Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his September 2020 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a drawing of Bora. Bora Upa’s father, who defends the Karin Sanctuary. […]
Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his August 2020 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a new scene with Ōzaru Bardock. Ōzaru Bardock He transforms into a […]
Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his July 2020 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a new image of Raditz (with a special guest appearance by Bardock): […]
The official Dragon Ball website announced today that a new drawing from Toyotarō, artist behind the Dragon Ball Super manga serialized in Shueisha’s V-Jump magazine, will be developed into crane-game prizes this December by Bandai Spirits. Alongside a debut of the drawing itself, the website included a brief interview with Toyotarō, which we have added […]
July 10 is a special day for a very different franchise: it is the anniversary of the original Ultraman promotional broadcast back in 1966! In this fun Twitter thread, take a quick tour through some of Akira Toriyama’s references to Ultraman — you’re bound to learn something new! Today (July 10) is Ultraman Day (https://t.co/H1t6IoFn7U)! […]
Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his June 2020 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a new image of the Mermaid from early on in Son Goku’s […]
The latest addition to our “Press Archive” is a fun blast-from-the-past: a TV Guide article from October 1996 previewing the syndication broadcast debut of the Dragon Ball Z English dub from FUNimation. While the article itself is not particularly notable in and of itself, it was subject to a pretty fun (in retrospect, anyway!) discussion […]
Each month, Toyotarō provides a drawing of a Dragon Ball character — as well as an accompanying comment — on the official Japanese Dragon Ball website. Following up on the wealth of characters already drawn, for his May 2020 entry, Toyotarō has contributed a new image of Ikose and Idasa: Ikose & Idasa The brothers […]
The word “lost” gets thrown around more often than it probably should, but when a VHS tape sells for over $500, something special is going on. In 1994, the same year that they became a company, FUNimation produced an English dub of the first Dragon Ball theatrical film, titled “Curse of the Blood Rubies”. Perhaps […]
April 26 is a special day for a very different franchise: the date references LV-426 (426 -> April 26), the moon where the crew of the Nostromo encounters the titular “Alien” in the original 1979 film. In this fun Twitter thread, take a quick tour through some of Akira Toriyama’s and Dragon Ball‘s references to […]
