The following articles have been filed under the "News" category and covers general franchise news from across the globe.
Voice actor Isamu Tanonaka passed away this week on the 13th at the age of 77 from a heart attack. While having more prominent roles in other series, he did have bit parts in Dragon Ball Z as Bibbidi (Bobbidi’s father) and Raichi (one of the two fake Namekians).
Various retailer sites have posted up full track listings for the three Koro-chan Pack Dragon Ball Kai CDs all due out next month. For those unfamiliar with the concept, these “Koro-chan Pack” discs are lower-priced compilations of previously-released music with a small number of tracks on each disc. We saw one each for the original …
In music news, CDJapan has three new “Koro-chan Pack” releases scheduled for a simultaneous release in a couple months on 24 February 2009. Each will retail for the standard ¥1500 and contain a small number of songs on the mini-CD, as well as a picture book. Koro-chan Pack Dragon Ball Kai: Goku vs. Vegeta Koro-chan …
As reported earlier this week, the upcoming Dragon Ball DS 2 will contain the first Famicom game for the franchise, Shenron no Nazo (The Mystery of Shenlong), as a hidden extra. The official website for the game is now proudly showcasing this information: In addition to this, a new trailer for the game has popped …
Siliconera is reporting that the upcoming Dragon Ball DS 2 will contain a hidden extra: an emulated ROM of the first Famicom game for the franchise (and one of the first franchise video games overall), Shenron no Nazo (The Mystery of Shenlong). The game was actually released here in North America back in 1986 as …
The one bit of new news covered this most recent podcast episode comes to us courtesy of Ayelén. You may remember the news back in August about a certain “Anghelo” claiming to be the official performer for the Spanish versions of the Dragon Ball Kai theme songs. The website ANMTV has back-and-forth debates with Anghelo, …
Pretty significant news, right here. According to RightStuf: FUNimation announced the MSRP for the upcoming release of Dragon Ball Z DVD Dragon Box Z, Set 2 has been reduced from $79.98 to $59.98, which brings our everyday price to $44.99. All pre-orders will be adjusted to reflect this change. We are still waiting for the …
It is a constant struggle to keep up with the multiple delays of each and every Viz Big release for the series. It looks like Dragon Ball Z Viz Big #6 is getting pushed back from 19 January 2010 over to 16 February 2010. A single-month delay is not too bad for these releases, which …
The official website for Dragon Ball DS 2 has been open for a little while, though we totally missed sharing that with you all. It has recently updated with some actual content, so now is a great time to visit. Despite being due out in Japan rather soon on 11 February 2010, there is still …
Those of you still playing Raging Blast (even after our review) may be happy to know that Namco-Bandai is delivering completely free downloadable content for the game every two weeks through April for (at least) the North American release. Each of the packs contain customized versions of existing characters; there are no new outfits, new …