On 04 March 2009, Shueisha and Jump Comics will be releasing a new guide book entitled Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide – Story Volume. With its release less than a week away, it ss odd that there is absolutely no information available about it. For all we know, it is a picture book for kids …
The cover art for the final set of Dragon Ball The Movies individual discs have been revealed. The final set includes the first three films, “The Legend of Shenlong” (DB Movie 1), “The Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle” (DB Movie 2), and “Mystical Great Adventure” (DB Movie 3), which are all set to be released …
It appears that the new “refreshed” version of Dragon Ball Z will actually be getting its very own title, as confirmed in this week’s Weekly Shōnen Jump — Dragon Ball Kai. Toei will be dropping the “Z” and replacing it with “Kai,” based on the kanji 改, meaning “renewed” or “revised”. There is not a …
Toei Animation’s Official Dragon Ball Z website has posted a statement confirming the “revival” of the Dragon Ball Z TV series: 「ドラゴンボールZ」がTVアニメで復活！ 「ドラゴンボールZ」放送開始20周年記念！最新デジタル技術を使いZ伝説がTVアニメで復活！！ 2009年4月5日(日)朝9：00よりフジテレビ系列にて放送スタート！！ 詳しい情報は、後日掲載します！ “Dragon Ball Z” TV Anime Revival! 20th anniversary of “Dragon Ball Z”! The legend of Z returns with the newest digital technology!! Broadcasting will begin Sunday, April 5, 2009, at …
The announcement of the upcoming “refreshed” version of Dragon Ball Z gave an air date and time of 05 April 2009 at 9:00 am, which is the time slot currently held by GeGeGe no Kitaro. animeanime.jp has reported that Toei will in fact be dropping GeGeGe no Kitaro (which is actually the fifth television series …
Oricon has posted a trailer for the movie with a preface from our main-man Toriyama: Here is what he had to say (as translated by Anime New Network): As the original creator, I had a feeling of “Huh?” upon seeing the screenplay and the character designs, but the director, all the actors, the staff, and …
20th Century Fox has finally opened their website for the new live-action movie, Dragon Ball Evolution, which is due out in the United States on April 8th and in Japan on March 13th. As of now, the site only contains a “new” trailer, which is nearly identical to the international trailer we have already seen, …
Back in December 2008, Shueisha released a new figure of Super Saiyan Goku in their Mekke! Shop. It is the 5th figure in a 7 figure collection being put out by Shueisha. Unfortunately, with today’s exchange rate, this figure will set you back about $80 (without shipping). With the craftsmanship they put into this figure, …
After being released this last week, the sixth set of Dragon Ball The Movies individual discs (DBZ Movies 11 & 12) have deputed in the top 15 of the “Japanese Animation DVD Rankings” on the Oricon charts. Dragon Ball Z Movie 11 is ranked #12, having sold 6,206 copies, which is followed by Dragon Ball …
Toei has also updated their official Dragon Ball DVD blog with some character designs from various Dragon Ball Z movies: