Namco-Bandai has posted a ¥34.583 billion (approximately $318 million) profit for the full fiscal 2016 year, compared to a ¥37.588 billion profit last year. Dragon Ball came in as the company’s second-best-performing franchise for the year, pulling in ¥34.9 billion, a significant jump over last year’s ¥19.4 billion. The company is projecting the same ¥34.9 …
10 May 2016, 11:11 AM EDTComment
This week’s episode brings us a split topic: in addition to a fantastic interview with Jason Thompson (former editor at Viz) conducted last weekend at Anime Fan Fest, yesterday’s major Dragon Ball Super story arc news gave us a great excuse to dive into the news a little bit and speculate on what the future …
Following hints from original author Akira Toriyama in recent interviews with Dragon Ball Super manga adaptation artist Toyotarō, Toei has officially announced a “Future Trunks Arc” coming to the Dragon Ball Super TV series: The “Future” Trunks Arc Starts! On June 12, 2016, Dragon Ball Super shows a new storyline… With Goku and the gang …
This past weekend’s forty-first episode of the Dragon Ball Super TV series in Japan saw the debut of “Zen’ō” (literally the “king/lord of everything”; the so-called “Omni-King”) — first seen at the end of the fortieth episode — with a speaking role as voiced by Satomi Kōrogi. A newcomer to the Dragon Ball franchise, Kōrogi …
The official website for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS video game, Dragon Ball Fusions, has added biographies for the player’s main character and your in-game friend Pinich: Hero / Player’s Avatar: A youth whose goal is to become the world’s greatest martial artist. He and Pinich are both friends and rivals. In the mysterious world of …
28 April 2016, 9:37 AM EDTComment
The Tamashii Buddies line will receive two new friends later this year: God of Destruction Beerus and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan (SSGSS) Son Goku. Pre-orders open today (28 April 2016) with an expected ship date in September this year. The 90mm PVC figures retail for ¥1,620 and ship with background slips as well as …
Following up on last month’s formal debut (as well as a new trailer earlier this month), Dragon Ball Fusions for the Nintendo 3DS receives a slew of new updates and coverage in this month’s June 2016 issue of V-Jump in Japan. Perhaps most notably, the magazine lists Pinich as being voiced by Naomi Shindō, a …
Revealed in this week’s June 2016 issue of V-Jump, the Japan-exclusive, arcade-only, multiplayer fighting game Zenkai Battle will receive yet another new addition to its ever-growing roster of playable characters next month: Tullece from Dragon Ball Z Movie 3. Tullece is advertised as a, “…cold-blooded, brutal warrior who powers up with Shinsei-ju fruit!!” which itself …
26 April 2016, 4:31 PM EDTComment
Whether you call it “Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan” or “Super Saiyan Blue”, the latest transformation has certainly given fans a lot to think about, particularly with how vague all of its descriptions have been. We know it is the latest version with perfect ki control, but what exactly should we be calling it? We …
A leaked page from next week’s 2016 #21/22 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan provides an overview of the upcoming forty-second episode of the Dragon Ball Super TV series. With a tagline of “Zen’ō, Lord(s) of the 12 universes, make(s) a surprising suggestion!” the issue describes the episode and the new “Zen’ō” (全王), god/lord(s?) …