Today’s thirty-fifth episode of the Dragon Ball Super TV series in Japan featured the debut of Kazuhiro Yamaji as the voice of the “legendary hitman” Hit, one of Champa’s Universe 6 tournament combatants. Yamaji has played various roles in game, film, television, and stage presentations over the last several decades. He has also been the …
In a Twitter post this morning, Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine revealed the cover art for the upcoming first collected volume of Toyotarō’s Dragon Ball Super manga adaptation: The collected manga volume, due out 04 April 2016 in Japan, will span 192 pages and retail for ¥400 + tax. The specific chapter contents are thus far unknown. …
14 March 2016, 2:34 PM EDT2 Comments
As noted during Episode #0398 of our podcast, the original Japanese Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn discs for 1996’s Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu actually contain text files with stories, reflections, and funny anecdotes from the game’s development staff. In the text file, Graphic Artist “N” notes, while discussing the various characters unfortunately left out of …
13 March 2016, 5:20 PM EDTComment
It has been roughly twenty years since the seminal Dragon Ball video game “Legends” (Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu) was released. For many fans, this game was part of the magical era where each and every new Japanese product was better than the last. Does this game actually hold up after so many years, though? SHOW …
08 March 2016, 3:06 PM ESTComment
It has been a busy winter for Dragon Ball merchandise, and that trend is only going to continue. March began strong with the final batch of “Full Color” print-edition manga in Japan; more magazines, books, music, and home video releases are already on the horizon. Where applicable, we have included referral links to vendors that …
The official website for Dragon Ball Heroes — the five-year-old, still-going-strong, card-based arcade game — has updated with a slew of promotional material for its upcoming “God Mission 7” (“GDM7”) update coming this week in Japan. The 30-second “GDM7” announcement commercial provides a glimpse of the new cards and abilities coming to the update this …
Bandai Namco has announced a forthcoming third content patch for the 2014 Nintendo 3DS game Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 in Japan. The update charges ahead with the Ankoku Makai (“Dark Hell” or “Dark Demon Realm”) chapter currently being explored in the arcade version of the game. In their own report, Famitsu shares character …
04 March 2016, 3:07 PM ESTComment
Following up on their continued licensing of Dragon Ball manga products and other miscellaneous Akira Toriyama works, Glénat has announced their French translation of Shueisha’s Dragon Ball 590 Quiz Book for release in June 2016. The 590 quiz questions are divided up into various categories, including “Character”, “Story”, “Illustrations”, and more, with a battle power …
Japanese band Czecho No Republic has announced that their upcoming single “Forever Dreaming” will take over as the fourth ending theme song for the Dragon Ball Super TV series beginning in April. A CD single for the song is due out 18 May 2016 in two versions: a “Czecho Version” (COZX-1174～5; ¥1700 + tax) and …
In a similar style to their initial “God Mission” trailer from late-2014, Bandai Namco has released a new CG trailer promoting the upgrades coming to avatars in Dragon Ball Heroes. The trailer features our hero characters struggling against Demigra (originally from Dragon Ball XENOVERSE) until the player’s avatar character arrives in his new God Class-Up …