The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
The CD single for the second (and current) closing theme to Dragon Ball Kai, entitled “Kokoro no Hane” (“Wings of the Heart”), is set for release in July in eleven different versions. It was clear from the start that using AKB48 members for the closing theme was a bit of a publicity stunt/grab (even with …
Navarre announced this morning that it is considering the sale of FUNimation. Nothing has been decided just yet, but they have brought on Houlihan Lokey (an international investment bank and corporate adviser) to assist in the investigation and possible deal. Per their official press release: MINNEAPOLIS, May 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Navarre Corporation (Nasdaq:NAVR) …
Namco-Bandai has sent out a press release confirming the 22 June 2010 release date in North America for Dragon Ball Origins 2 (the domestic release of Japan’s Dragon Ball DS 2 from earlier in the year). Of particular note is the demo coming to the Wii’s Nintendo Channel next Monday, 31 May 2010: DRAGON BALL®: …
In extremely surprising news, it sounds like an upcoming Dragon Ball video game will see some new, traditional 2D animation. Our favorite buddy “Wasted Wisher” (who let us all know about Kai weeks before it was officially announced) popped over on our forum to say they will be working on approximately 30 minutes of new …
FUNimation’s parent company, Navarre, recently filed an 8-K approving a bonus opportunity of 50% his base salary for FUNimation CEO Gen Fukunaga at the completion of the upcoming 2011 fiscal year. The bonus opportunity is dependent upon EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) and net sales targets. In related news, Fukunaga’s employment agreement …
We just learned about Raging Blast 2 over the last couple days, and TAG VS was announced almost exactly one month ago for Japan. Today, however, Namco-Bandai has officially announced both games for North American distribution. Both will be coming this fall, though no specific time frame was given beyond that. With no time frame …
In somewhat interesting news (especially based on the shipment figures of the first game and the general state of Namco-Bandai at the moment), Raging Blast 2 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 has been formally announced through the pages of Jump: There is not a whole lot to talk about just yet. We are being …
Follow-up on the French IPTV deal we noted the other day, our new forum member SanGoku 13 signed up to give us a couple extra details about what specifically is available. It is apparently the French dub, but it is at least the recent remastered version of the series. Twenty new episodes will be made …
Toei has announced a deal in Brazil with Algazarra for toy figurines and separately with Richtex for a line of towels. If you think towels are weird, Bolivia has the win for strangest products coming your way. Pil Andina is on board to create Dragon Ball-branded flavored milk, while Doobalo is signed up to create …
Namco-Bandai has posted a ¥29.08 billion (approximately $319 million) loss for the fiscal 2010 year. In terms of Dragon Ball overall, the franchise dropped in net sales from ¥15.8 billion in 2009 to ¥12.5 billion this fiscal year, and the company is forecasting an even sharper drop down to ¥8.5 billion for fiscal 2011 with …