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Published by 08 March 2024, 2:32 PM EST2 Comments

Akira Toriyama — original author/illustrator of Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, and creator of countless other works and various contributions to other franchises and our culture as a whole — passed away on March 1, 2024 at age 68. The announcements initially came by way of the “Dragon Ball Official Site” and Shueisha (on the official

Published by 20 February 2024, 11:07 AM ESTComment

Following up on previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s 102nd chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing onward into the brand-new “Super Hero arc”. After three chapters worth of original prologue material, the manga version of the arc covered the

Published by 20 February 2024, 9:18 AM ESTComment

First teased last month, Bandai Namco has announced that the paid downloadable content pack for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot featuring the 28th Tenka’ichi Budōkai will release on 21 February 2024. The downloadable content pack’s title in Japanese is “And So, After 10 Years” (そして10年後 Soshite Jūnengo); as with the previous packs this season, its title

Published by 17 February 2024, 10:09 AM ESTComment,

Three volumes of various collected Dragon Ball manga series are all set to release 04 April 2024 in Japan. Dragon Ball Super — Volume 23 The twenty third collected volume of the Dragon Ball Super manga series by Toyotarō will release 04 April 2024 in Japan for ¥528 + tax. Following previous volumes, the upcoming

Published by 15 February 2024, 9:05 AM ESTComment

Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥8.231 billion profit for the third quarter of fiscal year of 2024 (and ¥60.398 overall for the fiscal year thus far), down from a ¥17.887 billion quarterly (and ¥84.444 three-quarters) profit this same timeframe last year. By way of an investor Q&A session, it was noted that the company

Published by 05 February 2024, 8:49 PM ESTComment

The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the

Published by 28 January 2024, 10:11 PM ESTComment

Following a live performance of past songs from veteran vocalist Hironobu Kageyama, Dragon Ball franchise executive producer Akio Iyoku was then welcomed to the DRAGON BALL Games Battle Hour 2024 stage for a “Dragon Ball Daima Special Panel“. After kicking off with a repeat of the original trailer first showed at New York Comic Con