Voice actress Hiromi Tsuru, best known as the voice of Bulma in the Dragon Ball franchise (along with Bra, Tights, and even baby Trunks), has passed away at age 57. At around 7:30 p.m. on November 16th, Hiromi Tsuru was found unconscious in her car on the Shuto Expressway in Chūō, Tokyo; her seatbelt was …
FUNimation’s online shop reveals a 20 February 2018 release date for their third part of the Dragon Ball Super television series on DVD and Blu-ray. After a startling meeting with Beerus’ brother Champa goes sideways, the godly brothers decide to settle their differences in the best way possible: by putting their best fighters to the …
Spanish fandom website Misión Tokyo posted a fan Q&A from the Salón del Manga convention in Barcelona this weekend featuring Kimitoshi Chioka (first series director on Dragon Ball Super) and Hiroyuki Sakurada (current producer on Dragon Ball Super). A follow-up private interview was also conducted which supposedly resulted in what could be considered exciting or …
The fourth collected volume of Toyotarō’s Dragon Ball Super manga — originally and currently serialized on a monthly basis in Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine — officially hit Japanese shelves 02 November 2017 for ¥400 + tax. Spanning 200 pages, the volume covers chapters 21 through 24. The volume takes its title of “Last Chance For Hope” …
One of the most repeated “facts” in Dragon Ball fandom — perhaps only rivaled by “Akira Toriyama intended to end the series with Freeza” — is that Toriyama “forgot” about the character Lunch. Introduced in the second story arc and sticking around through the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai, Lunch was an integral part of the core …
The seventh Daizenshuu — the “Large Encyclopedia” — contains a wealth of both in- and out-of-universe information about the Dragon Ball franchise. From a tour of the cosmos to the special attack dictionary, it has long been held as one of the most comprehensive sources available from the original rights-holders. Often overlooked is a short, …
On the heels of a Microsoft website update detailing an “Ultimate Edition” pre-order with the same release date, Bandai Namco has confirmed a 26 January 2018 release date for Dragon Ball FighterZ on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in North America. GET READY FighterZ! On Jan. 26th, DRAGON BALL FighterZ will be unleashed …
A new pre-order bundle for a “Dragon Ball FighterZ: Ultimate Edition” on Microsoft’s website details additional downloadable material coming to the game in the form of a “FighterZ Pass” with access to eight additional characters, an “Anime Music Pack”, and a “Commentator Voice Pack”, with a listed release date of 26 January 2018 for $109.99: …
In conjunction with this weekend’s December 2017 issue of Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine in Japan, Bandai Namco have announced Nappa and Ginyu as playable characters in the upcoming Dragon Ball FighterZ video game: Nappa can summon a Saibaiman and has his iconic mouth blast attack, while Ginyu can summon the rest of his squad and can …
Continuing onward from the previous chapters, Viz has added their English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s twenty-ninth chapter to their website, continuing the “Universe Survival arc” of the series. This continues the recent initiative of Viz simultaneously publishing the series’ chapter alongside its Japanese debut, which saw its release today in the December …