This week’s February 2017 issue of Animedia in Japan contains a single page promoting the upcoming “Universe Survival arc” of the Dragon Ball Super television series: The “Universe Survival Arc” Begins! The Complex History of Earth’s 10 Representatives Do you remember? During the “God of Destruction Champa arc”, the Onmi-King, ruler of the universes, suggested …
Online retailers have updated their listings with the front and back cover art for Viz’s upcoming release of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s first collected print volume: Goku’s adventure from the best-selling classic manga Dragon Ball continues in this new series written by Akira Toriyama himself! Ever since Goku became Earth’s greatest hero and gathered …
08 January 2017, 3:41 PM EST3 Comments
We were privileged to have the “Did You Know Gaming?” crew approach us with a great script and narration request for a new Dragon Ball entry in their video series. Enjoy the video!
07 January 2017, 3:07 PM ESTComment
This week’s show goes a little bit deeper with the franchise as we outline some if its core themes: if you really break it down, Dragon Ball is about arrogant characters pushing themselves to the limit until they have to rely on the friends they made along the way! SHOW DESCRIPTION: Episode #0419! Mike and …
07 January 2017, 10:11 AM ESTComment
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Gerard Jones was arrested 29 December 2016 on child pornography charges, accused of, “…possessing more than 600 child pornography files and uploading the graphic videos to YouTube.” Gerard Jones, 59, was arrested after a police investigation and ensuing search warrant at his residence in the 600 block of Long …
Shueisha has released the cover artwork for the eighteenth and final volume (“Legend 18”) of the Dragon Ball manga’s new “Digest Edition” (Sōshūhen), wrapping up the “Majin Boo arc” and the entire original series itself in this manga re-release: These editions are touted as allowing the reader to “enjoy Dragon Ball the same way as …
An article posted on Yahoo! Japan earlier this week takes a closer look at the new “Dragon Ball Room” initiative, an interdepartmental collaboration to support and expand upon the Dragon Ball franchise. In particular, section chief Akio Iyoku discusses the natural inception of the team, as well as the challenges they face when marketing to …
03 January 2017, 3:02 PM ESTComment
Happy 2017! The podcast kicks off this year with our review of the recently-completed “Future Trunks arc” from the Dragon Ball Super television series. Enjoy this massive discussion, and stay tuned for our annual predictions episode later this month, as well! SHOW DESCRIPTION: Episode #0418! Mike, Chris, Scott, and Meri review the “Future Trunks arc” …
01 January 2017, 9:03 PM ESTComment
While the last few years have all been massive ones, there is no denying that 2016 left its own distinctive mark on the Dragon Ball franchise. These were the top five stories of the year according to total website traffic, rate of traffic growth, social media conversations, etc. #5: April 22nd – Arale to Appear …
This month’s 2.2.0 update for Dragon Ball Fusions on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan introduced new Space/Time Vortex Quest weekly challenges. Running from 21 December 2016 to 27 December 2016, the third quest tasked players with defeating Merged Zamasu. All participants in this third challenge received Zamasu and Merged Zamasu as playable characters, with the …