The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
Despite a re-release of the first Dragon Ball movie coming at the end of December, a new four-pack of Dragon Ball movies is due for 08 February 2011. Presumably consisting of the three original Dragon Ball movies and the franchise’s 10th anniversary movie (another re-telling of the early story combined with the Red Ribbon arc), …
FUNimation has confirmed that their re-release of the first Dragon Ball movie will contain a new dub featuring the updated cast from Kai. This will be the first time the movie is available uncut both in English and Japanese in North America, despite being one of the first items ever produced in the mid-90s. We …
FUNimation recently blogged about a production error with the third Dragon Ball Z season set (the orange bricks from several years back), where the second disc is accidentally pressed with the content from the fifth disc. Only those who have purchased a copy of the set from its latest production batch within the last month …
Just shortly after the release of the last volume, Amazon Japan has already leaked the cover art for the third DVD volume of the Artificial Humans & Cell arc. It is set to be released 03 December 2010, and is retailing for ¥2,940 (~$35). This volume will contain episodes 61-63 presented in 16:9 widescreen. You …
FUNimation has finally confirmed that their re-release of the first Dragon Ball movie will indeed see the light of day this December. Curse of the Blood Rubies is due out 28 December 2010 for a cheap MSRP of $14.98. Set to be included is the original and uncut Japanese version, which is one of the …
Siliconera has an interesting article this morning detailing a couple recent trademark filings from Namco-Bandai that may be Dragon Ball-related. First up is “Ultimate Butôden” (アルティメット武闘伝), which would be a clear toss back to the Super Butōden series of games on the Super Famicom, and as the Siliconera article correctly notes, a series that concluded …
Right on schedule (if the past is any indication), a CD single for “Battle of Omega”, the opening theme to the recent Raging Blast 2 video game on the PS3 and Xbox 360 performed by Hironobu Kageyama, has been announced for release on 22 December 2010. All we have so far is the release date …
Namco-Bandai has posteda ¥1.93 billion (approximately $23.7 million) loss for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011. In terms of Dragon Ball overall, the franchise dropped in net sales from ¥5.8 billion the first half of fiscal 2010 to ¥2.7 billion this half, and the company is forecasting a drop down to ¥8 billion for …
The second DVD volume of the “Artificial Humans & Cell arc” was released today in Japan. The volume retails for ¥2,940 (~$30) and will contain episodes 58-60 presented in 16:9 widescreen. You can snag a copy for yourself from CDJapan or Amazon Japan.
Viz has officially unveiled a new iPad application allowing for digital distribution of their licensed and translated manga. The free application allows users to purchase volumes within its store and view them through its “My Manga” section. Free previews will be available each month, and the application is launching with the first volumes of six …