The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
A press release distributed today officially announces FUNimation’s suspension of the in-progress remastered Blu-ray sets for the Dragon Ball Z TV series: Flower Mound, TX – January 26, 2012- FUNimation Entertainment, has officially confirmed they have suspended production of all future planned Blu-ray releases of Dragon Ball Z including Level 2.1 scheduled to be released …
WorldScreen.com reports that Toei Animation has secured a new “master licensing and merchandising” deal with Brazil’s Abr-Art Bag Rio Comercio Importacao e Exportacao: The terms of the agreement include key consumer product categories such as polyester backpacks, pencil cases, lunch bags and aprons for children. Latin America has become a top region to launch Toei …
Since yesterday’s reveal of the upcoming bonus DVD containing both Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans and Episode of Bardock, the official Saikyō Jump website has been updated with this information, noting that the March issue will go on sale 03 February 2012. The latest issue of Saikyō Jump also notes that the magazine’s featured …
C21Media is reporting a new deal between Toei Animation and Nicaragua’s Televisora Nicaraguense that will bring the original 153-episode Dragon Ball TV series to the TV channel. It comes as a part of a multi-franchise deal that also includes both modern and newer franchises alike, such as One Piece, Slam Dunk, and Saint Seiya. The …
As initially reported on French anime news Twitter account (@manganewsjapon), the March issue of the recently monthly-relaunched Saikyō Jump will be packed with a bonus DVD that contains both the 2010 Raging Blast 2 feature Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans as well as the recent animated adaptation of Episode of Bardock, as previewed in …
Last month, Sayaka Sasaki released her debut album entitled sympathetic world (LACA-15174) on the Lantis record label in Japan: As a special bonus, and presumably due to the convenience of residing on the same record label, a bonus cover version of the second Dragon Ball Z TV series ending theme (“Boku-tachi wa Tenshi Datta” / …
Toei Animation’s “Anime Jan” retail website is now offering a free stream of the Dragon Ball: Episode of Bardock anime adaptation until 28 December 2011, at which point you will have to begin paying to watch it. However, unlike other websites, this stream is not region-locked and is available worldwide, of course with no subtitles. …
Announced in conjunction with this year’s Jump Festa in Japan this weekend, the anime adaptation of Episode of Bardock is set to be streamed online for a limited time beginning 19 December 2011. The “Bandai Channel” page unfortunately features some video content that will not play outside of Japan due to IP restrictions. While the …
Ultimate Blast (which we received internationally last month as Ultimate Tenkaichi) launched in Japan this past week on 08 December 2011, and the first week sales are in. The game managed to push 44,593 copies on the PS3 (no 360 sales are reported, as per the norm for Japan and this franchise’s games) between its …
We reported back in October that Saikyō Jump will be switching from being published quarterly to monthly as of 03 December 2011, but at the time it was unclear whether Dragon Ball SD would be continuing. We are no longer in the dark as Shueisha finally updated their offical Saikyō Jump website yesterday with their …