Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥90.345 billion profit for the full fiscal year of 2023, down slightly from a ¥92.752 billion profit last year. Dragon Ball came in as the company’s best-performing franchise for the year, pulling in ¥144.5 billion, up from last year’s ¥127.6 billion and ahead of the projected ¥133.5 billion. The …
The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the …
Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his (coming in late!) April 2023 entry, Toyotarō has drawn Tullece: Tullece I wonder how he survived the destruction …
25 April 2023, 1:59 PM EDTComment
A new wiki preview page is available… and it’s one we’re requesting your early support and community research on! Preview the “Season” wiki page Beyond all of the common misinformation around “seasons” for the North American broadcast (largely due to FUNimation’s later home video releases which ignored their previously-established cable broadcast “season” delineations), lots of …
Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s ninety-second chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”, now adapting the contents of the recent theatrical film following three chapters worth of original prologue …
14 April 2023, 11:24 AM EDTComment
Following up on the first, second, third, and fourth interviews in this series, our latest translation addition continues with material from 2016’s 30th anniversary Super History Book. Here in the fifth in a five-part series of video game-related interviews, we travel back to somewhat recent history with Dragon Ball Xenoverse producer Masayuki Hirano. Read the …
The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the …
01 April 2023, 1:30 PM EDTComment
Show Description Episode #0500! We are celebrating five hundred podcast episodes! Join us for a journey from the first episode back in 2005 through today’s shenanigans. All the best in-jokes, all the best discussions… and a lot more. Also: we occasionally talk about Dragon Ball. How to Listen Our podcast is available via Apple Podcasts …
Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his March 2023 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a drawing of Garlic Jr.: Garlic Jr. A character from the movies …
The official website for the forthcoming Sand Land animation project updated today with a short question-and-answer session with original creator Akira Toriyama, alongisde confirmation of the project being a theatrical film set for release in Japan 18 August 2023 with animation produced by Sunrise, Kamikaze Douga, and Anima. When and how was Sand Land born? …