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Published by 13 March 2025, 1:03 PM EDTComment

Since the initial launch of Kanzenshuu back in April 2012, our “Cast Guide” has remained virtually unchanged, with only the database consistently receiving updates. It was truly one of the last holdovers from the “pre-merger” times; a straight-up copy of how it had appeared on Kanzentai, with only minimal cast profiles listed from the first phase of Dragon Ball Kai. Well no more! After 13 years, the guide has finally been completely overhauled and reorganized to follow the current structure of most of our guides.

Dragon Ball Cast Members

You will find information on cast credit structures, more organized cast profiles, and of course our large database of cast credits, which has also been updated to include original video game characters, cast credits from the Super Dragon Ball Heroes promotional anime, and is now current up through the last episode of Dragon Ball Daima. In addition, we have added filtering functionality — which you may have already noticed went live a few months ago — to make it easier to view credits from a specific series, production medium (movies, TV, video games, etc.), or special feature.

The cast profiles have also been updated and reorganized between the legacy (“original”) and new/current voice cast. You will see we have also opted for more of a listing approach, rather than dedicated in-depth profile pages. This was primarily done to make the profiles easier to maintain and keep up-to-date. However, each profile does include links to any agency profiles and Wikipedia pages available, where this in-depth information already exists.

So with that, head on over and check it all out!

Published by 12 March 2025, 10:31 AM EDTComment

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Episode #0517! Mike, Ken, and Ajay review the complete “Dragon Ball Daima” television series! Over these 20 episodes, what new concepts are introduced/reintroduced, what lore conflicts are we still reeling from, how did the art and animation hold up with such a prolonged production timeframe… and did we like it?

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Published by 05 March 2025, 10:40 AM ESTComment

Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) 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 (belated) February 2025 entry, Toyotarō has drawn Piroshki and Karoni, anime-only characters from the Cell Games:

PIROSHKI AND KARONI

Disciples of Satan that took part in the Cell Games

Both characters debuted in Dragon Ball Z episode 176 as disciples of Mr. Satan who take on Cell, only to be immediately defeated. Karoni (カロニ) likely takes his name from part of the word “macaroni” (マカロニ), while Piroshki likely takes his name directly from “pirozhki” (ピロシキ).

Karoni — alongside Mr. Satan’s manager (and likewise-filler-character from the Cell Games) Piza — made a small appearance in the first Dragon Ball Super episode, as well:

This drawing and comment set has been added to the respective page in our “Translations” archive.

Published by 28 February 2025, 11:27 AM ESTComment

Following today’s Dragon Ball Daima final episode broadcast, the series’ official website detailed various home video releases coming in Japan, all set for release on 02 July 2025:

First-Press Limited Edition Blu-ray Box

  • ¥52,800 yen (tax included)
  • Four Blu-ray discs (all 20 episodes + bonus material)
  • Illustrated box and three-sided illustrated case
  • Bonus material includes three 4K UHD Blu-ray discs (all 20 episodes in a 4K SDR upscale), a deluxe edition booklet, Demon Ream Sugoroku (board game), sticker, and a set of 7 die-cut pin badges
  • Bonus deluxe edition booklet
  • Video extra include creditless opening/ending and a preview/trailer collection

Standard Edition Blu-ray Box

  • ¥30,800 yen (tax included)
  • Four Blu-ray discs (all 20 episodes + bonus material)
  • Three-sided illustrated case
  • Bonus booklet
  • Video extra include creditless opening/ending and a preview/trailer collection

Standard Edition DVD Box

  • ¥28,800 yen (tax included)
  • Five DVDs (all 20 episodes + bonus material), with a three-sided illustrated case
  • Three-sided illustrated case
  • Bonus booklet
  • Video extra include creditless opening/ending and a preview/trailer collection

Sets will be available for purchase via several retail partners, including Amazon Japan (whose own exclusive version will come packed with additional bonuses, including a shirt and new illustration with acrylic stand).

Dragon Ball Daima — whose broadcast concluded today with its final of 20 total episodes — was first revealed at New York Comic Con in October 2023 by way of a trailer and comment from original franchise creator Akira Toriyama. The “Daima” in the series’ title is a made-up term, though the individual kanji that make up its spelling would be 大魔; in Toriyama’s own words, …”in English would be something like ‘Evil.'” The series debuted 11 October 2024 on Fuji TV in Japan (with multiple worldwide streaming options), and features an original story by series creator Akira Toriyama, character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, script/composition by Yūko Kakihara, and series co-direction by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki.

Published by 28 February 2025, 11:00 AM ESTComment

Initially leaked and teased through Steam back-end updates this week, the previously-announced, two-part Dragon Ball Daima DLC expansion for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is set to begin Summer 2025:

Unlike past DLC expansions, the title for this pack remains largely the same between its original Japanese (魔界の大冒険! or “Great Adventure in the Demon Realm!”) and its official English title (“Adventure Through The Demon Realm”). The new trailer also noted that a “Daima Edition” of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will be released, which itself includes access to the two-part expansion. Access to just the Daima pack (covering both parts) is priced at $34.99.

Per the aforementioned Steam listings, “Part 1” is pegged for sometime between July and September this year (falling in line with the “Summer” announcement), while “Part 2” is listed as sometime between January and March 2026:

A splash in last month’s March 2025 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine noted that “Part 1” is set to cover the first eight episodes of the series.

Developed by CyberConnect2 for Bandai Namco, the action role-playing game released 16 January 2020 in Japan and 17 January 2020 internationally on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam). A Nintendo Switch edition came later in September 2021.

Two season passes worth of content — with six individual packs in total — have come out since the game’s release. In the first season pass, the Battle of Gods and Resurrection ‘F’ DLC entries were much shorter with a focus on boss fights and level increases, while the third entry — that of Trunks’ future timeline — told a comprehensive, multi-part story. The second season pass includes entries for the original 1990 Bardock television special, the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai, and the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai.

Reviews of the base game, Trunks DLC, Bardock DLC, 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai DLC, and 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai DLC can be found on episodes #0481, #0490, #0497, #0505, and #0509, respectively, of our podcast.

Dragon Ball Daima — whose broadcast concluded today with its final of 20 total episodes — was first revealed at New York Comic Con in October 2023 by way of a trailer and comment from original franchise creator Akira Toriyama. The “Daima” in the series’ title is a made-up term, though the individual kanji that make up its spelling would be 大魔; in Toriyama’s own words, …”in English would be something like ‘Evil.'” The series debuted 11 October 2024 on Fuji TV in Japan (with multiple worldwide streaming options), and features an original story by series creator Akira Toriyama, character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, script/composition by Yūko Kakihara, and series co-direction by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki.

Published by 19 February 2025, 10:57 AM ESTComment

Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s 104th chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services. This special one-shot chapter serves as further-introductory/prequel content to the “Super Hero” arc, which itself already received a three-chapter prologue and three-chapter epilogue beyond the scope of the original 2022 theatrical film.

Alongside other initiatives including free chapters and a larger archive for paid subscribers, this release continues the companies’ schedule of not simply simultaneously publishing the series’ chapter alongside its Japanese debut to the release date, but to its local time in Japan alongside its serialization in today’s April 2025 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine.

Since the Dragon Ball Super manga went on hiatus last year (following chapter 103 and coinciding with the passing of Akira Toriyama), the manga’s collected volume release has been at a standstill, with only three chapters worth of material to fill out a volume that otherwise covers four chapters. This release of “chapter 104” fills out that space, and will likely be content that fills out Volume 24, set for release in Japan this April.

Illustrated by “Toyotarō” (in all likelihood, a second pen-name used by Dragon Ball AF fan manga author and illustrator “Toyble”), the Dragon Ball Super manga covered the Battle of Gods re-telling, skipped the Resurrection ‘F’ re-telling, and “charged ahead” to the Champa arc, “speeding up the excitement of the TV anime even more”. Though the television series completed its run, the manga continued onward, moving into its own original “Galactic Patrol Prisoner”, “Granolla the Survivor”, and “Super Hero” arcs.

Viz releases free digital chapters of the series upon release as a simultaneous publication, and began their own collected print edition back in 2017. The company’s 23rd collected volume — which lags behind the Japanese release — is due out this April.

Published by 18 February 2025, 3:54 PM ESTComment

The previously-announced “Dragon Ball Daima Original Soundtrack” — a two-disc set (COCX-42467-8) with “about 70” tunes by composer Kosuke Yamashita — is set for a 19 March 2025 release in Japan via Columbia, priced at ¥4,000:

A full track list has not yet been provided. The set will also see digital distribution.

Amazon Japan has the standard set available for pre-order, as well as a version with an Amazon-exclusive “mega jacket” (a larger print of the cover artwork).

Dragon Ball Daima — currently up to its 18th of 20 total episodes — was first revealed at New York Comic Con in October 2023 by way of a trailer and comment from original franchise creator Akira Toriyama. The “Daima” in the series’ title is a made-up term, though the individual kanji that make up its spelling would be 大魔; in Toriyama’s own words, …”in English would be something like ‘Evil.'” The series debuted 11 October 2024 on Fuji TV in Japan (with multiple worldwide streaming options), and features an original story by series creator Akira Toriyama, character designs by Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, script/composition by Yūko Kakihara, and series co-direction by Yoshitaka Yashima and Aya Komaki.

The most recent music release for the Dragon Ball franchise was the official soundtrack for the 2022 theatrical film Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero as composed by Naoki Satō. A 10th anniversary soundtrack collection for the mobile video game Dragon Ball Dokkan Battle is due out this May.

Published by 18 February 2025, 1:18 PM ESTComment

The twenty fourth collected volume of the Dragon Ball Super manga series by Toyotarō will release 04 April 2025 in Japan for ¥572 + tax, and should pick up with chapter 101.

Since the Dragon Ball Super manga went on hiatus last year (following chapter 103 and coinciding with the passing of Akira Toriyama), the manga’s collected volume release has been at a standstill, with only three chapters worth of material to fill out a volume that otherwise covers four chapters. This month’s forthcoming release of “chapter 104” — a one-shot prequel chapter to the “Super Hero arc” (which itself already had original prequel material) — fills out that space, and will likely be content that fills out Volume 24.

Illustrated by “Toyotarō” (in all likelihood, a second pen-name used by Dragon Ball AF fan manga author and illustrator “Toyble”), the Dragon Ball Super manga covered the Battle of Gods re-telling, skipped the Resurrection ‘F’ re-telling, and “charged ahead” to the Champa arc, “speeding up the excitement of the TV anime even more”. Though the television series completed its run, the manga continued onward, moving into its own original “Galactic Patrol Prisoner”, “Granolla the Survivor”, and “Super Hero” arcs.

Viz releases free digital chapters of the series upon release as a simultaneous publication, and began their own collected print edition back in 2017. The company’s 23rd collected volume — which lags behind the Japanese release — is due out this April.

Published by 09 February 2025, 1:00 PM EST1 Comment

The official Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle social media account and Bandai Namco have announced a forthcoming Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle 10th Anniversary Original Sound Track set for release 28 May 2025 in Japan:

This “Limited Edition” release will have a specific pre-order period of 08 February 2025 to 04 March 2025. The 8-CD set containing over 350 individual tracks will retail for ¥9,980 (tax included) and will come packaged with a 12-page special booklet.

The set is available for pre-order via a variety of online stores in Japan — Amazon Japan is available as an option for international orders.

Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle has received a small batch of specialized soundtrack releases in Japan which have been given away via lottery to registered participants. This forthcoming 10th Anniversary Original Sound Track marks the first instance of the full collected batch of music being available for standard sale.

Announced back in September 2014, Dokkan Battle — an action/puzzle game — was the first of a modern-era smartphone app initiative for the Dragon Ball franchise. The game eventually made its way worldwide, including a full English localization. The game is available on the iTunes and Google Play stores.

The game regularly participates in April Fools’ Day, with its “Saibai Battle” reskin from 2017 being a particularly notable one. In 2021, Bandai Namco celebrated 350 million downloads of Dragon Ball Z: Dokkan Battle.

Published by 07 February 2025, 5:39 PM ESTComment

In a press release and social media posts shared this week, Bandai Namco announced that Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO has sold five million copies worldwide:

DRAGON BALL: SPARKING! ZERO SELLS MORE THAN 5 MILLION UNITS WORLDWIDE
Long Awaited Sequel in the BUDOKAI TENKAICHI Series Becomes the Fastest Selling DRAGON BALL Console Game Ever

Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe S.A.S. today announced DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, the first sequel in more than 15 years in the legendary DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENKAICHI series, has surpassed a total of 5 million units sold worldwide since its launch. After releasing to critical acclaim this past October, the title is now the fastest-selling DRAGON BALL console game to-date. DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

Developed by Spike Chunsoft, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO pushes the envelope for gameplay and features in an arena brawler. Harnessing the power of Unreal® Engine 5, the game delivers stunning true-to-the-anime visuals and genre-defining features with lightning-paced combat and large destructible environments. Players embraced the game for its action-packed gameplay modes including online and co-op multiplayer, Episode Battle mode where players can re-live storied battles from the globally beloved DRAGON BALL anime series, and Custom Battle to create, play, and share UGC battles using a robust selection of available characters, stages, and unique items.

More recently, the game released the “Hero of Justice” DLC pack, adding 11 new fighters to the expansive roster of 182 characters, such as Gohan Beast, Cell Max, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2.

These features and modes along with frequent downloadable content updates and official sanctioned tournaments have helped make DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO one of the most critically acclaimed game titles in the globally beloved anime franchise.

Sparking! ZERO‘s five million sales (in its first four months here) can be placed in context with the sales of other recent games:

  • Back in 2018, Dragon Ball FighterZ shipped two million copies in its first week, which Bandai Namco claimed at the time made it the franchise’s “fastest shipping” release for the franchise.
  • Back in 2020, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot sold — not just shipped — two million copies in its first two months.
  • In May 2023, Bandai Namco announced that both Dragon Ball FighterZ and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 had independently shipped and sold (written differently in the same announcement) ten million copies each.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO released on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (via Steam) 10 October 2024 in Japan, and 11 October 2024 internationally. As opposed to the completely separate Dragon Ball Z (“Budokai”) series developed by Dimps which came before it, the Sparking! series — developed instead by Spike — featured 3D arenas with an over-the-shoulder camera angle. The new game’s title of Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO falls more in line with the original trilogy’s naming scheme in Japanese. The three Sparking! games — the original, NEO!, and METEOR — hit the PlayStation 2 over the course of 2005 to 2007, with the Nintendo Wii also receiving ports of the second and third games. The game series was released numerically under the “Budokai Tenkaichi” moniker internationally. A fourth games — Tag Vs. in Japan; Tenkaichi Tag Team internationally — was released on the PlayStation Portable in 2010. Spike (as Spike Chunsoft) later went on to also develop the crossover fighting games J-Stars Victory VS in 2014 and Jump Force in 2019.