While Dragon Ball Super is (only?!) about two months away, we are still swimming in Revival of “F” material to cover as the movie continues its dominance in Japanese theaters and begins to make its way worldwide. Five new interview translations have been added to the site, all revolving around the new movie: V-Jump May …
Neofilms released their Chinese-and-English-subtitled version of the second Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F” trailer last month. The company’s release of the film for the Hong Kong market is set to debut 21 May 2015, as opposed to a May 1st date listed in prior Toei communications (thanks tinlunlau). Earlier this week, the Brazilian branch …
It is has been two weeks since Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F” premiered in Japan, and while we quickly put together a brief synopsis shortly thereafter, it is finally time to unveil our detailed summary! The summary has been compiled from numerous sources, including the first-hand account of our very own Julian (“SaiyaJedi”), who …
Banpresto recently launched a new a series of Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F” prize figures. The new series, entitled Dragon Ball Z: Chōzōshū, will be featured in CRANEKING claw vending machines across Japan and will not be available for individual retail. ドラゴンボールの新フィギュアシリーズである、「超造集」は超（クオリティの高い）造（フィギュア）集（コレクション）であると同時に、長年ドラゴンボールフィギュア製作に携わってきた原型師の経験値と造形技術の集約を意味します。 The new Dragon Ball figure series Chōzōshū not only means Chō (high …
This past weekend saw the nation-wide theatrical premiere of Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F” on 660 screens across Japan. In honor of its release, the Shinjuku Wald 9 cinema in Tokyo hosted a stage celebration prior to the movie’s premiere showing. The celebration included greetings and thanks to fans from members of the movie’s …
A press release from Toei regarding the wide Japanese theatrical release for Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F” reveals that the film will make its way to 74 countries, beginning with Taiwan and Hong Kong 01 May 2015. 全宇宙待望の映画最新作『ドラゴンボールZ 復活の「F」』が４月18日（土）公開初日を迎えました！当日は、東京・新宿バルト９で初日舞台挨拶が行われ、孫悟空・孫悟飯役の野沢雅子、ベジータ役の堀川りょう、亀仙人役の佐藤正治、ジャコ役の花江夏樹と監督の山室直儀、そして主題歌「『Z』の誓い」を担当するほかゲスト声優としても参加したももいろクローバーZが登壇しました。 先日行われたLAプレミアの感想を聞かれた野沢は「リムジンで乗り付けて、長いレッドカーペットを歩くのはすごく気持ちよかったです。現地のスタッフの方も『こんなに集まったのは初めてだ』と言って下さって、悟空たちが世界に羽ばたいているんだと思うと嬉しかったですね」と、現地の熱気を肌で感じた様子。 さらに当日、本作が５月１日（金）の台湾・香港公開を皮切りに、全世界74の国と地域にて公開されることが発表されました！アメリカ、フランス、イタリア、ブラジル、オーストラリア、インドネシア、エジプト、韓国ほか、世界中で愛されている「ドラゴンボール」が日本から世界に向けて羽ばたきます！ この発表を受けて野沢は「74（の国と地域）まできたんだから、もっと増やしましょう！（笑）嬉しくて興奮します！」とコメント。堀川も「快挙としか言いようがない！素晴らしいですね。それだけ世界中で愛されているんだということを改めて認識します。嬉しさでいっぱいです」と喜びをあらわにしました。 弟子たちが世界中で活躍するということで、亀仙人役の佐藤は「すごいですな、こういう可愛い弟子もいて、皆が世界に羽ばたいて、わしゃ嬉しい…」と話して会場を沸かせました。一方、花江は「ジャコはまだまだこれから世界にどんどん知ってもらないといけないキャラクターなので、同じように世界中で愛してもらえるように頑張ります！」と決意を新たにしました。 Hotly anticipated throughout the universe, the new film Dragon Ball Z: …
In conjunction with the franchise’s newest film Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F”, and to tie-in with the previous film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Bandai has revealed six “God Edition” figures under their “High Grade Real Figure” line. The lineup of figures (85mm ~ 105mm in size) includes Whis, Beerus, Super Saiyan God …
When Maximum the Hormone released their Tsume Tsume Tsume / “F” CD single in 2008, no-one at the time could have predicted a future where the song would become an official part of Dragon Ball music history… and yet here we are in 2015 with the song having directly inspired Akira Toriyama to create Dragon …
As we enter the final stretch for the official blog to promote Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F”, back on March 31st it updated with a few words from the voice of Jaco, Hanae Natsuki. Bulma’s so excited, she apparently forgets how many days are left until the movie, saying 10 instead of 18: こんにちは！ブルマよ。 …
Momoiro Clover Z has released a preview/trailer video for “Vow of ‘Z’”, the closing theme to the upcoming film Dragon Ball Z: Revival of “F”: The video features the group members in cosplay performing various signature techniques from the series such as the Kamehameha, Makankōsappō, Dodonpa, Burning Attack, and more. The group’s CD single featuring …