In conjunction with the formal reveal of Broli as the subject of this year’s forthcoming Dragon Ball Super theatrical film, FUNimation has announced U.S. and Canadian screenings for the film in January 2019, as well as their home video rights acquisition: (NOTE: All grammatical/punctuation errors have been printed as-is below.) FUNIMATION ACQUIRES NEW DRAGON BALL …
11 July 2018, 3:09 PM EDTComment
Our mid-year predictions check-in will have to wait another week, because some hulking monster of a Saiyan barged in without warning demanding an hour-long discussion! SHOW DESCRIPTION: Episode #0449! Mike and Heath discuss the history of Broli: who created him, how he came to be, and where he fits in with the larger Dragon Ball …
09 July 2018, 9:17 AM EDTComment
Ahead of next week’s 2018 No. 33 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump celebrating the magazine’s 50th anniversary, Shueisha has shared the issue’s cover artwork and a few details about what to expect inside: For the cover artwork, authors currently in serialization drew their favorite characters; of note for Dragon Ball fans, One Piece author Ei’ichirō …
03 July 2018, 6:24 PM EDTComment
Our podcast takes us from Dragon Ball GT last week to the ever-expanding world of Dragon Ball Heroes this week! Tune in for a brief history of Dragon Ball Heroes as a whole (its arcade roots, home versions, manga adaptations, etc.), and stick around for our review of the first Super Dragon Ball Heroes promotional …
Last week’s August 2018 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine includes a tiny splash announcing that the seventh collected volume of the Dragon Ball Super manga will release in Japan later this year in September. No precise date or chapter count is noted in the announcement. The volume will pick up with the thirty-third chapter of …
We return with the seventh round in our “Dragon Ball GT Review of Awesomeness” to cover episodes 28-31. Baby has infected the entire population of Earth, is handed the Dragon Balls, transforms, prepares to lead his new Tsufruian population out into space… is there anyone who can defeat him?! SHOW DESCRIPTION: Episode #0447! Mike, Meri, …
The latest addition to our “Translations” archive is an interview with Akio Iyoku posted to the Dragon Ball Official Site back in April. In the interview, Iyoku — editor-in-chief of V-Jump as well as head of the “Dragon Ball Room” — discusses how the upcoming Dragon Ball Super theatrical film came to be, working with …
In conjunction with yesterday’s August 2018 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine in Japan, Bandai Namco has announced Super Baby 2 as a new playable character coming in the forthcoming “Extra Pack 3” downloadable content for Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2: The character’s techniques are set to include: Revenge Death Ball: uses all of the player’s ki; …
Following up on the Japanese release announcement, Bandai Namco have dated the Nintendo Switch version of Dragon Ball FighterZ for 28 September 2018 in America and European territories. As with the Japanese release, pre-orders will include unlocks for Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan (“SSGSS”, or “Super Saiyan Blue”) version of Son Goku and Vegeta, as …
Continuing onward from previous chapters, Viz has added their English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s thirty-seventh chapter to their website, moving further into the “Universe Survival arc” of the series. This continues Viz’s initiative of simultaneously publishing the series’ chapter alongside its Japanese debut, which saw its release today in the August 2018 …