Namco-Bandai has posteda ¥1.93 billion (approximately $23.7 million) loss for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011. In terms of Dragon Ball overall, the franchise dropped in net sales from ¥5.8 billion the first half of fiscal 2010 to ¥2.7 billion this half, and the company is forecasting a drop down to ¥8 billion for …
Viz has officially unveiled a new iPad application allowing for digital distribution of their licensed and translated manga. The free application allows users to purchase volumes within its store and view them through its “My Manga” section. Free previews will be available each month, and the application is launching with the first volumes of six …
VentureBeat reports that Namco-Bandai of America will be laying off 90 employees in their US office as part of a previously-announced reorganization. It is unlikely that this will affect the development of future Dragon Ball video games, but is something to keep an eye on following the mass layoffs within the gaming industry (such as …
Navarre just completed their second quarter earnings conference call for Fiscal 2011 and, similar to last quarter, things remain relatively calm for the Dragon Ball franchise. It was noted that FUNimation “had a small net sales increase in the second quarter compared to the prior year’s second quarter”, thanks in part to strong video sales …
This is the podcast episode for those of you who indicated on the survey that you want us to go until we collapse! Our buddy Hujio joins us to talk about all the news from the last week and review Dragon Ball Kai Soundtrack III & Songs, which includes three all-new vocal songs. Is Kai …
If you are still undecided about whether or not to pick up Raging Blast 2, Amazon is offering a $10 credit toward a future game purchase with the pre-order of either the PS3 version or the 360 version. Not a bad little deal. Our buddy TanookiKuribo managed to snag a copy already at a local …
Amazon now has a listing for the fifth Dragon Box from FUNimation with a release date of 08 February 2011. This certainly fits in with FUNimation’s “early 2011” tweet from a little while back, so keep an eye on this one.
When they said “later this month”, they were not kidding! Previously exclusive to the Xbox 360 in North America, the demo for the upcoming Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 is now available on the PlayStation 3 (where it had already been available worldwide, sans U.S. o’ A.). Get your download on, folks.
A lot of folks have been asking about potential digital distribution for Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team on the PSP, the domestic release of Dragon Ball: TAG VS, so we checked in with Namco-Bandai. Unfortunately for all you PSP Go owners (and loathers of physical media, I suppose), at least in North America, there …
You may have noticed the second Dragon Box from FUNimation going in and out of stock on various online retailers. We had hesitated on reporting about this since there did not seem to be much of an issue — places like Amazon and RightStuf would ultimately get another batch of them, and fans went along …