The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
Big thanks to sangofe for not only collecting all the bits of various information, but rewriting it again for us so we could easily post about it! Already making its way throughout the rest of the world, Dragon Ball Kai is finally hitting France, and in a big way. Just yesterday (02 May 2011) at …
Media Create has revealed the sales figures for Japan’s top one thousand games in 2010, and Dragon Ball managed to scrape its way by yet again. Listed below (with game titles appropriately adapted from its NeoGAF origins) are the placement in the Top 1000, console, title, release date, 2010 sales, and lifetime sales (relevant for …
The cover art for the ninth and tenth DVD volumes of the “Artificial Humans & Cell arc” have finally surfaced. Both volumes are scheduled to be released 03 May 2011 and are retailing for ¥2,940 (~$35), However, you can pre-order them for a tad cheaper from most online retailers. These volumes will contain episodes 79-81 …
After months of waiting, Happinet’s official release website has finally updated their Dragon Ball Kai listings with the remaining home releases. The 15th DVD volume and 4th Blu-ray box of the “Artificial Humans & Cell arc”, which will be the final home releases for the series, are set to be released 02 August 2011. The …
Spain and Andorra are about to get a slew of new merchandise courtesy of Giochi Preziosi. Items set for release include plushies, scooters, “surprise bags”, figures for phone straps, confectionery, and “back to school”.
Just about two months ago, FUNimation dropped the MSRP on their first “season” of the Dragon Ball TV series from $49.98 to $34.98. Today it was announced that the second “season” is getting the exact same price chop. The set will now run you $25.99 on Amazon, and $26.24 on RightStuf. The most recent North …
Two years ago today, Dragon Ball Kai exploded onto Fuji TV at 9:00 am in Japan in what would go on to become the closing chapter to the franchise’s second wind. It continues to whimper to a close this year with several delays across the world. Dragon Ball Kai Home Releases in Japan Over in …
In May 2010, parent company Navarre announced they were investigating the sale of FUNimation. Navarre stated that they were, “concentrating all efforts on our distribution and software publishing businesses where we have significant expertise and considerable systems and physical assets that can be leveraged”; with FUNimation in the content creation (which includes licensing, etc.) business, …
Last November we learned about a new quarterly magazine from Shueisha called Saikyō Jump, which would contain spin-off chapters from their various popular series. For their first issue, a special chapter called Dragon Ball SD was drawn by Naho Ooishi, who had previously drawn the two-part manga adaptation of the 2008 Jump Super Anime Tour …
This morning in Japan, Fuji TV broadcast the 97th episode of Dragon Ball Kai. While the “Artificial Humans & Cell arc” had been previously announced by Happinet as ending with episode 98 of the series (which even had an episode title set to go), the TV broadcast was shortened by one week due to delays …