The expanded adaptation of Sand Land — originally a theatrical film that debuted in Japan last summer — formally hit streaming services worldwide yesterday (20 March 2024). Spanning 13 total episodes, the expanded series covers the events of last year’s film (itself covering and expanding upon the events of the original 14-chapter manga series) over …
21 March 2024, 2:07 PM EDTComment
Last July, Shueisha released an expanded collection of content from Kazuhiko Torishima originally printed within the company’s Saikyō Jump magazine: titled Dr. Mashirito’s Ultimate Manga Technique (Dr.マシリト 最強漫画術), the 196-page book includes a variety of career reflections, advice for upcoming artists, and interviews with colleagues. New and exclusive to the book was an interview with …
The official Dragon Ball games Twitter account — both in Japanese and in English (by way of Bandai Namco) — announced today that the 2020 video game Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is set to receive continued development support. #ドラゴンボールZKAKAROT『ドラゴンボールZ KAKAROT』は今後も展開を予定しております。どうぞ続報をお待ちください！ — 「ドラゴンボール」家庭用ゲーム公式 (@dbgame_official) March 21, 2024 『ドラゴンボールZ KAKAROT』は今後も展開を予定しております。 どうぞ続報をお待ちください！” Developed by CyberConnect2 for Bandai Namco, …
Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s 103rd chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”. After three chapters worth of original prologue material, the manga version of the arc covered the …
16 March 2024, 6:30 PM EDTComment
Kentarō Yabuki — now a modern mangaka legend in his own right — took to Twitter to reflect on the passing of Akira Toriyama, and in the process shared his original design for “Gohanks”: a fan contest submission that was later reimagined into a “real” character. Yabuki initially shared: This is going to be a …
15 March 2024, 12:58 PM EDTComment
Last week, the Chunichi Shimbun published an interview/article (both on the front page of the morning print issue on March 9, as well as paywalled on their website) with Hisashi Tanaka, Akira Toriyama’s first assistant, reflecting on the creator’s passing this month. His First Assistant Bids Farewell “The fact that I was able to continue …
12 March 2024, 8:39 PM EDTComment
On the evening of Saturday, March 9, 2024, we kept up our usual weekly tradition of streaming Mario Kart… except this time we had something important on our mind that we needed to talk about. You’ll see and hear us working out our feelings and thoughts on the passing of Akira Toriyama, just mere days …
11 March 2024, 8:58 PM EDTComment
Earlier this week, the Chunichi Shimbun published an article/interview with Takashi Matsuyama, Akira Toriyama’s second assistant, reflecting on the creator’s passing this month. The article corroborates other reports of Toriyama apparently undergoing surgery for a brain tumor. “Never gave an inch with his creations” — former assistant Illustrator Takashi Matsuyama (66, pictured, of Seki, Gifu), …
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Originally announced back in December, Akira Toriyama was selected for a Lifetime Achievement Award in conjunction with the 2024 Tokyo Anime Award Festival. Toriyama was honored with the award at the event held in Tokyo over the weekend, where volumes of his various manga as well as character designs were on display. Though he unfortunately …
Though first announced back in October 2023, up to this point there had been no formal declaration of a distribution or broadcast medium for the forthcoming animated series Dragon Ball Daima. This morning, the official Dragon Ball Twitter account announced that Dragon Ball Daima will in fact be broadcast on Fuji TV when it debuts …