A new page from Jump details all sorts of new tidbits about the upcoming Dragon Ball Kai: Both the (new) opening and ending themes will be performed by Takayoshi Tanimoto, known for theme song performances in shows like Konjiki no Gash Bell!!. The new opening is called “Dragon Soul” and the new closing is called …
05 March 2009, 9:41 AM ESTComment
Our buddy Greg popped over to our forum with a couple quick bits from the new Dragon Ball: Super Exciting Guide – Story Volume guide book that came out this week in Japan. Greg notes that while most of the material is information we have seen packaged and repackaged many times before, there are a …
05 March 2009, 9:40 AM ESTComment
“Rule”, Ayumi Hamasaki’s latest CD single (and the theme song for Dragon Ball Evolution), is apparently not selling so well for Hamasaki… comparatively speaking, anyway. According to Oricon, while “Rule” is Hamasaki’s 20th #1 single in a row (and her 32nd #1 single in total), it sold “barely” over 95,000 copies, and is the lowest …
05 March 2009, 9:39 AM ESTComment
CDJapan is having a special sale to tie-in with the Japanese release of Dragon Ball Evolution this month. They are offering up to 20% off most Dragon Ball-related DVDs (though some are only, for example, 10% off). If you have any holes in your R2 collection, this may be another great chance to fill them …
05 March 2009, 9:38 AM ESTComment
Toshio Furukawa (the voice of Piccolo) updated his blog yesterday to say that they were recording lines for the first episode of Dragon Ball Kai, while Naotoshi Shida (keyframe animator for Dragon Ball Z) also had a blog update noting that they finished up the keyframe animation for the new ending theme to the series. …
03 March 2009, 3:30 PM ESTComment
Back in December we first told you about the “Chapter Books” coming out under the Viz Kids label. Courtesy of Amazon (by way of our buddy Tanooki Kuribo), we have cover art for the first four announced volumes: While I am sure that very few of us are genuinely interested in the contents of these …
Episode #0166 of the podcast is available for download! This week we’re up to volume 25 in our “Manga Review of Awesomeness”. This was definitely a strange volume to analyze, but I think we ended up with some interesting points. In addition to that, we’ve got all the news you’ve come to enjoy (though nothing …
01 March 2009, 12:13 PM ESTComment
kei17 let us know that a new idol group named “Sherry” is going to be releasing their debut single, which happens to be yet another cover version of “Romantikku Ageru yo” (the closing theme to the Dragon Ball TV series). There is no word on whether or not this is going to be used as …
01 March 2009, 12:12 PM ESTComment
SSj_Rambo wrote in to let us know that Bandai is going to be releasing new “Real Works Warriors of the World” figures later this year in May, also under the Dragon Ball Kai label (similar to the new DS game also getting the new “Kai” branding). They will run about ¥3500, and a little bit …
Now that we have had time to digest the first commercial for Dragon Ball Kai, we are ready to dive in and pick apart what little we have to go on. Big thanks to Taku and Snaku for spreading the word and providing up some screen shots to compare with. The below comparison shots showcase …