Earlier in the week the final cover art was unveiled for the upcoming “Full Color Comics” release of the manga and Chōzenshū guide books. With their release mere days away now, Shueisha has launched a “Dragon Ball Project” website covering both releases.
The majority of the information in the “Full Color” section of the website has been recycled, saying the “adventurous battle scenes” will be presented in new “vivid colors”, each volume will contain 17 chapters on 248 pages, etc. So far only the Saiyan and Freeza arc releases are listed, with both now set at a price point of ¥630. However, the Chōzenshū section unveils the names of the remaining guides:
- Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 1: Story & World Guide — 05 February 2013
- Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 2: Animation Guide Part 1 — 05 March 2013
- Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 3: Animation Guide Part 2 — 04 April 2013
- Dragon Ball Chōzenshū 4: Dragon Ball 超辞典 (Super Encyclopedia) — 09 May 2013
The first Chōzenshū volume is a combination of “Daizenshuu 2: Story Guide” and “Daizenshuu 4: World Guide”, both of which are manga-oriented guides. The second and third Chōzenshū volumes are a not yet specified combination of the various anime-based books, including “Daizenshuu 3: TV Animation Part 1″, “Daizenshuu 5: TV Animation Part 2″, “Daizenshuu 6: Movies & TV Specials”, and the final supplemental daizenshuu, “TV Animation Part 3″. The fourth and final Chōzenshū volume will be based on “Daizenshuu 7: Dragon Ball Large Encyclopedia”, and will presumably be the guide with the most updated data and information.
Shueisha has also updated their listings with anticipated April manga releases, which now includes the first tankōbon volume of Dragon Ball SD, the ongoing spin-off by Naho Ooishi in Saikyō Jump. There is no price point listed just yet, nor any other information about how the chapters will be handled — four quarterly chapters were initially released that quickly covered the main story points of the series, followed by monthly chapters which more gradually cover the series.
We will be sure to keep you updated in every area!
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I forgot SD was still a thing. I wonder if we will see more from Ooshi this year.
SD will have a tankōbon release? Doesn’t that mean that it will be in black & white, instead of full color? 🙁
It won’t necessarily be in black & white only, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Oh, I thought that all the tankōbon were only in black & white, because the Dragon Ball ones don’t have colored pages. Seems I was wrong.
Well the entirety of SD is in color, so I can’t imagine they’d print it all in gray scale, although I could be wrong. This may not be a standard tankōbon release, just because of that. I imagine they’ll cost a little bit more, just to print it in full color.
Dat Bulma’s hair.
I hope the TV animation volumes also cover GT. It won’t feel complete if it doesn’t.
Saint Seiya Episode G was made in color, but the tankōbon version was black & white
I really don’t need Dragon Ball SD since it’s just a spin-off. In fact, I consider it more like a fan comic than anything else and not really an official DB manga.