FUNimation’s blog has been updated with the voice recast information from Katsucon, as well as confirmations on characters who are retaining their voice actors in Dragon Ball Kai from the current cast. While some of this information has been indirectly leaked over the last couple weeks, this is the first official statement from FUNimation on …
Our forum buddy SHINOBI-03 let us know that the Arabic dub of Dragon Ball Z is set to continue this month, apparently picking up where it left off with episode 54. It is set to air on the channel “SpacePower”, an Arabic cartoon channel aimed at teenagers and young adults. Two trailers have made their …
Following up on the news from last August of the first DVD set, our buddy sangofe let us know that France is set to receive the second part of the first TV series 19 May 2010. The giant set will contain episodes 69-153, contain both French and Japanese audio (along with French subtitles) with uncut …
Earlier this week FUNimation announced a “multi-year, national licensing” partnership with New Jersey-based “Shocker Toys” to produce “Mallows” based on various franchises, including Dragon Ball. These are 5-inch, marshmallow-theme figures that apparently “feature up to 10 points of movement and up to 7 interchangeable parts”. While there is nothing yet to show, the figures are …
This week we took out our grab-bag of topic ideas and found one that was only moderately-interesting at first… but just got more and more fascinating as we looked into each instance. Confused? Perhaps this will help: Throughout the series, characters mis-pronounce or otherwise mis-read another character’s name. These are usually Japanese-specific jokes penned by …
I must say that it was perfect timing to get that Yamcha episode done last week, because Kai interrupted our regularly-scheduled programming yet again…! With an official announcement of its licensing (and Jeff sick with family coming to town), it made sense to dedicate another podcast episode to the “refreshed” version of the DBZ TV …
Several birdies have been talking to us about the release schedule for a while now, and it seems like Wal-Mart wants in on the conversation, too. They are listing both the DVD and Blu-ray release of Dragon Ball Kai already (the domestic license was only just announced this morning!), and coming 18 May 2010, no …
During this morning’s Q3 Fiscal 2010 earnings conference call, Navarre Chief Executive Officer Cary Deacon announced the official license of Dragon Ball Kai to FUNimation, which is scheduled for release in the “latter part” of the upcoming fiscal year (which could run through this summer if intended as Fiscal 2010, or later if intended as …
DBZ Volume 6 (covering tankōbon 32-34) in the “Viz Big” omnibus, 3-in-1 line was originally listed for a 19 January 2010 release date. Following the trend of prior releases, it was later delayed to 16 February 2010. Our forum buddy xzero let us know that Amazon and other retailers now have it listed for 09 …
We have joked about it for months. Several times we genuinely planned to talk about him, but something incredibly important would happen and shake up our episode schedule. With the last day of the month falling on a podcast episode release day, it was the perfect time to dive in and talk about our main …