This week on the show we do a bit of news catch-up! Tune in for analysis on new character designs revealed for this year’s upcoming Dragon Ball Super theatrical film (via today’s July 2018 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine), as well as a quick recap of what (little!) we know about an upcoming Dragon Ball …
Following a seemingly-accidental video leak out of Taiwan, in conjunction with today’s July 2018 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine in Japan, Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan (“SSGSS” for short, or simply “Super Saiyan Blue”) Vegetto has been revealed for Dragon Ball FighterZ alongside the previously-announced Merged Zamasu. Both characters are slated for release 31 May …
Continuing onward from previous chapters, Viz has added their English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s thirty-sixth 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 July 2018 …
Each month, Toyotarō provides a sketch — as well as a brief comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website for a character that has not appeared in Dragon Ball Super. Thus far, Toyotarō has provided sketches of #8, Lunch, Chapa with Oob, Tambourine, and Man-Wolf. For his May entry, Toyotarō has contributed a …
The official Dragon Ball website’s eighty-fourth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the design for “Junk Geezer” (ガラクタじじい Garakuta Jijī), a character used in a July 1991 commercial: The design was shared in a …
The official Dragon Ball website’s eighty-third entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the color title page from the fifth Dr. Slump chapter (“Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe” or even simply “Which One Should I Choose?”; …
The official Dragon Ball website’s eighty-second entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the cover art for an orchestral CD put out as part of the Kiyosu Town Tourism Association’s 15th Anniversary Commemorative Project. Kiyosu …
The official Dragon Ball website’s eighty-first entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the character design for No. 21 in her untransformed state, originally from the video game Dragon Ball FighterZ released earlier this year: …
Huge gatherings of Dragon Ball fans are always a treat, so tune in this week for all sorts of great stories from the first-ever “Kameha-con”! SHOW DESCRIPTION: Episode #0442! Mike brings on Ajay and Stacey to chat about “Kameha-con”, a brand-new convention held in Texas this month. From Ajay’s perspective, learn what it was like …
The official Dragon Ball website’s eightieth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is, in celebration of “Dog Day” (May 13) in Japan, the author’s “Me These Days” column from the Shenlong Times accompanying the fifth …