Spain and Andorra are about to get a slew of new merchandise courtesy of Giochi Preziosi. Items set for release include plushies, scooters, “surprise bags”, figures for phone straps, confectionery, and “back to school”.
This week, Herms joins us for part two of our look at the “intended endings” to the series. The Freeza arc takes the brunt of fan pontification in this area, but the Cell and Majin Boo arcs have their own fair share of illogical fan speculation and half-truths. What evidence exists pointing to specific points …
Just about two months ago, FUNimation dropped the MSRP on their first “season” of the Dragon Ball TV series from $49.98 to $34.98. Today it was announced that the second “season” is getting the exact same price chop. The set will now run you $25.99 on Amazon, and $26.24 on RightStuf. The most recent North …
Two years ago today, Dragon Ball Kai exploded onto Fuji TV at 9:00 am in Japan in what would go on to become the closing chapter to the franchise’s second wind. It continues to whimper to a close this year with several delays across the world. Dragon Ball Kai Home Releases in Japan Over in …
In May 2010, parent company Navarre announced they were investigating the sale of FUNimation. Navarre stated that they were, “concentrating all efforts on our distribution and software publishing businesses where we have significant expertise and considerable systems and physical assets that can be leveraged”; with FUNimation in the content creation (which includes licensing, etc.) business, …
Last November we learned about a new quarterly magazine from Shueisha called Saikyō Jump, which would contain spin-off chapters from their various popular series. For their first issue, a special chapter called Dragon Ball SD was drawn by Naho Ooishi, who had previously drawn the two-part manga adaptation of the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour …
Dragon Ball Kai may have come to a close, but that does not have a whole lot of impact on the plethora of discussions yet to come! This week, Herms joins us for part one of our look at the “intended endings” to the series. Fans often claim that the author absolutely intended to end …
This morning in Japan, Fuji TV broadcast the 97th episode of Dragon Ball Kai. While the “Artificial Humans & Cell arc” had been previously announced by Happinet as ending with episode 98 of the series (which even had an episode title set to go), the TV broadcast was shortened by one week due to delays …
Shueisha has teamed up with Akira Toriyama to donate all revenue from a special video message from the author to victims of the earthquake and tsunami:
As expected, the Raging Blast 2 soundtrack has been delayed — Lantis has officially stated that all CD releases planned for March 23rd, 24th, and 30th have been postponed. When a new release date is announced, we will be sure to let you know.