Dragon Ball Online may be gone, but it has clearly not been forgotten if the continued revival of its characters and plot points are any indication! This week on the podcast we dive back into a character that was developed, never actually used, and is now set to make his first true appearance in the …
The official Dragon Ball website’s sixteenth 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 set of character designs from 1986’s first theatrical Dragon Ball film, originally released 20 December 1986. The set of designs feature …
The official Dragon Ball website’s fifteenth 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 sample from the second Bird Land Press release — the Akira Toriyama official fan club newsletter — from September 1983, with …
Toei and Columbia have announced a second Dragon Ball Super Original Soundtrack volume for release 28 February 2018 in Japan. The set (COCX-40280~1) will span two discs. Across 61 total tracks of Norihito Sumitomo’s score, the included music will span selections from the Future Trunks arc into the Universe Survival arc of the Dragon Ball …
Toei and Columbia have announced a Dragon Ball Super: Super Theme Song Collection album set for release in Japan 28 February 2018. The album (COCX-40305), while not entirely comprehensive — it is not slated to include the tenth and eleventh ending theme songs, “By a 70cm Square Window” by ROTTENGRAFFTY and “LAGRIMA” by OnePixcel, respectively …
The official Dragon Ball website’s fourteenth 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 four-panel comic drawn for the 1984 #5-6 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released 05 January 1984. The #5-6 issue contained four-panel …
The fifth collected volume of Naho Ooishi‘s Dragon Ball SD — the spin-off/re-telling of the Dragon Ball series currently being serialized in Saikyō Jump — saw its release both digitally and in print in Japan today (02 February 2018). 再び悟空はクリリン達と共に天下一武道会へ出場し、鶴仙人の弟子達と激突！！ 強敵・天津飯と闘う悟空に勝機は！？ そして一気に悟空は成長を！？ 見慣れた未来のキャラも参加して、原作ファンも楽しめる第5巻！！ Once again, Goku, together with Kuririn & co., enters the Tenka’ichi Budōkai, and clashes with …
Bandai Namco reports that, in its first week on sale internationally, Dragon Ball FighterZ has shipped two million copies including both physical and digital versions of the game, making it the fastest-shipping entry for the franchise. The company released a “Digest” promotional video to accompany the game’s launch in Japan today (01 February 2018), highlighting …
The official Dragon Ball website’s thirteenth 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 Dragon Ball chapter 187 title page from the 1988 #37 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump (released 09 August 1988); this is …
The official Dragon Ball website’s twelfth 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 illustration to the first bunko volume of Jean-Henri Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques”, translated by French-literature scholar/critic Daisaburō Okumoto. The artwork features …