It saddens us to report the deaths of two talented voice actors who once lent their voices to the Dragon Ball franchise and contributed greatly to overall anime fandom. Aoni Production announced last month that voice actress Chieko Honda had passed away at the age of 49 on 18 February 2013. She had been undergoing …
Following the release of “Chōzenshū 2: Animation Guide Part 1” in Japan today (05 March 2013), Shueisha has unveiled the two remaining Chōzenshū covers on their “Dragon Ball Project” website. As we anticipated, the third Chōzenshū volume will feature the original cover illustration from Daizenshuu 6 and the fourth Chōzenshū volume will take the cover …
In preparation for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods movie, due out 30 March 2013, we’re finally beginning to port over all those missing movie information pages in the “Movie Guide”. To begin with, we’ve jumped all the way back to the mid-1980s to bring you the three Dragon Ball theatrical films. We’ve …
The official “Battle of Gods” website has posted a more detailed breakdown of the upcoming “Akira Toriyama The World of DRAGONBALL” exhibit being held in honor of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. While the titles of the exhibit’s various “zones” were recently unveiled in Weekly Shōnen Jump, this official announcement now associates each of …
At the beginning of the month the first “Dragon Ball Full Color” volumes hit bookstores across Japan, along with the first Chōzenshū volume, and we are finally getting around to really digging through them in more depth. While each “Full Color” volume contains a brief “Enter the DRAGON BALL” recap giving new readers a look …
The 109MEN’S clothing store in Tokyo, Japan has announced a new special collaboration campaign with the upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods film. The collaboration will include a special “Tenka’ichi Preview” of the entire film at the Differ Ariake indoor sporting arena in Tokyo on 16 March 2013. The event will include special guests …
The official “Battle of Gods” website announced earlier today that the Dydo Drink Co. will be releasing two new Dragon Ball lines of drinks next week, beginning 25 February 2013. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen such drinks, as numerous lines of Dragon Ball themed cans have been released over the years. Oddly enough, …
The official “Battle of Gods” website has announced a new collaboration with Albirex Niigata, a Japanese J-League Division 1 football (soccer) team. A new poster has been unveiled, and will be on display across Niigata Prefecture, in promotion of their upcoming match on 03 March 2013 with the defending J-League Division 1 champions, Sanfrecce Hiroshima. …
Hisashi Sasaki, former editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen Jump and current deputy director of the Shōnen Manga Group, posted a tweet yesterday confirming that Akira Toriyama was in Tokyo to attend the first screening of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods. Toriyama-sensei was at our editorial room. He is in Tokyo for the first screening of …
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 …