Initially leaked a week ago and further revealed in the pages of Jump, the title for next year’s theatrical Dragon Ball movie in Japan has been confirmed by its own official website as “Battle of Gods” in English with a Japanese title of “Kami to Kami” (“God and God”): The website includes a news post that goes …
Earlier this morning, scans from one of Shueisha’s “Jump” magazines (we have yet to confirm the specific magazine, though it is likely Ultra Jump, or possibly Weekly Shōnen Jump or V-Jump), promoting the upcoming 2013 Dragon Ball Z movie, were leaked in a 2ch thread. The pages confirm quite a lot about the movie, including …
Manga-news Japon has posted a new image (which appears to semi-originate on a 2ch thread) promoting the new theatrical Dragon Ball Z movie set to hit Japanese theaters on 2013 March 30, and this time we have a title: “Battle of Gods”, with a possible subtitle of Kami to Kami (“God and God”). Super Saiyan Goku is blocking an elbow …
Much like with a few instances of Dragon Ball TV series filler and the introduction to Dragon Ball GT, it seems that the original villain from the series — none other than Pilaf himself — will be making at least a cameo in the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie hitting Japanese theaters next March. The 30th “Prize Fair” …
Back on 17 July 2012, a few days after the new Dragon Ball Z movie was first announced, Toei released an official press statement for the movie. We unfortunately did not notice it at the time, and frankly, we stopped looking after scriptwriter Yūsuke Watanabe publicly confirmed our suspicions via his Twitter account. That being …
When it was first announced that a new Dragon Ball Z movie was being produced, only a few key members of the production staff were listed — Masahiro Hosoda (細田雅弘) as the director, Yūsuke Watanabe (渡辺雄介) as the script writer, and Tadayoshi Yamamuro (山室直儀) as the animation supervisor. Even when the movie’s official website was …
As reported by Crunchyroll earlier this morning, Toei Animation has been granted 50 million yen (~$636,000) as part of the non-profit organization UNIJAPAN’s “Co-production Certification Program” to help fund the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie due out in Japan on 30 March 2013. The program was developed by the Japanese government’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, …
Toei Animation’s official website for the Dragon Ball Z 2013 movie has been updated with a few “new” previously seen items. The first new item is the teaser trailer that was previously seen at Saikyō V-Jump Festa and was later broadcast on a Fuji TV morning show. The teaser trailer features some great one-liners, such …
Now that it has been a few weeks since the mysterious countdown dropped hints and both Jump and Akira Toriyama himself broke the news of next year’s new Dragon Ball Z movie, the usual cycle of excitement and misinformation seems to be coming into play. While there is nothing “new” to report right now, we …
The very short teaser — which debuted at last week’s Saikyō V-Jump Festa during the Dragon Ball Heroes panel — for next year’s new Dragon Ball Z animated movie in Japan made its way to Fuji TV this morning: The news segment notes how this is the first new movie in seventeen years, following-up on …