We are getting back in the swing of things having taken a week off by catching up on the plethora of news over the last two weeks. We spend the majority of our time talking about the new closing theme to DragonBall Kai, along with some of the voice replacements and its move into the …
Follow-up on the French IPTV deal we noted the other day, our new forum member SanGoku 13 signed up to give us a couple extra details about what specifically is available. It is apparently the French dub, but it is at least the recent remastered version of the series. Twenty new episodes will be made …
Toei has announced a deal in Brazil with Algazarra for toy figurines and separately with Richtex for a line of towels. If you think towels are weird, Bolivia has the win for strangest products coming your way. Pil Andina is on board to create Dragon Ball-branded flavored milk, while Doobalo is signed up to create …
Namco-Bandai has posted a ¥29.08 billion (approximately $319 million) loss for the fiscal 2010 year. In terms of Dragon Ball overall, the franchise dropped in net sales from ¥15.8 billion in 2009 to ¥12.5 billion this fiscal year, and the company is forecasting an even sharper drop down to ¥8.5 billion for fiscal 2011 with …
The Amazon listing for FUNimation’s re-release of the first Dragon Ball movie has recently gone online, and also includes a trailer for the product. No concrete release date is given in the trailer (just a “Coming Soon” ending splash). Nowhere in the trailer are any words such as “uncut” or “unedited” or “Japanese” used, a …
C21Media.net is reporting that Toei has licensed the Dragon Ball Z TV series (along with Saint Seiya) to two “internet and IPTV on-demand platforms” over in France. Both series are available via Orange’s PC and IPTV on-demand service, 24/24 Video, and via Club Video, SFR’s IPTV on-demand service. “This is a new way for the …
There are a few things related to Kai and its foreign (that is, outside of Japan) distribution that have been stated and suggested over the last week, such as a possible “alternate” English dub a la the AB Groupe’s commission of Ocean & Blue Water Studios in the previous decade for European and Canadian broadcast. …
We knew that a new ending theme from “Team Dragon” (which comprises members from idol power-house AKB48) would be coming with Episode 55 of Kai, which was later revealed to be titled “Kokoro no Hane” (“Wings of the Heart”). We will save the majority of our editorializing for the next podcast episode (and the impending …
In a press release from this morning, FUNimation and 4Kids have announced an agreement to have their (presumably edited) English dubbed version of Dragon Ball Z Kai air as a part of “TheCW4Kids” scheduling block in the 2010-2011 broadcast season. 4Kids Entertainment Signs Dragon Ball Z Kai for U.S. Broadcast Premiere on TheCW4Kids Saturday Morning …
Way back on Episode #0078 of our podcast we reviewed Shoko Nakagawa and her new cover album which featured the lead single “Romantikku Ageru yo”, a cover on the DragonBall TV series’ closing theme. Here we are almost exactly three years later, and the cat-eating otaku idol is at it again with our favorite series. …