Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥61.703 billion (approximately $353 million) profit for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2022, compared to a ¥50.634 billion profit at this same point last year. Dragon Ball remains the company’s best-performing franchise, pulling in ¥91.3 billion these first three quarters of the fiscal year (a slight jump …
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After running consistently in Saikyō Jump since the magazine’s May 2020 issue (including an online-only chapter during the magazine’s hiatus for a design refresh last summer), Yoshitaka Nagayama’s Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Big Bang Mission!!! manga series has come to an end in this month’s March 2022 issue of the magazine, released last Friday, 04 …
Continuing onward from previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s seventy-ninth chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing the brand-new “Granolla the Survivor arc”. Alongside other initiatives including free chapters and a larger archive for paid subscribers, this release continues the …
The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the …
Each week the recently revamped Dragon Ball Official Site posts a short “Weekly Dragon Ball News” video hosted by Victory Uchida, which highlights the franchise’s most recent news. Today a “New Year’s Special Edition” was posted, featuring several project leaders and producers on what to expect from the franchise’s video games, merchandise lines, Dragon Ball …
In conjunction with the Dragon Ball Super panel held at Jump Festa ’22 on December 18th, and following the release of the film’s key visual the day prior, the official “Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” website has been updated with loads of new information. Since its announcement the film has only been slated for a …
Continuing onward from previous chapters, Shueisha and Viz have added the official English translation of the Dragon Ball Super manga’s seventy-ninth chapter to their respective Manga Plus and Shonen Jump services, continuing the brand-new “Granolla the Survivor arc”. Alongside other initiatives including free chapters and a larger archive for paid subscribers, this release continues the …
The September 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Saikyō Jump magazine kicked off a “Dragon Ball Super Gallery” series in commemoration of the Dragon Ball franchise’s upcoming 40th anniversary. The celebration aims to have different artists all contribute their own spin on the original 42 tankōbon covers, with the images and an accompanying comment published as the …
The official Dragon Ball Twitter account and website shared a new key visual today for the forthcoming theatrical film, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, currently scheduled for release in Japan in 2022: Text alongside the image states レッドリボン軍超極秘作戦、開始! (“The Red Ribbon Army’s Super-Secret Operation Begins!”). A panel for Dragon Ball Super will be held at …
14 December 2021, 10:48 AM ESTComment
Jōji Yanami, best known as both the voice of the Narrator and Kaiō (the northern “Lord of Worlds”) in the Dragon Ball franchise, has passed away at age 90 as reported by his agency, Aoni Production: Jōji Yanami, who was affiliated with our company, passed away at 10:59 p.m., Dec. 3, 2021, aged 90 years. …