After finishing all of the information pages for the seven original hardcover daizenshuu guide books, it’s time we move on to finishing up all the interview translations! In total the daizenshuu contain six interviews with series creator Akira Toriyama; one covering his illustrations and artwork, two covering the manga, and three covering the franchise’s animated …
It’s yet another week, and making it just under the wire we have yet another new animator to highlight in the “Animation Styles Guide”. This week we detail the work of Toei Animation’s gifted Takeo Ide, who has been a key animator and animation supervisor for the nearly the entire history of the franchise. As …
While there won’t be any “Animation Styles Guide” update today, that doesn’t mean we won’t be leaving you without any new content at all! We’ve added dedicated pages for the two “Super Exciting Guide” volumes; the “Story Volume” and the “Character Volume”. Both volumes contain an interview with Akira Toriyama, and are based on the …
It’s yet another week, and making it just under the wire we have yet another new animator to highlight in the “Animation Styles Guide”. This week we detail the work of Toei Animation’s Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, who was an animation supervisor and character designer for the latter portion of Dragon Ball Z and for the entirety …
With the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie in Japan set to debut in March, a few fans have speculated whether FUNimation would possibly screen its trailer at the New York Comic Con on 14 October 2012 at 1:30 pm during their industry panel. The majority of these rumors stem from people misconstruing the description for …
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 …
Another Monday brings us another update to the “Animation Styles Guide” here at Kanzenshuu. This time around we detail the work of Yukio Ebisawa, who was an animation supervisor for the entirety of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. Ebisawa’s work was quite variable at times, with some of his animation being quite good and …
Not only does the November issue of V-Jump include an exclusive “Galaxy Mission 4” Dragon Ball Heroes card for “Janenba Baby”, but it also features a new “Dragon Ball Heroes Victory Mission” mini-manga based on this original character’s recent appearance in the arcade game. This short two-page manga, entitled “The Fiendish Janenba Baby”, revolves around …
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, …