Many of you long-time podcast listeners have already told us that you view this episode as the “end of an era”. Over four years ago, we set out to go through the Dragon Ball manga volume-by-volume and review it to the best of our ability, and from a few different angles. We had a few …
11 October 2011, 1:22 PM EDTComment
Last week’s podcast episode brought in a fantastic amount of feedback! We had long-time fans glad to reminisce with us about the olden days of gaming, newer fans loving a history lesson / dip into the past, and everything in between. We could not be more happy to provide content you enjoy! Quite a few …
03 October 2011, 3:41 PM EDTComment
The 32-bit generation of video games kicked off a trend that died with the series for a few years, but started right back up again during the series’ second-wave in Japan: full-motion video openings! In light of the Ultimate Blast opening looking to be one of the best we have ever seen, we decided to …
26 September 2011, 7:13 PM EDTComment
We hinted at it last episode, and decided to go full-force with it this week: just what is the history of the Saiyan race? From the manga to the TV series to the guide books to the various other adaptations and reference materials, what is said about where the come from and how they evolved? …
18 September 2011, 7:01 PM EDTComment
This time around on the show, we finally got a chance to catch up on this summer’s three-part spin-off manga from Naho Ooishi, Episode of Bardock. Penned as a sequel to the Bardock TV special, Ooishi gets a little more of a chance to shine with a quasi-original story as opposed to her usual retreads. …
13 September 2011, 10:19 AM EDTComment
From this week’s pages of Jump we have received confirmation that Hironobu Kageyama’s classic DragonBall Z TV first opening theme, “CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA”, will be used as the opening theme for Ultimate Blast in Japan. As reported a few days ago, the game will also feature new 2D animation in its story mode, now revealed to …
09 September 2011, 12:49 PM EDTComment
FUNimation’s Clarine Harp (Director of DVD, Blu-ray and Video Production) and Matt O’Hara (Manager of DVD, Blu-ray and Video Production) were interviewed this week on Anime News Network’s ANNCast, where some new tidbits and discussion regarding the company’s upcoming Blu-ray release of the Dragon Ball Z TV series were dropped. Also included as a part …
09 September 2011, 11:40 AM EDTComment
Namco-Bandai EU has been on a roll with promotion for the upcoming Ultimate Tenkaichi (Ultimate Blast in its home country of Japan) — yesterday, the branch put up yet another trailer for the game, this time focused on a portion of the story mode, which features new 2D animation: While I am personally hesitant about …
01 September 2011, 12:42 PM EDTComment
Namco-Bandai EU recently uploaded a new trailer for Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (coming out as Ultimate Blast in Japan) which showcases the game’s character creation mode: Unsurprisingly, the custom designs shown off all fall squarely in the typical Saiyan-overload promotion the games receive internationally, many even fitting in with the Dragon Ball AF-style of …
31 August 2011, 8:59 AM EDTComment
On this week’s show, the gang took a look at the final Dragon Ball Kai home release in Japan, and in particular, the unaired “Episode 98”. We also dove in to the extra material on this month’s Bardock and Trunks TV special DVD (the first time the specials are receiving a non-Dragon Box home release …