With over 40 years of reporting, no doubt Kanzenshuu Has THE MOST information about Dragon Ball out there! Everyone knows the basics like Goku Black’s true identity (Goten, duh) and Jaco’s last name (Tilimentempibosshi, duh), but how many of THESE facts did you know?? See if you are as smart as a Piccolo with our …
One of the biggest questions fans have these days is: what’s up with Goku’s new form seen in the show’s opening theme?! After debuting last September (following an unsuccessful pilot series last year), literally dozens of people have been enjoying the show, all the meanwhile wondering what the special hair color and expression on Goku’s …
[!!– introduce Toriyama and say a bunch of words–!!] Akira Toriyama made a name for himself in the 1980s with the megahit Dr. Slump before going right into his next series, the megamegahit Dragon Ball. The series’ fans are perceptive, but not as perceptive as the series’ original author. Toriyama has a good eye for …
24 March 2017, 9:43 PM EDTComment
Toei Animation’s official English-language website reports that Dragon Ball will be included as an example in a new exhibit on display at London’s Barbican Art Gallery: Starting from March 23, Dragon Ball will be featured at the prestigious Barbican Art Gallery in London. It is part of The Japanese House Architecture and Life after 1945, …
Continuing onward from the previous twenty chapters, Viz has added their English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s twenty-first chapter to their website, continuing the “Future Trunks arc” of the manga. The Dragon Ball Super “comicalization” began in June 2015 as a promotional tie-in for the television series. The manga runs monthly in Shueisha’s …
22 March 2017, 6:17 PM EDTComment
Israeli newspaper Haaretz recently featured an editorial entitled, “This sadistic series is loved by kids, probably because that’s how they view the world.” “Dragon Ball Super” has no low volume. The characters don’t stop threatening each other with death, annihilation, destruction and skewering. They are cruel and sadistic. The stress is on the levels of …
Back in December, Shueisha launched a new spin-off manga on the Shōnen Jump+ digital platform from popular fan artist dragongarowLEE. Dragon Ball Side-Story: The Case of Being Reincarnated as Yamcha told the story of a boy who falls down the stairs and dies, and though he is reincarnated into the Dragon World as Yamcha, he …
In conjunction with today’s May 2017 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine in Japan, Bandai Namco has detailed preliminary information about the third paid downloadable content pack for Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2, which is set to drop in April 2017 and will contain new characters (namely Super Saiyan Rosé Goku Black, Zamasu, and Bojack) along with …
USAopoly, Inc., in conjunction with Toei Animation and Hasbro at New York’s Toy Fair earlier this month, has announced a Dragon Ball Z-branded edition of the popular MONOPOLY board game ($39.95 MSRP) coming to the United States and Canada in April 2017. Raise Your Power Level and Charge them rent! In this episode of Dragon …
This past weekend, we shared several old magazine articles with a live stream audience (podcast subscribers, check your feed and downloads for this bonus episode!). One of the clear favorites was a feature article from the summer 1991 issue of Animenominous! So far, this is the earliest American content we have brought to our “Press …