The Dragon Ball GT anime comic — comprised of limited-color screen shots from the 1996-1997 television series displayed in manga format with dialog and narration bubbles — began back in the January 2014 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine. Running as a tie-in with the Dragon Ball Heroes arcade game’s then-current “Evil Dragon Mission” updates, …
The sixth collected volume of Naho Ooishi‘s Dragon Ball SD — the spin-off/re-telling of the Dragon Ball series currently serialized in Saikyō Jump — saw its release both digitally and in print in Japan today (04 June 2019). The volume picks up with Chapter 49 of the monthly/bimonthly reboot of the comic as the Earthlings …
Following last month’s Super Saiyan God Vegeta reveal, and in conjunction with this week’s July 2019 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine, Bandai Namco has announced Universe 2’s Ribrianne is coming as paid downloadable content to Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 as part of the game’s forthcoming “Ultra Pack 1” in June: Special moves will include Formation, …
21 May 2019, 8:44 AM EDTComment
Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing — as well as a brief comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Thus far, Toyotarō has provided drawings of #8, Lunch, Chapa with Oob, Tambourine, Man-Wolf, Tapion, Janenba, Broli, Ozotto, Ginyu, Bardock, Paragus, King Cold, Bardock’s original television special crew, Onio with his wife, Shiirasu, and …
Continuing onward from previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s forty-eighth chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, moving further into the original “Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc”. Alongside other initiatives including free chapters and a larger archive for paid subscribers, this release …
Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥63.383 billion (approximately $578 million) profit for the full fiscal year of 2019, compared to a ¥54.109 billion profit last year. Dragon Ball came in as the company’s best-performing franchise for the year, pulling in ¥129 billion (yet another jump over last year’s ¥97.9 billion), significantly beating the company’s …
The first collected volume of Yoshitaka Nagayama’s Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Universe Mission manga series — originally and currently serialized on a bimonthly basis in Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine — officially hit Japanese shelves earlier this month on 02 May 2019 for ¥500 + tax. Spanning 200 pages, the volume covers the the series’ first …
Following today’s eleventh episode premiere, the official Super Dragon Ball Heroes website announced a late-June 2019 streaming date for the forthcoming twelfth episode of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes promotional anime, continuing further into the brand-new “Universal Conflict” arc. In the upcoming episode (“Calling All Super Warriors! Universe 7’s Decisive Battle”), Goku and the others …
Bandai Namco has detailed numerous gameplay and character-specific changes in the 1.17 patch of Dragon Ball FighterZ hitting this week, releasing in conjunction with tomorrow’s “Son Goku (GT)” playable character debut. The 3-on-3, “2.5D” fighting game is developed by Arc System Works and is currently available on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (via …
05 May 2019, 12:57 PM EDTComment
SHOW DESCRIPTION: Episode #0473! Mike and Julian share their “Hidden and Forgotten Dragon Ball Stories” panel from Castle Point Anime Convention 2019! Tune in for a brief overview of some of the oft-forgotten supplemental manga series and the historical context that created some of these bizarre releases. SEGMENTS: 00:12 – Introduction 01:47 – Topic 47:35 …