM EDT5 Comments

Despite receiving government funding specifically for such an endeavor and Toei Animation producer Gyarmath Bogdan personally hinting at it, so far there have been no true hints at any kind of international screening for the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods.

Something we all managed to miss was a 29 March 2013 update from Battle of Gods musical composer Norihito Sumitomo:

さあ、いよいよ「ドラゴンボールZ 神と神」の公開です。子供達は勿論、大人もじゅうぶん楽しめる内容。世界40カ国以上で上映される、まさに地球的規模の作品です。
ぜひ映画館に足をお運び下さい。決して後悔はさせません。サントラも宜しく！！

At last, it’s the opening of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. The content has plenty to enjoy for children of course, but even adults, as well. It is truly a global-scale work, which (is/will be) shown in 40-plus countries around the world. By all means, please get yourselves out to the theater. You definitely won’t regret it. Please [check out] the soundtrack, too!

The way it’s worded is quite vague — Sumitomo does not say sarete (i)ru for a present-progressive or present-perfect explanation (“is being” or “has been”), so a future-intent is the most likely scenario. Additionally, the word for “showing” used is indeed the one used for movies at cinemas, which makes it seem less likely he is talking in general about the franchise as a whole. It could, of course, simply be a very poorly-worded version of the same promotional language we have seen leading up to the film’s release in Japan (“Aired in over 40 countries!”). But since we have still heard no concrete details about these supposed/intended/hopefully international screenings, it all just adds more kindling to set Internet discussions ablaze.

Thanks to Derek Padula for the heads-up!

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“Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission” Eighth-Week Sales
Published by 24 April 2013, 9:21 AM EDTComment

It has been a good run for Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission, but in its eighth week, the Japanese Nintendo 3DS-only portable-port of the on-going arcade game has finally fallen off both the Media Create and Famitsu sales lists (for the period of 15 April 2013 to 21 April 2013).

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The game pushed itself over the 160,000 copies mark last week, but failed to crack the Top 20 on the Media Create sales list. With the bump in sales from Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods coming and going earlier this month, we are likely looking at modest, slower sales for the game moving forward.

Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission for the Japanese Nintendo 3DS is available for purchase at CDJapan and Play-Asia. As previously noted, however, the Nintendo 3DS is region-locked and will require a Japanese system to play. There is currently no word on an international release of the game.

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“Dragon Ball Heroes” Galaxy Mission 8 Preview
Published by 23 April 2013, 11:09 AM EDT3 Comments

While Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission on the Japanese Nintendo 3DS continues to lead the pack on the homefront, the original arcade version of the game also triumphantly carries onward. So far 2013 has seen both the “Galaxy Mission 6” and “Galaxy Mission 7” updates, the latter of which has incorporated a wealth of material from the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods.

The upcoming “Galaxy Mission 8” — previewed in this month’s (June 2013) issue of V-Jump in Japan — brings things back around to villains and characters that had not yet been given a chance to shine. The single-player Age Mission for “Galaxy Mission 8” has Garlic Jr. as the main boss. The player will have to progress across the map and get to Castle Garlic. Meanwhile, other movie boss characters will enter the fray such as Hirudegarn, Broli, Coola, Tullece, Slug, and Beerus. There are additional characters to complement the villains, as well — for example, Garlic Jr.’s minions from the movie are along for the ride.

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“Galaxy Mission 8” kicks off in the arcade version of Dragon Ball Heroes 18 May 2013 in Japan.

The June 2013 issue of V-Jump — which also contains the eighth chapter of the on-going promotional manga Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission — is available for purchase at CDJapan and Amazon Japan.

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Additional “Chōgashū” (“Super Illustration Collection”) Details
Published by 23 April 2013, 10:35 AM EDTComment

Both the current issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump (2013 #21) and V-Jump (June 2013) — released this week in Japan — contain some additional details about the upcoming Chōgashū (“Super Illustration Collection”) book.

As we already knew, the book will contain 400+ images from the start of the serialization up to now, a special interview with original author Akira Toriyama (though it is not specified to necessarily be a new interview), and a special poster.

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Both magazines assert that this is the “first” Dragon Ball illustration collection. This is definitely a false statement, considering the release of items such as Daizenshuu 1 (“Complete Illustrations”) in 1995 and The Golden Warrior in 2010, among other books and compilations of art. Still, none of the collections thus far have been this large. The “Super Illustration Collection” is due out 09 May 2013 for ¥3,800 and is available for pre-order on both CDJapan and Amazon Japan.

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Miracle Battle Carddass Gains “Z-Warriors Gather” Starter Decks
Published by 23 April 2013, 10:16 AM EDT4 Comments

Earlier this month (12 April 2013), the “Z-Warriors Gather” starter deck for Miracle Battle Carddass saw a release in Japan featuring characters from the “Miracle of God” booster among others.

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“Miracle of God” itself includes a number of movie villains, including Broli, Hirudegarn, Slug, Coola, Merged #13, Tullece, and Beerus, though these are not included as a part of the “Z-Warriors Gather” starter deck. This month’s (June 2013) issue of V-Jump covers the “Miracle of God” expansion’s “Omega Rare” cards.

Each starter deck comes with 40 cards, 10 Jumpower, play sheet, and rule sheet for ¥1260 (tax inclusive) and are available for order online at sites such as Amazon Japan.

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“Dragon Ball Z for Kinect” Comes to Xbox Live Games On Demand
Published by 23 April 2013, 9:11 AM EDT2 Comments

With the exception of a few minor items before Namco-Bandai brought the game license back in-house from Atari, digital distribution for Dragon Ball video games has been laughably limited. A few demos have trickled out here and there (with the last one being for 2010’s Raging Blast 2), but that has literally been it.

Perhaps change is in the air, as a recent post from Microsoft’s “Major Nelson” reveals that last year’s Dragon Ball Z for Kinect is now available on the Xbox Live Games on Demand service.

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The download will eat up 3.26 GB of your Xbox 360’s hard drive and will run you $24.99. The disc version will only run you $18.48 on Amazon right now, however.

Dragon Ball Z for Kinect requires the Kinect peripheral to even navigate the menu system, which includes being able to select the bonus Episode of Bardock video feature. Read our full review of the game.

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Podcast Episode #0331
Published by 22 April 2013, 7:24 PM EDTComment

With the post-Battle of Gods news and content coverage slowing down and giving us a chance to breathe, we decided to catch up with a bunch of your questions this week on the show. Long-time buddy Kirbopher plays co-host duty with VegettoEX to discuss everything from Kame-Sen’nin’s choice of beer to the eventuality of Battle of Gods home releases.

SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Episode #0331! VegettoEX and Kirbopher take a breather and answer a slew of listener questions. There is always (still!) something fun to discuss about “Battle of Gods” but the rest of the questions head off into tons of different directions, as well, most important of which is determining Kame-Sen’nin’s beer of choice.

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Enjoy! Discuss this episode on the Kanzenshuu forum.

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“Battle of Gods” Tops Attendance of 2 Million in 4th Weekend
Published by 22 April 2013, 10:58 AM EDT1 Comment

Cinema Today reports that the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods topped attendance of 2 million in 23 days (the period of time ending yesterday). Its gross earnings have also passed ¥2.4 billion, which keeps the movie’s income on-track to hit Toei’s own internal goal of ¥3 billion over its six-week initial theatrical run.

In spite of these milestones, however, the film also dropped to fourth place behind Detective Conan, Crayon Shin-chan, and Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, all in their first weekend.

Nevertheless, due to the movie being a big hit, a special postcard present for attendees will also be distributed to moviegoers starting on the 27th, which we at Kanzenshuu can only view as a nice little tactic to get those who have already seen the movie back in the theaters during Golden Week.

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“DB Heroes: Victory Mission” Chapter 8 in June V-Jump
Published by 21 April 2013, 9:37 PM EDTComment

The still-mysterious “Toyotarō” keeps plugging away at the monthly Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission mini-promotional-manga in V-Jump, now on its eighth chapter in the June 2013 issue, with five pages.

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“Froze’s Secret” (フローズの秘密 / Furōzu no Himitsu) deals with the aftermath of the battle. After Beat’s loss, the girls say it is too bad, but the other guy was a battle machine with no emotion whatsoever. Beat reflects to himself that it is not true: he saw him smile. Since she is there, the other girl challenges Note to a duel, and they go against each other… that is, until their machine is accidentally unplugged by Froze, who is being pushed around by a pair of bullies, making fun of his devotion to his cards. “Shit!” he says, “Cards is not garbage!” (in “English”). The bullies are unmoved, and their apparent leader gloats over his ultimate rare Beerus card, which makes all other cards worthless to him.

Beat, Note, and the other girl intervene, stepping in to take on the bullies and wipe the floor with them (in real life). Beat hands Froze’s cards back to him, saying he now understands why he could not win against him. Just then, Froze’s parents show up (also speaking English), and Froze departs (“Dad, mam [sic], let’s go home”). Beat says he will get stronger, so they should battle again. Froze walks out with an, “I’m game”.

This latest chapter has been cataloged on our “Official Manga Spin-offs” page of the “Manga Guide“.

The June 2013 issue of V-Jump is available for purchase at CDJapan and Amazon Japan.