Following the company’s announcements at Anime Expo in California this past weekend, a press release from Viz notes their Dragon Ball Super manga license acquisition in more detail (alongside further announcements regarding other properties): VIZ MEDIA EXPANDS MANGA PUBLISHING CATALOG WITH NEW ACQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED DURING 2016 ANIME EXPO Upcoming Series Debuts Include New DRAGON BALL …
During their industry panel at Anime Expo this afternoon, Viz announced their plan to release a print edition of the Dragon Ball Super manga in spring 2017. Viz began publishing the Dragon Ball Super manga on their website for free last week. The second chapter was posted earlier today. While the Dragon Ball Super television …
Following last week’s slightly-unceremonious chapter one posting, Viz has added their English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s second chapter to their website. The respective page in our “Manga Guide” has been updated with this release information. While the Dragon Ball Super television series has been licensed for certain international territories, no announcement has …
The North American branch of Bandai Namco has announced that the upcoming Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 will be available 25 October 2016 on consoles and 28 October 2016 on PC, roughly alongside the European release. While the American version of the new trailer does not identify a release date, the description on YouTube lists these …
The European branch of Bandai Namco has announced that the upcoming Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 will be available 28 October 2016. A new trailer for the game showcases different villains teaming up, such as Tullece (from Dragon Ball Z Movie 3) sharing the fruit from the Shinsei-ju with Slug (from Dragon Ball Z Movie 4). …
Shueisha has released the cover artwork for the upcoming sixth volume (“Legend 6”) of the Dragon Ball manga’s new “Digest Edition” (Sōshūhen): These editions are touted as allowing the reader to “enjoy Dragon Ball the same way as when it was serialized in Jump“, and are the same size as the original Weekly Shōnen Jump …
30 June 2016, 3:25 PM EDTComment
Following up on our translation of the Akira Toriyama and Masakazu Katsura discussion from Young Jump in 2010, our latest translation for the archives jumps back in time a bit to 2008 with the release of Sachie-chan GOOD!! in Jump SQ. Whereas 2010’s Jiya continued the story of the Galactic Patrol (later to be heavily …
Retailer listings showcase four versions of Batten Showjo Tai’s “Yoka-Yoka Dance” (“Easy-Going Dance”) CD single set for release this September, the upcoming fifth ending theme for the Dragon Ball Super TV series: “Te wo Tsunaide (Join Hands) Edition” (VICL-37207; ¥926) “Dragon Ball to go-issho (Together with Dragon Ball) Edition” (VICL-37208; ¥926) “Kikinshai (Listen) Edition” (VICL-37209; …
Viz has posted an English translation of the first chapter of Toyotarō’s Dragon Ball Super manga on their website: The chapter features the original Japanese sound effects with accompanying translations. “Hercule” remains as the edited name for Mr. Satan in the otherwise faithful translation. No license announcement appears to accompany the posting, and no Dragon …
24 June 2016, 10:05 PM EDTComment
While our primary goal here at Kanzenshuu is to document Dragon Ball information, this occasionally does extend to tangential material. This includes “pre-Dragon Ball” interviews with Akira Toriyama, which help explain where Dragon Ball came from and how Dr. Slump would ultimately shape his storytelling. As Toriyama’s career extends into and beyond Dragon Ball, our …