Ahead of its inclusion on the Dragon Ball Super: Super Theme Song Collection CD hitting Japan later this month, Akira Kushida’s “Ultimate Battle” — the insert song used multiple times during the on-going “Universe Survival arc” — saw a digital single release (COKM-40263) today (14 February 2018) in Japan. The song is available on digital …
13 February 2018, 11:09 AM ESTComment
One of our favorite ways to learn new things about Akira Toriyama is by way of his colleagues and contemporaries. The series of mid-1990s essays from the Akira Toriyama Exhibition features a wealth of anecdotes and analysis from other artists, editors, etc. Another great source of commentary is the special guest column within the various …
The official Dragon Ball website’s twenty-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 title page from the debut chapter of Dr. Slump, published in the 1980 #5-6 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump released 05 …
09 February 2018, 9:20 AM ESTComment
Two new additions to our translation archive may feel a little familiar: the content has been referenced in several guides and articles across Kanzenshuu already! It turns out we never actually posted these in full, and it took the Toccio the Angel note this week for us to realize that! From 2002 to 2004, Shueisha …
The “Anison & BGM Pack” for Dragon Ball FighterZ — a paid piece of downloadable content featuring music from the original anime series — is now available on the respective Japanese digital storefronts. PlayStation 4 players who own the identical pack of content for Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 are able to purchase the FighterZ version …
The official Dragon Ball website’s twentieth 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 main packaging artwork for 1988’s Dragon Quest III on the Nintendo Famicom. As the official site only posts weekdays, and the …
The official Dragon Ball website’s nineteenth 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 a look at Toriyama’s 2003 children’s book, Toccio the Angel, about a naughty angel who befriends a sentient tank. In the book’s …
Having been available internationally for about a week already, Dragon Ball FighterZ made its debut on the PlayStation 4 in Japan 01 February 2018. In its first partial week on sale (the reporting period of 29 January 2018 to 04 February 2018), the game pushed 68,731 copies to hit the #2 spot on the Media …
The official Dragon Ball website’s eighteenth 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 one of three main color drawings provided by Toriyama for the production of the anime-only Dragon Ball GT television series, which ran …
The official Dragon Ball website’s seventeenth 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 a citation for the original Chobit chapter from the 1983 #10 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released 08 February 1983. Chobit — …