Toei Animation’s official website for the Dragon Ball Z 2013 movie has been updated with a few “new” previously seen items. The first new item is the teaser trailer that was previously seen at Saikyō V-Jump Festa and was later broadcast on a Fuji TV morning show. The teaser trailer features some great one-liners, such …
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03 August 2012, 10:58 PM EDT2 Comments
Shueisha, in collaboration with Toei, recently released the second volume of their Jump Super HEROES Special Collection DVD line up, which features the same tagline as the first volume, “Hot Blooded!! Battle Heroes”. This release once again spans six different franchises, presenting the first episodes from Ring ni Kakero, Dream Soldier Wingman, Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin, …
Namco-Bandai has posted a ¥10.225 billion (approximately $130 million) net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013. Dragon Ball once again made the list of best-performing franchises this quarter, raking in ¥1.8 billion this quarter, up (just barely) from the ¥1.7 billion the same quarter last year. Namco-Bandai is already projecting a drop …
Now that it has been a few weeks since the mysterious countdown dropped hints and both Jump and Akira Toriyama himself broke the news of next year’s new Dragon Ball Z movie, the usual cycle of excitement and misinformation seems to be coming into play. While there is nothing “new” to report right now, we …
The very short teaser — which debuted at last week’s Saikyō V-Jump Festa during the Dragon Ball Heroes panel — for next year’s new Dragon Ball Z animated movie in Japan made its way to Fuji TV this morning: The news segment notes how this is the first new movie in seventeen years, following-up on …
To most fans outside of Japan, Dragon Ball Heroes has unfortunately been nothing more than a series of short new animation pieces and the occasional catchy jingle. The card-based arcade game has been relatively successful for Namco-Bandai in its homeland, as shown by it now extending its reach in a somewhat unexpected way: a music …
The official V-Jump website has been updated with information concerning the September issue of V-Jump that was released this last weekend. The issue includes some exclusive Dragon Ball Heroes bonus material, including a special poster featuring some of Toriyama’s original artwork for Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Quest X, a Super Saiyan 3 Trunks promotional …
A very short teaser for the upcoming Dragon Ball Z movie was shown at this year’s Saikyō V-Jump Festa late Saturday (7/21) afternoon in Japan. The teaser came at the end of the Dragon Ball Heroes stage presentation and was documented on Twitter by V-Jump’s official account, noting that it was the “world’s first public …
Hot on the heels of our last update on the subject (less than half an hour in fact), Yūsuke Watanabe, scriptwriter of next year’s new Dragon Ball Z film, took to his Twitter account to clarify the timeframe, as pointed out to us by kei17 on the forums: @komori_mayo ありがとう！厳密にいうと原作漫画の「最終話」と「その直前回」の間です。ＧＴは原作にないからね～。[rest omitted] @komori_mayo Thanks! Strictly speaking, …
We had it confirmed for a North American release this past weekend via Comic-Con, but Namco-Bandai has made the official all the more official with a press release today formally announcing Dragon Ball Z: Budokai HD Collection. DRAGON BALL Z BUDOKAI HD COLLECTION MARKS THE RETURN OF TWO CLASSIC FIGHTING GAMES IN HD Enhanced Visuals …