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Back in April 2014, in celebration of the Jaco the Galactic Patrolman collected manga volume release, Shueisha began including new comments from Akira Toriyama on the obi (paper band surrounding the book, generally promotional in nature) of his seven other (non-Dr. Slump and non-Dragon Ball) manga volumes. While each comment was only a short few …
The first 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 04 April 2016 for ¥400 + tax. Spanning 192 pages, the volume covers the first nine chapters, the Jump Victory Carnival 2015 bonus comic, and also includes …
As noted during Episode #0398 of our podcast, the original Japanese Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn discs for 1996’s Idainaru Dragon Ball Densetsu actually contain text files with stories, reflections, and funny anecdotes from the game’s development staff. In the text file, Graphic Artist “N” notes, while discussing the various characters unfortunately left out of …
Included within the two-disc Dragon Ball Super Original Soundtrack is a new comment from the series’ musical composer, Norihito Sumitomo: First off, as a Dragon Ball fan I want to share this feeling of “hooray, there’s a new series!” with everyone. And now, Dragon Ball Super has finally begun. I can’t contain my excitement at …
This week’s Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary “Super History Book” is packed with an introduction from and short comments by original manga author Akira Toriyama. In addition, the book features a lengthy interview with the man himself. In this new interview, Toriyama recounts some popular stories such as the revolving cast of Cell arc villains, using …
This week’s March 2016 issue of V-Jump in Japan — as well as the new Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary “Super History Book” — contain the original character designs of the Dragon Ball Super Universe 6 competitors by Akira Toriyama. Each has a corresponding bio/description, translated below (and also archived in our “Translations” section.) Hitヒット (hitto) …
This week’s Dragon Ball 30th Anniversary “Super History Book” is a doozy, packed with an extensive amount of documentation, designs, and interviews spanning the entire three-decade run thus far. Original manga author Akira Toriyama has contributed several comments throughout the book, including a lengthy interview of his own — stay tuned for a translation of …
The first issue of Shueisha’s “Jump Ryū!” (ジャンプ流! / “Jump School!”) manga artist collection covering Akira Toriyama will be widely available across Japan this week (07 January 2016), and thus of course globally through numerous online retailers. Each issue of the “Jump Ryū!” collection will cover individual Weekly Shōnen Jump manga artists — as well …
2013 and 2014 were enormous years for the Dragon Ball franchise. Beyond an official addition to the manga from its original creator and new theatrical installments also officially continuing the story, there was only one place for 2015 to take us: back to television. As the following statistics are about to prove, not much can …
With this week’s release of V-Jump‘s December 2015 issue, a wealth of new Dragon Ball Super information is making its way through fandom. As expected from a tease in Weekly Shōnen Jump earlier this month, Toyotarō’s Dragon Ball Super manga — now in its fifth chapter — has skipped the Dragon Ball Z: Revival of …