The cover art for the third Dragon Ball Kai DVD volume has been unveiled. It is set to be released 20 November 2009 and will contain episodes 007-009. It will run you the nice price of ¥2,940 (~$30). Last week saw the release of the first Dragon Ball Kai Blu-ray box set which contains episodes …
Remember those mysterious individual disc releases of the first two Dragon Ball Z movies from the “remastered” steel book double feature we reported about over a month ago? Well, thankfully they have been canceled! Mania.com (which has absorbed Anime on DVD) has posted a list of FUNimation’s new title solicitations for November, as originally released …
At the end of August we learned that we would be getting another new CD, something called the Dragon Ball Kai Song Collection. The album is due out 21 October 2009 for ¥2,940 (~$30). At the time we only had a vague idea of what would be on the album, including the opening and ending …
Amazon Japan has posted the cover art for both the first Blu-ray box set and second volume of the DVD releases of Dragon Ball Kai. Both are set to be released 23 October 2009; the DVD release will contain episodes 004-006, while the Blu-ray box will contain episodes 004-015. The Blu-ray box will feature non-credit …
Let the shenanigans continue! Toei Animation’s official Dragon Ball Kai website has updated with the new voice of Nail. Taiten Kusunoki will be taking over the role of Nail in Dragon Ball Kai, replacing Katsuji Mori who had originally voiced the character in Dragon Ball Z. He also provided the voice of the popular action …
Toei Animation’s official Dragon Ball Kai website has updated with the cast for the Ginyu Special Squad members. As is starting to become the trend, all five members have been completely re-cast with none of the original voice actors returning to take on their original roles: Ginyu: Katsuyuki Konishi Jheese: Daisuke Kishio Butta: Masaya Onosaka …
Back in late April it was announced that Shueisha would be releasing all subsequent editions of the tankōbon with newly “refreshed” covers and newly drawn spine art. As homage to the original tankōbon volumes, Coca Cola, in collaboration with the Lawson convenience store franchise, began releasing limited edition figures of the tankōbon spine art. The …
The line-up for the 2009 Jump Super Anime Tour (JSAT) was announced earlier this month. Sadly, it seems Dragon Ball fans will have to wait at least one more year to see if there will be another new animated special. The tour kicks off 12 October 2009 in Tokyo and will finish up 29 November …
Man, this must really be the weekend for weird Dragon Ball news. It appears that there may be an “official” Spanish version of the Dragon Ball Kai opening and ending themes, “Dragon Soul” and “Yeah! Break! Care! Break!”, respectively. Nothing has been officially confirmed yet, but supposedly the Los Angeles based record label “MAgIc Sound …
While this is only somewhat Dragon Ball related, I just could not pass up the chance to share it. While doing some research for my massive “Cast Guide” update, I came across Ryō Horikawa’s personal blog. In his most recent update, posted on August 1st, he wrote: さて先日、ドラゴンボールのメンバーで屋形船で飲み会をしました。 船からは花火が見えて、夏を満喫できました よ！ (荒川区の花火大会だったみたいですね。) The other day, we …