Show Description Episode #0531! Mike and Jay chat about the pre-smartphone world of Dragon Ball mobile gaming, and in particular, Jay’s work on digging into and porting the “Dragon Ball Racing” mobile game to the PlayStation 2! Tune in for a whirlwind tour through this oft-forgotten side-niche of games and learn what’s on the horizon …
Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) 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 November 2025 entry, Toyotarō has drawn Tao Pai-pai: Tao Pai-pai On this installment of the …
Show Description Episode #0530! For our 20th podcast-iversary, Mike dives back into what we covered on the show all the way back in November 2005. A three-disc movie boxset from FUNimation was on the horizon (finally bringing DB movie 2 out of VHS-Hell), while Dragon Box: The Movies was on its way in Japan. Randy …
Roughly every month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball (or related…!) 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 October 2025 entry, Toyotarō has drawn the Ox Demon King: Ox Demon King He may …
Two volumes of collected Dragon Ball spin-off manga are set for release 04 December 2025 in Japan (alongside the January 2026 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine in which they currently run): Dragon Ball SD The twelfth collected volume of Dragon Ball SD by Naho Ooishi is on its way from Shueisha, with its catalog …
With Dragon Ball Heroes now squarely in the rear window, the next major guide book for the ongoing Dragon Ball Super Divers card-based arcade game — the 96-page Dragon Ball Super Divers 1st Anniversary Super Guide — is set for a 20 November 2025 release in Japan at ¥1,870 + tax. This first anniversary book …
In conjunction with Dragon Ball‘s ongoing 40th anniversary celebration, a special “Genkidamatsuri” (ゲンキダマツリ) event — a portmanteau and play on Goku’s Genki-Dama attack and the Japanese word for “festival” — will be held 25 January 2026 at the Makuhari Messe convention center outside of Tokyo, Japan. The event is a follow-up to last year’s “Daimatsuri” …
Among the 21 recipients of this year’s Person of Cultural Merit Recognition in Japan is Masako Nozawa (Son Goku, et al.). This marks the first time a voice actor has been selected for the award. As part of the award, the selected individual(s) are provided a special government-sponsored pension. In conjunction with the award, Nozawa …
In conjunction with the EVO France 2025 fighting game event this past weekend (10-12 October 2025), Bandai Namco announced an extensive balance patch for Dragon Ball FighterZ, along with a surprise announcement of an all-new forthcoming playable character: Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku from the Dragon Ball Daima series. While no footage of the new …
Bandai Namco has announced that additional characters are coming to Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO beyond the 208 characters already contained within the base game and its first “season pass”: The YouTube video’s description states: The next DLC is already in the pipeline, bringing new characters and more. More info coming January 2026! The “Season Pass” …