The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
Namco-Bandai EU recently uploaded a new trailer for Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (coming out as Ultimate Blast in Japan) which showcases the game’s character creation mode: Unsurprisingly, the custom designs shown off all fall squarely in the typical Saiyan-overload promotion the games receive internationally, many even fitting in with the Dragon Ball AF-style of …
The website for Ultimate Blast (the new and finalized name in Japan for what was previously called “Game Project Age 2011”, being released internationally as Ultimate Tenkaichi) has been slightly updated, most significantly with the pre-order bonus: Pre-ordered copies of the game will come with Sūshinchū, the four-star Dragon Ball, which sizes up at 4 …
A couple days ago, observant fans noticed a listing on the British Board of Film Classification website that contained four bits of Dragon Ball Z material, all with names and run-times similar to the DVD extras present on the first DBZ “season set” FUNimation released in North America back in 2007. The materials were attributed …
While already unveiled internationally as “Ultimate Tenkaichi”, the upcoming PS3/360 fighting game formerly known as “Game Project Age 2011” has finally been given a formal name in Japan: Ultimate Blast. The game, now with a name calling back to the prior two Raging Blast games in its home country (themselves an extension of the Sparking! …
The third issue of Saikyō Jump was released in Japan today, which includes the third chapter of Dragon Ball SD by Naho Ooishi. The quasi-parody/quasi-straight-forward spin-off features the Cell Game this time around. The first two chapters in the quarterly magazine featured a re-telling of Goku’s training under Kame-Sen’nin with Kuririn, while the second focused …
We noted just a couple days ago how a mysterious re-release listing for the first five Dragon Ball Z movies had popped up on RightStuf, inevitably bringing about the elephant-in-the-room-question: are they Dragon Box masters? Unfortunately, we have been able to confirm with FUNimation that this re-release will not be based on the Dragon Box …
Some new listings went up on RightStuf this afternoon, including one that is of particular interest to all of us: A new release containing the first five Dragon Ball Z movies appears to be coming 01 November 2011 for an MSRP of $29.98. The first batch of Dragon Ball Z movies were last released as …
Amazon has updated their listing of the upcoming first Blu-ray release of the Dragon Ball Z TV series from FUNimation, due out 08 November 2011, with an MSRP of $34.98 (with their own pre-order price down at $24.49). The second set, due out in December, is the same price.
We are back from Otakon 2011 with a couple new tidbits about FUNimation’s upcoming re-(re-re?)-release of the Dragon Ball Z TV series, this time on Blu-ray. Prior to the convention this past weekend and a new trailer teased for their panel’s audience, all signs (thanks to somewhat-vague wording in the initial press release) had led …
Namco-Bandai has posted a ¥3.25 billion (approximately $42 million) net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012. Similar to last quarter (Q4 Fiscal 2011), Dragon Ball did not perform well enough to warrant an inclusion on the top-performing list of franchises for the quarter — the final one listed is the BEN10 franchise …