Amazon has also put up the cover art for the mysterious listings for both DBZ Movie 1 and DBZ Movie 2 with the same release date of 10 November 2009 that was reported a couple days ago. They in fact will be individual disc releases from the “remastered” steel book double feature (as opposed to …
Amazon Japan has posted the cover art for the first volume of both the upcoming Blu-ray and DVD releases of Dragon Ball Kai. Both volumes will contain the first three episodes and are set to be released 18 September 2009. Both volumes will also come with a special Data Carddass “Dragon Battlers” card and the …
Amazon also has a new listing for the first Dragon Ball Z movie, “Dead Zone”. Based on the release date of this new listing, which is the same as the first FUNimation Dragon Box, could this contain the Dragon Box footage rather than the normal footage FUNimation has been using since 1997? If you remember, …
The official Dragon Ball Kai website has been updated with voice actor information for Freeza’s main henchmen Kewi, Zarbon, and Dodoria. Unfortunately, none of the original voice actors will be returning to reprise their roles. Here is a quick look at the new voice actors: Kewi Eiji Takemoto (竹本英史) Zarbon Hiroaki Miura (三浦祥朗) Dodoria Takashi …
Happinet’s official Dragon Ball Kai release website has been updated. Although there is nothing too major to report, I have a feeling this may be a long post, so sit tight. When the site first opened it had two active links, but now all seven sections are open for business. Normally we would just link …
As we mentioned in our last Blu-ray/DVD release update, Amazon Japan had listed the Blu-rays as being presented in the original 4:3 full screen aspect ratio. This fact has been confirmed on Happinet’s website, which lists the screen size for the Blu-ray releases as 4:3 full screen (full HD) and the DVD releases as 16:9 …
The upcoming Dragon Ball video game for the Nintendo Wii, Tenka’ichi Dai-Bōken (The World’s Greatest Adventure), finally has some cover art: The game is set to be released 23 July 2009 and is retailing for ¥7,140 (~$75). However, Amazon Japan has it available for a pre-order price of ¥5,712 (~$54).
The CD single for the closing theme to Dragon Ball Kai, “Yeah! Break! Care! Break!”, is set to be released 24 June 2009 in either a regular (¥1200, ~$13.00 US) or “Limited Edition” (¥1300, ~$14.00 US) version. The track listing is as follows, with both song titles written in English: Yeah! Break! Care! Break! Over …
It seems that even the hard times are hitting Toei Animation, the company responsible for animating the Dragon Ball franchise, as Anime News Network (via animeanime.jp) is reporting that during a board meeting on Monday, Toei Animation has decided to change the positions of some of its top executives. Chairperson Tsutomu Tomari will effectively step …
April has turned into such a great month. We have a “new” series currently airing on TV, another Super Exciting Guide was released, and we are only 8 days into the month. What more could you ask for? Well, the mail-in order DVD for the Dragon Ball Jump Anime Tour Special, Heya! Son Goku and …