While Akira Toriyama has clearly been busy getting ready for a new manga project (which will be hitting Japanese and English Weekly Shōnen Jump at the same time in two weeks), he has still managed to pen a couple messages for specific audiences and colleagues. The first collected volume of Dragon Ball SD, Naho Ooishi‘s …
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The CD single in question was released three months ago (where does the time go?!), but the review is still as relevant as ever! Read on for a review of FLOW’s CD single for “Hero ~Song of Hope~ / CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA”. Both songs appear in the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, and …
As we celebrate the conclusion of a new line of guide books (and yet still have tons more material to cover out of them!), we also continue our journey into the past to document some of the previous tomes of knowledge. The final Daizenshuu — colloquially referred to as “#10” but officially titled “Supplemental Daizenshuu: …
We are keeping up on a regular basis with all of the new guides and databooks — such as this year’s Chōzenshū — but we also want to dip into the past whenever we can spare a free moment! The first guide ever to come out for the Dragon Ball franchise was the Bōken Special …
Back in April, all five volumes of the Freeza arc of the “Full Color Comics” were released by Shueisha in Japan. The first three of these volumes did not have anything exciting in the way of extra content (the third volume in particular having no extras at all), but the final two had in-depth Q&A …
It was absolutely amazing to see Masako Nozawa in person this previous weekend down at Animazement in North Carolina. Across multiple panels, the actress provided endless stories from the recording booth along with her own insight into the character of Son Goku. This makes it all the more fascinating to dive into two particular interviews. …
Sundays are traditionally the slowest of the three days at most anime conventions, but Animazement, and in particular its Dragon Ball guests, were clearly not content to let things close out with a whimper. Some of the biggest events were still yet to come! The entire group of Dragon Ball guests had done an autograph …
Animazement 2013 continued into overdrive for its second day with a couple key events: Toshio Furukawa’s own panel and a gigantic “West & East Dream Match” panel (with all Japanese and American Dragon Ball guests). Furukawa’s panel — “Talking With Ataru? Piccolo? Or…?” — was filled with stories from the actor’s rich history of roles …
Animazement 2013 kicked off yesterday at the convention center here in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the excitement over the amount of esteemed guests could be felt in the air! Masako Nozawa (Son Goku, et al.) held a “World of Heroes’ Voices” panel early in the afternoon to the delight of a room full of Dragon …
The theatrical program available for sale (¥700) along with the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods contains a series of comments from original manga author Akira Toriyama. It appears to be an expanded version of the selection available in previous marketing materials, but now with a fun twist: very direct thoughts on the …